KLRU
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| KLRU | |
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| Austin, Texas | |
| Branding | KLRU. Austin's PBS |
| Channels | 18/9 (UHF) analog, 22/20 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council |
| Founded | 1979 as satellite of KLRN |
| Call letters meaning | K LeaRn U, variable of KLRN |
| Transmitter Power | 1860 kW/335 m (analog) |
| Website | klru.org |
KLRU is the local PBS public television member station in Austin, Texas, in the United States of America.
The station began in 1979 as a satellite of KLRN in San Antonio. Before then, KLRN had served both cities from a studio on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. It began airing separate programming in 1984, though it continued under the ownership of KLRN's governing board, the Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council. In 1987, the two stations finally went their separate ways, with KLRU coming under the ownership of the Capital of Texas Public Broadcasting Council, which still owns the station today.
KLRU airs on cable channel 9 on cable systems in the Austin area.
In addition to showing content from other PBS stations, it produces some original programming such as Austin City Limits, which is rebroadcast nationally.
KLRU now broadcasts in both standard- and high-definition television formats.
KLRU also offers special cable channels to Austin-area cable susbscribers -- KLRU 2 for Time Warner subscribers and KLRU-G for Grande Communications subscribers. Both offer popular and alternative PBS programming at different times, plus an extensive children's schedule.
[edit] Major KLRU productions
- Austin City Limits - music anthology series
- Texas Monthly Talks - public affairs show hosted by magazine editor Evan Smith
- The Biscuit Brothers - children's show about music
- In Context - design and architecture
- Austin Now - news
- Central Texas Gardener - plants and gardening
- SXSW Presents - showcases films that premiered at the South by Southwest festival
- Downtown - weekly magazine series
[edit] Previous Logos
 KLRN and KLRU dual branding from the early 80s before the stations ran independently of each other. |
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Austin market (Nielsen DMA #53) | ||
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KTBC 7 (Fox) - K09VR 9 (Ind/Bloomberg/Fuse) - KVAT-LP 17 (LAT TV) - KLRU 18 (PBS) - KADF-LP 20 (AZA) - KVUE 24 (ABC) - KGBS-CA 32 (Ind) - KXAN 36 / KXAM 14 (NBC) - KXLK-CA 40 (HSN) - KEYE 42 (CBS) - KBVO-CA 51 (TFU) - KNVA 54 (The CW/MNTV) - KAKW 62 / 31 (UNI) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
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KLRU2 / KLRU-G (PBS) - News 8 Austin |
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| San Antonio stations licensed within the Austin market | ||
| Defunct Television Stations | ||
| PBS Member Stations in the state of Texas | |
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KACV 2 (Amarillo) - KTXT 5 (Lubbock) - KUHT 8 (Houston) - KLRN 9 (San Antonio) - KCOS 13 (El Paso) - KERA 13 (Dallas) - KAMU 15 (College Station) - KEDT 16 (Corpus Christi) - KLRU 18 (Austin) - KWBU 34 (Waco) - KPBT 36 (Odessa) - KDTN-DT 43.2 (Denton) - KNCT 46 (Belton) - KMBH 60 (Harlingen) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC, Telefutura, Telemundo, Univision, i, Religious, Independent, Home Shopping and Other Spanish stations in Texas | |
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