KPBS (channel 15) is a PBS member television station in San Diego, California, United States. Owned by San Diego State University (SDSU)[1] as part of KPBS Public Media, it is a sister station to NPR member KPBS-FM (89.5). The two outlets share studios at the Conrad Prebys Media Complex at Copley Center on Campanile Drive on the SDSU campus.[2] The TV station's transmitter is located on San Miguel Mountain in southwestern San Diego County.
History
In 1960, San Diego State College (now San Diego State University) applied for a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate a non-commercial educational television station to serve San Diego. The station first signed on the air on June 12, 1967, as KEBS-TV.[3] The station was originally a member of National Educational Television (NET) before becoming a member of PBS when it launched in October 1970, at which time the station changed its call letters to KPBS-TV.