Wyoming PBS
PBS member network in Wyoming, United States
Wyoming PBS is the statewide public broadcaster for the U.S. state of Wyoming. A member of PBS, it is owned and operated by Central Wyoming College and originates from its campus on Peck Avenue in Riverton. Three high-power transmitters—KCWC-DT (channel 4) in Lander, KWYP-DT (channel 8) in Laramie, and KPTW (channel 6) in Casper—and 40 low-power translator stations broadcast the signal across the state.
Wyoming was the second-to-last state to receive a public television station. While efforts to bring educational television to Wyoming dated to the 1950s, state legislators on multiple occasions refused to fund proposed statewide educational stations or networks. Central Wyoming College, which already had a radio and television instruction program, moved forward with building its own station. It received a construction permit for KCWC-TV in December 1981 and began broadcasting on May 27, 1983.
Over the succeeding decades, KCWC-TV's signal slowly expanded by way of low-power translators in the rest of Wyoming, in conjunction with the state's cable providers. More ambitious expansion plans were curtailed by budget cuts. In the 2000s, it added higher-power transmitters to serve Casper and Laramie.
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