WGBY-TV

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WGBY-TV
Springfield, Massachusetts
Branding	WGBY
Channels	Analog: 57 (UHF) Digital: 22 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
First air date	September 26, 1971
Call letters’ meaning	Great Blue Yonder (referring to WGBH (FM)'s transmitter, all WGBH television stations include these two letters)
Transmitter Power	1480 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	305 m (analog) 294 m (digital)
Facility ID	72096
Transmitter Coordinates	42°14′29.6″N, 72°38′53.9″W
Website	www.wgby.org

WGBY-TV is a PBS station licensed to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. It is a division of the WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, but has its own independent web presence, logo, and local programming. Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mt. Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts and provides programming to much of western Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, and southern Vermont. It is assigned to UHF TV channel 57, with an ATSC digital transmitter operating from the same site on UHF channel 58.

The station was founded on September 26, 1971.

Their digital programming channels include WGBY Kids, Create, and World, which simulcast the WGBH channels of the same names (station identifications include both WGBY and WGBX 44, the carrier for these channels in eastern Massachusetts). In October 2006, WGBY became the first television station in New England to produce all of its local content in high definition (HD).

In addition to being owned by WGBH, WGBY is also loosely affiliated with Vermont Public Television, and the three stations share a common member benefits package.

Unlike its Boston counterpart, WGBY does not operate an affiliated radio station; the area is instead served by WFCR, an NPR affiliate licensed to Amherst.

[edit] Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
57.1	Main WGBY programming
57.2	WGBY World
57.3	WGBY Create
57.4	WGBY Kids

In 2009, WGBY-TV will leave channel 57 and move to channel 22 when the analog to digital conversion is complete..^[1]

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v • d • e Broadcast television in the Springfield / Holyoke market (Nielsen DMA #109)

WWLP 22 / WFXQ-CA 28 (NBC) - WGGB 40 (ABC) (Fox / MNTV on DT2) - WHTX 43 (UNI) - WDMR-LP 51 (TEL) - WGBY 57 (PBS) - WSHM-LP 67 (CBS) (WX on DT3) Out-of-market stations available in Springfield / Holyoke WCDC 19 (ABC, Adams) - WEDH 24 (PBS / CPTV, Hartford) - WNYA 51 (MNTV, Pittsfield) - WCTX 59 (MNTV, New Haven) - WTIC 61 (Fox, Hartford) Defunct stations WRLP 32 (NBC / IND) Local and regional cable television channels CN8 - NECN - NESN - CSN New England - WSBK (IND, Boston) - "WBQT" (The CW) - WGGB-DT2 (Fox / MNTV)

See also Broadcast television in the Albany and Hartford / New Haven markets