Twin Cities PBS
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (abbreviated TPT, doing business as Twin Cities PBS[4]) is a nonprofit organization based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, that operates the Twin Cities' two PBS member television stations, KTCA-TV (channel 2.1) and KTCI-TV (channel 2.3), both licensed to Saint Paul. It produces programs for local, regional and national television broadcast, operates numerous websites, and produces rich media content for Web distribution.
- Saint Paul–Minneapolis, Minnesota
- United States
- Saint Paul–Minneapolis, Minnesota
- United States
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Twin Cities PBS
- 2.1: TPT 2/PBS
- For others, see § Subchannels
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
September 16, 1957
- KCTE-TV (CP, 1956)
- KTCA (CP, 1956–1957)[1]
- Analog: 2 (VHF, 1957–2009)
NET (1957–1970)
Twin Cities Area
68594
662 kW
411.1 m (1,349 ft)
See § Translators
Saint Paul, Minnesota
See § Subchannels
May 4, 1965
- Analog: 17 (UHF, 1965–2009)
- Digital: 16 (UHF, 1999–2010)
Twin Cities
FCC
68597
325 kW
411.1 m (1,349 ft)
TPT's offices and studio facilities are on East 4th Street in downtown Saint Paul; KTCA-TV and KTCI-TV transmit from the KMSP Tower in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Twin Cities PBS also serves the Mankato market via K26CS-D[5] (relaying KTCA) and K29IE-D[6] (relaying KTCI) in nearby St. James through the local municipal-operated Cooperative TV (CTV) network of translators[7][8] as that area does not have a PBS member station of its own.
TPT is one of the few public television organizations that regularly produces programs for the national PBS schedule. Major productions include:
In addition, TPT has produced the children's science series:
Other series included Right on the Money. Make: television, produced in collaboration with Make magazine, premiered on PBS stations and the web in 2009.
TPT also regularly produces programs exclusively for and about Minnesota and the surrounding region. Its Friday night public-affairs program Almanac has aired weekly for more than 35 years. Other significant local productions include numerous concerts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota: A History of the Land (2005), North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers (2004), the series Don't Believe The Hype (10 seasons), Seth Eastman: Painting the Dakota (2001), Death of the Dream: Farmhouses in the Heartland (2000), the series Tape's Rolling, Wacipi-Powow (1995), Lost Twin Cities (1995), Dakota Exile (1995), The Dakota Conflict (1993), Iron Range: A People's History (1994), and How to Talk Minnesotan (1992).