KRWG-TV (channel 22) is a PBS member television station in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. It is owned by the Regents of New Mexico State University alongside NPR member KRWG (90.7 FM). The two stations, under the unified brand KRWG Public Media, share studios at Milton Hall on the NMSU campus on McFie Circle in Las Cruces; KRWG-TV's transmitter is located atop Tortugas Mountain in central Doña Ana County, east of Las Cruces. KRWG-TV's signal is relayed on low-power translator stations across southern New Mexico.
KRWG-TV began broadcasting in 1973 as an adjunct to KRWG radio and as a public broadcaster serving southern New Mexico. It also complements the NMSU journalism program; students produce a newscast that airs three times a week during the school year, and its other local programming also focuses on regional issues.
History
As early as 1963, a year before KRWG (90.7 FM) began broadcasting,[1] New Mexico State University (NMSU) considered establishing a public television station using the channel 12 allotment at Hatch.[2][3]