KNME-TV


KNME-TV, virtual channel 5, branded on-air as NM PBS, is a Public Broadcasting Service member television station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Jointly owned by the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools, it is a sister station to Santa Fe-licensed KNMD-TV. The two stations share studios on UNM's North Campus on University Boulevard Northeast in Albuquerque; KNME-TV's transmitter is located atop Sandia Crest.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
5.11080iNMPBSMain KNME programming / PBS
5.2480iNMPBSPBS Kids
5.3480iNMPBSFNX

On January 18, 2017, PBS Kids replaced the Spanish-language V-me network which had aired on channel 5.2 for about ten years with V-me planning to transition to a commercial cable channel in 2017. The channel however had never caught on with Spanish speaking audiences. Since Fall 2016 KNME carries First Nations Experience a channel devoted to Native American programming.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KNME-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 35. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5.

Television programs produced by New Mexico PBS

New Mexico PBS produces several television programs, including:
KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink, which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients. Satellite interviews from New Mexico on news networks like CNN often originate at New Mexico PBS. Shows distributed on WestLink include Democracy Now! and Creative Living with Sheryl Borden.

TALNET

From 1995 to 2010, KNME operated TALNET, an educational cable channel for Albuquerque. It broadcast a mix of PBS and Annenberg media programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.

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