KPBS Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
KPBS is a public broadcasting organization based in San Diego. It serves the San Diego County market with television and radio broadcast services. It is the West Coast flagship station for the Public Broadcasting Service and is also a National Public Radio member station. The KPBS broadcast license is owned by the California State University System, but is operated locally at an integrated facility on the San Diego State University campus.
KPBS-TV is an NTSC television signal on VHF Channel 15. The channel is also carried on Channel 11 on local cable systems. In addition, KPBS operates HDTV Channel DT30, the world's first digital telvision station. KPBS Television produces shows such as "Full Focus," a news-analysis program about current events.
KPBS-FM is an FM radio signal broadcast. It carries content from NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, BBC World Service and KQED, in addition to local content. KPBS radio produces shows such as "These Days", "The Lounge" and "A Way With Words." AWWW is also carried in the Madison, Wisconsin, market.
KPBS-FM also simulcasts its content on the Web.
As of summer 2004, KPBS carries the San Diego market as the No. 1 news radio station in the morning daypart.
In 2003, KPBS received a donation of $5 million with the passing of Joan Kroc, a San Diego philanthropist. An avid KPBS fan, Kroc donated more than $8 million to the station and $200 million to NPR.
KPBS-FM first broadcast in 1960 as KEBS, an acronym for Educational Broadcasting Service. KEBS Television began broadcasting in 1967. The call letters were changed to KPBS in 1970, one year after the creation of PBS, to reflect a broader vision for both the station and the network on the West Coast.