city broomfield colorado branding colorado public television slogan world view community voice channels digital 13 vhf virtual 12 psip translators see article affiliations .1 pbs .2 pbs encore .3 mhz worldview owner colorado public television inc. first air date february 22 1980 ; 36 years ago 1980 02 22 call letters meaning broomfield denver former channel number s analog 12 vhf 1980 2009 transmitter power 33.6 kw height 738 m facility id 22685 transmitter coordinates 39 40 55 n 105 29 51 w 39.68194 n 105.49750 w 39.68194 ; 105.49750 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.cpt12.org colorado public television formerly kbdi tv virtual channel 12 vhf digital channel 13 is a pbs member television station in denver colorado united states that is licensed to broomfield . the station is owned by colorado public television inc. kbdi maintains studio facilities located on welton and 29th streets in the five points neighborhood just northeast of downtown denver and its transmitter is located atop squaw mountain 1 just west of evergreen in clear creek county . the station is branded on air as colorado public television or cpt12 ; kbdi s programming reaches over 80 % of colorado s population 2 through its low powered translators in boulder and colorado springs . it also has gained cable viewership throughout the western slope . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 translators 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1977 a small group of community leaders formed the front range educational media corporation fremco and filed an application to the federal communications commission for the vhf channel 12 license the second of two channel frequencies in the denver market assigned for noncommercial educational use after krma tv channel 6 which signed on in january 1956 as part of its policy to provide multiple educational television services throughout the united states . the fcc granted the license to fremco in 1979 . kbdi tv first signed on the air on february 22 1980 . the station initially operated from a garage in broomfield and used a juice can as a makeshift transmitting antenna . the channel 12 allocation was originally intended for the university of colorado at boulder but was assigned to broomfield based fremco when the fcc s plans to assign an educational television station that would exclusively serve the boulder area fell through . later in the decade kbdi installed a transmitter and broadcast tower atop 3 501 metre 11 486 ft 3 squaw mountain located 16 miles 26 km due west of denver ; it is the highest full power television transmitting antenna in the united states . with the tower kbdi expanded its signal to cover the entire denver metropolitan area and eventually the entire front range . 2 in 1989 the station moved its offices and studios to denver originally at a facility on stout street and then subsequently to a building on north federal boulevard . finally in 1994 the station moved its operations into the new five points media center facility on welton street in the city s five points neighborhood . kbdi purchased the building outright in 2006 . in the late 1990s as the station expanded its reach throughout colorado via a network of low powered repeaters and carriage on cable systems the station phased out its call letters from its branding and started identifying as colorado public television or cpt12 ultimately applying the brand full time in 2010 . today the kbdi call letters are almost never mentioned on air with the exception of fcc mandated station identifications . the brand also extended to its parent company in 2005 when the front range educational media corporation was renamed as colorado public television inc. in 2004 kbdi entered into a multimedia partnership with cbs owned and operated station kcnc tv channel 4 and the rocky mountain news to jointly produce colorado decides providing coverage of statewide debates political analysis and election coverage . kbdi is a member of pbs program differentiation plan pdp previously known as the beta group ; as the denver area s secondary pbs member station it only airs 25 % of the pbs network schedule . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 12.1 480i 4 3 cpt12 dt main kbdi tv programming pbs 12.2 cpt12 pbs encore 04a 04p fnx first nations experience 04p 04a 12.3 cpt12 wv mhz worldview unlike most pbs member stations kbdi tv transmits its main channel in the 480i resolution format making it the largest pbs station by market size that does not transmit in high definition . kbdi launched its digital signal on vhf channel 13 in 2003 . with the sign on of its digital signal the station began carrying cpt12 on digital subchannel 12.2 now featuring a mix of children s instructional and public affairs programming from 4am to 4pm and fnx first nations experience from 4pm to 4 am . in 2008 the station began carrying the international programming service mhz worldview on digital channel 12.3 . analog to digital conversion edit kbdi tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 12 on february 17 2009 the original date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition vhf channel 13 . 5 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 12 . several peaks of significant height exist between the kbdi s transmitter tower and the denver metropolitan area most notably mount morrison at 7 881 feet 2 402 m green mountain at 6 856 feet 2 090 m and lookout mountain at 7 581 feet 2 311 m which interrupt the clear line of sight from the antenna and create a coverage shadow for a significant part of denver s western suburbs particularly lakewood and golden . the june 2009 digital transition did not address the coverage shadow as the antenna s remained at the same location . translators edit city of license callsign channel anton k49ex d 49 boulder k48mn d 48 colorado springs k31km d 31 peetz k14jz d 14 sterling k31iq d 31 references edit fcc tv station database a b about us official site squaw mountain colorado accessed aug. 20 2015 rabbitears tv query for kbdi dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit www.cpt12.org kbdi tv official website kbdi tv on facebook colopublictv on twitter query the fcc s tv station database for kbdi tv query the fcc s tv station database for k14jz d query the fcc s tv station database for k31iq d query the fcc s tv station database for k31km d query the fcc s tv station database for k48mn d query the fcc s tv station database for k49ex d biafn s media web database information on kbdi tv v t e 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38.2 church 38.3 juce tv 38.5 smile krmt 41.1 daystar ketd 53.2 lesea cable channels altitude cet adjacent areas glenwood springs kreg tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 kgjt cd mynetworktv cripple creek k05md d 5.1 son life 5.2 punch tv fort collins greeley kcdo tv 3.1 ind 3.3 hsn kgwn tv 5.1 cbs 5.2 kcwy dt nbc 5.3 the cw kfct 22.1 fox 22.2 antenna tv avon vail k36db cd 36 k45ie d 45 outside nebraska ktne tv krne tv 13.1 12.1 pbs net net1 hd 13.2 12.2 world net2 13.3 12.3 create colorado broadcast television areas by city albuquerque santa fe nm colorado springs pueblo denver grand junction montrose see also cheyenne tv v t e television stations in southern colorado including colorado springs and pueblo english language stations koaa tv 5 k30jm d 30 xx .1 nbc xx .2 newsfirst now ktsc 8.1 pbs 8.3 create 8.5 audio information network of colorado kktv 11.1 cbs 11.2 mntv metv krdo tv 13.1 abc 13.2 telemundo kxrm tv 21.1 fox 21.2 cw 21.3 ion kspk lp 28.1 a1 amgtv k31km d 31 12.1 12.2 simulcast of kbdi tv pbs 12.3 mhz worldview kjcs ld ewtn on 38.1 torah tv on 38.3 the walk tv on 38.6 kwhs ld 51.1 lesea 51.2 cozi tv kxtu ld 57.1 cw also on kxrm 21.2 spanish language stations ktsc 8.2 v me krdo tv 13.2 telemundo kzcs lp 23 azteca ktlp 34 ktlo 45 telemundo also on krdo 13.2 kjcs ld 38.4 vidavision 38.5 fuente de vida kvsn dt univision on 48.1 unim s on 48.2 latv on 48.3 kxtu ld 57.2 mundomax see also media in colorado springs colorado denver tv albuquerque tv v t e pbs member stations in the state of colorado rocky mountain pbs krma 6 denver ktsc 8 pueblo krmj 18 grand junction krmu 20 durango krmz 24 steamboat springs other kbdi 12 denver see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in colorado retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kbdi tv & oldid 743431279 categories pbs member stationstelevision channels and stations established in 1980television stations in denverfive points denver navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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