1. History

2. Digital television
     Digital channels  

3. Programming

4. References

5. External links

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''Where You Are.''|  station_branding         = KRCB North Bay|  analog                   = |  digital                  = 22 (UHF)

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KRCB, virtual and UHF digital channel 22, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Cotati, California, United States. The station is owned by Northern California Public Media, and is a sister station to NPR radio member station KRCB-FM (91.1 FM), and San Mateo-licensed non-commercial educational independent station KPJK (channel 60). KRCB and KRCB-FM share studios on Carlson Avenue in Rohnert Park. KRCB maintains transmitter facilities on Sonoma Mountain near Glen Ellen.

Much of the regular programming on KRCB comes from PBS, American Public Television, and independent producers. Overnight programming is shared with the national satellite station Link TV and includes shows such as World News from the Middle East,^[1] while Create is simulcasted on KRCB's second digital subchannel. The station receives annual about $500,000 from PBS.^[3]

History

KRCB first went on the air in 1984. The station was founded by Nancy Dobbs, president and CEO of KRCB North Bay Public Media, along with other volunteers in the North Bay,^[2] including Dobbs' husband, John Kramer (a professor at Sonoma State University).^[3]

KRCB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 22, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.^[4] The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 23 to channel 22.^[5]

KRCB agreed to move frequencies, while retaining its display channel number, in the FCC auction for $72 million on February 10, 2017. Proceeds will be used to start an endowment.^[2] On September 7, 2017, KRCB announced that it would acquire KCSM-TV in San Mateo from the San Mateo County Community College District for $12 million, using some of the money earned in the auction; the acquisition allows KRCB to expand its reach into the Bay Area, as KCSM-TV's transmitter is located at the Sutro Tower in San Francisco.^[6] KRCB relaunched KCSM-TV as KPJK on July 31, 2018; the station was named in honor of John Kramer, who had died in 2014.^[3] Concurrently with the launch of KPJK, the stations came under the Northern California Public Media banner.^[7]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Programming

In one of the most crowded areas in the U.S. for PBS and public broadcasting, KRCB is notable for its coverage of local news and politics, and for the Emmy and Telly Award-winning, nationally distributed environmental series, Natural Heroes. KRCB also engages the community through local initiatives like North Bay Bountiful, a series of TV, Radio and digital stories that explore agriculture, food systems and environmentalism. (www.northbaybountiful.org)

The station is known for Natural Heroes, North Bay Bountiful and Community Health Connections.^[2]

References

Stations shape fundraising pleas amid funding threat, potential auction windfalls, Jill Goldsmith | April 13, 2017, CURRENT magazine, https://current.org/2017/04/stations-shape-fundraising-pleas-amid-funding-threat-potential-auction-windfalls/

External links

• {{Official website|https://norcalpublicmedia.org/}}
• {{TVQ|KRCB}}
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• {{BIA|KRCB|TV|TV}}

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