Mississippi Public Broadcasting
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| Mississippi Public Broadcasting | |
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| statewide Mississippi | |
| Branding | MPB |
| Slogan | Educating, Entertaining, Enlightening |
| Channels | Analog: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Mississippi Authority for Educational Television |
| First air date | February 1, 1970 |
| Call letters’ meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1970) |
| Transmitter Power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter Coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.mpbonline.org |
Mississippi Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network in Mississippi, United States. Owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, it holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR stations in the state.
Mississippi was a relative latecomer to public broadcasting. In summer 1970, WMAA-TV began operating in Jackson as the first-ever public broadcasting station in the state. This made Mississippi the last state east of the Mississippi River to start public television service within its own borders. Before then, the only portions of the state to get a clear signal from a PBS station were the northwest (from Memphis' WKNO-TV) and the Gulf Coast (from New Orleans' WYES-TV and Mobile's WEIQ). Six other stations signed on over the next few years, and the network became known as Mississippi Educational Television, or simply ETV. Public radio was even later in arriving in the state, in 1984. Eventually, Public Radio in Mississippi expanded to eight stations throughout the state.
In 2005, MAET adopted "Mississippi Public Broadcasting" as an umbrella on-air name for all television and radio operations.
[edit] MPB Television
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WMPN-TV1 | Jackson | 29 (UHF) 20 (UHF) |
February 1, 1970 | Mississippi Public Network |
966 kW 400 kW |
466 m 482 m |
43168 | |
| WMAH-TV | Biloxi | 19 (UHF) 16 (UHF) |
January 14, 1972 | 1593 kW 150 kW |
476.3 m 477 m |
43197 | ||
| WMAE-TV | Booneville | 12 (VHF) 55 (UHF) |
August 11, 1974 | 100 kW 1000 kW |
226 m 227 m |
43170 | ||
| WMAU-TV | Bude | 17 (UHF) 18 (UHF) |
January 14, 1972 | 647.3 kW 1000 kW |
339.9 m 341 m |
43184 | ||
| WMAO-TV | Greenwood | 23 (UHF) 25 (UHF) |
September 15, 1972 | 580.9 kW 625 kW |
317 m 317 m |
43176 | ||
| WMAW-TV | Meridian | 14 (UHF) 44 (UHF) |
January 14, 1972 | 582.3 kW 880 kW |
364.8 m 369 m |
43169 | ||
| WMAB-TV | Mississippi State | 2 (VHF) 10 (VHF) |
July 4, 1971 | 100 kW 4.3 kW |
379 m 349 m |
43192 | ||
| WMAV-TV | Oxford | 18 (UHF) 36 (UHF) |
May 19, 1972 | 1100 kW 225 kW |
420.1 m 421 m |
43193 |
Notes:
- 1. WMPN-TV used the callsign WMAA-TV from its 1970 sign-on until 1990.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting also operates two translator stations: W45AA in Columbia and W47BP in Hattiesburg.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting has also operated a microwave-relay station KMZ 77 for many years. This special microwave station has been used as a studio-to-transmitter link (STL) for WMPN-TV in Jackson. During the weekly signoff message (formerly nightly signoff message), KMZ 77 would be mentioned following the technical specifications of WMPN-TV. KMZ 77 was also mentioned in the same manner during the time prior to 1990 when WMPN-TV carried the call sign of WMAA-TV. Each station in the network and KMZ 77 would be identified in the network's signoff message as being owned and operated by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Although the FCC apparently granted MPB a permit to build WMAA-DT, a digital-only station near Columbus, MPB has stated there are currently no plans or funding to build the station.
[edit] MPB Radio
MPB Radio can be listened to online via a Windows Media format. [1]
- Jackson: WMPN 91.3
- Biloxi: WMAH 90.3
- Booneville: WMAE 89.5
- Bude: WMAU 88.9
- Greenwood: WMAO 90.9
- Meridian: WMAW 88.1
- Mississippi State: WMAB 89.9
- Oxford: WMAV 90.3
[edit] External links
- Mississippi Public Broadcasting
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMPN-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAH-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAE-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAU-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAO-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAW-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAB-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMAV-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W45AA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W47BP
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMPN-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAH-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAE-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAU-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAO-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAW-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAB-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMAV-TV
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMPN
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAE
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAO
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAW
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMAV
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