WGTV
PBS member station in Athens, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WGTV (channel 8) is a PBS member television station licensed to Athens, Georgia, United States, a legacy of the station's early years as a service of the University of Georgia (UGA). Owned by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (technically under the Georgia Board of Regents, along with the University System of Georgia), it is the flagship station of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) television network, serving the Atlanta metropolitan area from a transmitter atop Stone Mountain just east of Atlanta.
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City | Athens, Georgia |
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Branding | GPB PBS |
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Network | Georgia Public Broadcasting |
Affiliations | 8.1: GPB/PBS 8.2: Create 8.3: GPB Knowledge 8.4: PBS Kids |
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WABW-TV, WACS-TV, WCES-TV, WJSP-TV, WMUM-TV, WNGH-TV, WVAN-TV, WXGA-TV | |
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First air date | May 23, 1960 (63 years ago) (1960-05-23) |
Former call signs | WPBS (March 2–22, 1984) |
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Call sign meaning | We're Georgia Television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 23948 |
ERP | 62 kW |
HAAT | 327.2 m (1,073.5 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′18″N 84°8′40″W |
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Website | www |
WGTV has been part of GPB proper since January 1, 1982, after the state government ordered the consolidation of the two broadcasting entities. It was a separate entity owned by UGA for its first 22 years, though it supplied much of the non-instructional programming seen on the state's educational network.