WCES-TV
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| WCES-TV | |
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| Wrens / Augusta, Georgia | |
| Branding | GPB |
| Slogan | "Bringing you the best" |
| Channels | 20 (UHF) analog, 2 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Georgia Public Broadcasting |
| Founded | September 12, 1966 |
| Call letters meaning | W Central-East Georgia and South Carolina |
| Former affiliations | NET (1966-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 4970 kW (analog) 30 kW (digital) |
| Website | www.gpb.org |
WCES-TV channel 20 (DTV 2) is a part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting network, and was Georgia's sixth non-commercial educational TV station. It serves Augusta, Georgia and the surrounding east-central Georgia and west-central South Carolina area, along the Savannah River valley (also known locally as the "Georgia-Lina" region).
The transmitter and radio antenna are located southwest of Augusta in Wrens, Georgia, its city of license, From there, its signal travels in roughly a 50-mile (80km) radius from the transmitter site, though a directional antenna (possibly a three-panel antenna) gives the station a somewhat triangularly-lobed radiation pattern.[1]
The station chose to keep its digital on channel 2 in the first-round digital channel election, but has requested (but not yet been granted) channel 6 in the third round. This is because the low VHF (band I) has a lot of RF noise, which is worst on the lowest channels.
The radio tower is a 446.7-meter-high guyed mast, located at 33°15'34"N and 82°17'8"W. It was built in 1966.[2]
[edit] Translators
Both translators are located near the state's border with South Carolina, in areas where coverage from a full-powered GPB transmitter is insufficient, due to the distance from the main transmitters and the hilly terrain in northeast Georgia.
[edit] History
WCES-TV began on September 12, 1966. Its digital signal on channel 2 started in 2003.
[edit] External links
- GPB Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WCES-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W22AC
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W60AE
| Broadcast television in the Augusta, Georgia market (Nielsen DMA #115) | |||
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WJBF 6 (ABC) - WRDW 12 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WBEK 16 (A1) - WEBA 14 (PBS/SCETV) - WCES 20 (PBS/GPB) - WAGT 26 (NBC) (The CW on DT2) - WFXG 54 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) |
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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 |
