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KIXE-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a PBS member television station located in Redding, California, United States, that also serves Chico. The station is owned by the Northern California Educational Television Association. KIXE's studios are located along North Market Street on the north side of Redding and its transmitter is located atop Shasta Bally.
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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
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Chico fill-in Translator
Viewers in the Chico, Paradise, Oroville, Magalia, Orland and surrounding areas who had originally had trouble receiving KIXE’s digital signal from Redding began to notice a substantial improvement with a new fill-in transmitter on Cohasset Ridge that went online Monday September 21 Template:Of what year?. The 4,000-watt transmitter is located 200 feet up on a transmission tower and is rebroadcast KIXE’s regular programming lineup as well as the popular CREATE channel. The transmitter is broadcast on Channel 18 (a UHF signal) but viewers’ TV sets should “see” it as Channel 9-1 (KIXE’s traditional lineup), 9-2 (CREATE), 9-3 (WORLD) and 9-4 (KIDS).
Analog-to-digital conversion
KIXE-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9, on August 18, 2008, four days later. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 9 for post-transition operations. Translators finally converted on September 1.
Early Switch
KIXE is broadcasting in a digital format on VHF channel 9. The exclusive digital broadcast began August 22, 2008, well before the then planned transition date in 2009. The early switch was mainly due to the transmission location being covered with snow on the original switchover mandate of February 2009. KIXE became the second all-digital PBS station in California, after KCSM-TV in San Mateo (which serves the San Francisco Bay Area).
Translators
KIXE is rebroadcast on 12 digital translator stations:
The cities served by translators, (except Canby and Big Bend) had cable headends nearby.
Local programs
Current Shows:
Past Shows:
The Forum is a gathering place of interesting people doing interesting things and making an impact in Northern California. Hosted by Ashlee Tate and Christy Largent the purpose of the show is to shine a light on those people and organizations who are positively influencing their communities whether it be through their business or volunteer organization. It is the goal of KIXE to feature guests from all reaches of our 10 county viewing area so that each community and viewer can feel as though they are a part of the larger Forum. The first episode of The Forum aired in June 2013.
Season One
Episodes:
Season Two
Episodes: Show 201: Rachel Hatch-Tedx Redding Organizer Faye Hall—BuildIT Founder
Show 202: Kate Mahar—College Options Kate Grissom and Kathy Garcia- Expect More Tehama
Show 203: Little Red Hen
Show 204: Tina Gower, local author Faydra Koenig, local author
Show 205: Weed Pride Madrone Hospice
Show 206: Riverfront Playhouse Cottonwood Performing Arts Center
Show 207: Mike Frank Consulting and Onramp Dr. Jackson Corley—Incrediwear
Show 208: Chico Women’s Club Arc Solutions
Show 209: Dutch Bros. Vintners and Cascade Theater
Show 210: Red Bluff State Theater Rick Kern, Volunteer extraordinaire
Show 211: Liberty Arts Contemporary Art Gallery College Scheduler
Show 212: Arts for All Behrens Eaton House Museum
Show 213: Jefferson Economic Development Institute Sierra Nevada Brewing
NATURE: Caught In The Act
NATURE: Caught In The Act is an online film festival hosted by KIXE, in which viewers from their 10-county viewing area were able go out and film footage of wildlife and scenery in Northern California and upload them to the dedicated website using YouTube. 8 of the 10 submissions were shown on KIXE on October 18 at 7:30 P.M., right before Nature. The program was part of Film Vista and was hosted by assistant producer Matthew Shoutte.
The program featured a variety of locations around Northern California including Lassen National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, and Modoc National Wildlife Refuge.