slogan irreplaceable channels digital 40 uhf virtual 18 psip subchannels 18.1 pbs 18.2 create 18.3 v me translators k18hd d 18 bakersfield affiliations pbs owner valley public television inc. first air date april 10 1977 call letters meaning valley public television former callsigns kmtf 1977 1990 former channel number s analog 18 uhf 1977 2009 transmitter power 250 kw height 698 m facility id 69733 transmitter coordinates 36 44 45.6 n 119 16 55 w 36.746000 n 119.28194 w 36.746000 ; 119.28194 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.valleypbs.org kvpt virtual channel 18 uhf digital channel 40 is a pbs member television station located in fresno california united states . the station is owned by valley public television inc. kvpt maintains studio facilities located on van ness avenue and calaveras street in downtown fresno and its transmitter is located on bear mountain near meadow lakes . kvpt airs pbs programming as well as programs distributed by american public television and other distributors along with independent productions and locally produced programs . the station s programming is simulcast on translator station k18hd d virtual and uhf digital channel 18 in bakersfield . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit the station first signed on the air on april 10 1977 as kmtf ; it was founded by the fresno county public schools district . prior to the station s sign on pbs distributed select programs to the area s commercial television stations on a per program basis ; the only pbs station available in the market before channel 18 signed on was kvie in sacramento which was carried on local cable providers . in 1987 fresno county public schools sold the station to the community owned valley public television inc. in 1990 the station launched a low power translator station in bakersfield on uhf channel 65 making bakersfield one of the last markets in the country to add over the air public television service . that year channel 18 changed its call letters to kvpt the kmtf call letters would later be used by a television station in helena montana from 1998 to 2015 . in march 2007 kvpt purchased multimedios television affiliate k18hd d from mintz broadcasting owned by businessman michael mintz which became the station s new bakersfield translator . for many years the station was branded on air as valley public television . on september 27 2010 kvpt altered its branding to valley pbs however the valley public television name remains in use by its ownership group . with los angeles station kcet s dismembering from pbs in january 2011 incidentally kcet operates a translator in bakersfield kvpt is now the only pbs station located between merced and bakersfield . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 18.1 1080i 16 9 kvpt hd main kvpt programming pbs 18.2 480i 16 9 kvpt d1 create 18.3 kvpt d2 v me 18.4 480i 16 9 kvpt d3 world analog to digital conversion edit kvpt signed on its digital signal on april 25 2008 . the station shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 18 on february 17 2009 the original target 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 uhf channel 40 . 2 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 18 . references edit rabbitears tv query for kvpt dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit kvpt official website www.cocolatv.com query the fcc s tv station database for kvpt query the fcc s tv station database for k18hd d biafn s media web database information on kvpt tv 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or monterey inland empire palm springs reno nv sacramento san diego san francisco santa barbara el centro ca yuma az v t e television stations in the greater bakersfield area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television english stations k08mm d k24gs 3abn kjou lp 12 silent kxbf ld 14 biz tv kget 17.1 nbc 17.2 cw 17.3 tmd 17.4 laff k18hd d kvpt lp 34 18.1 pbs k21fp 21 silent kdbk ld 27 kebk ld 27 religious kero 23.1 abc 23.2 azteca 23.3 metv kbak 29.1 cbs 29.3 grit tv 58.2 fox kcbt ld 34.2 bounce tv 34.3 daystar 34.4 hsn kbfk lp 36.2 movies knxt lp 38 ind kpmc lp 43 jtv kuvi 45.1 mntv kbfx cd 58.1 fox 29.2 this tv spanish stations kkey lp 13.1 17.3 tmd kbbv cd 19 19.1 estrella kbtf cd 31 ktfb ca 4 31.1 unim s hd 31.2 45.3 unim s sd kcbt ld 34.1 mundomax 34.5 tvida vision kabe cd 39 39.1 uni hd 39.2 45.2 uni sd kzkc lp 42 42.2 aza adjacent locals los angeles ca ktla 5.1 the cw 5.2 antenna tv 5.3 this tv kabc 7.1 abc 7.2 lwn 7.3 laff kcal 9.1 ind kcop 13.1 mntv 13.2 buzzr 13.3 movies 13.4 heroes and icons kcet 28.1 public ind 28.2 link tv 28.3 v me 28.4 nhk world koce tv 50.1 pbs 50.2 pbs 50.3 daystar 50.4 world santa barbara ksby 6.1 nbc 6.2 the cw 6.3 laff kcoy 12.1 cbs 12.2 fox kkfx cd 24.1 fox 24.2 wx defunct kjbc 33 35 55 christian religious home shopping kern krnt 65 ind. educational public access california television bakersfield chico redding eureka fresno las vegas nv los angeles medford or monterey inland empire palm springs reno nv sacramento san diego san francisco santa barbara el centro ca yuma az v t e pbs member stations in the state of california kvie 6 sacramento kixe 9 redding kqed 9 kqet 25 san francisco watsonville keet 13 eureka kpbs 15 san diego kvpt 18 kvpt lp 34 fresno bakersfield krcb 22 cotati kvcr 24 san bernardino koce 50 huntington beach kqeh 54 san jose klcs 58 los angeles see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in california retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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