WABW-TV

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WABW-TV (satellite of WGTV, Athens/Atlanta, Georgia)
Pelham/Albany, Georgia
Branding	GPB
Slogan	Bringing You the Best
Channels	Digital: 6 (VHF)
Affiliations	PBS (1970-Present)
Owner	Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission)
First air date	January 2, 1967
Call letters’ meaning	We're AlBany and West Georgia
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (1967-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter Power	10.5 kW
Height	378.9 m
Facility ID	23917
Transmitter Coordinates	31°8′5″N 84°6′16″W / 31.13472°N 84.10444°W / 31.13472; -84.10444
Website	www.gpb.org/

WABW-TV digital channel 6, part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) network, serves Albany and southwestern Georgia, from its transmitter in Pelham. The station's signal travels in about a 50-mile (80-km) radius from the transmitter site, carrying it into the Tallahassee and north central Florida area also.

Albany is served by two GPB channels, with WACS-TV in Dawson as the other, but WABW is Albany's GPB station of record.

WABW-TV signed on January 2, 1967 as part of the Georgia Educational Television Network. It was the seventh educational television station in Georgia.

Contents 1 Digital 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Digital

WABW's broadcasts are digital-only, effective (as originally scheduled) on February 17, 2009.^[1]

WABW's digital signal is slated to operate on channel 5 and transmit from the WCTV tower in Metcalf, Georgia, near the Georgia-Florida border. After the analog shutdown is complete, WABW's digital broadcasts moved to channel 6 (after WCTV's analog signal ended) and broadcasts from WABW's current analog tower in Pelham. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will continue to display its virtual channel as 14.1

[edit] See also

• Georgia Public Broadcasting

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• GPB Website
  • GPB stations map — includes WABW coverage area
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WABW
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WABW-TV

v • d • e Television stations viewable in Albany, Georgia Local stations WALB 10 (NBC) · WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) · WACS 25 (PBS/GPB) · WFXL 31 (FOX) · W34CZ 34 (TBN) · WSWG 44 (CBS, 44.2 MNTV) · WSST 55 (Ind) Distant channels Columbus: WRBL 3 (CBS) · WTVM 9 (ABC) Macon: WMAZ 13 (CBS) · WPGA 58 (ABC) Other areas: WSB 2 (ABC, Atlanta) · WCTV 6 (CBS, 6.2 MNTV, Tallahassee) Georgia Broadcast television areas by city: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Chattanooga, TN • Columbus • GSP/AVL, SC/NC • Jacksonville, FL • Macon • Savannah • Tallahassee, FL

v • d • e Television stations in the Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions, including Tallahassee and Thomasville Local stations W03AO 3 / WACX 9 (Ind/Rel) • WCTV 6 / WSWG 44 (CBS, x.2 MNTV) • WFSU 11 (PBS) • WSFD 18 (Ind) • W21BK (Ind) • WTLF 24 / WFXU 57 (CW) • W25CP / W38CM (TBN) • WTXL 27 (ABC) • WTWC 40 (NBC) • WBXT 43 (MTV2) • WVUP 45 (CTN) • WTLH 49 / WBVJ 35 (Fox, x.2 CW) • WTBC 65 (FN) Distant stations Albany: WALB 10 (NBC) • WABW 14 (PBS/GPB) | Panama City: WJHG 7 (NBC) • WMBB 13 (ABC) | Dothan: WTVY 4 (CBS) | Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind.) • WJCT 7 (PBS) • WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) | Gainesville: WUFT 5 (PBS) • WCJB 20 (ABC) | Atlanta: WSB 2 (ABC) Cable channels 4FSU • The Florida Channel • FKN • WCOT • Sun Sports • Comcast Sports Southeast • SportSouth • Fox Sports South • Fox Sports Florida Defunct channel Florida's News Channel Georgia Broadcast television areas by city: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Chattanooga, TN • Columbus • GSP/AVL, SC/NC • Jacksonville, FL • Macon • Savannah • Tallahassee, FL

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, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Georgia

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