Weekends Count Magazine - Helping you maximize your weekends through travel and DIY experiences.: Tune Into KERA Kids PBS

Cartoons? All day? Sign our family up! We love to connect our antenna to the television and watch the over-the-air channels! In the past, we could only receive three to six channels and many of those did not include cartoons during non-morning hours.

So, our little one had to watch Netflix or YouTube during the hours that she could not access her favorite cartoons (i.e. - Wild Kratts, Nature Kat, Daniel Tiger, or Splash and Bubbles. Now, she has a chance to watch all of the shows at any time of the day (even if we have to watch up SUPER early one morning for a 6:00 am flight).

Our local channel, KERA, just released a new 24 hour kids channel (KERA Kids 24/7) that families can access through air or satellite. It is amazing and we will definitely spend many hours during Saturday and Sundays watching her favorite shows!

Here are the KERA Kids Channels within the North Texas Area (KERA, 2017):
Over the Air - 13.2
Spectrum Dallas — Channel 1268
Spectrum Fort Worth — Channel 182
Suddenlink — Available in select areas. Contact your provider’s customer care center.
Northland Corsicana — Channel 114
Northland Stephenville — Channel 114
Northland Mexia — Channel 118

Also, check out the PBS Kids website for amazing resources for homeschool families and parents who teach their children after school! - http://pbskids.org/apps/

The KERA Kids Morning Schedule (as of March 2017)
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - 12:00 AM
Splash and Bubbles - 12:30 AM
Nature Cat - 1:00 AM
Ready Jet Go! - 1:30 AM
Wild Kratts - 2:00 AM
Wild Kratts - 2:30 AM
Odd Squad - 3:00 AM
Odd Squad - 3:30 AM
Arthur - 4:00 AM
Arthur - 4:30 AM
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman - 5:00 AM
Cyberchase - 5:30 AM

The KERA Kids Afternoon Schedule (as of March 2017)
Bob the Builder - 12:00 PM
Word World - 12:30 PM
Super Why! - 1:00 PM
Sesame Street - 1:30 PM
Sesame Street - 2:00 PM
Dinosaur Train - 2:30 PM
Dinosaur Train - 3:00 PM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - 3:30 PM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - 4:00 PM
Splash and Bubbles - 4:30 PM

The KERA Kids Evening Schedule (as of March 2017)

Nature Cat - 5:00 PM

Ready Jet Go! - 5:30 PM
Wild Kratts - 6:00 PM
Wild Kratts - 6:30 PM
Odd Squad - 7:00 PM
Odd Squad - 7:30 PM
Arthur - 8:00 PM
Arthur - 8:30 PM
Super Why! - 9:00 PM
Sesame Street - 9:30 PM
Sesame Street - 10:00 PM
Dinosaur Train - 10:30 PM
Dinosaur Train - 11:00 PM
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - 11:30 PM

Also, if you are located in the central Texas area (Aledo, Benbrook, Fort Worth, Granbury, Stephenville, Waco, Weatherford), here is a list of all of your local channels!

Daystar (KDTN) - Channel 2

Fox (KDFW) - Channel 4

NBC (KXAS) - Channel 5

Cozi TV (KXAS-TX2) - Channel 5-2

CBS (KTVT) - Channel 11

Decades (KTVT2) - Channel 1102

PBS (KERA) - Channel 13

World (KERA-TX2) - Channel 13-2

My Network TV (KDFI) - Channel 27

CW (KDFW) - Channel 33

Telemundo (KXTX) - Channel 39

TBN (KDTX) - Channel 58

Ion Network (KPXD) - Channel 68-1

Qubo Network (KPXD-TV2) - Channel 68-2

Ion Life Network (KPXD-TV3) - Channel 68-3 (One of Our Favorites!)

QVC (KPXD-TV5) - Channel 68-5

HSN (KPXD-TV6) - Channel 68-6

Here's a great resource for finding over-the-air channels in your area! - http://www.tvtv.us/

Have a great week and plan for the weekend!