WPBA (TV)

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WPBA
Atlanta, Georgia
Branding	PBA 30
Slogan	Atlanta's PBS Station
Channels	Analog: 30 (UHF) Digital: 21 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Atlanta Public Schools (Board of Education of the City of Atlanta)
First air date	February 17, 1958
Call letters’ meaning	Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Sister station(s)	WABE
Former callsigns	WETV (1958-1984)
Transmitter Power	1380 kW (analog) 55.4 kW (digital)
Height	334 m (analog) 265.7 m (digital)
Facility ID	4190
Transmitter Coordinates	33°45′33.3″N, 84°20′5.3″W (analog) 33°45′32.6″N, 84°20′5.7″W (digital)
Website	www.pba.org

WPBA (or simply PBA; channel 30, DTV 21) is one of two PBS-member TV stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area. 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 Public Schools, and hold Atlanta, Georgia 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 TV 8 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Digital television 3 Transmission tower 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

The station signed on February 17, 1958 as WETV, Georgia's first public television station. WETV was re-assigned WPBA in 1984. The WETV calls today are now used for a low-powered television station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, WETV-LP.

In 2000, WPBA's digital signal on channel 21 began operation.

[edit] Digital television

The station's over-the-air digital channel currently carries only one feed:

Digital channels

Virtual channel	Physical RF channel	Video	Aspect	Programming
30.1	21.3	1080i	16:9	Main WPBA programming / PBS (mostly up-converted standard definition) with some HDTV content

In 2009, WPBA will leave channel 30 and keep its digital TV on channel 21 when the analog shutdown occurs.^[1]

[edit] Transmission tower

WPBA TV and WABE FM share a tower with the single antenna used by WSB-FM 98.5, WSTR FM 94.1 and WVEE FM 103.3. (Those three radio stations' transmitters are diplexed together, so that they all feed to the antenna instead of into each other.) WABE was formerly on Stone Mountain, but had to leave when WGTV needed the space for its digital equipment.

[edit] External links

• WPBA website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPBA
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WPBA-TV

[edit] References

v • d • e Television stations in the Atlanta market (Nielsen DMA #8) Local television stations WSB 2 (ABC, RTN on DT2) - WUVM-LP 4 (Azteca América) - WAGA 5 (Fox) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WXIA 11 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WPXA 14 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - WPCH 17 (ind.) - W23DN 23 (HSN) - WTBS-LP 26 (MTV Tr3́s) - WPBA 30 (PBS) - WANN-CA 32 (S@H/JTV) - WUVG 34 (Uni., TF on DT2) - WATL 36 (MNTV) - W38CU 38 (Tel.) - WIRE-CA 40 (MTV2) - WYGA-CA 45 (LAT TV) - WGCL 46 (CBS) - WDTA-LP 53 (DS) - W55BM 55 (JCTV) - WATC 57 / WSKC-CA 22 (Religious) - WHSG 63 (TBN, TCC on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - WUPA 69 (CW) Outlying areas WNGH 18 (PBS/GPB) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WAGC-LP 42 (Ind) Local digital-only stations WTHC-LP 42 (TIS) Local cable/satellite television channels SportSouth - FSN South - CSS - AIB - Cobb edTV - TV23 (Cobb County)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Georgia GPB: WGTV 8 (Atlanta) - WXGA 8 (Waycross/Valdosta) - WVAN 9 (Savannah) - WABW 14 (Albany) - WNGH 18 (Dalton) - WCES 20 (Augusta) - WACS 25 (Dawson/Americus) - WJSP 28 (Columbus) - WMUM 29 (Macon) Other: WPBA 30 (Atlanta) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Georgia

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Sports Facilities	Lakewood Stadium  • Grady Stadium
Broadcasting	WABE  • WPBA (TV)