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KIXE-TV, channel 9, is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliate in the Sacramento Valley of California. KIXE broadcasts only in digital VHF channel 9 at 15-thousand watts and covers a 130 mile radius that includes ten California counties: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity. Today, KIXE is one of the most watched TV stations in this area. Some 33% of KIXE's budget comes in the form of a federal grant. The balance is derived from program underwriting, auction, members, and other fundraising activities. The station serves more than 500,000 people with more than 74,000 television households tuning in to Channel 9 each and every week.〔http://www.kixe.org〕 Fun Fact: The IX in KIXE is for the Roman numeral 9. ==History== KIXE went on the air in black and white in 1964. In 1967 the station moved from Chico, California to Redding, California, and began broadcasting in color in 1971. The station was originally located in Redding, on Industrial Street. It soon ran out of room and expanded to a bigger facility on N. Market Street (State Route 273), north of downtown. The new building had space for television broadcasting courses at Shasta College. Many local media personalities have appeared on KIXE over the years like Cal Hunter, Mike Mangas, Ray Roberts, Ken Murray and others. 1952 - First educational television station, KUHT, goes on air. 1954 - KIXE incorporation papers signed 1961 - TV "Vast Wasteland" speech by FCC Chairman Newton Minnow 1964 - KIXE signs on air with black and white programs only 1967 - Public Television Act signed by President Johnson 1967 - Channel 9 moved from Chico to Redding 1969 - Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) begins in US 1971 - KIXE begins broadcasting network, color programs 1974 - KIXE begins to originate color programs 1981 - KIXE broadcasts programs with Closed Captions 1987 - KIXE moves from Industrial Way to North Market Street 1995 - KIXE installs new transmitter 1996 - KIXE broadcasts programs in stereo 1997 - KIXE broadcasts programs with Descriptive Video 2003 - KIXE installs a new digital transmitter and broadcasts programs in digital, simulcasting alongside analog 2008 - KIXE terminates analog broadcast and transmits in digital ONLY, on VHF channel 9 2014 - KIXE celebrates our 50th Anniversary 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KIXE-TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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