colorado united states branding rocky mountain pbs channels analog see table below digital see table below subchannels xx .1 pbs xx .2 v me xx .3 create affiliations pbs satellites joined the network upon their respective sign ons owner rocky mountain public broadcasting network inc. first air date january 20 1956 ; 60 years ago 1956 01 20 for individual stations see table below call letters meaning see table below sister station s kuvo former channel number s see table below former affiliations see table below transmitter power see table below height see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information mountain pbs profile mountain pbs cdbs website www.rmpbs.org rocky mountain pbs is a state network of pbs member television stations serving the u.s. state of colorado . it is operated by the rocky mountain public broadcasting network inc. which holds the licenses for most of the pbs member stations licensed in the state with the exception of kbdi tv channel 12 in denver which serves as that market s secondary or beta pbs station through the network s program differentiation plan . the network comprises five full power stations flagship station krma tv in denver and satellites ktsc in pueblo also serving colorado springs krmj in grand junction krmu in durango and krmz in steamboat springs . the broadcast signals of the five full power stations and 60 translators cover almost all of the state as well as parts of wyoming montana nebraska and new mexico . the network s offices and network operations center are located on bannock street and west 11th avenue in downtown denver . krmj and ktsc maintain their own respective studio facilities krmj is based at colorado mesa university in grand junction while ktsc operates from the campus of colorado state university pueblo . the rmpbn also operates a public radio station npr outlet kuvo 89.3 fm in denver which joined the organization in a merger announced in january 2013 . its transmitter for krma is located atop mt. morrison in golden colorado . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 stations 3.1 translators 3.2 krma translators 3.3 ktsc translators 3.4 krmj translators 4 digital television 4.1 digital channels 4.2 analog to digital conversion 5 references 6 external links history edit the network s flagship station krma tv channel 6 in denver first signed on the air on january 30 1956 as an educational television station owned by the denver public schools with university of denver instructor jim case serving as its program director . it is the oldest public television station in the rocky mountains . its original studio facility was located in a converted body shop at the emily griffith opportunity school in downtown denver . the station was originally a member of national educational television before becoming a member of pbs when it launched on october 6 1970 . originally broadcasting only two hours of programming a day during the week krma soon became a key pbs member distributing pbs programming to many areas in the rocky mountain region that did not have educational stations of their own . from the 1960s onward it began building translators across colorado and surrounding states . it was also carried by nearly every cable television system in colorado and eastern wyoming . denver public schools sold krma to the community group channel six inc. in 1987 . in 1992 krma moved its operations into a studio facility on bannock street in denver s civic center neighborhood which formerly housed the operations of abc affiliate kusa tv channel 9 now an nbc affiliate ; that station moved to a new facility located on speer boulevard before krma moved into the bannock street facility . in response to requests from viewers on the western slope krma applied for and was awarded a construction permit by the federal communications commission fcc to operate a station on uhf channel 18 in grand junction in august 1995 . that station signed on the air on january 1 1997 as krmj . prior to that station s launch krma had been available on cable in western colorado for decades and also operated numerous translators in the region . soon afterward krma dropped its longtime six branding and relaunched as rocky mountain pbs while channel six inc. changed its name to the rocky mountain public broadcasting network . in 1999 ktsc channel 8 in pueblo joined the network after it was sold by colorado state university pueblo . the station had originally operated as a separate pbs station for pueblo colorado springs and southern colorado from its sign on on february 3 1971 . on december 3 2004 krmu channel 20 in durango signed on to serve southwestern colorado and a small portion of northwestern new mexico . when krmu received its license in 2001 it was the first television station in the united states to operate a digital signal without a companion analog channel assignment . on february 2 2007 rocky mountain pbs added its fifth full service station and its second station in western colorado kmas tv channel 24 in steamboat springs . kmas had served as the telemundo station for the denver market prior to joining rmpbs and brought its programming into denver itself by way of two low powered repeater stations kmas lp channel 33 and ksbs lp channel 10 . however its status was placed in doubt when nbc universal purchased kden tv channel 25 and converted it into a telemundo owned and operated station . nbc universal finally decided to donate the kmas license and transmitter to rocky mountain pbs . on september 4 2007 the station s call letters were changed to krmz reflecting its identity as a rocky mountain pbs station . on january 16 2013 it was announced that the non profit investigative journalism organization i news network and public radio station kuvo 89.3 fm had reached an agreement to merge with rocky mountain pbs . the merger is intended to broaden the reach of their content to new platforms and ensure formal collaboration between the outlets . the deal was expected to close in april 2013 . 1 programming edit rocky mountain pbs produces several local programs such as the weekly colorado state of mind arts district and the seasonal colorado experience . however the network has focused much of its production efforts on local documentaries which often take months or years to produce . many of these documentaries such as la raza de colorado jewel of the rockies and urban rez have earned multiple emmy awards over the years . satellite stations krmj and ktsc occasionally break away from the krma feed to provide programming targeted for their respective communities and each station airs separate local promotions and underwriting . krmu is a full time satellite of krmj while krmz is a full time satellite of krma . citing costs at each station rocky mountain pbs applied for and received waivers of the fcc s main studio rule which requires that each full service station maintain a main studio within its local service area . 2 3 stations edit station city of license channels tv rf first air date call letters meaning former affiliations erp haat facility id transmitter coordinates public license information krma tv denver 6 psip 18 uhf january 30 1956 knowledge for the rocky mountain area net 1956 1970 115 kw 331 m 14040 39 40 17.4 n 105 13 8 w 39.671500 n 105.21889 w 39.671500 ; 105.21889 krma tv profile cdbs ktsc1 pueblo 8 psip 8 vhf february 3 19711 television for southern colorado 22.4 kw 720 m 69170 38 44 43 n 104 51 39 w 38.74528 n 104.86083 w 38.74528 ; 104.86083 ktsc profile cdbs krmj grand junction 18 psip 18 uhf january 1 1997 krma grand junction 17.7 kw 409 m 14042 39 3 58.4 n 108 44 45.7 w 39.066222 n 108.746028 w 39.066222 ; 108.746028 krmj profile cdbs krmu durango 20 psip 20 uhf december 3 2004 krma durango 12.6 kw 130 m 84224 37 15 46 n 107 53 58 w 37.26278 n 107.89944 w 37.26278 ; 107.89944 krmu profile cdbs krmz2 3 steamboat springs 24 psip 10 vhf may 1988 krma z telemundo until 2007 0.481 kw 175.2 m 20373 40 27 43.2 n 106 50 59.8 w 40.462000 n 106.849944 w 40.462000 ; 106.849944 krmz profile cdbs notes 1 . ktsc joined rmpbs in 1999 and also covers colorado springs . 2 . krmz used the callsigns ksbs tv from 1988 to 2000 and kmas tv from 2000 to 2007 . 3 . krmz then kmas tv joined rmpbs in 2007 . 4 translators edit in addition to its five full service television stations rocky mountain pbs operates one of the largest translator networks in the country serving portions of colorado wyoming kansas nebraska and utah . krma feeds two translators in boulder and fort collins . ktsc feeds 10 translators in rural southern colorado and krmj feeds 13 translators serving rural western colorado . the other translators are operated by community groups that pick up one of the three rocky mountain pbs regional feeds and carry the signals onward through their systems . all 25 translators within the rmpbs system operate as digital signals and as such carry the primary channel and two subchannels from their respective parent transmitters . the list below is a mixture of rmpbs and other translator operators carrying one of the rmpbs network feeds . this film television or video related list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions . all are analog stations unless otherwise specified krma translators edit city of license callsign channel akron k13xw 13 analog anton k17kx d 17 ashcroft k21hf d 21 boulder k24hq d 24 collbran k11ps d 11 crawford k24jo d 24 dolores k10mz d 10 dove creek k23gf d 23 fort collins krma tv 47 dolores k30cr 30 analog glenwood springs k45kc d 45 grand junction k41ae d 41 grand junction k49io d 49 grand valley k28ha d 28 haxtun k39hm d 39 holyoke k19eg d 19 idalia k24ez d 24 julesburg k51il d 51 lake george k29hm d 29 meeteetse wyoming k29ih d 29 new castle k06gw d 6 nucla k13sn d 13 peetz k18fn d 18 pleasant valley k20gk d 20 rulison k32hl d 32 silt k49ah d 49 sterling k47nq d 47 white sulphur springs montana k08li d 8 white sulphur springs montana k26lq d 26 wolf point montana k19jr d 19 wood river wyoming k31jo d 31 wray k50fj d 50 yuma k36ac d 36 ktsc translators edit station city of license channel erp facility id transmitter coordinates k46jn d aguilar 46 0.250 kw 167429 37 23 10.0 n 104 38 12.0 w 37.386111 n 104.636667 w 37.386111 ; 104.636667 k46jn d k40ls d cheyenne wells 40 0.750 kw 10789 38 47 30.0 n 102 32 57.0 w 38.791667 n 102.549167 w 38.791667 ; 102.549167 k40ls d k33iw d coaldale 33 0.015 kw 69262 38 20 42.0 n 105 45 11.0 w 38.345000 n 105.753056 w 38.345000 ; 105.753056 k33iw d k43ah d crested butte etc. 43 0.460 kw 25628 38 54 8.0 n 106 58 20.0 w 38.902222 n 106.972222 w 38.902222 ; 106.972222 k43ah d k47bl d crested butte etc. 47 0.170 kw 25607 38 48 37.0 n 106 54 30.0 w 38.810278 n 106.908333 w 38.810278 ; 106.908333 k47bl d k46jo d del norte 46 0.250 kw 167427 37 40 30.0 n 106 14 30.0 w 37.675000 n 106.241667 w 37.675000 ; 106.241667 k46jo d k56ag eads 56 0.888 kw 34936 38 22 35.0 n 102 58 48.0 w 38.376389 n 102.980000 w 38.376389 ; 102.980000 k56ag k06hn d gunnison 6 0.013 kw 25611 38 31 25.0 n 106 54 20.0 w 38.523611 n 106.905556 w 38.523611 ; 106.905556 k06hn d k36ih d ignacio 36 0.582 kw 69173 37 11 3.0