KENW (TV)

KENW (channel 3) is a PBS member television station in Portales, New Mexico, United States. Owned by the Eastern New Mexico University, it is sister to NPR member station KENW-FM (89.5 MHz). Both stations share studios at the KENW Broadcast Center on South Avenue at the campus and transmitter facilities along State Road 88 (east of Portales).

KENW

Portales, New Mexico United States
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	KENW PBS New Mexico
Programming
Affiliations	3.1/3.2: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Eastern New Mexico University
Sister stations	KENW-FM
History
First air date	September 1, 1974 (1974-09-01)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1974–2009)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18338
ERP	82.6 kW
HAAT	190.2 m (624.0 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°15′8.4″N 103°14′22.4″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kenw.org

History

The station signed on on September 1, 1974, as the first public television station in eastern New Mexico. For the first 14 years of its existence, it was the only PBS member station to indirectly serve both Amarillo and Midland-Odessa, although most public television programming in those areas was broadcast by the region's commercial television stations. This situation was remedied when KPBT-TV and KACV-TV launched in 1986 and 1988, respectively.

Programming

This station is unique in that it provides local regional news to southeastern New Mexico with an entirely college student produced newscast entitled "News 3 New Mexico." The newscast includes hard news, local, and regional news pertinent to people in southeast New Mexico and rarely covers what a traditional college campus newscast covers.

Shows produced by KENW include the nationally syndicated show Creative Living with Sheryl Borden, Report from Santa Fe hosted by Lorene Mills, Cultura, You Should Know (with host Evelyn Ledbetter), Sportslook, a weekly regional sports show, and “A Moment with Nature” interstitials from the 1990s, with Antonio “Tony” Gennaro (1934–2015).

Creative Living with Sheryl Borden

Creative Living with Sheryl Borden is a KENW produced program airing on public television since 1976. It is a magazine-formatted program with cooking, sewing and craft tips hosted by Sheryl Borden. The program runs 30 minutes. It is taped at KENW-TV. As of 2018, the show is carried on more than 118 PBS stations in over 40 states as well as Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico.

Subchannels

Subchannels of KENW

Channel	Res.	Short name	Programming
3.1	1080i	KENW HD	PBS
3.2
3.3	480i	KENW SD	PBS Kids/Encore
3.4			First Nations Experience

Translators

City of license	Callsign	Channel	ERP	HAAT	Facility ID	Transmitter coordinates
Artesia	K29FM-D	29	0.9 kW	47 m (154 ft)	130369	32°50′23.7″N 104°25′44.1″W
Carlsbad	K23MV-D	23	7.9 kW	85 m (279 ft)	168077	32°26′17.1″N 104°16′38.3″W
Fort Sumner	K21IM-D	21	15 kW	59 m (194 ft)	168076	34°28′35.2″N 104°21′25.9″W
Mescalero (Mud Canyon)	K18LM-D	18	1 kW	47 m (154 ft)	198160	33°11′30.2″N 105°42′50.6″W
Mescalero (Soldier Canyon)	K26MV-D	26		145 m (476 ft)	198159	33°10′0.4″N 105°46′36.6″W
Roswell	K31GS-D	31	15 kW	80 m (262 ft)	13376	33°24′15.3″N 104°22′49.8″W
Ruidoso	K35GU-D	35	0.55 kW	923 m (3,028 ft)	130964	33°24′14.2″N 105°46′56.9″W
Tucumcari	K30HD-D	30	12 kW	274 m (899 ft)	131009	35°8′3.4″N 103°41′55.4″W

External links

• Official site
• Facility details for Facility ID 18338 (KENW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 130369 (K29FM-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 168077 (K23MV-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 168076 (K21IM-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 198160 (K18LM-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 198159 (K26MV-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 130376 (K31GS-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 130964 (K35GU-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
  • Facility details for Facility ID 131009 (K30HD-D) in the FCC Licensing and Management System