Oklahoma Educational Television Authority

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OETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority), is a statewide network of PBS stations covering the enitre state of Oklahoma.

KETA (channel 13, digital 32) in Oklahoma City is the flagship station of OETA (Oklahoma Educational Television Authority). KETA launched in 1956.

In addition to KETA, OETA has three other main stations serving the state:

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KOET (K Oklahoma Educational Television) (3/38) covers the city of Eufaula and east-central Oklahoma, plus nearby Fort Smith, Arkansas.
KOED (K Oklahoma EDucational) (11/31) covers the Tulsa metro area and northeastern Oklahoma.
KWET (K Western Oklahoma Educational Television) (12/8) covers the city of Cheyenne and southwestern Oklahoma.

OETA broadcasts across the state of Oklahoma through the following translators:

K15AA in Hugo
K16AB in Guymon
K19AA in Altus
K28AC in Ardmore
K30AE in Alva
K36AB in Lawton
K38AK in Ponca City
K46AH in Medford
K46AI in Durant
K54BB in Duncan
K55AY in Boise City
K56AY in Beaver
K56BQ in Frederick
K58AX in Buffalo
K63BA in Idabel

Because of OETA's reach through its statewide network of translators, OETA can be seen in portions of Kansas, Texas, Missouri and Arkansas and some of the people who contribute donations for OETA's Festival and AugustFest pledge drives come from those states.

OETA airs 17½ hours of instructional programming a week. Insructional programming airs weekdays from 5:00 (or 6:00am) to 7:00am and 10:00am to 12 (or 12:30pm) and weekends from 6:00 to 8:00am.

OETA is one of several PBS member stations to produce programming for syndication to other PBS stations around the country as well as to the OETA network itself. OETA produces series under the banner, OETA: The Oklahoma Network. In September 1986, OETA began syndication of episodes of The Lawrence Welk Show, after that series left commercial syndication. The Lawrence Welk Show is OETA's most-watched series and currently airs on Saturday evenings at 7:00pm and Sunday evenings at 5:00pm. OETA has also produced Lawrence Welk specials.

OETA also is known for the OETA Movie Club hosted by B.J. Wexler, for more than 20 years. OETA Movie Club features classic movies from the 1930s to the 1980s. It airs Friday nights at 10:30pm with a double feature on Saturday nights at 9:00pm.

OETA also produces Stateline which deals with issues important to Oklahoma and also the United States and Gallery, focusing on Oklahoma's art community.

OETA is one of only a handful of PBS stations to produce a local newscast. The Oklahoma News Report is anchored by Gerry Bonds, Dick Pryor and meterologist Ross Dixon and originally featured clips of special reports from newscasts in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa area. The newscast airs Monday through Friday evenings at 6:30pm (except on Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day).

The newscast features the traditional news and weather format but also the following:

The newscast has no sports coverage.
The newscast airs a stock market segment featuring the day's closing numbers of the Dow Jones and NASDAQ markets and stocks on businesses that do business in Oklahoma (Kerr-McGee, ConocoPhillips, etc.)

On cable outlets around the state, OETA airs programming from PBS' national feed to fill the time from sign-off at night to sign-on in the morning.

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Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Oklahoma City market [(Nielsen DMA #45)]
KFOR 4 (NBC) - KOCO 5 (ABC) - KWTV 9 (CBS) - KETA 13 / KWET 12 (PBS / OETA) - KTBO 14 (TBN) - KLHO 17 (Relg./Spanish) - KUOT 19 (Relg./Spanish) - KGBN 20 (A1) - KTOU 22 (HSN) - KOKH 25 (Fox) - KTUZ 30 (TMD) - KWEM 31 (A1) - KXOK 32 (A1) - KOCB 34 (The WB - to be The CW in 09/06) - KUOK 35 (UNI) - KOHC 38 (Azteca America) - KXOC 41 (A1) - KAUT 43 (UPN) - KOCM 46 (Daystar) - KSBI 52 (Ind) - KOPX 62 (i)
Local cable television channels City Channel 20 - News Now 53

Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Oklahoma City market [(Nielsen DMA #45)]

KFOR 4 (NBC) - KOCO 5 (ABC) - KWTV 9 (CBS) - KETA 13 / KWET 12 (PBS / OETA) - KTBO 14 (TBN) - KLHO 17 (Relg./Spanish) - KUOT 19 (Relg./Spanish) - KGBN 20 (A1) - KTOU 22 (HSN) - KOKH 25 (Fox) - KTUZ 30 (TMD) - KWEM 31 (A1) - KXOK 32 (A1) - KOCB 34 (The WB - to be The CW in 09/06) - KUOK 35 (UNI) - KOHC 38 (Azteca America) - KXOC 41 (A1) - KAUT 43 (UPN) - KOCM 46 (Daystar) - KSBI 52 (Ind) - KOPX 62 (i)

Local cable television channels City Channel 20 - News Now 53

Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Tulsa market [(Nielsen DMA #61)]
KJRH 2 (NBC) - KOTV 6 (CBS) - KTUL 8 (ABC) - KOED 11 / KOET 3 (PBS / OETA) - K13XU / K15DA / K14LD (IND) - KDOR 17 (TBN) - KQCW 19 (The WB/The CW) - KOKI 23 (Fox) - KUTU-LP 25 (UNI) - KRSC 35 (IND/Edu.) - KTFO 41 (UPN/My Network TV) - KTPX 44 (i) - KWHB 47 (LeSEA) - KGEB 53 (GEB)
Local cable television channels News Now 53

Broadcast television in the Fort Smith / Fayetteville / Rogers market [(Nielsen DMA #104)]
KOET 3 (PBS / OETA) - KFSM 5 (CBS) - KBBL-CA 9 (UNI) - KFDF-CA 10 (UPN/My Network TV) - KAFT 13 (PBS / AETN) - KFTA* 24 / KNWA 51 (NBC) - KBBL-TV 34 (WB) - KHBS 40 / KHOG 29 (ABC) - KPBI-CA 46 (Fox) - KSBN 57 (IND) * - Affiliation uncertain for fall 2006; KFTA will likely join Fox (KNWA will remain NBC); CW status unknown

Broadcast television in the Sherman / Ada market [(Nielsen DMA #161)]
KTEN 10 (NBC/The CW) - KXII 12 (CBS/UPN/My Network TV) - K15AA / K28AC / K46AI (PBS / OETA) - K17FB / K45EJ (Ind.) - KOKT-LP 20 (UNI) via digital subchannel
Widely available broadcast signals from other markets:
[[Template:Dallas/Fort Worth TV\|Dallas/Fort Worth]]: KDFW 4 (FOX) - WFAA 8 (ABC) - KERA 13 (PBS) [[Template:Oklahoma City TV\|Oklahoma City]]: KOCO 5 (ABC) - KOKH 25 (FOX)

Broadcast television in the Wichita Falls market [(Nielsen DMA #144)]
KFDX 3 (NBC) - KAUZ 6 (CBS) - KSWO 7 (ABC/TMD) - KERA 13 (PBS) - KJTL 18 (FOX) - K19AA / K36AB / K54BB / K56BQ (PBS / OETA) - K20HO (IND) - KJBO 35 (UPN/i)
Local cable television channels KWB (The WB)

Broadcast television in the Amarillo market [(Nielsen DMA #131)]
KACV 2 (PBS) - KENW 3 (PBS) - KAMR 4 (NBC) - KVII 7 / KVIH 12 (ABC) - KFDA 10 (CBS) - KCIT 14 (FOX) - K16AB / K55AY / K56AY (PBS / OETA) - KEAT 22 (UNI) - K25GI 25 (TBN) - KCPN 33 (IND) - KTMO 36 (TMD)
Albuquerque Repeaters within the New Mexico part of the Amarillo market
KASA-TV (K14KO / K48EH) (Fox) - KOB-TV (K16EX / K31GC / K35FP) (NBC) KOAT-TV (K42CR / K52CR / K62EX) (ABC) - KRQE (K44CJ / K49BY) (CBS)

Broadcast television in the Shreveport-Texarkana market [(Nielsen DMA #81)]
KTBS 3 (ABC) - KTAL 6 (NBC) - KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KSLA 12 (CBS) (The Tube on DT2) - KLTS 24 (PBS/LPB) - KMSS 33 (Fox) - KADO-LP 40 (ACN) - K42FE 42 (Religious/3ABN) - KSHV 45 (The WB/My Network TV) - K54CB 54 (IND) - K59GO 59 (TBN) - K63BA 63 (PBS/OETA)
Local digital television channels
KPXJ 21 (UPN/The CW)

PBS Member Stations in the state of Oklahoma (OETA)

[[Template:Tulsa TV\|Tulsa market]]: KOET 3 (Eufaula) - KOED 11 (Tulsa) [[Template:Oklahoma City TV\|Oklahoma City market]]: KWET 12 (Cheyenne) - KETA 13 (Oklahoma City)
'''See also: [[Template:ABC Oklahoma\|ABC]], [[Template:CBS Oklahoma\|CBS]], [[Template:Fox Oklahoma\|Fox]], [[Template:NBC Oklahoma\|NBC]], [[Template:UPN Oklahoma\|UPN]], [[Template:WB Oklahoma\|WB]] and [[Template:Other Oklahoma Stations\|Other]] stations in Oklahoma

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