PBS member network in central and western Kansas
"KOOD" redirects here. For the village in Rajasthan, India, see
Kood, Rasjasthan
.
Smoky Hills
PBS
(formerly
Smoky Hills Public Television
) is a regional network of Public Broadcasting Service (
PBS
)
member
television stations
serving central and western portions of the
U.S. state
of
Kansas
. It is operated by the Smoky Hills Public Television Corporation, a
non-profit organization
which holds the
licenses
for all of the stations licensed in the network. The broadcast signals of the four stations cover most of the western half of the state outside
Wichita
.
The network produces
public affairs
programming and holds the broadcast rights to several Kansas high school athletic championship events sanctioned by the
Kansas State High School Activities Association
. The network's offices and network operations center are located in
Bunker Hill
(just east of
Russell
), in a historic native stone building.
History
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The Smoky Hills Public Television Corporation was founded in 1978, with the intent to start a
non-commercial educational
television station in western Kansas. This region is part of the Wichita?
Hutchinson
Plus
market
, an unusually large market that covers over 70 counties stretching from the
Flint Hills
to the
Colorado
border?almost three-fourths of the state. It is the largest
designated market area
(DMA) by number of counties in the United States. Previously, much of the area received PBS programming on
cable
via either Wichita member station
KPTS
(channel 8) or
Denver
member station
KRMA-TV
(channel 6).
Flagship station
KOOD
(channel 16) in
Hays
was the first station in the network to sign on the air on November 10, 1982. This was followed by the debut of full-power
satellites
KSWK
(channel 8) in
Lakin
(also serving
Garden City
) on March 15, 1989 and
KDCK
(channel 21) in
Dodge City
on March 3, 1998.
KWKS
(channel 19) in
Colby
was the last satellite to sign on, debuting as a digital-only station, in June 2007.
Most viewers watch Smoky Hills PBS's programming through cable, which is all but essential for acceptable television in most of this vast area due to its hilly terrain. In 2005,
satellite
providers
DirecTV
and
Dish Network
began carrying the network in the Wichita market, boosting its potential viewership to over 1.5 million people in Kansas and
Nebraska
.
Programming
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Locally produced programs broadcast by Smoky Hills PBS include the medical advice program
Doctors On Call
, the public affairs program
The
Kansas Legislature
, the high school sports highlight program
Scoreboard Show
and the music program
Down Home Country: Live in
Branson
. The network also holds broadcast rights to the Miss Southwest Kansas Pageant as well as several Kansas high school athletic championship events sanctioned by the
Kansas State High School Activities Association
(including the Eight-Man Division 1 and 2 Football Championship games, Class 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament and the Class 1A girls' and boys' basketball tournament championship games). Smoky Hills PBS also broadcasts the Signature Auction, an annual fundraiser held each March; as well as
Kansas Candidates
, an ongoing series held during the election season.
Stations
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Notes:
- 1. KOOD used the call sign KSMH-TV during its construction permit from 1980 to 1982.
- 2. KDCK and KWKS did not have companion digital channels, and therefore are operating on their pre-transition channels, which map to the same channels via
PSIP
. KDCK
flash-cut
its digital signal into operation in 2003.
Until 2009, Smoky Hills Public Television also relayed its signal on seven low-power
translator stations
:
The Hoxie translator was owned by the government of
Sheridan County
, the others were owned by the Smoky Hills Public Television Corporation. All of the translators were taken out of service upon the
digital television transition
in 2009 as KWKS-DT covered over the Northwest Kansas translators: K15CG; K23BU; K32BY; K39BS; & K69DB.
Technical information
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Subchannels
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The digital channels of each of the Smoky Hills PBS stations are
multiplexed
:
Analog-to-digital conversion
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]
Although the
DTV Delay Act
extended the mandatory deadline to June 12, 2009, Smoky Hills Public Television shut down the analog signals of two of its stations as originally scheduled on February 17, 2009, the original date on which full-power television stations in the United States were scheduled to
transition from analog to digital broadcasts
. KOOD and KSWK shut down their respective analog signals, over UHF channel 16 and VHF channel 8, on that date. KOOD's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 16; KSWK's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 8.
[2]
Through the use of
PSIP
, digital television receivers display KOOD's
virtual channel
as its former VHF analog channel 9 and KSWK's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3.
References
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External links
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Wichita
–
Hutchinson
|
- KSNW
(3.1
NBC
, 3.2
TMD
, 3.3
Ion
, 3.4
Crime
)
- KCTU-LD
(5.1
This
, 5.2
NewsNet
, 5.3 AMGTV, 5.4 OKTV, 5.5 Punch TV, 5.6
Estrella
, 5.7 Vibrant, 5.8 RNTV, 5.9
TCN
, 5.10
RT
)
- KPTS
(8.1
PBS
, 8.2 PBS Explore, 8.3
Create
, 8.4
PBS Kids
)
- KAKE
(10.1
ABC
, 10.2
MeTV
, 10.3
Bounce
, 10.4
Defy
, 10.5
Scripps
)
- KWCH-DT
(12.1
CBS
, 12.2 Local WX, 12.3
H&I
, 12.4
Outlaw
)
- K15DD-D 15
(
HSN
)
- KSAS-TV
(24.1
Fox
, 24.2
MNTV
, 24.3
Comet
)
- KAGW-CD
(26.1
Cozi
, 26.2
REW
, 26.3 AMGTV, 26.4 Timeless, 26.5
CBN
, 26.6
Buzzr
, 26.7
Ace
, 26.8
Quest
, 26.9
Newsmax
, 26.10
OANN
, 26.11 America's Voice, 26.12
Wx
)
- KWKD-LD 28
(
Daystar
)
- KSMI-LD
(30.1
RTV
, 30.2
Heartland
, 30.3
FAM
, 30.4 DriveIn Movies, 30.5
Action
, 30.6
Rev'n
, 30.7 Shop Now, 30.8
Evine
)
- KSCW-DT
(33.1
CW
, 33.2
Catchy
, 33.3
ANT
, 33.4
Start
)
- KFVT-LD
(34.1
Movies!
, 34.2
GetTV
, 34.3
AccuWX
, 34.4
Sonlife
, 34.5
QVC
, 34.6 QVC2, 34.7
JTV
)
- KMTW
(36.1
Dabl
, 36.2
Nest
, 36.3
Charge
, 36.4
TBD
)
- KDCU-DT
(46.1
UNI
, 46.2
Grit
, 46.3
Mystery
, 46.4
Laff
, 46.5
Court
)
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Central Kansas
(incl.
Hays
,
Great Bend
and
Salina
)
|
- KSNC
/
KSNL-LD
(2.1/6.1
NBC
, 2.2
TMD
, 2.3
Ion
, 2.4
Crime
)
- KBSH-DT
(7.1
CBS
, 7.2 Local WX, 7.3
H&I
, 7.4
Outlaw
)
- KOOD
(9.1
PBS
, 9.2
Kids
, 9.3
Create
)
- KOCW/KAAS-TV
(17.1
Fox
, 17.2
MNTV
, 17.3
Comet
)
- K25CV 25/KGBD-LP 30/K38GH/KHDS-LP 51
(xx.1
ABC
, xx.2
MeTV
, xx.3
Bounce
, xx.4
Defy
, xx.5
Scripps
)
|
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Northwest Kansas / SW Nebraska
(incl.
Colby
,
Goodland
and
McCook
)
|
- KLBY
(4.1
ABC
, 4.2
MeTV
, 4.3
Bounce
, 4.4
Defy
, 4.5
Scripps
)
- KSNK
(8.1
NBC
, 8.2
TMD
, 8.3
Ion
, 8.4
Crime
)
- KBSL-DT
(10.1
CBS
, 10.2 Local WX, 10.3
H&I
, 10.4
Outlaw
)
- KWKS
(19.1
PBS
, 19.2
Kids
, 19.3
Create
)
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Southwest Kansas
(incl.
Dodge City
and
Garden City
)
|
- KSWK/KDCK
(3.1/21.1
PBS
)
- KBSD-DT
(6.1
CBS
, 6.2 Local WX, 6.3
H&I
, 6.4
Outlaw
)
- KSNG
(11.1
NBC
, 11.2
TMD
, 11.3
Ion
, 11.4
Crime
)
- KUPK
(13.1
ABC
, 13.2
MeTV
, 13.3
Bounce
, 13.4
Defy
, 13.5
Scripps
)
- KSAS-LP 29/KAAS-LP 31
(17.1
Fox
, 17.2
MNTV
, 17.3
Comet
)
- KDGL-LD
/
KDDC-LD
/
KGCE-LD
/
KSWE-LD
/
KDGU-LD
(23.1
Cozi
, 23.2
Buzzr
, 23.3
Rev'n
, 23.4
TCN
, 23.5
NewsNet
, 23.6 AMGTV, 23.7 InfoWars, 23.8 Walk)
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ATSC 3.0
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Cable
channels
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Defunct
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ABC
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CBS
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Fox
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NBC
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The CW
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MyNetworkTV
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Ion Television
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PBS
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Other
|
- KSNW-DT 3.2
/
KSNG-DT 11.2
/
KSNC-DT 2.2
/
KSNK-DT 8.2
(
TMD
,
Wichita/Garden City/Great Bend/McCook, NE
)
- KSQA 12
(
Ind.
,
Topeka
)
- KTAJ-TV 16
(
TBN
,
St. Joseph
/
Kansas City, MO
)
- KDOR-TV 17
(
TBN
,
Bartlesville, OK
)
- KUKC-LD 20
(
UNI
,
Kansas City, MO
)
- KKSU-LD 21
(
Ind.
,
Manhattan
)
- KAGW-CD 26
(
Bounce
/
Azteca
/
AccuWx
/
LWN
,
Wichita
)
- KWKD-LD 28
(
Daystar
,
Wichita
)
- KSMI-LD 30
(
RTV
/
FAM
/
PBJ
/
Tuff
/FGO/
JTV
,
Wichita
)
- KFVT-LD 34
(
SSN
,
Wichita
)
- KMTW 36
(
Dabl
,
Hutchinson
)
- KMCI-TV 38
(
Ind.
,
Lawrence
)
- KGKC-LD 39
(
TMD
,
Lawrence
)
- KDCU-DT 46
(
UNI
,
Derby
)
- KWHB 47
(
CTN
,
Tulsa, OK
)
- KGEB 53
(
GEB
,
Tulsa, OK
)
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Defunct
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Radio syndicators
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Terrestrial television
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Cable and satellite
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Statewide networks
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Regional networks
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Local non-commercial
independents
| School-owned
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Community-operated
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Defunct
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