channels digital 9 vhf virtual 9 psip subchannels 9.1 pbs 9.2 world 9.3 v me 9.4 create affiliations pbs owner alamo public telecommunications council first air date september 10 1962 call letters meaning learn former channel number s analog 9 vhf 1962 2009 digital 8 vhf 2009 former affiliations net 1962 1970 transmitter power 13.6 kw height 286 m facility id 749 transmitter coordinates 29 19 38 n 98 21 17 w 29.32722 n 98.35472 w 29.32722 ; 98.35472 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.klrn.org klrn virtual and vhf digital channel 9 is a pbs member television station located in san antonio texas united states . the station is owned by the alamo public telecommunications council formerly the southwest texas public broadcasting council . klrn maintains studio facilities located on broadway street in downtown san antonio and its transmitter is located on foster road near calaveras lake in the southeastern part of the city . the station also serves as the default pbs member station for the laredo market which does not have one of its own . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 notable programming 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on september 10 1962 ; it was founded by the southwest texas public broadcasting council . unusually for television stations of that time it was licensed to serve two markets san antonio and the market to its adjacent northeast austin . this was due in part because austin had been allocated uhf channel 18 for non commercial use and uhf was not considered viable at the time television set manufacturers were not required to equip televisions with uhf tuners until the federal communications commission passed the all channel receiver act in 1961 however uhf tuners would not included on all newer sets until 1964 . klrn s transmitter was located roughly halfway between san antonio and austin on land located just north of new braunfels a major suburb of san antonio . the station s main studios were located at the jesse h. jones communications center in austin on rented space at the university of texas . its san antonio operations were based at a satellite studio located at cambridge elementary school until 1968 when it moved to rented space at the institute of texan cultures on the hemisfair grounds . much of klrn s schedule was carried by fellow pbs station kedt in corpus christi which had separate ownership from klrn during that station s first few years following its sign on in october 1972 . because of this arrangement klrn was also available to cable providers in the lower rio grande valley some 250 miles from san antonio . in 1979 the council signed on klru in austin as a satellite of klrn . from the very first day however the council set about making klru a separate station focused on austin . in 1980 klru received a separate governing board though it continued to simulcast klrn until 1984 when the council activated a new tower for klrn in san antonio . in 1987 the two stations finally went their separate ways when the southwest texas public broadcasting council split itself into two community organizations with klrn coming under the alamo public telecommunications council . in 1994 it moved to its current studio facility on broadway street within a renovated former buick dealership . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 9.1 1080i 16 9 klrn hd main klrn programming pbs 9.2 480i 4 3 klrn sd world 9.3 klrn vm v me 9.4 klrn cr create analog to digital conversion edit klrn 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 8 to channel 9 . 2 notable programming edit some of the notable programs produced in the austin studio by klrn over the years included carrascolendas and villa alegre both children s programs about hispanic culture that aired during the 1970s . klrn also produced austin city limits until 1984 when klru split off into a separate station from klrn and took over production responsibilities for that program . klrn news bulletin slide 1966 klrn whose studios were right across the street from the main building of the university of texas in austin interrupted programming to show live coverage of charles whitman s shooting spree on august 1 1966 . references edit rabbitears tv query for klrn dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit klrn official website query the fcc s tv station database for klrn biafn s media web database information on klrn tv v t e broadcast television in inland south texas including san antonio local stations kcwx 2.1 mntv 2.2 this tv woai tv 4.1 nbc 4.2 antenna tv kens 5.1 cbs 5.2 estrella tv 5.3 justice network klrn 9.1 pbs 9.2 world 9.3 v me 9.4 create ksat tv 12.1 abc 12.2 metv 12.3 movies kpxl tv 26.1 ion 26.2 qubo 26.3 ion life 26.4 ion shop 26.5 qvc 26.6 hsn kabb 29.1 fox 29.2 comet kmys 35.1 cw 35.2 asn kisa ld 40.1 blank 40.2 latv 40.3 blank 40.4 sonlife 40.5 qvc over air k53jc 53 txdot spanish language kflz lp 6.1 spanish ind rel 6.2 promiseland 6.3 english rel 6.4 test pattern knic dt 17.1 unim s 17.2 univision 17.3 escape 17.4 laff kgsa lp 18 aza kvdf cd 31 aza kwex dt 41.1 uni 41.2 gettv 41.3 grit kgmm cd 44 tres k51jf 51 multi kvda 60.1 tmd 60.2 telexitos 60.3 cozi tv religious stations k27lf d 14 3abn kobs ld 19.1 19.3 tele restauraci n 19.2 19.4 m sica cristiana tv khce tv 23.1 tbn 23.2 church 23.3 juce tv 23.4 enlace 23.5 smile kqve lp 46 ds independent stations kbnb lp 10 ind cable channels time warner cable news san antonio defunct kvhc lp 15 retro tv knic cd 34 tfu news 9 distant kyvv tv 10.1 mundomax del rio kvaw 24.1 ind eagle pass texas broadcast television areas by city abilene sweetwater amarillo texas panhandle austin hill country beaumont port arthur corpus christi dallas fort worth north texas ciudad acu a del rio eagle pass el paso west texas houston laredo lubbock south plains midland odessa permian basin rio grande valley san angelo san antonio sherman ada ok texarkana shreveport la tyler longview east texas victoria waco bryan brazos valley wichita falls lawton ok v t e broadcast television in the laredo borderplex laredo nuevo laredo american stations kgns 8.1 nbc 8.2 abc 8.3 tmd k10qk d 10.1 cp kylx ld 13.1 cbs 13.2 cw klmv ld 15.1 ind. 15.2 info 15.3 vida vision 15.4 test kldo 27.1 uni 27.2 latv ketf cd 31.1 unim s 31.2 fox mntv kxof cd 39.1 fox mntv 39.2 mundomax k40nu d 40.1 cp mexican stations xefe 2.1 televisa local xhbr 11.1 canal de las estrellas xhlna 21.1 azteca 13 21.2 proyecto 40 xhlat 33.1 azteca 7 13.20 blank xhnat 45.1 multimedios 45.2 milenio tv 45.3 teleritmo xhlar 57.1 televisa regional xhnan tvnl ciudad an huac n.l. currently off air out of market channels klrn 9 pbs the cw plus defunct stations kvtv 13.1 cbs texas broadcast television areas by city abilene sweetwater amarillo texas panhandle austin hill country beaumont port arthur corpus christi dallas fort worth north texas ciudad acu a del rio eagle pass el paso west texas houston laredo lubbock south plains midland odessa permian basin rio grande valley san angelo san antonio sherman ada ok texarkana shreveport la tyler longview east texas victoria waco bryan brazos valley wichita falls lawton ok tamaulipas broadcast television areas by city matamoros reynosa nuevo laredo tampico v t e pbs member stations in texas kacv 2 amarillo kttz 5 lubbock kuht 8 houston klrn 9 san antonio kamu 12 college station kcos 13 el paso kera 13 k44gs 44 dfw wichita falls kedt 16 corpus christi klru 18 austin kpbt 36 odessa 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