here . for the village in rajasthan india see kood rasjasthan . smoky hills public television western kansas united states branding smoky hills public television slogan making kansas a better place to live and work channels analog see table below digital see table below subchannels x. 1 pbs sd x. 2 pbs hd x. 3 create x. 4 world affiliations pbs owner smoky hills public television corporation first air date november 10 1982 call letters meaning see table below transmitter power see table below height see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information hills public television profile hills public television cdbs website www.shptv.org smoky hills public television is a regional network of pbs member television stations serving central and western portions of the u.s. state of kansas . it is operated by the smoky hills public television corporation which holds the licenses for all the pbs member stations licensed in the network . the broadcast signals of the four stations cover most of the western half of the state outside of wichita . the network produces public affairs programming and holds the broadcast rights to several kansas high school athletic championship events sanctioned by the kansas state high school activities association . the network s offices and network operations center are located in bunker hill just east of russell in a historic native stone building . contents 1 history 2 stations 3 digital television 3.1 digital channels 3.2 analog to digital conversion 4 programming 5 references 6 external links history edit the smoky hills public television corporation was founded in 1978 with the intent to start a non commercial educational television station in western kansas which is part of the wichita hutchinson market an unusually large market that covers over 70 counties stretching from the flint hills to the colorado border encompassing almost three fourths of the state making it the largest designated market area dma by number of counties in the united states . up to that time much of the area received pbs programming on cable via either wichita member station kpts channel 8 or denver member station krma channel 6 . flagship station kood channel 16 in hays was the first station in the network to sign on the air on november 10 1982 . this was followed by the debut of full power satellites kswk channel 8 in lakin on march 15 1989 and kdck channel 21 in dodge city on march 3 1998 ; kwks channel 19 in colby was the last satellite to sign on debuting as a digital only station in june 2007 . most viewers watch shptv s programming through cable which is all but essential for an acceptable signal in most of this vast area due to its hilly terrain . in 2005 satellite providers directv and dish network began carrying the network in the wichita market boosting its potential viewership to over 1.5 million people in kansas and nebraska . stations edit station city of license channels digital first air date call letters meaning erp digital haat digital facility id transmitter coordinates kood hays 16 uhf 9 psip november 10 1982 496 kw 304 m 60675 38 46 16 n 98 44 17 w 38.77111 n 98.73806 w 38.77111 ; 98.73806 kood kswk lakin 8 vhf 3 psip march 15 1989 south western kansas 33 kw 153 m 60683 37 49 39.9 n 101 6 36.9 w 37.827750 n 101.110250 w 37.827750 ; 101.110250 kswk kdck1 dodge city 21 uhf 21 psip march 1998 dodge city kansas 8.42 kw 99 m 79258 37 49 32.8 n 100 10 42.5 w 37.825778 n 100.178472 w 37.825778 ; 100.178472 kdck kwks1 colby 19 uhf 19 psip june 2007 western kansas 464 kw 383 m 162115 39 14 31 n 101 21 40 w 39.24194 n 101.36111 w 39.24194 ; 101.36111 kwks notes 1 . kdck and kwks did not have companion digital channels and therefore are operating on their pre transition channels which map to the same channels via psip . kdck flash cut its digital signal into operation in 2003 . until 2009 smoky hills public television also relayed its signal on seven low power translator stations station city of license channels k15cg 15 uhf oakley k23bu 23 uhf goodland k32by 32 uhf oberlin k39bs 39 uhf norton k64bs 64 uhf concordia k66cd 66 uhf phillipsburg k69db 69 uhf hoxie the hoxie translator was owned by the government of sheridan county the others were owned by the smoky hills public television corporation . all of the translators were taken out of service upon the digital television transition in 2009 . digital television edit digital channels edit the digital channels of each of the smoky hills public television stations are multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 2 3 4 x. 1 480i 4 3 shptv dt main shptv programming pbs sd x. 2 480i 1080i 4 3 16 9 shptv hd main shptv programming pbs hd x. 3 480i 4 3 shptv dt3 create x. 4 shptv dt4 world notes the third and fourth digital subchannels only broadcast from 12 00 a.m. to 6 00 p.m. central time to allow the second digital subchannel to broadcast in hd during primetime the second digital subchannel only broadcasts in 1080i hd from 6 00 p.m. to 12 00 a.m. due to limited ota bandwidth analog to digital conversion edit although the dtv delay act extended the mandatory deadline to june 12 2009 smoky hills public television shut down the analog signals of two of its stations as originally scheduled on february 17 2009 the original date in which full power television stations in the united states were scheduled to transition from analog to digital broadcasts . kood and kswk shut down their respective analog signals over uhf channel 16 and vhf channel 8 on that date . kood s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 16 ; kswk s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 47 . 5 through the use of psip digital television receivers display kood s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 9 and kswk s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 3 . programming edit locally produced programs broadcast by smoky hills public television include the medical advice program doctors on call the public affairs program the kansas legislature the high school sports highlight program scoreboard show and the music program down home country live in branson . the network also holds broadcast rights to the miss southwest kansas pageant as well as several kansas high school athletic championship events sanctioned by the kansas state high school activities association including the eight man division 1 and 2 football championship games class 3 2 1a state wrestling tournament and the class 1a girls and boys basketball tournament championship games . smoky hills public television also broadcasts the signature auction an annual fundraiser held each march ; as well as kansas candidates an ongoing series held during the election season . references edit rabbitears tv query for kood rabbitears tv query for kdck rabbitears tv query for kwks rabbitears tv query for kswk dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit smoky hills public television official website down home country live in branson website query the fcc s tv station database for kood query the fcc s tv station database for kswk query the fcc s tv station database for kdck query the fcc s tv station database for kwks biafn s media web database information on kood tv biafn s media web database information on kswk tv biafn s media web database information on kdck tv biafn s media web database information on kwks tv v t e broadcast television in central and western kansas including wichita salina and hutchinson reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television wichita hutchinson ksnw 3.1 nbc 3.2 telemundo 3.3 ion kpts 8.1 pbs kake 10.1 abc 10.2 metv kwch 12.1 cbs 12.2 local weather k15dd d 15 hsn ksas 24.1 fox 24.2 antenna tv kgpt cd 26.1 cozi tv 26.2 bounce tv 26.3 grit 26.4 escape 26.5 newsmax 26.6 rev n 26.7 accuwx 26.8 azteca kwkd lp 28 daystar ksmi lp 30.1 rtv 30.2 the family channel 30.3 pbj 30.4 tuff tv 30.5 fgo 30.6 jtv kdcu 31.1 uni kscw 33.1 cw 33.2 decades kmtw 36.1 mntv 36.2 country kfvt lp 40.1 ssn 40.3 tcn 40.4 sonlife kctu ld 43.1 this tv 43.2 thecooltv 43.3 untamed 43.4 punch tv 43.5 familynet amgtv 43.6 ebru tv 43.7 tv scout central kansas incl . hays great bend and salina kbsh 7.1 cbs kood 9.1 pbs kocw kaas 14.1 18.1 fox k15cn 15 silent ksnc ksnl ld 2.1 47.1 nbc k25cv 25 kgbd lp 30 k38gh khds lp 51 abc northwest kansas sw nebraska incl . colby goodland and mccook klby 4.1 abc ksnk 8.1 nbc kbsl 10.1 cbs kwks k23bu 23 k32by 32 19.1 pbs southwest kansas incl . dodge city and garden city kswk kdck 3.1 21.1 pbs kbsd 6.1 cbs ksng 11.1 nbc 11.2 telemundo kupk 13.1 abc 13.2 metv ksas lp 29 kaas lp 31 29.1 31.1 fox kdgl ld kddc ld kgce ld kswe ld kdgu ld 23.1 rtv 23.2 tuff tv 23.3 micasa 23.4 launchtv 23.5 the walk tv 23.6 pbj k39fw 39 tbn defunct k43hn 43 tbn defunct cable channels kansas 22 adjacent locals denver kwgn 2 cw kcnc 4 cbs kmgh 7 abc kusa 9 nbc kdvr 31 fox grand island klne 3.1 pbs 3.2 net2 3.3 create knhl 5.1 nbc 5.2 this tv kgin 11.1 cbs 11.2 mntv khgi kwnb 13.1 6.1 abc 13.2 6.2 fox joplin koam 7.1 cbs 7.2 fox kode 12.1 abc 12.2 nbc kfjx 14.1 fox 14.2 cbs ksnf 16.1 nbc kozj 26.1 pbs topeka ktwu 11.1 pbs 11.2 create 11.3 pbs hd wibw 13.1 cbs 13.2 mntv ksnt 27.1 nbc 27.2 fox ktka 49.1 abc 49.2 weather 49.3 cw tulsa kjrh tv 2.1 nbc 2.2 bounce tv 2.3 laff kotv 6.1 cbs 6.2 cw kqcw dt 6.3 news on 6 now ktul 8.1 abc 8.2 comet 8.3 rtv koed 11.1 pbs 11.2 oeta okla kqcw 19.1 the cw 19.2 this tv koki 23.1 fox 23.2 thecooltv defunct klkt lp 41 a1 ksmh 14 hays ks kedd 16 wichita ks kwis 24 wichita ks ksln 34 salina ks see also topeka tv kansas city tv oklahoma city tv tulsa tv amarillo tv lincoln tv joplin tv v t e pbs member stations in the state of kansas kpts 8 hutchinson kood 9 kswk 3 kwks 19 kdck 21 hays lakin colby dodge city ktwu 11 k30al 30 topeka iola see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in kansas v t e public broadcasting in the united states corporation for public broadcasting radio syndicators american public media apm group npr pacifica radio public radio exchange public radio international terrestrial television american ptv create world mhz networks mhz worldview pbs v me cable and satellite classic arts showcase free speech tv link tv nasa tv pbs hd channel pbs x scola regional networks alabama ptv alaskaone arkansas educational tvn blue ridge pbs commonwealth pb connecticut pb radio television east tennessee pbs georgia pb idaho ptv iowa ptv kentucky educational tv kqed san francisco louisiana pb maine pbn maryland ptv milwaukee ptv mississippi pb montana pbs nebraska educational telecommunications network knowledge new hampshire ptv njtv njn oklahoma educational tv authority oregon pb ozarks ptv pbs hawaii pennsylvania ptv pioneer ptv prairie ptv puerto rico cdp rocky mountain pbs sistema tv smoky hills ptv south carolina educational tv south dakota pb southern oregon ptv twin cities pbs unc tv vermont pbs cmu pb wcmu fm west virginia pb wisconsin ptv wxxi pb council wyoming pbs local non commercial independents school