KUAT-TV

KUAT-TV and KUAS-TV
KUAT-TV: Tucson, Arizona (Mount Bigelow); KUAS-TV: Tucson, Arizona (Tumamoc Hill); ; United States;
Channels for KUAT-TV	Digital: 30 (UHF); Virtual: 6;
Channels for KUAS-TV	Digital: 28 (UHF); Virtual: 27;
Branding	PBS 6; AZPM
Programming
Affiliations	6.1/27.1: PBS; 6.2/27.2: PBS Kids; 6.3/27.3: World;
Ownership
Owner	University of Arizona; (Arizona Board of Regents for the benefit of the University of Arizona);
Sister stations	KUAT-FM; KUAZ;
History
First air date	KUAT-TV: March 8, 1959; KUAS-TV: July 22, 1988;
Former call signs	KUAT-TV: KUAT (1959–1967);
Former channel number	KUAT-TV: Analog: 6 (VHF, 1959–2009); KUAS-TV: Analog: 27 (UHF, 1988–2009);
Former affiliations	KUAT-TV: NET (1959–1970); V-me (6.2, 2007–2011); Create (6.3, until 2011); ; KUAS-TV: V-me (27.2, 2007–2011); Create (27.3, until 2011); ;
Call sign meaning	KUAT-TV: University of Arizona Television; KUAS-TV: KUAT Secondary;
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	KUAT-TV: 2731; KUAS-TV: 2722;
ERP	KUAT-TV: 667.5 kW; KUAS-TV: 50 kW;
HAAT	KUAT-TV: 1,092.1 m (3,583 ft); KUAS-TV: 177.9 m (584 ft);
Transmitter coordinates	KUAT-TV: 32°24′55.4″N 110°42′54.2″W / 32.415389°N 110.715056°W; KUAS-TV: 32°12′53.2″N 111°0′23.3″W / 32.214778°N 111.006472°W;
Translator	K20GG-D Duncan
Links
Public license information	KUAT-TV: Public file; LMS; ; KUAS-TV: Public file; LMS; ;
Website	www.azpm.org

KUAT-TV (channel 6) is a PBS member television station in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is owned by the University of Arizona (UA) and broadcasts from studios in the Modern Languages Building on the UA campus on East University Boulevard. Two high-power transmitters broadcast its programming: KUAT-TV itself on Mount Bigelow and KUAS-TV (channel 27) on Tumamoc Hill, west of downtown Tucson, which provides coverage to northwest Tucson and communities west of Mount Lemmon that are shielded from the Mount Bigelow transmitter. There is also a translator in Duncan. KUAT-TV and the UA's radio stations, KUAT-FM and KUAZ, are grouped under the unified brand of Arizona Public Media (AZPM).

KUAT-TV is the oldest public television station in the state, beginning broadcasts in 1959. In addition to airing national PBS and public television programming, it produces several local shows focusing on southern Arizona life and issues.