wnin slogan building a better tri state together channels digital 9 vhf virtual 9 psip subchannels 9.1 pbs 9.2 create 9.3 wnin fm affiliations pbs since 1970 owner wnin tri state public media inc. first air date march 5 1970 ; 46 years ago 1970 03 05 call letters meaning channel nine sister station s wnin fm former channel number s analog 9 vhf 1970 2009 digital 12 vhf until 2009 former affiliations net march october 1970 dark 1972 1973 transmitter power 19 kw digital height 304 m digital facility id 67802 transmitter coordinates 37 59 1 n 87 16 13 w 37.98361 n 87.27028 w 37.98361 ; 87.27028 wnin licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wnin.org wnin is a public television station in evansville indiana broadcasting locally on channel 9 as a pbs member station . the station is owned by wnin tri state public media who also owns sister station wnin fm the local npr member station . the station broadcasts from the willard carpenter house in downtown evansville which is on the united states national register of historic places . brad kimmel is the president of wnin . contents 1 background 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 2.3 indiana channel 3 references 4 external links background edit wnin signed on for the first time on march 5 1970 owned by the evansville vanderburgh school corporation . after a few months as a member of national educational television it joined pbs in october . despite having the advantage of being on one of two vhf frequencies in the tri state evsc soon found itself in over its head running a full service public television station . within a year wnin was 59 000 in the red . unable to raise enough money to close the gap it took wnin off the air in 1972 . a year later a group of tri state citizens formed southwest indiana public television later known as tri state public teleplex and now known as tri state public media and returned the station to the air . it bought the carpenter house in 1986 and retired the mortgage on it three years later with the help of a capital campaign . wnin also programs and transmits two local cable channels wnin learn cable 12 and wnin create cable 13 . these channels are available on two local cable tv operators insight now time warner cable and wow wide open west . wnin learn airs local government access television gatv for vanderburgh county and evansville city government meetings produced off site inside the carpenter house via remote controlled cameras located in the vanderburgh county civic center . wnin learn also airs repeats of some pbs kids programs . wnin create simulcasts the national pbs create channel which features how to creative and cooking programs . local programs produced by wnin include lawmakers and newsmakers as well as various live debates and local documentaries . as of 2010 all local programming is available online via the station s implementation of the pbs cove platform . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 9.1 1080i 16 9 wnin hd main wnin programming pbs 9.2 480i 4 3 wnin sd wnin create indiana channel 4 7 p.m. weekdays 9.3 audio simulcast of wnin fm the station carries create on digital channel 9.2 . digital channel 9.3 is an audio simulcast of sister npr member station wnin fm . analog to digital conversion edit wnin discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over vhf channel 9 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition vhf channel 12 to channel 9 . 2 indiana channel edit wnin is the programming hub of the indiana public broadcasting stations ipbs project the indiana channel . currently the indiana channel runs on digital subchannel 9.2 wnin create from 4 7 p.m. every weekday . references edit rabbitears tv query for wnin dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit official site query the fcc s tv station database for wnin biafn s media web database information on wnin tv v t e broadcast television in the illinois indiana kentucky tri state area including evansville in and owensboro ky reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television . all stations are in evansville except where noted . local stations wtvw 7.1 the cw 7.2 bounce tv 7.3 escape wnin tv 9.1 pbs 9.2 create in channel 9.3 wnin fm audio wfie 14.1 nbc 14.2 me tv 14.3 grit weht 25.1 abc 25.2 laff wevv tv 44.1 cbs hd 44.2 fox mntv sd weev ld 47.1 fox mntv via wevv dt2 low power stations wyyw cd 15.1 telemundo 15.2 family ch . 15.3 retro tv waze lp 17 ion wtsn cd 20.1 heroes & icons 20.2 antenna tv w23bv d 23.1 3abn 23.2 3abn proclaim 23.3 3abn dare to dream 23.4 3abn latino w27dh d 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