KEDT (channel 16) is a PBS member television station in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. It is owned by South Texas Public Broadcasting alongside NPR members KEDT-FM (90.3 MHz) and KVRT (90.7 FM). The three outlets share studios at the KEDT Center for Educational Broadcasting on the campuses of Del Mar College on South Staples Street in Corpus Christi; the television station's transmitter is located near Petronila, Texas.
History
KEDT was created by businessman Charles Butt to bring public television to south Texas.[1] Butt, part of the family that founded the H-E-B supermarket chain, joined with Don Weber, another businessman, and the two approached the Corpus Christi business community with a proposal to start a local PBS television station. Others became interested, and soon formed a Board of Directors.[2]
The station's original equipment were donations from KVVV-TV of Galveston, an independent station that had ceased operations in 1969. The original transmitter location was on a site donated by a local rancher.