| statewide New Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Branding | NHPTV |
| Slogan | Engaging minds. Connecting Communities. Celebrating New Hampshire. |
| Channels | Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS (since 1970) |
| Owner | University System of New Hampshire |
| First air date | July 6, 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1959-1970) |
| Transmitter power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.nhptv.org |
New Hampshire Public Television is a television company and public broadcasting state network in New Hampshire, licensed to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Established in 1959, its broadcast center is located on the University of New Hampshire campus in Durham, New Hampshire.
NHPTV is overseen by a 21-member board of directors, which is a governing board authorized by subcommittee the USNH Board of Trustees.
NHPTV is available over the air in nearly 75 percent of New Hampshire, and is available on cable television in parts of Massachusetts (including Boston), Maine (including Portland), and Vermont (including the Barre/Montpelier area). Flagship station WENH is available on DirecTV and Dish Network's Boston feeds as well; Durham is part of the Boston market.
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NHPTV's three signals are multiplexed.
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| xx.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main NHPTV programming / PBS |
| xx.2 | 480i | 4:3 | SD simulcast of xx.1 |
| xx.3 | NHPTV Explore (educational, New England and local programming) |
Because the state is split between the Boston, Portland, and Burlington/Plattsburgh markets, nearly all NHPTV viewers also receive another PBS station on cable or satellite (in some cases more than one). As a result, NHPTV has elected to differentiate its program schedule for the other PBS stations in the market. Generally, NHPTV's broadcast of PBS programs and series do not air on the same day and time as they do on Boston's WGBH-TV, MPBN, Vermont Public Television or WCFE-TV in Plattsburgh.
NHPTV produced a number of local series, including:
Production of most local programs, except for "Wildlife Journal", was discontinued in June 2011 because NHPTV lost all of its funding from the State Of New Hampshire, which accounted for 30% of the station's total Fiscal 2011 budget.
NHPTV produced live coverage of University of New Hampshire men's Hockey from the 1972/1973 season through the 2007/2008 season. However, in June 2008 NHPTV announced that it was unable to continue to broadcast the games due to budgetary considerations.
The cooking show Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito was formerly distributed by NHPTV and produced at the NHPTV studios in Durham.
In September 2011 NHPTV was said to be in preliminary discussions with WGBH-TV and public broadcasters in Maine and Vermont about sharing infrastructure and content.[1]
As of the DTV transition on February 17, 2009, the NHPTV stations are:
| Station | City of license | Channels TV / RF |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WENH-TV | Durham | 11 (PSIP) 11 (VHF) |
July 6, 1959 | Educational New Hampshire | 30 kW | 304.1 m | 69237 | |
| WEKW-TV | Keene | 52 (PSIP) 49 (UHF) |
May 21, 1968 | Educational Keene Western New Hampshire |
43 kW | 330 m | 69271 | |
| WLED-TV | Littleton | 49 (PSIP) 48 (UHF) |
February 19681 | Littleton EDucational | 45 kW | 388 m | 69328 |
Notes:
| Station | Channel | City |
| W26CQ1 | 26 (analog) | Colebrook |
| W34DQ-D2 | 26 (digital) | Pittsburg |
| W50DP-D3 | 50 (digital) | Hanover |
Notes:
Both translators directly repeat WENH. Colebrook and Pittsburg are part of the Portland market, while Hanover is part of the Burlington/Plattsburgh market.
Although NHPTV has been available for decades on cable systems in southern Maine, it has yet to be added to the Portland DBS feeds because of W26CQ and W34DQ-D's low-power status. However, NHPTV is working to change the satellite regulations so it can be carried in the Portland market as well. It also has a long-term goal of building a full-power transmitter atop Mount Washington, which would presumably offer city-grade coverage of Portland.
In addition, NHPTV also acquired W27CP in White River Junction, Vermont from WMTW along with W26CQ;[4] that station went dark on July 15, 2009 (while still owned by WMTW) due to having lost the lease on its tower site[5] and never returned to the air, leading the FCC to delete W27CP on September 14, 2011.[6]
In the summer of 1981, New Hampshire Public Television was suffering a significant financial crisis. These stations were turned off for good as a result.
| Station | City of license | Channel | Call letters’ meaning |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WHED-TV | Hanover | 15 (UHF)1 | Hanover EDucational | 69303 | |
| WEDB-TV | Berlin | 40 (UHF) | EDucational Berlin | 69056 | |
| W59AB (low power) | North Woodstock | 59 (UHF) |
WHED-TV was eventually replaced, in 1994, by a translator (originally W15BK, operating on WHED's former analog channel 15, and then, starting in 2007, low-power digital station W50DP-D). Otherwise, the defunct stations were generally superseded by cable carriage of WENH/NHPTV.
NHPTV shut down all full-service analog transmissions on February 17, 2009:
Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for each NHPTV station corresponding to their previous analog channel numbers.
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