| WXGA-TV (satellite of WGTV, Athens/Atlanta, Georgia) |
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| Waycross/Valdosta, Georgia | |
| Branding | GPB |
| Slogan | Bringing You the Best |
| Channels | Digital: 9 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 8.1 - GPB/PBS HD (1080i) 8.2 - GPB Kids (480i) 8.3 - GPB Knowledge (480i) |
| Owner | Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission) |
| First air date | 1961[1] |
| Call letters’ meaning | Way- X (-cross) GeorgiA |
| Sister station(s) | WXVS |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 8 (1961-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1961-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 20 kW |
| Height | 286 m |
| Facility ID | 23929 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 31°13′22.7″N 82°34′40.4″W / 31.222972°N 82.577889°W |
| Website | www.gpb.org |
WXGA-TV digital channel 9, part of the GPB network, is licensed to Waycross, Georgia. It serves the southeastern corner of the state, including the lower portions of the Georgia Atlantic Coast and the Okefenokee Swamp, from a transmitter located south of Hasty; the signal travels in about a 50-mile (80-km) radius from the transmitter site.
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History
In late 1961, WXGA-TV channel 8 signed on as Georgia's third educational television station, following Atlanta's WETV (now WPBA-TV) and Athens' WGTV. It was the first in a group of three educational stations brought online by the state board of education in the early 1960s, along with WVAN-TV in Savannah and WJSP-TV in Columbus. In 1965, UGA and the board merged their efforts as Georgia Educational Television, which evolved into the present GPB Television network.
In 2001 WXGA began digital transmission on channel 9. However, since sister station WVAN broadcasts its analog signal on channel 9, WXGA-TV operates at only 20 kilowatts in digital.
Digital TV
WXGA-TV broadcasts the following digital subchannels:
| Channel | Label | Programming |
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| 8.1 | GPB (mainly PBS) main programming, with some HDTV content (1080i) | |
| 8.2 | GPB Kids (PBS Kids) channel in SD (480i), since January 2009 Formerly main GPB programming in SD and GPB Radio on SAP, changed in mid-December 2008 to a placeholder station ID for future GPB Kids | |
| 8.3 | GPB Knowledge (mainly PBS World) in standard definition (480i) |
Programming is the same on all nine stations, but channel labels differ somewhat between them.
References
- ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says December 4, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 19.
External links
- GPB Website
- GPB stations map — includes WXGA coverage area
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WXGA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WXGA-TV
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