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Austin City Limits: Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins
R&B veteran Bettye LaVette sings songs from her critically lauded album The Scene of the Crime , followed by legendary pianist Pinetop Perkins and his catalog of blues classics.
Austin City Limits: Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins airs Saturday, October 11 @ 11:00pm
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AETN Pressroom
‘The Buffalo Flows’ to premiere at Hot Springs
posted 09 Oct 2008
"The Buffalo Flows," a one-hour documentary showcasing America’s first national river, will premiere at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:15 p.m.
Dale Hawkins performance to air on AETN
posted 09 Oct 2008
Dale Hawkins, known for his legendary hit "Susie Q," performs in a rare concert event at the Arkansas Educational Television Network studios in the next episode of "AETN Presents: Front Row," airing Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6:30 p.m.
AETN plans discussion on ballot initiatives
posted 09 Oct 2008
The Arkansas Educational Television Network helps Arkansas voters make informed decisions with "Election 2008: Ballot Initiatives," airing Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m.
AETN announces ‘Great Arkansas Treasure Hunt’
posted 24 Sep 2008
Each year, millions of dollars in unclaimed property are turned over to the state by businesses that cannot locate the owners. "The Great Arkansas Treasure Hunt," airing Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. on the Arkansas Educational Television Network, will attempt to reunite people with their lost property.
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KETS - Channel 2 FAQs:
Q. Is KETS - channel 2 back on the air?
A. Yes. As of June 13, AETN began broadcasting again on KETS-2 at reduced power and lower tower height. This will mean a much smaller coverage area for portions of central Arkansas.
Q. Will I be able to receive the KETS analog 2 signal?
A. It depends. AETN purchased an emergency analog channel 2 antenna that has been installed on the KASN tower near Redfield -- about 4 miles from the former KATV tower (that used to hold the former channel 2 antenna prior to its demise last January). The KASN tower is also the home of our KETS-DT digital antenna.
The emergency KETS analog channel 2 antenna was installed at about 900-feet above the ground compared to the 1700-foot height of the former channel 2 antenna. Also, the new antenna is much smaller than the former antenna. It was the largest size that could be custom fabricated on an emergency basis and that could be safely installed on the KASN tower. Towers are designed to hold only a certain weight (including heavy ice in the winter time) and withstand a maximum amount of high winds. In addition, a smaller transmitter with lower transmission power than the former channel 2 transmitter was custom made on an emergency basis last January that would accommodate the smaller antenna. The signal strength of the emergency channel 2 transmitter is approximately one-one hundredth (0.01 times) of the power of the former KETS-2 transmitter destroyed when the KATV tower fell.
The combination of a smaller antenna with much less power at a lower height will result in a significantly smaller coverage area for analog channel 2 than the previous signal. Given the limited tall tower options in central Arkansas and the temporary nature of the KETS emergency installation to get channel 2 to the February 2009 DTV transition deadline, this low power solution is the best and only option available to get KETS back on the air.
Finally, where you live may also affect whether you receive the new analog channel 2 signal. Such things as hills, tall buildings and structures, high-power electrical lines, storms and even dense foliage can affect the reliability and quality of the signal. Viewers who used to rely on rabbit-ears or antennas in their attic may need to have an antenna on the roof of their home or on a tall pole beside their house. Coverage area is impossible to accurately predict, but anticipated coverage area could be up to 25 to 30 air miles from Redfield.
Q. Do I have any other options if I cannot receive AETN on analog channel 2?
A. AETN is broadcasting the same program schedule on KETS-DT digital channel 5. This option will require either a new digital TV with built in ATSC digital tuner or a digital-to-analog converter box. (A free pair of coupons, worth $40 each, to help purchase a converter box at a local retailer is available from the Federal government at 1-888-DTV-2009 or [ http://www.dtv2009.gov ]www.dtv2009.gov.) Also, rabbit-ears generally are not effective in receiving a digital signal beyond 10-15 air miles. Thus, an outside roof-top antenna may be necessary for reliable digital TV reception.
Because AETN is required to protect existing channel 5 stations in Memphis and Fort Smith, the KETS digital channel 5 coverage area is not as large as the former analog channel 2. At the end of the DTV Transition in February, 2009, AETN will be allowed to maximize its KETS digital signal power and coverage area to the fullest extent possible.
In addition, most cable companies in central Arkansas are using the KETS-DT/5 signal on their systems. However, there are a few cable systems that are not able to receive a reliable KETS digital signal at this time. (One partner, KTWN-18 MyTownTV in Searcy, is helping AETN reach viewers and cable subscribers in Beebe, Cabot, Vilonia, and Jacksonville AFB by retransmitting the AETN signal from Mountain View on its digital channel 18.2.) Finally, Dish Network and DirecTV are also using the KETS digital signal to bring AETN to their satellite customers in the Little Rock DMA (which covers most all of central Arkansas).
