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| Channels | |
| Branding | Pioneer PBS |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 10.1: PBS 10.2: Create 10.3: Minnesota Channel 10.4: World 10.5: PBS Kids |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | West Central Minnesota Educational TV Corp. |
| History | |
First air date | January 21, 1966 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 10 (VHF, 1966–2009) Digital: 31 (UHF, 2009) |
| NET (via KTCA, 1966–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | West Central Minnesota |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71549 |
| ERP | 50 kW |
| HAAT | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°10′3″N 96°0′2″W / 45.16750°N 96.00056°W |
| Translator(s) | See below |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
| Satellite station | |
| KSMN | |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | see KWCM-TV infobox |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 20.1 PBS 20.2: Create 20.3: Minnesota Channel 20.4: World 20.5: PBS Kids |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | West Central Minnesota Educational TV Corp. |
| History | |
First air date | February 3, 1997 |
Former call signs | KMSW (CP, 11/20/1995–12/8/1995) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 20 (UHF, 1997–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Southern Minnesota |
| Technical information[2] | |
| Facility ID | 71558 |
| ERP | 200 kW |
| HAAT | 290.1 m (952 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°53′52″N 95°56′51″W / 43.89778°N 95.94750°W |
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Public license information | |
KWCM-TV (channel 10) is a PBS member television station in Appleton, Minnesota, United States, owned by the West Central Minnesota Educational TV Corp. KWCM-TV's studios are located on Pioneer Drive in Granite Falls, and its transmitter is located near Appleton.
KSMN (channel 20) in Worthington operates as a full-time satellite of KWCM-TV; this station's transmitter is located near Chandler, Minnesota. KSMN covers areas of southwestern Minnesota that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KWCM, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. KSMN is a straight simulcast of KWCM; on-air references to KSMN are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, KSMN does not maintain any physical presence locally in Worthington.
The two stations are collectively branded as Pioneer PBS. Their combined signal can also be received in parts of Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota. Several other translators carry the signal into other communities.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWCM-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSMN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.