KVIE
Encyclopedia
KVIE is the local PBS
Public television station in Sacramento, California
, USA
. Its transmitter is located near Walnut Grove, California
. The station broadcasts from a 2000 foot (610 meter) tall tower owned by KTXL. The VI in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the E stands for education.
KVIE's audio signal was heard on 87.7 MHz on the FM dial in Sacramento and surrounding areas until June 12, 2009.
In addition to PBS programming, KVIE produces in-house programs for distribution locally, regionally and nationwide. Examples of current and past series include Studio Sacramento, America's Heartland, ViewFinder, Central Valley Chronicles, California Heartland, Rob on the Road, and New Valley.
Like other PBS stations, KVIE has held many fund-raising events. For over three decades until the early 1990s, it held an annual auction
during the early summer months from many different venues, and emceed by numerous personalities from Sacramento broadcasting. The station's annual art auction has been on the air for 30 years and has been airing recently in September for three days. The 2011 auction was the station's 30th anniversary auction. The station also has pledge drives throughout the year covering approximately 70 days of the year with the majority of it in the months of March, June, August and December.
Among KVIE's personalities have been former news anchors George Reading (KOVR,KRON, KTVU, KUSI) and Pat McConahay (KTXL), former weather anchor Bette Vasquez (KCRA), and Christina Dillon.
On June 17, 2011, KVIE became the first broadcaster in the in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto television market to launch a mobile DTV channel with the launch of KVIE-GO.
The station is independently owned and operated, governed by a volunteer board of directors.
digital television
signal broadcast over channel 9 from Walnut Grove. Three sub-channels
are available:
Digital channels>
Channel
Callsign
Programming
6.1
KVIEHD
Main KVIE programming / PBS
6.2
KVIE2
KVIE 2 (PBS Encore)
6.3
KVIEVme
V-me
. On June 12, 2009 KVIE transitioned from pre-transition digital channel 53 to post-transition digital 9. PSIP is used to display KVIE's virtual channel
as 6.
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....
Public television station in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its transmitter is located near Walnut Grove, California
Walnut Grove, California
Walnut Grove is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. The station broadcasts from a 2000 foot (610 meter) tall tower owned by KTXL. The VI in the station's call letters stand for the Roman numeral 6 and the E stands for education.
KVIE's audio signal was heard on 87.7 MHz on the FM dial in Sacramento and surrounding areas until June 12, 2009.
Station history
KVIE was incorporated in 1955 as Central California Educational Television (CCET) and signed on the air on February 23, 1959. During its early years, it operated daily only in the afternoons and evenings (during the school year) and nearly all day on the weekends. By the end of the 1970s it was on all day throughout, and in the mid-1980s moved to 24-hour-a-day programming.In addition to PBS programming, KVIE produces in-house programs for distribution locally, regionally and nationwide. Examples of current and past series include Studio Sacramento, America's Heartland, ViewFinder, Central Valley Chronicles, California Heartland, Rob on the Road, and New Valley.
Like other PBS stations, KVIE has held many fund-raising events. For over three decades until the early 1990s, it held an annual auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
during the early summer months from many different venues, and emceed by numerous personalities from Sacramento broadcasting. The station's annual art auction has been on the air for 30 years and has been airing recently in September for three days. The 2011 auction was the station's 30th anniversary auction. The station also has pledge drives throughout the year covering approximately 70 days of the year with the majority of it in the months of March, June, August and December.
Among KVIE's personalities have been former news anchors George Reading (KOVR,KRON, KTVU, KUSI) and Pat McConahay (KTXL), former weather anchor Bette Vasquez (KCRA), and Christina Dillon.
On June 17, 2011, KVIE became the first broadcaster in the in the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto television market to launch a mobile DTV channel with the launch of KVIE-GO.
The station is independently owned and operated, governed by a volunteer board of directors.
Digital television
KVIE-DT is an ATSCATSC
ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....
digital television
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
signal broadcast over channel 9 from Walnut Grove. Three sub-channels
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
are available:
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....
V-me
V-me is a public television service in the United States, broadcasting only in Spanish. The 24-hour digital broadcast service was launched on March 5, 2007, and is currently available in over 75% of all U.S...
Analog-to-digital conversion
KVIE ended programming on its analog signal, on VHF channel 6, on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United StatesDTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. On June 12, 2009 KVIE transitioned from pre-transition digital channel 53 to post-transition digital 9. PSIP is used to display KVIE's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 6.