KTSC-TV, Channel 8 PBS - Pueblo, Colorado
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member rmikelyons
N 38° 18.322 W 104° 34.775
13S E 536758 N 4239780
Southern Colorado's PBS station, part of Rocky Mountain PBS. The station is located on the Colorado State University of Pueblo campus.
Waymark Code: WM5F7K
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 12/31/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member hiddenrock
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KTSC – Pueblo/Colorado Springs

In February 1971 southeastern Colorado gained a new asset which would develop into a valuable broadcast center for education, community information and quality television programming.

KTSC-TV signed on the air February 3, 1971. Brought into being through the combined efforts of the University and organizations and individuals in the surrounding area.

KTSC-TV was designed to serve not only the broadcast activity, but also on-campus instructional support for training students in Mass Communications, with classes and hands on television experience.

The license remained with the University until June 2000, when the license was purchased by Rocky Mountain PBS. KTSC-TV serves approximately 313,000 households. The viewing area stretches north to Monument, south to New Mexico and east to Kansas.

KTSC is a fully equipped broadcast, production, satellite and teleconference facility with an experienced and professional staff. The KTSC-TV offices and studio are located in the Buell Communications Center on the CSU-Pueblo campus, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, Colorado 81001, 719-543-8800.

Services include:
Expanded public broadcast programming
Locally produced programming serving local needs
Global teleconferencing
Technical training and continuing education via microwave and satellite links
Interactive educational services for preschool, kindergarten through 12th grade as well as higher education

Information copied verbatim from the station's website. (visit link)
Address:
2200 Bonforte Blvd.
Pueblo, CO USA
81001


Website: [Web Link]

Programming:
Local programming originals include: America's Byways: Frontier Pathways America's Byways: Los Caminos Antiguos America's Byways: Peak to Peak America's Byways: Santa Fe Trail America's Byways: The San Juan Skyway Colorado Spaces Colorado State of Mind Colorado War Stories Colorado Zoo Babies Glenwood Springs Homework Hotline Jewel of the Rockies, the U.S. Air Force Academy's First 50 Years La Raza de Colorado Life Wise Matchwits Real Coloradans Rocky Mountain Legacy Rocky Mountain National Park & Beyond Spirit of Colorado The New Coloradans Trains of the American West


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