KNCT (TV)

KNCT
Belton/Killeen/Temple/Waco, Texas
United States
Slogan Deep in the heart of Texans
Channels Digital: 46 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Central Texas College
First air date November 23, 1970
Call letters' meaning North Central Texas
Sister station(s) KNCT-FM
Former channel number(s) Analog:
46 (UHF, 1970–2009)
Digital: 38 (UHF)
Transmitter power 500 kW
Height 392 m
Facility ID 9754
Transmitter coordinates 30°59′8.4″N 97°37′50.1″W / 30.985667°N 97.630583°W / 30.985667; -97.630583 (KNCT)
Website www.knct.org

KNCT is a PBS member station serving the Waco / Killeen / Temple area on digital channel 46. Founded in November 1970, the station is owned by Central Texas College. Licensed to Belton, Texas, KNCT is based at studios at Central Texas College in Killeen. In the Waco area, it airs on cable channel 4 on Time Warner Cable and Grande Communications.

History

When KNCT signed on in 1970, it was the sole PBS station for the western portion of the market, with the eastern portion served by Texas A&M's KAMU-TV. In 1978, KNCT set up a low-powered translator in Waco. The main KNCT signal barely covered Waco, while KAMU's signal just missed it. In 1989, it was upgraded to a full-fledged station, KCTF, which was spun off as a separate station in 1994 and ultimately taken over by Baylor University in 2000 as KWBU-TV. However, in July 2010 KWBU-TV began winding down operations and dropped all PBS programming prior to going off the air entirely on July 31 (it would later become KDYW, whose license was voluntarily cancelled in 2012 following a failed attempt to sell the station to the Daystar).[1] This left KNCT, once again, as the sole PBS station for the western side of the market. On July 1, KNCT took over KWBU's cable slots on Time Warner and Grande, and became available on DirecTV.

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
46.1 1080i 16:9 KNCT-HD Main KNCT programming / PBS
46.2 480i 4:3 Pentago World
46.3 Create Create

KNCT added Create to 46.3 in July 2010, after the imminent closedown of KWBU-TV. However, KNCT does not offer the Spanish-language V-me network, which was seen on KWBU until that station's closedown.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Harding, Kevin R. (September 27, 2012). "In Re: BLCDT-20060622AAS…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KNCT

External links

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