AETN Transmitter Information
From Network Master Control in Conway, AETN distributes a program of educational and general audience offerings that is broadcast on all citizens of Arkansas. The network's broadcast and production center occupies a building of approximately 69,500 square feet, situated on the southeast corner of the University of Central Arkansas campus at Donaghey Avenue and Powell Street in Conway. Audio and video signals are carried from the R. Lee Reaves Center for Educational Telecommunications in Conway via AETN's own microwave interconnection relay system to the five analog and five digital broadcasting transmitters.
These transmitters are: · Licensed to Fayetteville by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), KAFT / Channel 13 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 316 kilowatts) signed on the air in 1976 and KAFT-DT / Channel 9 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 19 kilowatts) signed on the air in 2003 to cover Northwest Arkansas and portions of neighboring Oklahoma and Missouri. The combined antenna, at a height of 1,105 feet above the ground, is located near Winslow atop Sunset Mountain.
· Licensed to Mountain View by the FCC, KEMV / Channel 6 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 100 kilowatts) signed on the air in 1980 and KEMV-DT / Channel 13 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 20.0 kilowatts) signed on the air in 2003. The combined antenna is located just east of Fox at approximately 1,085 feet above the ground. Broadcast signals serve the state's north central counties and bordering counties of south-central Missouri.
· Licensed to Arkadelphia by the FCC, KETG / Channel 9 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 316 kilowatts of power) signed on the air in 1976 and KETG-DT / Channel 13 (broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 7.30 kilowatts) signed on the air in 2003 to serve southwest Arkansas. Designed radial coverage from the combined antenna located at Gurdon at 1,066 feet above the ground is approximately 60 miles.
· Licensed to Little Rock by the FCC, KETS / Channel 2 (broadcasting with 100 kilowatts of effective radiated power) signed on the air in 1966 as the nation's 124th educational television station. Its antenna, at a height of 1,800 feet above average terrain, was the tallest ETV antenna in the world when first installed. The channel 2 antenna is located at Redfield on a 2,000 foot tower owned by commercial ABC television affiliate KATV, Channel 7. Signing on the air in 2003, KETS-DT / Channel 5 is broadcasting at an effective radiated power of 2.10 kilowatts with its antenna at 1,895 feel above the ground. The channel 5 antenna is located at Redfield on a tower owned by commercial UPN television affiliate KASN, Channel 38. Serving the central portion of Arkansas, the KETS and KETS-DT signals cover areas within an 85-mile radius of the transmitter.
· Licensed to Jonesboro by the FCC, KTEJ / Channel 19 (broadcasting at an effective radiated power of 1230 kilowatts) signed on the air in 1976 and KTEJ-DT / Channel 20 (broadcasting at an effective radiated power of 50 kilowatts) signed on the air in 2003 to serve northeast Arkansas and part of Missouri's boot-heel region. The network's only ultra high frequency (UHF) transmitters are located at Bono, and the combined antenna is 1,100 feet above sea level. KTEJ and KTEJ-DT cover an area of approximately 60 radius miles.
All transmitters broadcast stereo audio. AETN's Second Audio Program (SAP) channel delivers the Arkansas Information Reading Service (AIRS) for the Blind as well as Descriptive Video on selected programs for those who are blind or are visually-impaired. Virtually all programs broadcast on AETN are also closed captioned for the deaf or hearing impaired.