KENW (TV)

KENW
CityPortales, New Mexico
Channels
BrandingKENW PBS New Mexico
Programming
Affiliations3.1/3.2 PBS
3.3 PBS Kids/Encore
3.4 FNX
Ownership
OwnerEastern New Mexico University
KENW-FM
History
First air date
September 1, 1974 (50 years ago) (1974-09-01)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
3 (VHF, 1974–2009)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID18338
ERP82.6 kW
HAAT190.2 m (624.0 ft)
Transmitter coordinates34°15′8.4″N 103°14′22.4″W / 34.252333°N 103.239556°W / 34.252333; -103.239556
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.kenw.org

KENW (channel 3) is a PBS member television station in Portales, New Mexico, United States. Owned by the Eastern New Mexico University, it is sister to NPR member station KENW-FM (89.5 FM). Both stations share studios at the KENW Broadcast Center on South Avenue at the campus; the TV station's transmitter is located along State Road 88 (east of Portales).

History

The station signed on on September 1, 1974 as the first public television station in eastern New Mexico. For the first 14 years of its existence, it was the only PBS member station to indirectly serve both Amarillo and Midland-Odessa, although most public television programming in those areas was broadcast by the region's commercial television stations. This situation was remedied when KPBT-TV and KACV-TV launched in 1986 and 1988, respectively.

Programming

This station is unique in that it provides local regional news to southeastern New Mexico with an entirely college student produced newscast entitled "News 3 New Mexico." The newscast includes hard news, local, and regional news pertinent to people in southeast New Mexico and rarely covers what a traditional college campus newscast covers.

Shows produced by KENW include the nationally syndicated show Creative Living with Sheryl Borden, Report from Santa Fe hosted by Lorene Mills, Cultura, You Should Know (with host Evelyn Ledbetter), Sportslook, a weekly regional sports show, and “A Moment with Nature” interstitials from the 1990s, with Antonio “Tony” Gennaro (1934-2015).

Creative Living with Sheryl Borden

Creative Living with Sheryl Borden is a KENW produced program airing on public television since 1976. It is a magazine-formatted program with cooking, sewing and craft tips hosted by Sheryl Borden. The program runs 30 minutes.[2] It is taped at KENW-TV.[2] As of 2018, the show is carried on more than 118 PBS stations in over 40 states as well as Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Translators

City of license Callsign Channel ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter coordinates
Artesia K29FM-D 29 0.9 kW 47 m (154 ft) 130369 32°50′23.7″N 104°25′44.1″W / 32.839917°N 104.428917°W / 32.839917; -104.428917 (K29FM-D)
Carlsbad K23MV-D 23 7.9 kW 85 m (279 ft) 168077 32°26′17.1″N 104°16′38.3″W / 32.438083°N 104.277306°W / 32.438083; -104.277306 (K23MV-D)
Fort Sumner K21IM-D 21 15 kW 59 m (194 ft) 168076 34°28′35.2″N 104°21′25.9″W / 34.476444°N 104.357194°W / 34.476444; -104.357194 (K21IM-D)
Mescalero
(Mud Canyon)		 K18LM-D 18 1 kW 47 m (154 ft) 198160 33°11′30.2″N 105°42′50.6″W / 33.191722°N 105.714056°W / 33.191722; -105.714056 (K18LM-D)
Mescalero
(Soldier Canyon)		 K26MV-D 26 145 m (476 ft) 198159 33°10′0.4″N 105°46′36.6″W / 33.166778°N 105.776833°W / 33.166778; -105.776833 (K26MV-D)
Roswell K31GS-D 31 15 kW 80 m (262 ft) 13376 33°24′15.3″N 104°22′49.8″W / 33.404250°N 104.380500°W / 33.404250; -104.380500 (K31GS-D)
Ruidoso K35GU-D 35 0.55 kW 923 m (3,028 ft) 130964 33°24′14.2″N 105°46′56.9″W / 33.403944°N 105.782472°W / 33.403944; -105.782472 (K35GU-D)
Tucumcari K30HD-D 30 12 kW 274 m (899 ft) 131009 35°8′3.4″N 103°41′55.4″W / 35.134278°N 103.698722°W / 35.134278; -103.698722 (K30HD-D)

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KENW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b "Sheryl Borden". 28 January 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2016.


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