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KVCR-DT (channel 24) is a PBS member
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, United States. It is owned by the
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alongside
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member KVCR (91.9 FM). The two stations share studios at the
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campus on North Mt. Vernon Avenue in San Bernardino; KVCR-DT's transmitter is located atop
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. In addition to its main programming, KVCR also programs an alternate feed specifically for the
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area known as KVCR PBS Desert Cities. This alternate feed is seen over-the-air in the
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area on low-power stations K09XW-D (channel 9) and KJHP-LD (channel 22), and is carried on KVCR's third
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History

KVCR-TV first signed on the air on September 11, 1962; it became the first successful
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television station in the
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area. The station was also the first
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station in
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—predating the launches of
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(channel 28) by two years; KPBS in
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by five years; KOCE-TV (channel 50) in
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by 10 years; and
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(channel 58) by 11 years—and the third in the entire state—preceded only by KQED in
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and
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in
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. The station's transmitter was originally located on the campus of
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, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980s, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to
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, overlooking
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. The higher location along with increased
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greatly increased the station's grade A and grade B signal coverage. During the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate
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failures knocked both the KVCR television and radio stations off the air for extended periods.


Rebrand

In October 2017, Keith Birkfeld was named Interim General Manager at KVCR. KVCR has recently completed a rebrand of the station, becoming the "Empire Network PBS", in an effort to re-imagine KVCR in the digital age. It later rebranded simply as KVCR PBS.


Technical information


Subchannels

The station's digital signal is
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Translators


Analog-to-digital conversion

KVCR-TV shut down its analog signal, over
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channel 24, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26, using
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to display KVCR-TV's
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as 24 on digital television receivers.


References


External links


KVCR Rebrand to Empire NetworkOfficial Empire Network website
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