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to Redding, California, United States, and also serving Chico. The station is owned by the Northern California Educational Television Association. KIXE's studios are located along North Market Street on the north side of Redding and its transmitter is located atop Shasta Bally.

History

KIXE went on the air in black and white in 1964. In 1967, the station moved from Chico to Redding. It began broadcasting in color in 1971. The station was originally located on Industrial Street in Redding. It soon expanded to a bigger facility on North Market Street ( State Route 273), north of downtown. The new building had space for television broadcasting courses at

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. Many local media personalities have appeared on KIXE over the years like Cal Hunter, Mike Mangas, Ray Roberts, and Ken Murray.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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Chico fill-in translator

Viewers in Chico,

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, Oroville, Magalia, Orland, and surrounding areas who had originally had trouble receiving KIXE's digital signal from Redding began to notice a substantial improvement with a new fill-in transmitter on Cohasset Ridge that went online on September 21. The 4,000-watt transmitter is located 200 feet up on a transmission tower and rebroadcasts KIXE's regular programming lineup as well as the CREATE channel. The transmitter is broadcast on their pre-transition UHF channel 18, but digital television receivers display the station's

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as channel 9.

Analog-to-digital conversion

KIXE-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on August 18, 2008. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 9. Translators finally converted on September 1.

Early switch

KIXE is currently broadcasting in a digital format on VHF channel 9. The exclusive digital broadcast began August 22, 2008, well before the then planned transition date in 2009. The early switch was mainly due to the transmission location being covered with snow on the original switchover mandate of February 2009. KIXE became the second all-digital PBS station in California, after KCSM-TV in San Mateo (which serves the

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Translators

The cities served by translators (except Big Bend) had cable headends nearby.

Local programs

Current shows: *''KIXE Salute to Veterans'' - aired June 2014, live music and interviews with veteran service groups. *''Christmas in the North State'' - an annual Christmas program featuring local talent.
''The Forum''
- a weekly local talk show hosted b
Ashlee Tate
an
Christy Largent
The show reports on people, businesses and volunteer organizations from throughout the viewing area who are positively influencing their communities. The first episode aired in June 2013.
''The Story of Baby Charles''
- a half-hour program telling the story of the Pioneer Baby's Grave near Old Shasta. Past shows: *''Northstate Profile'' - a weekly public affairs program *''Jobs'' - a continuing series on employment *''Seeking Solutions'' - a public affairs program on drug abuse *''Love Thy Neighbor'' - a public affairs special about tolerance *''Why a Will is Not Enough'' - a public affairs special regarding estate planning *''Challenge of the Minds'' *''Stage Nine'' *''World of Collector Cars'' (1991-2000) - Hosted by Dale Morris

NATURE: Caught In The Act

NATURE: Caught In The Act is an online film festival hosted by KIXE, in which viewers filmed footage of wildlife and scenery in Northern California and uploaded it to the dedicated website using

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. Eight of the 10 submissions were shown on KIXE on October 18 at 7:30 p.m., right before ''Nature''. The program was part of ''Film Vista'' and was hosted by assistant producer Matthew Shoutte. The program featured a variety of locations around Northern California including Lassen National Park,

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, and Modoc National Wildlife Refuge.

References

External links

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