WKPI-TV

WKPI-TV, virtual channel 22 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Pikeville, Kentucky, United States. Owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, the station is operated as part of the statewide Kentucky Educational Television (KET) network. WKPI-TV's transmitter is located on Flatwoods Mountain in southern Pike County.

WKPI-TV
Satellite of WKLE, Lexington, Kentucky
Pikeville, Kentucky
United States
ChannelsDigital: 22 (UHF)
Virtual: 22 (PSIP)
BrandingKET (general)
KET: The Kentucky Network (secondary)
SloganWhere Learning Comes to Life
Programming
Affiliations22.1: KET/PBS
22.2: KET2
22.3: KY Channel
22.4: KET PBS Kids
Ownership
OwnerKentucky Authority for Educational Television
History
First air date
September 23, 1968 (1968-09-23)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
22 (UHF, 1968–2009)
NET (1968–1970)
Call sign meaning
W Kentucky PIkeville
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34200
ERP44.9 kW
45.1 kW (CP)
HAAT433 m (1,421 ft)
427.7 m (1,403 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates37°17′6″N 82°31′28″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.ket.org

History

The station signed on the air on September 23, 1968, at 3 p.m. Eastern Time, as one of ten charter stations of the KET network.[1][2] All of the network's satellites were strategically located to serve as much of the state as possible.

Digital television

The station's digital television companion signal, WKPI-DT, along with the digital companions of thirteen other KET stations (except WKPC and WKMJ) signed on the air in May 2002.[2]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
22.1720p16:9KETMain KET programming / PBS
22.2480i4:3KET2KET2
22.3KET KYKentucky Channel
22.4KETKIDSPBS Kids

[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion

On April 16, 2009, WKPI-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, as part of the mandatory analog-to-digital television transition of 2009. The deadline was moved from February 17 to June 12 of that year as part of the DTV Delay Act. However, all KET stations completed the transition on April 16.[4] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF, channel 24. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 22.

Spectrum incentive auction results

WKPI-TV currently holds a construction permit to reallocate its digital signal onto UHF channel 23. This is part of the network's participation in the 2016–17 FCC Spectrum incentive auction. The station must relocate its digital signal to its new allocation no later than the time period within September 2019 and/or early October 2019.[5][6]

Availability

Over-the-air

The WKPI-TV digital signal covers southern portions of its home market, the Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia market, the far western portion of the Bluefield–Beckley, West Virginia market, northern portions of the Tri-Cities market, and the far eastern reaches of the Lexington market. The signal coverage includes areas from Hyden, Kentucky to near Richlands, Virginia, and from Duffield, Virginia to the Louisa, Kentucky area. Other cities within the range include Chapmanville and Williamson, West Virginia; Big Stone Gap, Virginia; and Jenkins, Kentucky.[7]

As it is with most other KET stations, over-the-air signal covers some of the same areas as those of some of KET's other stations. In WKPI's case, it overlaps with WKAS/Ashland and WKHA/Hazard, as well as low-powered translator W28DD-D in Louisa. In fact, WKPI's over-the-air signal also reaches the Hazard area; thus WKPI serves as a backup KET satellite for the Hazard area should WKHA experience difficulties. Certain areas of the station's West Virginia sector of the coverage area is also within range of West Virginia Public Broadcasting flagship WVPB-TV's signal from Huntington, West Virginia, as well as that of WVPB affiliate WSWP-TV in Bluefield.

Cable availability

KET's statewide cable coverage includes several locally owned cable systems in eastern Kentucky, including Inter-Mountain Cable and Big Sandy TV Cable. It is also carried on Suddenlink cable systems in Pikeville, Kentucky and Logan, West Virginia.[8]

See also

References
  1. “Historical marker unveiled for KET’s 50th anniversary”. WKYT-TV. September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  2. ”Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada”. Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2003-04.pp. B37-B39.
  3. Digital TV Market Listing for WKPI
  4. "Calls come after KET, WKYT digital TV transition". Lexington Herald-Leader. April 17, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  5. http://rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6
  6. Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files
  7. Signal coverage maps of all full-power stations -- Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia. (Federal Communications Commission, 2009)
  8. KET Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings
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