FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 25, 2003
CONTACT: Teri Ronning, 605-677-3145 or teresa.ronning@state.sd.us

Rapid City Gains Digital TV Station

South Dakota Public Broadcasting began the move to digital television when it began broadcasting from its first digital transmitter in Rapid City earlier this month.

Viewers with a digital television set or a converter can tune to KBHE-DT, Channel 26, or those without digital capabilities may see SDPB's digital channel at Sears in Rapid City.

For the present, KBHE-DT will broadcast a national PBS digital schedule. The schedule can be accessed at sdpb.org by following the "Television" link followed by "Programs and Schedules." As more SDPB transmitters make the move to digital, SDPB Television will start broadcasting its local schedule. With the Rapid City transmitter is in place, work will now begin on converting the other eight transmitters throughout the state to digital formats.

For information about this or other programs or services at SDPB, call 1-800-456-0766 or visit the Web at sdpb.org.

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South Dakota Public Broadcasting is South Dakota's statewide public broadcasting network. SDPB is a vital community resource producing and broadcasting high-quality, commercial-free programs and valuable community outreach projects that educate, enlighten and entertain.

SDPB Television stations include: Channel 2, Vermillion; Channel 4, Spearfish; Channel 6, Pine Ridge; Channel 7, Aberdeen; Channel 8, Brookings; Channel 8, Martin; Channel 9, Mitchell; Channel 9, Rapid City; Channel 10, Pierre; Channel 11, Lowry; Channel 13, Eagle Butte; Channel 13, Wasta; Channel 16, Aberdeen; Channel 19, Belle Fourche; Channel 23, Sioux Falls; DTV-Channel 26, Rapid City; Channel 55, Pringle/ Custer; Channel 55, Wagner/ Lake Andes; Channel 64, Edgemont