KVCR-DT

KVCR-DT

San Bernardino–Riverside– Palm Springs, California United States
City	San Bernardino, California
Channels	Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 24
Branding	KVCR PBS
Programming
Affiliations	24.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	San Bernardino Community College District
Sister stations	KVCR
History
First air date	September 11, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-09-11)
Former call signs	KVCR-TV (1962–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1962–2009) Digital: 26 (UHF, 2004–2019)
Former affiliations	NET (1962–1970)
Call sign meaning	Valley College Radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58795
ERP	25.8 kW
HAAT	540 m (1,772 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°57′57.4″N 117°17′9.1″W / 33.965944°N 117.285861°W / 33.965944; -117.285861
Translator(s)	KJHP-LD 22 Morongo Valley (Palm Springs)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kvcr.org

KVCR-DT (channel 24) is a PBS member television station in San Bernardino, California, United States. It is owned by the San Bernardino Community College District alongside NPR member KVCR (91.9 FM). The two stations share studios at the San Bernardino Valley College campus on North Mt. Vernon Avenue in San Bernardino; KVCR-DT's transmitter is located atop Box Springs Mountain.

KVCR is Southern California's oldest operating public television station, beginning broadcasts in September 1962. As public stations signed on in the Los Angeles area, KVCR continued to provide local programming for the Inland Empire as well as telecourses from San Bernardino Valley College and instructional content for schools. The station had a limited broadcast range until it moved its transmitter to Box Springs Mountain in 1983.

In the 2000s, KVCR replaced KOCE as the public television station broadcast into the Coachella Valley, including Palm Springs; it continues to operate a translator and provide a dedicated subchannel, KVCR PBS Desert Cities, for this area. KVCR is also the founding station for the First Nations Experience network, which was started in 2010 with a gift from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. State government support in the early 2020s forestalled a cost-cutting plan which would have seen the KVCR stations switch from public media to student-run outlets. KVCR produces local programming for the Inland Empire.