California
KTEH TV Foundation
KTEH
San Jose, CA
06-02-N04175
A project to continue the digital conversion of KCAH, Watsonville, CA,
by purchasing microwave equipment to interconnect KTEH, the KCAH master
control, and the KCAH transmitter.
| Contact: |
Ms. Cathrene Glick |
| Phone |
(408) 795-5442 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 89,162 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 222,904 |
KVIE, Inc.
KVIE-TV
Sacramento, CA
06-02-N04075
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing a video server, router expansion, and asset management
storage and automation systems.
| Contact: |
Mr. Michael Wall |
| Phone |
(916) 641-3570 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 285,720 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 714,300 |
San Bernardino Community College District
KVCR
San Bernardino, CA
06-02-N04124
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing an automation system, satellite digital receivers, decoders,
and monitors.
| Contact: |
Mr. Larry Ciecalone |
| Phone |
(909) 384-4326 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 236,386 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 590,965 |
Valley Public Television, Inc.
KVPT
Fresno, CA
06-02-N04163
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by purchasing a switcher, router, encoder, and automation system.
| Contact: |
Ms. Phyllis Brotherton |
| Phone |
(559) 266-1800 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 146,804 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 367,010 |
Colorado
Front Range Educational Media Corporation
KBDI-DT
Denver, CO
08-02-N04066
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by purchasing a switcher and fiber connections.
| Contact: |
Ms. Kim Johnson |
| Phone |
(303) 296-1212 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 148,371 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 221,450 |
Public Broadcasting of Colorado, Inc.
Colorado Public Radio
Denver, CO
08-05-N03140
A project to build a shared tower for 3 Denver public broadcasters
which must be co-located because of their broadcast frequencies: KRMA
ch.6, KVOD-FM 90.1 MHz, and KUVO 89.3 MHz. A new tower on Mt. Morrison
is required to accommodate KRMA's DTV service. The stations serve a
population of 2,858,722 in the Denver/Front Range area.
(This project was awarded in March 2004.)
| Contact: |
Ms. Jenny Gentry |
| Phone |
(303) 871-9191 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 348,643 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 697,287 |
Florida
Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting, Inc.
WEDU
Tampa, FL
12-02-N04122
A project to convert the station's master control facilities to digital
broadcasting by purchasing HD storage, automation, server upgrade,
transcoder, MPEG converter, and associated equipment.
| Contact: |
Ms. Leah Rickenbacker |
| Phone |
(813) 254-9338 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 163,779 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 409,448 |
The Florida State University
WFSU
Tallahassee, FL
12-02-N04182
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station's master
control by purchasing HD storage, router expansion, frame
synchronizers, distribution amplifiers, and monitoring equipment.
| Contact: |
Ms. Denison Graham |
| Phone |
(850) 487-3170 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 67,219 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 168,049 |
WJCT, Inc.
WJCT-DT
Jacksonville, FL
12-02-N04058
A project to convert the station's production facilities to digital
broadcasting by purchasing HD cameras, recorders, editing, control, and
test equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Michael Stuck |
| Phone |
(904) 358-6329 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 136,094 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 340,235 |
Hawaii
Hawaii Public Television Foundation
Honolulu, HI
15-02-N01026
A multi-phase project for the digital conversion of the applicant's two
public television stations, KHET and KMEB. The final phase, funded by
this award, purchases a routing switcher system for its master control.
| Contact: |
Mr. Mike McCartney |
| Phone |
(808) 973-1070 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 89,894 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 250,000 |
Illinois
West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation
CONVOCOM
Chatham, IL
17-02-N04179
A project to complete the digital conversion of the recipient's remote
control facilities and its master control by purchasing power
generators, test equipment, DVD recorders, closed caption
encoder/decoder, and logo inserter.
| Contact: |
Dr. Jerold Gruebel |
| Phone |
(217) 483-7887 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 119,799 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 299,497 |
Window to the World Communications, Inc.
WTTW
Chicago, IL
17-02-N04040
A project to complete the digital conversion of the station's main
production control room by purchasing a switcher, video jackfields,
distribution amplifiers, and monitoring and test equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Martin McLaughlin |
| Phone |
(773) 509-5433 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 128,218 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 512,872 |
Kansas
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc.
KPTS
Wichita, KS
20-02-N04036
A project to improve the production facilities of the station by
purchasing three cameras, two monitors, and a teleprompter monitor.
| Contact: |
Ms. Candy Russell |
| Phone |
(316) 838-3090 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 57,040 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 142,600 |
Kentucky
Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
Lexington, KY
21-02-N04137
A project to continue the digital conversion of Kentucky Educational
Television by purchasing digital transmission systems for three
stations, router equipment, an automation system, switchers, and
monitoring equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Malcolm Wall |
| Phone |
(859) 258-7100 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 573,836 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,997,751 |
Louisiana
Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Baton Rouge, LA
22-02-N04156
A project to continue the digital conversion of Louisiana Public
Broadcasting by purchasing HD cameras, lenses, and associated
equipment.
| Contact: |
Ms. Beth Courtney |
| Phone |
(225) 767-4200 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 358,658 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 896,645 |
Michigan
Central Michigan University
WCMU-TV
Mt. Pleasant, MI
26-02-N01198
A multi-phase project for the digital conversion of the university's
public television stations. The final phase, funded by this award, will
purchase various items of dissemination equipment, including stand-by
generators, equipment racks with power strips, a monitoring console,
and a control console.
| Contact: |
Dr. Edward Grant |
| Phone |
(989) 774-3105 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 48,757 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 121,892 |
Grand Valley State University
WGVU-DT
Grand Rapids, MI
26-02-N04068
A project to continue the digital conversion of WGVK, Kalamazoo, by
purchasing a digital STL to connect it to the main station in Grand
Rapids.
| Contact: |
Mr. Stephen Chappell |
| Phone |
(616) 331-6505 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 88,055 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 220,139 |
Minnesota
Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
KTCA
St. Paul, MN
27-02-N04033
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing a production switcher, studio and field cameras, VTR,
monitor, and router.
| Contact: |
Mr. Bruce Jacobs |
| Phone |
(651) 229-1244 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 240,000 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 600,000 |
Nevada
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc.
KNPB-DT
Reno, NV
32-02-N04091
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by purchasing an automation system.
| Contact: |
Mr. Ron Smith |
| Phone |
(775) 784-4555 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 36,720 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 91,800 |
New Jersey
New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority
Trenton, NJ
34-02-N04185
A project to complete the digital conversion of WNJN-DT, Montclair, NJ,
by purchasing a dual channel antenna, transmission line, and
two-station combiner for full-power operation.
| Contact: |
Mr. William Schnorbus |
| Phone |
(609) 777-5163 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 311,790 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 779,450 |
New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority
Trenton, NJ
34-02-N04186
A project to continue the digital conversion of the network's master
control facility by purchasing a switcher, digital VTRs, terminal and
test equipment, and upgrading to full power the DTV transmitters at
WNJS-DT, Camden, and WNJB-DT, New Brunswick.
| Contact: |
Mr. William Schnorbus |
| Phone |
(609) 777-5163 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 547,938 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,369,845 |
New Mexico
University of New Mexico
KNME-TV
Albuquerque, NM
35-02-N00058
A multi-phase project for a cooperative digital television conversion
project for the three New Mexico public television stations. This final
phase of the award will purchase, in partnership with State of New
Mexico, the microwave distribution system for the stations and
translators of KNME-TV/DT, Albuquerque; KENW-TV/DT, Portales; and
KRWG-TV/DT, Las Cruces. The project includes test equipment and
backbone master control equipment for the three stations.
| Contact: |
Mr. Theodore Garcia |
| Phone |
(505) 277-2121 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 1,853,701 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 3,497,550 |
North Dakota
Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.
KFME
Fargo, ND
38-02-N04203
An emergency project to replace the dissemination system of repeater
station KGFE-TV, Grand Forks, with a new DTV station at Devils Lake, by
purchasing an antenna, tower, transmission line, and four-hop STL.
| Contact: |
Mr. Mark Lande |
| Phone |
(701) 239-7568 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 900,167 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,343,533 |
Ohio
ideastream
WVIZ
Cleveland, OH
39-02-N04149
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing a server, archive system, router, switcher with ID inserter,
automation system, satellite receive antenna, and test and monitoring
equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Jerrold Wareham |
| Phone |
(216) 739-3850 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 451,600 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,129,000 |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
KETA
Oklahoma City, OK
40-02-N01120
An additional phase to this multi-year grant. The Oklahoma Network
proposes to purchase router expansion for the conversion of the digital
network.
| Contact: |
Mr. John McCarroll |
| Phone |
(405) 848-8501 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 25,000 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 100,000 |
Pennsylvania
WHYY Inc.
WHYY-TV
Philadelphia, PA
42-02-N04183
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by purchasing studio and field cameras and a videotape recorder.
| Contact: |
Mr. John Doran |
| Phone |
(215) 351-1271 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 218,754 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 546,885 |
WITF, Inc.
WITF-DT
Harrisburg, PA
42-02-N04045
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing a satellite antenna, dual STL system, video server, router,
ATSC encoder, VTRs, archive system, automation system, terminal gear,
and test and monitoring equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Gregory Poland |
| Phone |
(717) 221-2995 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 651,450 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,630,350 |
Virginia
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
WHRO-TV
Norfolk, VA
51-02-N04177
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing a digital automation system, HD and SD encoders, test
equipment, switcher, router, and terminal equipment.
| Contact: |
Mrs. Bonnie Rennick |
| Phone |
(757) 889-9316 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 250,000 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 1,001,169 |
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
WHA-TV
Madison, WI
55-02-N04052
A project to continue the digital conversion of the station by
purchasing an HD camcorder system, nonlinear editing system, and
monitoring equipment.
| Contact: |
Mr. Malcolm Brett |
| Phone |
(608) 263-9598 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 74,251 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 297,007 |
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Wisconsin Public Television
Madison, WI
55-02-N04097
A project to continue the digital conversion of the state television
network by purchasing server systems, network management software,
ethernet switches, remote link processors and controllers,
analog/digital converters, and UPS systems.
| Contact: |
Ms. Wendy Wink |
| Phone |
(608) 264-9676 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 98,613 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 394,452 |
Wyoming
Central Wyoming College
KCWC-DT
Riverton, WY
56-02-N04160
A project to increase the station's operation to the full 60 KW
licensed for it and to continue the digital coversion of the station by
purchasing a transmitter, antenna, tower modification, remote control,
STL, switcher, digital editing system, digital encoder, video server,
digital master control system, production equipment, and test package.
| Contact: |
Mr. Daniel Schiedel |
| Phone |
(307) 856-6944 |
| Federal Amount |
$ 1,028,136 |
| Total Project Cost |
$ 3,070,847 |
This page was last updated on 09/23/04.
