KUHF—both owned by and licensed to the University of Houston System—where the complex is located. The previous facility is now in use by the university's Texas Learning and Computation Center. On March 3, 2014, KUHT, along with Houston Public Radio KUHF and Classical 91.7 KUHA (owned by the university at the time, now KSBJ-owned KHVU), were all rebranded into Houston Public Media. The station dropped the "HoustonPBS" name to assume the new name. In late-August 2017, Tegna-owned CBS affiliate KHOU (channel 11) temporarily moved its news and broadcasting operations to Melcher Center. KHOU's Neartown facility had suffered catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Harvey. On November 16, 2017, KHOU announced it would not return to its former studios; the building would be subsequently demolished in May 2018. The station remained at the Melcher Center until their new facility at 5718 Westheimer Road near Uptown Houston was completed in February 2019. Film library KUHT has almost 600 reels of film in its archives (some more than 50 years old), along with 5,000 videocassettes—some dating back more than 30 years. However, the archive material is in various states of deterioration, with some film already suffering from vinegar syndrome. In September 2010, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission granted the University of Houston $25,000 for film preservation; however, the funding is only enough to transfer 25 films to digital format, with films related to Texas taking top priority. Original productions KUHT has produced the following original national productions for PBS: Cucina Sicilia (2003–2004) - West 175 Productions InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop Space Station (1999) The Story of Jesse H. Jones (2000) Weeknight Edition Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KUHT's digital signal originally began broadcasting on VHF channel 9 on May 12, 2001. The station discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 9 to channel 8 for post-transition operations. In 2009, KUHT filed with the FCC for construction permits to build low-powered digital transmitters in Beaumont (K24KQ, channel 24) and Victoria (K29JI-D, channel 29), in order to provide over-the-air PBS service to both cities. Those two construction permits have expired and KUHT has no plans to attempt the build-outs at this time (2015). References