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(Posted May 1, 2003) For 35 years,
KLVX in Las Vegas has been enriching life, stimulating thinking, and increasing
understanding of our world. KLVX is licensed
to the Clark County Board of School Trustees,
broadcasts 24/7, and has 55 full time and 24
part time employees. “Thanks to the involvement of our more than
12,000 members, we have the opportunity to produce and present quality programs that
inform, explore, and entertain,” said GM Tom Axtell.
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The latest addition to the KLVX Communications Group is KLVX-DT (digital channel 11), and
the network is completing its multicasting equipment project. The Group also includes Channel 10 (and its 29
translators), 20 closed-circuit
ITFS channels
for educational programming, satellite downlink and uplink services, two
educational cable channels, and a 10,000-channel
video-on-demand server connected to 300 sites. There
are approximately 590,000 television households in the KLVX broadcast areas in Nevada,
Arizona, Utah, and California. The station provides
educational, public affairs, and cultural programming to 820,000 viewers monthly.
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Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman, engineer Gary Glendenning, and general
manager Tom Axtell flipping the DTV switch at KLVX on March 25, 2002. |
Instructional programming is available via satellite to schools throughout Nevada, and multi-media educational services are
provided in southern Nevada. Homework
Hotline (sponsored by
Clark County School District, Desert Volkswagen-Audi, and State Farm Insurance) provides
answers to students’ questions about their homework.
Varsity Quiz, now in its 32nd season, features
southern Nevada High School teams competing for academic honors. The Clark County School
District, the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas, and Station Casinos sponsor the program.
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| More than 30 high
school courses have been produced. Enrollments
for these courses, which are available via broadcast, cable, and videotape, topped 4,200
this year, making KLVX Nevada’s largest (by headcount) high school. With the cooperation of the University of Nevada
Las Vegas, dozens of professional certification courses have been produced. |
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KLVX SAT-Chats
(Science And Technology Chats) increase students’ (grades 5-8) understanding of
science and technology careers, and participation and curriculum are free. The series has
won four Electronic Media Awards from the Las Vegas chapter of Working in Communications. KLVX
has won 18 awards in recent years, including two Emmys and the Radio and Television News
Directors Association’s Edward
R. Murrow Award. Viewer ratings consistently
rank KLVX in the top 10 PBS stations in the nation.
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KLVX
ITV publishes three newsletters – the ITV
Newsletter
for teachers and librarians; the Ready
To Learn Newsletter
for teachers, parents, and childcare providers; and the Distance
Learning Satellite Service Newsletter. ITV Utilization
workshops train school staff in curriculum integration, equipment set-up, and technical
troubleshooting. Workshop topics include Using
Technology in the Classroom, Brain-based Learning and Technology, and Media
Literacy. TeacherLine provides teachers
with online professional development classes in mathematics and technology integration. Ready To
Learn workshops teach parents, educators, and childcare providers how to teach
literacy through television, books, and the web.
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| The
KLVX Educational
Media Center, a library of more than 11,000 non-broadcast
titles in all curriculum areas in a variety of formats serves the Clark County School District. Inside Education,
KLVX’s weekly television newsmagazine, provides information about the district, the
nation's sixth largest school system. |
The station’s public affairs/cultural programming includes Direct Access, a monthly call-in program
that provides viewers immediate access to and answers from their governor. Capitol Issues, a co-production with KNPB-TV Reno, is a
weekly legislative wrap-up. Area journalists
discuss local news on Nevada Week in Review. Outdoor Nevada,
a weekly program, highlights statewide recreational activities. The
First 100, a series on the first hundred years of Las Vegas, features 100
southern Nevadans’ roles in creating the city’s one-of-kind culture.
Since KLVX launched its single signal in1968, its own “first 35” story is one of
programming diversification, facilities expansion, and technological advancements. The station now has 16 simultaneous channels
informing, exploring, and entertaining, but the KLVX Communications Group, still true to
its story’s beginning, remains focused clearly on education.
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the KLVX Web site: klvx.org |
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