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KVIE-DT2 is the secondary digital subchannel of KVIE (channel 6), a PBS member television station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States, serving the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto market. The station was founded on January 14, 1959, and first signed on the air on August 1, 1964, as KVUE. It is owned by KVIE, Inc., a non-profit public broadcasting organization, and its studios are located at 2030 West El Camino Avenue in Sacramento, with its transmitter located on Walnut Hill in El Dorado County. As a dedicated source for online television, KVIE-DT2 broadcasts on digital channel 6.2 (virtual channel 6) and is used to air the Create TV network, a digital subchannel service that focuses on how-to, DIY, and lifestyle instructional programming, as a complement to KVIE's main PBS schedule.

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of a variety of instructional and lifestyle shows. Key programs on KVIE-DT2 include cooking shows such as America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, Lidia's Kitchen hosted by Lidia Bastianich, and Simply Ming hosted by Ming Tsai. Home improvement and gardening programs include This Old House, Ask This Old House, The Woodwright's Shop with Roy Underhill, and P. Allen Smith's Garden Home with P. Allen Smith. Travel and arts programming includes Rick Steves' Europe hosted by Rick Steves, Globe Trekker, Travelscope with Joseph Rosendo, and Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi hosted by Mickela Mallozzi. The channel also airs quilting and sewing programs such as Sewing with Nancy hosted by Nancy Zieman and Quilting Arts hosted by Susan Brubaker Knapp. The Create TV network, which airs on KVIE-DT2, is a service of American Public Television (APT) and is available on the digital subchannels of PBS stations nationwide, broadcast in 1080i high definition.

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of how-to and lifestyle programming, KVIE-DT2 is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital terrestrial television across Northern California on UHF channel 6 (virtual channel 6.2). The station is carried on DirecTV (channel 6-02), Dish Network (channel 6-02), and major cable providers serving the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto market, including Comcast Xfinity (channel 6) and Wave Broadband (channel 6). The channel is accessible as tv online via streaming services including PBS Passport (with donation to KVIE), KVIE's official website, and the KVIE mobile application. KVIE-DT2 also offers a live video stream of its Create TV feed on the KVIE website, available to viewers without a cable subscription, ensuring that its educational and instructional programming reaches viewers across the Central Valley region, including Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Davis, Woodland, Elk Grove, Roseville, Folsom, and Yuba City, as well as worldwide via internet streaming.

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