KACV-TV

KACV-TV

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Amarillo, Texas United States
City of license	Amarillo, Texas
Branding	Panhandle PBS
Slogan	We Live Here To
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF)
Subchannels	2.1 PBS-HD 2.2 V-me
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Amarillo College (Amarillo Junior College District)
First air date	August 29, 1988
Call letters' meaning	Amarillo College Voice
Sister station(s)	KACV-FM
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1988-2009)
Transmitter power	5 kW
Height	519 meters (1,703 ft)
Facility ID	1236
Transmitter coordinates
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.panhandlepbs.org

KACV-TV is a public television station in Amarillo, Texas, broadcasting locally on channels 2.1 and 2.2 as a PBS member station. Founded in 1988, the station is owned by the city's community college, Amarillo College. KACV-TV is operated on Amarillo College's Washington Street campus, along with sister-station KACV-FM; the station's transmitter is located north of Amarillo in unincorporated Potter County.

Previous KACV-TV logo, used through 2008

Amarillo was one of the last major cities to get its own PBS station; prior to then, viewers in the Texas Panhandle watched PBS either on Amarillo's commercial stations (on a per-program basis), or via cable on Dallas' KERA-TV, OETA from Oklahoma, or New Mexico's KENW.

The station also produces local programming such as "artZONE," "A Conversation with Ken Burns" and "Braggin' Rights: The Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo."

On September 3, 2013, KACV announced its re-branding to "Panhandle PBS".

Digital Programming

The station's digital channel, VHF 8, is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
2.1	Main KACV-TV programming / PBS HD
2.2	V-me

The HD service is also carried on the Suddenlink Amarillo cable system.

External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KACV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KACV-TV

See also

• Channel 8 digital TV stations in the United States
• Channel 2 virtual TV stations in the United States