WPBA
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| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Branding | Public Broadcasting Atlanta |
| Slogan | 30 TV |
| Channels | 30 (UHF) analog, 21 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Atlanta Board of Education |
| Founded | February 17, 1958 |
| Call letters meaning | Public Broadcasting Atlanta |
| Former callsigns | WETV (1958-1984) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1958-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 1380 kW/334 m(analog) 55.4 kW/265.7 m (digital) |
| Website | www.wpba.org/ |
WPBA (channel 30, DTV 21) is one of two PBS members in metro Atlanta. The callsign stands for Public Broadcasting Atlanta and it is counterpart to WABE FM 90.1, the local National Public Radio station. Both are licensed to and operated by the Atlanta Board of Education and holds Atlanta as their city of license.
It is the only PBS station in Georgia not run by Georgia Public Broadcasting as part of the GPB television network. However, GPB does have WGTV serving the area, leading to some duplication (but only rarely simulcasting) of programming.
The station typically turns its transmitter off late at night (generally 1-5 AM), but can still be seen on some cable TV systems.
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[edit] History
The station signed on February 17, 1958 as WETV, Georgia's first public television station.
WETV was re-named WPBA in 1984. In 2000 WPBA's digital signal on channel 21 began operation.
[edit] Transmission tower
WABE shares a tower with the single antenna used by WSB-FM 98.5, WSTR FM 94.1 and WVEE FM 103.3. The three radio stations' transmitters are diplexed together, so that they all feed to the antenna instead of into each other.
[edit] Trivia
The WETV calls today are now used for a low-powered television station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, WETV-LP.
[edit] External links
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WSB 2 (ABC) - WUVM-LP 4 (Azteca América) - WAGA 5 (Fox) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WXIA 11 (NBC) - WPXA 14 (ION) - WTBS 17 (TBS) - WCLP 18 (PBS/GPB) - W24AL 24 (HSN) - WANX-LP 26 (Jewelry TV) - WPBA 30 (PBS) - WANN-LP 32 (Ind) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WUVG 34 (UNI) - WATL 36 (MNTV) - W38CU 38 (TEL) - WIRE-CA 40 (MTV2) - WAGC-LP 42 (Ind) - WGCL 46 (CBS) - WDTA-LP 53 (DS) - WYGA 55 (Ind) - W55BM 55 (JCTV) - WATC 57 / WSKC-CA 22 (Religious) - WHSG 63 (TBN) - WUPA 69 (The CW) |
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| Local/Regional cable/satellite television channels SportSouth - FSN South - CSS - AIB - Cobb edTV (Cobb County) |
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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 | |
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