KENW is the public broadcasting service of Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, operating PBS station KENW-TV and public radio stations KENW-FM 89.5 and KMTH-FM for eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
KENW is the broadcast service of Eastern New Mexico University, operated from the Duane Weldon Ryan Broadcast Center on the Portales campus. The Broadcast Center runs KENW-TV (channel 3), a PBS member station that signed on September 1, 1974 as the first public television station in eastern New Mexico, and the public radio stations KENW-FM (89.5) and KMTH-FM, full-power stations that reach most of eastern New Mexico and parts of West Texas.
Television programming includes the full PBS schedule, instructional programs for primary and secondary schools, telecourses for area colleges and children's programming, plus locally produced shows such as News 3 New Mexico, a student-produced regional newscast, Creative Living with Sheryl Borden, carried by PBS stations nationwide since 1976, and Report from Santa Fe. The public radio schedule mixes news and public affairs with classical, jazz and popular music and short informational features through the broadcast day.
Training is part of the mission: students from across the university work at the Broadcast Center for credit and in paid operational positions, and the Center also supports ENMU's wider communications needs. Staff positions are posted through Eastern New Mexico University's employment site.
