WMVT
PBS member station in Milwaukee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WMVT (channel 36) is a secondary PBS member television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned by Milwaukee Area Technical College alongside primary PBS member WMVS (channel 10). Collectively branded as Milwaukee PBS, the two stations share studios at the Continuing Education Center on the MATC campus on North 8th Street in downtown Milwaukee, and transmitter facilities on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood.
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Branding | Milwaukee PBS 36 |
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Network | Milwaukee PBS |
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First air date | January 28, 1963 (61 years ago) (1963-01-28) |
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Former channel number(s) | Analog: 36 (UHF, 1963–2009) |
Call sign meaning | Milwaukee Vocational and Technical School |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 42665 |
ERP | 32 kW |
HAAT | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°5′46.2″N 87°54′15″W |
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Website | www |
WMVT and WMVS operate separately from the PBS Wisconsin state network owned by the University of Wisconsin Extension and serves the rest of the state; however, WMVT runs instructional television programs from PBS Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee PBS coordinate instructional television efforts for their broadcast area.