KAWE

KAWE and KAWB

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KAWE: Bemidji, Minnesota KAWB: Brainerd, Minnesota United States
Channels for KAWE	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9
Channels for KAWB	Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 22
Branding	Lakeland PBS
Programming
Affiliations	9.1/22.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc.
History
First air date	KAWE: June 1, 1980 (1980-06-01) KAWB: March 1, 1988 (1988-03-01)
Former channel number	KAWE: Analog: 9 (VHF, 1980–2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, until 2009) KAWB: Analog: 22 (UHF, 1988–2009)
Call sign meaning	KAWE: Derived from the Ojibwe word 'akawe' generally meaning 'first in a line of succession' KAWB: KAWE Brainerd
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	KAWE: 49578 KAWB: 49579
ERP	KAWE: 27.0 kW KAWB: 137.5 kW
HAAT	KAWE: 334.7 m (1,098 ft) KAWB: 227 m (745 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	KAWE: KAWB:
Translator	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	KAWE: Public file LMS KAWB: Public file LMS
Website	lptv.org

KAWE (channel 9) is a PBS member television station in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States, owned by Northern Minnesota Public Television, Inc. The station's studios are located on Grant Avenue Northeast in Bemidji, and its transmitter is located southeast of Blackduck, Minnesota.

KAWB (channel 22) in Brainerd operates as a full-time satellite of KAWE; this station's transmitter is located near East Gull Lake, Minnesota. KAWB covers areas of central Minnesota that receive a marginal to non-existent over-the-air signal from KAWE, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. KAWB is a straight simulcast of KAWE; on-air references to KAWB are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming.

The two stations are collectively branded as Lakeland PBS. The network first took to the air on June 1, 1980, and was formerly known as Lakeland Public Television; it re-branded on January 8, 2018, to better align its brand with PBS. It is the only full-power television broadcasting operation based in north central Minnesota, an area that is served mainly by translators of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul television stations.

Lakeland PBS utilizes KAWB's channel 22 position on DirecTV and Dish Network's Twin Cities local lineups to avert confusion with Fox owned-and-operated station KMSP-TV (channel 9) in Minneapolis.

Newscasts

Lakeland PBS produces a 30-minute local newscast Monday through Friday. The newscast originates from its studios in Bemidji, and the station also has a news-production facility in Brainerd. Lakeland PBS airs the only local newscast in north central Minnesota.

Technical information

Subchannels

Lakeland PBS' television signals are multiplexed into six subchannels.

Subchannels of KAWE and KAWB

Channel		Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
KAWE	KAWB
9.1	22.1	720p	16:9	L-HD	PBS
9.2	22.2	480i		FNX	First Nations Experience
9.3	22.3			L-Kids	PBS Kids
9.4	22.4			Create	Create
9.5	22.5			L-Plus	Encore programming
9.6	22.6			L-MN	Minnesota Channel

Translators

The broadcast areas of KAWE and KAWB are extended by way of nine digital translators in northern and central Minnesota.

• Alexandria: K36KH-D (translates KAWB)
• Baudette: K25MW-D (translates KAWE)
• Big Falls: K29KE-D (translates KAWE)
• Birchdale: K35MY-D (translates KAWE)
• International Falls: K18MB-D (translates KAWE)
• Red Lake: K36OA-D (translates KAWE)
• Roseau: K24MS-D (translates KAWE)
• Walker: K24KT-D (translates KAWE 9.1)
• Williams: W32EG-D (translates KAWE)

External links

• Official website