Blue Ridge PBS
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| Blue Ridge PBS | |
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| WBRA-TV: Roanoke / Lynchburg, Virginia WSBN-TV: Norton, Virginia WMSY-TV: Marion, Virginia |
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| Branding | Blue Ridge PBS |
| Slogan | Your Community Resource for Lifelong Learning |
| Channels | WBRA: 15 (UHF) WSBN: 47 (UHF) WMSY: 52 (UHF) analog, WBRA: 3 (VHF) WSBN: 32 (UHF) WMSY: 42 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc. |
| Founded | WBRA: August 14, 1967 WSBN: March 29, 1971 WMSY: August 1, 1981 |
| Call letters meaning | WBRA: Blue Ridge Public Television Roanoke |
| Former callsigns | WSBN: WSVN-TV (1971-81) |
| Former affiliations | WBRA: NET (1967-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | WBRA: 248 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) WSBN: 631 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) WMSY: 741 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) |
| Website | blueridgepbs.org/ |
Blue Ridge PBS is the PBS member station for western Virginia. It serves the Roanoke/Lynchburg and Tri-Cities markets.
The network's flagship station, WBRA-TV in Roanoke (channel 15), first went to the air on August 14, 1967, originally affiliated with the NET National Educational Television network, before that network became PBS in 1970.
Over the years, WBRA established two satellite transmitters -- WSBN-TV channel 47 in Norton in 1971 (originally WSVN until 1981) and WMSY-TV channel 52 in Marion in 1981. WSBN brought a city-grade PBS signal to the Tri-Cities for the first time.
In the 1980s, WBRA began identifying on-air as "Blue Ridge Public Television (BRPublic TV), due of its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains and to avoid WBRA's obvious similarity to the word "bra". In 2007, it changed its on-air name to Blue Ridge PBS.
[edit] External links
- Blue Ridge PBS
- RabbitEars.Info Roanoke-Lynchburg Stations
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WBRA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WSBN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMSY
| Broadcast television in the Roanoke market (Nielsen DMA #68) |
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WDRG 2 (IND) - WDBJ 7 (CBS) (My Network TV on DT2 "7Too") - W08CW 8 (PBS) - WSLS 10 (NBC) - WSET 13 (ABC) - WBRA 15 (PBS) - WTLU 19 (IND) - WWCW 21 (FOX) (The CW on DT2) - WDRL 24 (Ind) - WFXR 27 (FOX) - WPXR 38 (i) - WRKV 43 (IND) - W49AP 49 (TBN) |
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WETP 2 (PBS/ETPtv) - WCYB 5 (NBC) (The CW on DT2) - WOPI 9 (Ind) - WJHL 11 (CBS) - WKPT 19 (ABC) - WAPK 36 (MNTV) - WEMT 39 (FOX) - WSBN 47 / WMSY 52 (PBS) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WLFG 68 / WAGV 44 (Ind) |
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WBRA 15 / WSBN 47 / WMSY 52 (Roanoke / Norton / Marion) - WHRO 15 (Hampton) - WCVE 23 / WCVW 57 / WHTJ 41 (Richmond / Charlottesville) - WVPT 51 / WVPY 42 (Staunton / Front Royal) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Virginia | |
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