Twin Cities PBS

KTCA-TV

Saint Paul–Minneapolis, Minnesota United States
City	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 2
Branding	Twin Cities PBS
Programming
Affiliations	2.1: TPT 2/PBS For others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
History
First air date	September 16, 1957 (66 years ago) (1957-09-16)
Former call signs	KCTE-TV (CP, 1956) KTCA (CP, 1956–1957)[1]
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1957–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1957–1970)
Call sign meaning	Twin Cities Area
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	68594
ERP	662 kW
HAAT	411.1 m (1,349 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°3′30″N 93°7′28″W / 45.05833°N 93.12444°W / 45.05833; -93.12444 (KTCA-TV)
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.tpt.org

Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (abbreviated TPT, doing business as Twin Cities PBS^[4]) is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities' two PBS member television stations, KTCA-TV (channel 2.1) and KTCI-TV (channel 2.3), both licensed to Saint Paul. It produces programs for local, regional and national television broadcast, operates numerous websites, and produces rich media content for Web distribution.

TPT's offices and studio facilities are on East 4th Street in downtown Saint Paul; KTCA-TV and KTCI-TV transmit from the KMSP Tower in Shoreview, Minnesota.

Twin Cities PBS also serves the Mankato market via K26CS-D^[5] (relaying KTCA) and K29IE-D^[6] (relaying KTCI) in nearby St. James through the local municipal-operated Cooperative TV (CTV) network of translators^[7][8] as that area does not have a PBS member station of its own.