Is KNME-TV (PBS 5) on NextGen TV?
PBS · channel 5 · Albuquerque, NM (Albuquerque-Santa Fe market)
No. KNME-TV broadcasts only the current (ATSC 1.0) signal that every digital TV can receive. There is no NextGen TV filing for it on record with the FCC.
Source: FCC licensing records, checked October 29, 2026.
KNME-TV at a glance
- Channel on your TV
- 5
- Real (RF) broadcast channel
- 35 · UHF
- Network
- PBS
- City of license
- Albuquerque, NM
- TV market
- Albuquerque-Santa Fe (#47)
- License type
- Full-power
- NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0)
- No
- Old-format (1.0) signal
- On its own transmitter
- FCC facility ID
- 55528
How KNME-TV shares transmitters
During the switch, stations in a market pair up: one transmitter (the “lighthouse”) goes NextGen-only and carries everyone’s 3.0 versions, while its own old-format programming moves to a partner. Your TV shows the same channel numbers either way.
- KNME-TV’s transmitter also carries the old-format signal of KNMD-TV (PBS 9).
Questions about KNME-TV
Is KNME-TV broadcasting in ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)?
No. KNME-TV broadcasts only the current (ATSC 1.0) signal that every digital TV can receive. There is no NextGen TV filing for it on record with the FCC.
Will KNME-TV stop working on my TV?
Not under today's rules. Any full-power or Class A station that switches to NextGen TV must keep an old-format (ATSC 1.0) simulcast on the air, and that requirement has no end date. What could change it: broadcasters have asked the FCC to let full-power stations in the 55 largest markets end old-format signals in February 2028. The FCC's own October 2025 proposal leaned the other way — letting each station choose when to stop. A final decision is expected by the end of 2026.
Why can't I get channel 5?
Start with a full channel rescan (Settings → Channels → Auto scan) — stations change transmitters and frequencies more often than people expect. KNME-TV transmits on real (RF) channel 35, which is UHF. UHF (channels 14–36) is what most indoor antennas are designed for. Reception problems on UHF are usually about distance, walls, or line of sight to the tower — try a window facing the transmitter.
Why channels disappear → · Where the FCC decision stands → · Does my TV have a 3.0 tuner? →
Other stations in Albuquerque-Santa Fe
- KYNM-CD (30)
- KTEL-CD (TBD 47)
- KASA-TV (Telemundo 2)
- KENW (PBS 3)
- KOB (NBC 4)
- KREZ-TV (CBS 6)
- KOAT-TV (ABC 7) · 3.0
- KOBR (NBC 8)
- KNMD-TV (PBS 9) · 3.0
- KBIM-TV (CBS 10)
- KCHF (11)
- KOBF (NBC 12)
- KRQE (CBS 13) · 3.0
- KLUZ-TV (Univision 14)
- KWBQ (CW 19) · 3.0
- KRMU (PBS 20)
- KRWB-TV (CW 21)
- KNAT-TV (TBN 23)
- KTEL-TV (NBC 25)
- KRPV-DT (27)
- KUPT (Telexitos 29)
- KAZQ (ETV 32)
- KRTN-TV (TBD 33)
- KTFQ-TV (UniMás 41)
- KASY-TV (MyNet 50) · 3.0
- KKAC (Story Television)
- KKAD (StartTV)
- KKAB (West)
Full Albuquerque-Santa Fe station list and shutoff timeline →