KSMQ-TV
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KSMQ-TV is a public television station in Austin, Minnesota
, broadcasting locally on digital channel 20 as a Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) member station, with additional programming from Minnesota Public Television
. The station is owned by KSMQ Public Service Media, Inc. The station also serves as the default PBS member station for Mankato, which doesn't have a PBS station of its own.
tower near Ostrander). KSMQ discontinued their analog broadcast on May 1, 2009. After they cease analog transmission, the digital channel remains on ch. 20.
Austin, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile...
, broadcasting locally on digital channel 20 as a Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) member station, with additional programming from Minnesota Public Television
Minnesota Public Television
The Minnesota Public Television Association , also commonly known as Minnesota Public Television, is a not-for-profit trade organization of public television stations in the state of Minnesota that operates an interconnecting statewide educational television network serving residents of Minnesota...
. The station is owned by KSMQ Public Service Media, Inc. The station also serves as the default PBS member station for Mankato, which doesn't have a PBS station of its own.
Digital Transition
The station was broadcasting on analog channel 15 (located near Austin) and digital channel 20 (on the KXLT-TVKXLT-TV
KXLT-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Southeastern Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa. Licensed to Rochester, Minnesota, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 46 from a transmitter in Frankford Township, Minnesota. The station can also be seen on Mediacom and...
tower near Ostrander). KSMQ discontinued their analog broadcast on May 1, 2009. After they cease analog transmission, the digital channel remains on ch. 20.