History
KVCR-TV first signed on the air on September 11, 1962; it became the first successful ultra high frequency, UHF television station in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area, Inland Empire area. The station was also the first non-commercial educational station, non-commercial public television station in Southern California—predating the launches of KCET (channel 28) by two years; KPBS (TV), KPBS in San Diego by five years; KOCE-TV (channel 50) in Huntington Beach, California, Huntington Beach by 10 years; and KLCS (channel 58) by 11 years—and the third in the entire state—preceded only by KQED (TV), KQED in San Francisco and KVIE in Sacramento, California, Sacramento. The station's transmitter was originally located on the campus of San Bernardino Valley College, where the channel 24 studios are still located. In the 1980s, KVCR's transmitter facilities were moved to Box Springs Mountain, overlooking Moreno Valley, California, Moreno Valley. The higher location along with increased effective radiated power greatly increased the station's grade A and grade B signal coverage. During the summers of 2005 and 2006, separate transmitter 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 Multiplex (TV), multiplexed:Translators
Analog-to-digital conversion
KVCR-TV shut down its analog signal, over Ultra high frequency, UHF channel 24, on June 12, 2009, as part of the Digital television transition in the United States, federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26, using Program and System Information Protocol, PSIP to display KVCR-TV's virtual channel as 24 on digital television receivers.References
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