WOUB-TV

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WOUB-TV / WOUC-TV
WOUB: Athens, Ohio
WOUC: Cambridge, Ohio
Branding WOUB
Channels Analog:
WOUB: 20 (UHF)
WOUC: 44 (UHF)

Digital:
WOUB: 27 (UHF)
WOUC: 35 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Ohio University
First air date WOUB: January 1963
WOUC: July 1973[1]
Call letters’ meaning WOUB:
Ohio
University
Broadcasting
(or Bobcats)
WOUC:
WOUB Cambridge
Former affiliations NET (1963-1970)
Transmitter Power WOUB:
1000 kW (analog)
250 kW (digital)
WOUC:
759 kW (analog)
310 kW (digital)
Height WOUB:
242 m (analog)
242.3 m (digital)
WOUC:
385.1 m (both)
Facility ID WOUB: 50147
WOUC: 50141
Transmitter Coordinates WOUB:
39°18′52.7″N, 82°8′56.2″W
WOUC:
40°5′32.5″N, 81°17′19.4″W
Website www.woub.org

WOUB-TV channel 20 is a PBS member station at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. WOUB-TV's programming can be seen in southeastern Ohio on analog channel 20, digital channel 27. It is also seen in east central Ohio on WOUC-TV, analog 44, digital 35, originating from Cambridge, Ohio.

The WOUB studios and offices are located in the Radio-TV building on the Athens campus of Ohio University, part of the WOUB Center for Public Media. The Center is a non-academic unit of the Scripps College of Communication. WOUB services southeastern Ohio, and portions of neighboring West Virginia and Kentucky. The telecommunications center also serves as a laboratory for Ohio University students who are interested in gaining experience in broadcasting and related technologies.

In addition to radio and television, WOUB is also active in distance learning, online services, and media production.

Currently Athens County is located in the Columbus market area, but the TV station can be received in parts of that market, all of the Zanesville market, and portions of the Huntington-Charleston, Parkersburg and Wheeling / Steubenville markets. The station leases commercial fiber line to permit it to be carried in the Huntington-Charleston local packages of the DBS providers, which has greatly increased its range.

Unlike most PBS stations, the channel produces a regular local news cast comprised of university students studying and training on television news casts at Ohio University. With that, they mainly focus on the area around Athens, which is mostly ignored by the Columbus and Huntington-Charleston stations that serve the Athens area.

Alumni of the station include Matt Lauer and numerous major market television news anchors and reporters, including Matt Barnes.

[edit] Digital Television

Even though WOUB and WOUC both share the same analog programming, the digital offerings are different on both channels, expanding the choices of programming for digital viewers within the coverage areas of both transmitters.

Services from WOUB are: WOUB Classic, WOUB Learns, WOUB Kids and WOUB International.

Services from WOUC are: WOUB News & Information, WOUB Makes, WOUB On Stage, and WOUB Unlimited.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WOUC-TV signed on July 23, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on July 26.
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Broadcast television in the Columbus market  (Nielsen DMA #32)

WCMH 4 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WSYX 6 (ABC, MNTV on DT2) - WGCT 8 (IND) - WBNS 10 (CBS) - WDEM-LP 17 (AS) - WCLL-CA 19 (Daystar) - WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (PBS) - WBKA-CA 22 (A1) - W23BZ 23 (TBN) - WTTE 28 (Fox) - WCSN-LP 32 (CSN) - WOSU 34 (PBS) - WXCB-CA 42 (TBN) - WCPX-LP 48 (AZA) - WSFJ 51 (IND, ION on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Qubo on DT4, Worship on DT5 Daystar on DT6, .2 Net Coming Mid-08) - WWHO 53 (The CW)
Local Cable Television Channels:
Buckeye TV - ONN - The Ohio Channel
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Broadcast television in the Zanesville market (Nielsen DMA #202)

W16BT 16 (TBN) - WHIZ 18 (NBC) - WOUC 44 (PBS)

Local cable television channels:

WBZV Cable 13 (The CW)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Columbus, OH, Parkersburg, WV, and Wheeling, WV Markets
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Broadcast television in the Parkersburg market  (Nielsen DMA #190)

WTAP 15 (NBC, FOX on DT2, MNTV on DT3) - W26AL 26 (TBN) - W57AG 57 (PBS/WVPB)

Local cable television channels
WBPB (The CW/The CW Plus)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location
Columbus: WSYX 6 (ABC) - WBNS 10 (CBS) - WOUB 20 (PBS)
Huntington / Charleston: WSAZ 3 (NBC) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS)
See also television stations in the Wheeling, WV, Zanesville, OH and Columbus, OH television markets.
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Broadcast television in the Wheeling / Steubenville market  (Nielsen DMA #159)

WTRF 7 (CBS/FOX on DT2 "FOX Ohio Valley") - WTOV 9 (NBC) - WJPW-CA 18 / WVTX-CA 28 (Ind/WBGN) - WSSS-LP 29 (MTV2) - W41AA 41 (PBS/WVPB) - WWVW-LP 56 (JTV)
Cable Only Channels

WBWO 18 (The CW) -FSN Pittsburgh
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location

Pittsburgh: KDKA 2 (CBS) - WTAE 4 (ABC) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WPGH 53 (Fox)
Youngstown: WFMJ 21 (NBC) - WKBN 27 (CBS) - WYTV 33 (ABC)
Columbus (Cambridge): WOUC 44 (PBS)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Cleveland, Columbus, Parkersburg and Zanesville markets
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Broadcast television in the Huntington / Charleston market  (Nielsen DMA #65)

WSAZ 3 / W16CE 16 (NBC) (MNTV on DT2) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) - W14CU 14 (HSN) - WKAS 25 (PBS/KET) - WLPX 29 (ION)
WQCW 30 / WOCW 21 / WVCW 45 (The CW) - WPBY 33 (PBS/WVPB) - WPBO 42 (PBS) - WJOS 58 (FMN) - WTSF 61 (DS)

Outlying Areas
WOUB 20 (PBS) - WKPI 22 (PBS/KET) - WYMT 57 (CBS)

Defunct television stations
WKNA 49 (ABC/DuMont)
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Ohio
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio