Blue Ridge PBS

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Blue Ridge PBS
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southwestern Virginia
Branding Blue Ridge PBS
Slogan Your Community Resource for Lifelong Learning
Channels Digital: see chart
Affiliations PBS
Owner Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc.
Founded August 1, 1967
Former channel number(s) Analog:
WBRA-TV: 15 (UHF, 1967-2009)
WSBN-TV: 47 (UHF, 1971-2009)
WMSY-TV: 52 (UHF, 1981-2009)
Former affiliations NET (1967-1970)
Website www.blueridgepbs.org/

Blue Ridge PBS is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station for western Virginia. It serves the Roanoke/Lynchburg and Tri-Cities markets from studios in Roanoke.

The primary station, WBRA-TV (channel 15) in Roanoke, signed on for the first time on August 1, 1967, originally affiliated with the National Educational Television (NET), before that organization was replaced by PBS in 1970.

Over the years, WBRA established two satellite transmitters -- WSBN-TV (channel 47) in Norton was activated in 1971 and WMSY-TV (channel 52) in Marion began operations in 1981. WSBN brought a city-grade PBS signal to the Tri-Cities for the first time.

In the 1980s, WBRA began identifying on-air as Blue Ridge Public Television, due of its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains. On February 19, 2007, it changed its on-air name to Blue Ridge PBS though WBRA remains the official call sign.

[edit] Stations

Station City of license Channels
TV / DT		 First air date ERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter Coordinates
WBRA-TV Roanoke 15 (PSIP)
3 (VHF)		 August 1, 1967 9.8 kW 618 m 5981 37°11′46″N 80°9′17″W / 37.19611°N 80.15472°W / 37.19611; -80.15472 (WBRA-TV)
WSBN-TV1 Norton 47 (PSIP)
32 (UHF)		 March 30, 1971 100 kW 591 m 5985 36°53′53″N 82°37′21″W / 36.89806°N 82.6225°W / 36.89806; -82.6225 (WSBN-TV)
WMSY-TV Marion 52 (PSIP)
42 (UHF)		 August 1, 1981 100 kW 448 m 5982 36°54′7″N 81°32′32″W / 36.90194°N 81.54222°W / 36.90194; -81.54222 (WMSY-TV)

Note:

  • 1. WSBN-TV used the callsign WSVN-TV from its 1971 sign-on to 1981; there is no connection between this station and the current WSVN, a FOX affiliate in Miami, Florida.

[edit] Digital television

WBRA-TV, WSBN-TV and WMSY-TV broadcast a multiplexed digital signal:

Sub-channel Video Programming
x.1 1080i Main Blue Ridge PBS programming / PBS
x.2 480i SD simulcast of x.1
x.3 480i PBS World

[edit] External links
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Local stations
WDRG-LP 2 (TBN)
WDBJ (7.1 CBS, 7.2 MNTV)
WSLS (10.1 NBC, 10.2 WX, 10.3 Me-TV)
WSET (13.1 ABC, 13.2 RTN)
WBRA (15.1 PBS-HD, 15.2 PBS, 15.3 World)
WWCW (21.1 CW, 21.2 Fox)
WEFC (24.1 IND)
WFXR (27.1 Fox, 27.2 CW)
WPXR (38.1 Ion, 38.2 qubo, 38.3 Life)
WYAT-LP 40 (IND)
WMDV-LD 44.1, 44.2, 44.3, 44.4
WTLU-CA (50 Analog, 43.1 & 43.2 Digital) (Religious)
Defunct stations
WRFT 27 (ABC)
WROV-TV 27 (IND)
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WCYB (5.1 NBC, 5.2 CW, 5.3 LWN)
WJHL (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Me-TV)
WKPT (19.1 ABC, 19.2 MNTV, 19.3 RTV)
WEMT (39.1 Fox, 39.2 This)
WSBN 47 / WMSY 52 (xx.1 PBS, xx.3 World)
WLFG (68.1 rel.)
Analog television
WOPI-CA 9 (RTV)
WAPK-CA 36 (MNTV)
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