Owner Texas A&M University Call letters' meaning Texas A&M University | First air date February 15, 1970 | |
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Subchannels 12.1 PBS12.2 Weather12.3 PBS Kids | ||
KAMU-TV is a full-service Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television station in College Station, Texas broadcasting on digital channel 12 from its transmitter near the university campus. KAMU-TV is owned and operated by Texas A&M University and began broadcasting on February 15, 1970.
On April 1, 2003, KAMU was the first station in the region to begin broadcasting in HDTV. KAMU made the first live HDTV broadcast in the region on April 22, 2004, with the program "Meet the Candidates 2004".
Digital television
KAMU switched from analog to digital conversion on June 12, 2009. The service moved to a VHF channel 12. During its DTV switch no longer broadcast analog channel after its digital switch. KAMU offered ResearchChannel on subchannel 12.3 until that service folded in August 2010.