wkno channel 10 slogan public broadcasting for the mid south channels digital 29 uhf virtual 10 psip affiliations pbs owner mid south public communications foundation first air date june 25 1956 ; 60 years ago 1956 06 25 call letters meaning knowledge sister station s wkno fm former channel number s analog 10 vhf 1956 2009 former affiliations net 1956 1970 transmitter power 835 kw height 320.2 m facility id 42061 transmitter coordinates 35 9 16 n 89 49 20 w 35.15444 n 89.82222 w 35.15444 ; 89.82222 wkno licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wkno.org wkno virtual channel 10 uhf digital channel 29 is a pbs member television station located in memphis tennessee united states . the station is owned and operated by the mid south public communications foundation a non profit organization governed by a board of trustees composed of volunteers and is operated alongside npr member radio station wkno fm 91.1 . wkno maintains studios and offices in cordova and its transmitter is also located there . 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 june 25 1956 as tennessee s first public television outlet . its studios were first located in midtown memphis but would move several years later to rented space on the campus of memphis state university now university of memphis ; in 1979 the studios were relocated a few blocks to the south to the southern annex of the msu campus on getwell road . that facility served the station for 30 years until november 2009 when the station moved into a custom designed all digital studio facility in cordova . 1 from 1968 to 1981 wkno s programming was repeated on wljt in lexington for viewers in the remainder of western tennessee outside the memphis metropolitan area . afterward that station eventually began broadcasting a separate programming schedule including programming of local interest to that region . unlike most of tennessee s public television outlets wkno has never had direct or indirect ties to the state government even though during its early years the station would identify as tennessee educational television during in school hours and tennessee public television during off school hours including prime time . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 10.1 1080i 16 9 wkno hd main wkno tv programming pbs 10.2 480i wkno 2 pbs encore wkno 2 analog to digital conversion edit wkno discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over vhf channel 10 on may 1 2009 . 3 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 29 using psip to display wkno s virtual channel as 10 on digital television receivers . references edit 1 rabbitears tv query for wkno list of digital full power stations external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for wkno biafn s media web database information on wkno tv v t e broadcast television in western tennessee including memphis northwestern mississippi and the eastern delta region of arkansas reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wreg tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 nc3a 3.3 antenna tv wmc tv 5.1 nbc 5.2 bounce tv 5.3 grit tv whbq tv 13.1 fox 13.2 escape 13.3 decades wpgf ld 17.1 tele rom ntica watn tv 24.1 abc 24.2 laff wlmt 30.1 the cw 30.2 mynetworktv metv wfbi ld 33.1 silent wbxp lp 44.1 sbn w46ef 46.1 silent wpxx tv 50.1 ion 50.2 qubo 50.3 ion life 50.4 ion shop 50.5 qvc over air 50.6 hsn wpym ld 56.1 pbj public television wkno 10.1 pbs 10.2 wkno2 wmav tv 18.1 pbs mpb 18.2 pbs hd 18.3 create religious wtwv 23.1 ind 23.2 simulcast of wwtw wbuy tv 40.1 tbn 40.2 church 40.3 juce tv smile 40.4 enlace 40.5 salsa w50ea d 42.1 3abn 42.2 3abn proclaim 42.3 dare to dream 42.4 3abn latino 42.5 3abn radio 42.6 3abn radio latino 42.7 radio 74 wdnm ld 59.1 daystar cable channels fox sports tennessee wypl tv ctae 19 swnow outlying areas west tennessee wdyr cd 18.1 silent northern mississippi wprq ld 12.1 this tv wbii cd 20.1 sbn 20.2 tuff tv 20.3 god tv 20.4 heartland wwtw 34.1 ind 34.2 simulcast of wtwv defunct stations w06aw 6 ubn selmer tn wdyr cd 18 ind. daystar dyersburg w42by 42 3abn w63bv 63 valuevision adjacent locals jonesboro ar kait 8.1 abc 8.2 nbc ktej 19.1 pbs aetn 19.2 aetn scholar world 19.3 create 19.4 airs audio kpmf ld 26.4 tcn kjnb ld 39.1 fox 39.2 cbs kvtj 48.1 vtn tennessee broadcast television areas by city chattanooga jackson knoxville memphis nashville paducah ky tri cities see also jonesboro tv little rock tv greenwood tv tupelo tv huntsville tv v t e pbs member stations in the state of tennessee wetp 2 wkop 15 sneedville knoxville wnpt 8 nashville wkno 10 memphis wljt dt 11 lexington wcte 22 cookeville wtci 45 chattanooga see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in tennessee retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wkno tv & oldid 744374792 categories pbs member stationstelevision stations in memphis tennesseetelevision channels and stations established in 1956 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 20 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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