WACS-TV
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| WACS-TV (satellite of WGTV, Athens, Georgia) |
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| Dawson / Americus, Georgia | |
| Branding | GPB |
| Slogan | Bringing you the Best |
| Channels | 25 (UHF) analog, 8 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Georgia Public Broadcasting |
| Founded | March 13, 1967 |
| Call letters meaning | W AmeriCuS |
| Former affiliations | NET (1967-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 501 kW (analog) 6 kW (digital) |
| Website | www.gpb.org/ |
WACS-TV channel 25, part of the GPB network, is Georgia's ninth public television station, and primarily serves the southern part of the Columbus market, including Dawson and Americus. (WACS' transmitter is located north of Parrott, Georgia.)The station's signal travels in about a 40-mile radius from the transmitter site and also reaches parts of southeastern Alabama.
It also serves Albany, Georgia, though that city's GPB station of record is Pelham's WABW, channel 14.
Viewers in Columbus are well within the WACS coverage area, even though their GPB station of record is WJSP-TV, whose fringes just barely reach Columbus itself.
WACS, WJSP and WABW are all satellites of Athens'/Atlanta's WGTV, the network's flagship station. They carry an identical broadcast schedule.
[edit] History
WACS-TV channel 25 signed on the air on March 13, 1967. Its digital signal will be on channel 8 with roughly the same covergage.
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| Broadcast television in the Columbus, Georgia market (Nielsen DMA #127) | ||
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WRBL 3 (CBS) - WTVM 9 (ABC) - WCGT-LP 16 (IND) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WJSP 28 (PBS/GPB) - WLTZ 38 (NBC) - WGIQ 43 (PBS/APT) - WXTX 54 (FOX/MNTV) (The Tube on DT2) - WLGA 66 (The CW) |
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| See also: Broadcast television stations in the Albany, Montgomery, Macon, Dothan and Atlanta Markets | ||
| Broadcast television in the Albany, Georgia market (Nielsen DMA #145) | ||
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WCTV 6 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WALB 10 (NBC) - WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) - WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) - WFXL 31 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) - WSWG 44 (CBS/MNTV on DT2) - WSST 55 (Ind) |
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| PBS Member Stations in the state of Georgia | |
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GPB: WGTV 8 (Atlanta) - WXGA 8 (Waycross/Valdosta) - WVAN 9 (Savannah) - WABW 14 (Albany) - WCLP 18 (Dalton) - WCES 20 (Augusta) - WACS 25 (Dawson/Americus) - WJSP 28 (Columbus) - WMUM 29 (Macon) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Georgia | |
| Georgia Public Broadcasting Television: WGTV | WJSP | WMUM | WABW | WACS | WCES | WCLP | WVAN | WXGA |
