The two stations share studios on UNM's North Campus on University Boulevard Northeast in Albuquerque; KNME-TV's transmitter is located atop Sandia Crest.

[3] Plans were drawn up to use the new station to beam junior college classes to outlying areas,[4] while a studio was set up in a converted sorority house on the UNM campus.

[6] By 1960, the station had expanded from college courses to provide programs for Albuquerque public school students in science and Spanish.

[8] KNME also operates the satellite service WestLink, which shares programming with other public television stations and several commercial clients.

It broadcast a mix of PBS and Annenberg Media programming and local school board meetings on Comcast cable channel 96 in Albuquerque.