WGBX-TV

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WGBX-TV

Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	'GBH 44
Slogan	Independent, original, 'GBH 44
Channels	Analog: 44 (UHF) Digital: 43 (UHF)^[1]
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
First air date	September 25, 1967
Call letters’ meaning	Great Blue EXperimental (supposedly) (referring to WGBH-FM's transmitter, all WGBH television stations include these two letters)
Sister station(s)	WGBH (FM), WCAI, WGBH-TV
Former affiliations	NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter Power	1100 kW (analog) 500 kW (digital)
Height	374 m (analog) 391 m (digital)
Facility ID	72098
Transmitter Coordinates	42°18′37.2″N, 71°14′11.7″W
Website	www.wgbh.org

WGBX-TV ('GBH 44) is a public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a sister station to PBS member station WGBH-TV, airing PBS programming not aired by WGBH as well as additional supplemental programming. Reruns of the previous night's programming either from WGBH-TV or from WGBX-TV itself also makes up a part of this station's programming. On its digital signal, WGBX also carries several of PBS's digital networks.

The X in its callsign stands for "Experimental", as WGBX (more primarily in the 1970s) was home to programming that was given a trial on the smaller-audience UHF signal before possibly moving onto the more-established WGBH-TV. Such Eastern Educational Network imports from the UK as Doctor Who were seen first or more frequently on WGBX, and one late-1970s local "nightclub"-style variety show, Club 44, proved popular enough to be moved over to WGBH and retitled The Club.

[edit] Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
44.1	Main WGBX programming
44.2	WGBH World
44.3	WGBH Create
44.4	'GBH Kids

[edit] References

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Broadcast television in the Boston / Manchester market (Nielsen DMA #7)

Local television stations
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS) - WBZ-TV 4 (CBS) - WCVB-TV 5 (ABC) - WHDH-TV 7 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WFXZ-CA 24 (AZA) - WFXT 25 (FOX) - WUNI 27 (UNI) - WSBK-TV 38 (Ind)
WGBX-TV 44 (PBS) - WWDP 46 (Shop NBC) - WYDN 48 (DS) - WZMY-TV 50 (MNTV) - WLVI-TV 56 (The CW) - WNEU 60 / WTMU-LP 67 (TEL) - WMFP 62 (Gems TV)
WUTF-TV 66 (TFU) - WBPX 68 (ION)

Local digital television channels
WHDN-LD 26 (DW)

Concord / Keene / Manchester / Portsmouth (Southern New Hampshire) television stations
WMUR-TV 9 (ABC) - WENH-TV 11 / WEKW-TV 52 (PBS / NHPTV) - WYCN-LP 13 (Ind) - WPXG 21 (ION) - WNNE 31 (NBC)

Defunct television stations
WJZB-TV 14 (Ind / NBC) - WNHT 21 (Ind / CBS) - WXPO-TV 50 (Ind) - WCVX 58 (Ind)

Local cable television channels
CharterTV3 (Worcester) - WCCA-TV 13 (Worcester) - butv10 - CN8 - NECN - NESN - CSN New England - CatholicTV - CKSH (SRC, Sherbrooke)

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Broadcast television in the Providence / New Bedford market (Nielsen DMA #52)

WLNE-TV 6 (ABC) - WJAR 10 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) (RTN on DT3) - WPRI-TV 12 (CBS) - WLWC 28 (The CW) -
WSBE-TV 36 (PBS) - WRIW-LP 50 (TEL) - WNAC-TV 64 (FOX / MNTV) (Weather on DT2) - WPXQ 69 (ION)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
WGBH-TV 2 (PBS) - WUNI 27 (UNI) - WSBK-TV 38 (Ind) - WGBX-TV 44 (PBS) - WEDN 53 (PBS / CPTV)