| statewide West Virginia | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Analog: see table below Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority |
| First air date | 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1969-1970) |
| Transmitter power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.wvpubcast.org |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Non-commercial educational Public television state network in West Virginia, whose primary station is WPBY, based in Charleston, West Virginia. Its studios are located at 600 Capitol Street. The state network carries a basic PBS schedule, along with several local programming television shows.
WVPB also operates a statewide network of NPR affiliates.
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WPBY was the first public television station in West Virginia. It signed on July 14, 1969 under the callsign WMUL.
In 1980 WMUL and the public station at West Virginia University, WWVU (now WNPB) received new call letters to underline that the operations were managed by the state educational broadcasting authority, and not the university system.
In 1992 the state completed a microwave link that permitted it to convert WNPB and the state's third PBS station, WSWP in Beckley, West Virginia to become repeaters of WPBY and form a state network.
The state network has a total of eight low-powered repeaters serving other areas out of the range of the three full-powered stations, most notably Wheeling and Parkersburg. In the past the channel showed some Marshall University and West Virginia University sports content, but has abandoned this practice due to Conference USA/Big East exclusivity agreements with commercial and cable outlets.
The current local content consists of a daily recap of the state legislative session, half hour weekly shows produced by the State Bar and by the West Virginia University medical school, and student produced news from campus weekly products from Marshall University and West Virginia State University.
| Station | City of license (other cities served) |
Channels | First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
Former callsigns | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WPBY-TV | Huntington (Charleston) |
34 (UHF) PSIP 33 |
July 14, 1969 | Public Broadcasting for You |
WMUL-TV (1969-1981) |
60.1 kW | 378.3 m | 71657 | |
| WSWP-TV | Grandview (Beckley, Bluefield) |
10 (VHF) PSIP 9 |
November 1, 1970 | Southern West Virginia Public Television |
24 kW | 317.9 | 71680 | ||
| WNPB-TV | Morgantown (Clarksburg, Weston, Fairmont) |
33 (UHF) PSIP 24 |
February 23, 1969 | West Virginia (Northern) Public Broadcasting |
WWVU-TV (1969-1983) |
108 kW | 440.7 m | 71676 |
The following station repeats WPBY:
| Station | City of license | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| W51EG-D | Parkersburg | 51 (UHF) | 15 kW | 106 m | 167359 |
The following stations repeat WNPB:
| Station | City of license | Channel | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| W07DN-D | Wardensville | 7 (VHF) | 0.3 kW | 511 m | 167352 | |
| W08EE-D | Martinsburg | 8 (VHF) | 0.3 kW | 281 m | 167357 | |
| W09CT-D | Mathias | 9 (VHF) | 0.24 kW | 198 m | 167353 | |
| W23DR-D | Romney | 23 (UHF) | 15 kW | 267 m | 167358 | |
| W30CO-D | Wheeling | 30 (UHF) | 4.5 kW | 140 m | 167354 | |
| W41DK-D | Keyser | 41 (UHF) | 7 kW | 402 m | 167356 |
Two translators that repeated WSWP have not yet been converted to digital.
All digital signals are multiplexed:
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| xx.1 | Main WVPB programming / PBS |
| xx.2 | Create |
| xx.3 | xx.1 in HD |
After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion took place by law on June 12, 2009: [1]
Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for each WVPBS station corresponding to their previous analog channel numbers.
WVPB's state radio network includes nine full-powered stations and seven low-powered translators, all on the FM band.
The state network carries programs from National Public Radio and other distributors such as Public Radio International. WVPB produces Mountain Stage for distribution by NPR and the Voice of America.
| Station | City of license | Frequency (MHz) |
| WVPN | Charleston | 88.5 |
| WVPW | Buckhannon | 88.9 |
| WVEP | Martinsburg | 88.9 |
| WAUA | Petersburg | 89.5 |
| WVWV | Huntington | 89.9 |
| WVNP | Wheeling | 89.9 |
| WVPG | Parkersburg | 90.3 |
| WVPM | Morgantown | 90.9 |
| WVPB | Beckley | 91.7 |
In addition to five low-powered, separate-frequency translators, two low-powered boosters also extend coverage. Boosters are licensed on the same frequency as the parent station but at a different location. They are given the same callsign as the parent station with a number added to differentiate the transmitter site.
| Call sign | MHz | City of license | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| W203AE | 88.5 FM | Elkins, West Virginia | FCC |
| W297AA | 107.3 FM | Clarksburg, West Virginia | FCC |
| Call sign | MHz | City of license | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| WVEP-1 | 88.9 FM | Charles Town, West Virginia | FCC |
| Call sign | MHz | City of license | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| WVNP-1 | 89.9 FM | Charles Town, West Virginia | FCC |
| Call sign | MHz | City of license | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| W218AT | 91.5 FM | Union, West Virginia | FCC |
| W219BM | 91.7 FM | Matewan, West Virginia | FCC |
| W220BK | 91.9 FM | Logan, West Virginia | FCC |
In Moorefield, West Virginia WNPB-TV is rebroadcast on W22CV.[5][6] W22CV is not owned and operated by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and is owned by Valley TV Cooperative, INC. WNPB-TV also is rebroadcast in Hampshire, West Virginia on W41AO that is owned and operated by the West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority.[7] W41AO does not seem like on the FCC data that W41AO is a digital translator.
The West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority has two construction permits for two digital low-powered translators for WSWP-TV of which these digital translators may not be on the air yet.[8] [9]
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