WGTE-TV

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WGTE-TV
Wgte.jpg
Toledo, Ohio
Branding WGTE 30
Channels Digital: 29 (UHF)
Subchannels 30.1 PBS
30.2 Family
30.3 Create/OH Chan.
Affiliations PBS
Owner Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Founded October 10, 1960
Call letters' meaning Greater
Toledo
Educational Television
Sister station(s) WGTE-FM
Former channel number(s) Analog:
30 (1960-2009)
Former affiliations NET (1960-1970)
Transmitter power 49.5 kW
Height 313.6 m
Facility ID 66285
Transmitter coordinates 41°39′26″N 83°25′55″W / 41.65722°N 83.43194°W / 41.65722; -83.43194
Website www.wgte.org

WGTE is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television television station serving the Toledo, Ohio area. It broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 29 and is carried on Buckeye Cablesystem channel 9 in addition to other cable systems in Ohio and Michigan. It is visible in northwestern Ohio, southeastern Michigan (including Metro Detroit), and Windsor and Essex County in Ontario (however, it has not been carried on cable in the latter two places since the 1980s, with the exception of Wyandotte, where it is carried to this day).

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[edit] History

WGTE began in 1953 as a low-power television station on the University of Toledo campus, with a broadcast antenna in the belltower of University Hall. It began regular operations in 1959, receiving a full license on October 10, 1960.

[edit] Digital TV

Channel Video Label Programming
30.1 1080i WGTE-HD Main WGTE Programming / PBS
30.2 480i Family PBS Encore (branded as WGTE Family)
30.3 Create Create

WGTE has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.[1] The station's digital signal is multiplexed, with a high-definition feed of PBS programming on 30.1, a standard-definition "encore" feed of PBS programming branded as "WGTE Family" on 30.2, and a second standard-definition feed of Create on 30.3, which also airs programming from Ohio Channel (such as Ohio legislature and distance education programming during overnight hours.

[edit] References

  1. ^ WGTE TV ends analog broadcast, Toledo News-Messenger, February 17, 2009

[edit] External links
Local Stations

WTOL (11.1 CBS, 11.2 Me-TV) • WTVG (13.1 ABC, 13.2 Live Well, 13.3 AccuWX) • WDTJ-LPAnalog (68 Daystar) • WNWO (24.1 NBC, 24.2 RTN/A1) • WGTE (30.1 PBS, 30.2 Family, 30.3 Create/OH Chan.) • WUPW (36.1 Fox, 36.2 TheCoolTV) • W38DHAnalog (38 HSN) • WLMB (40.1 FN/Worship) • WMNT-CAAnalog (48 MyNetworkTV)
Outlying areas

W09CG Analog (9 TBN) • WFND-LPAnalog (22 A1/Daystar, Findlay) • WDFM-LPAnalog (26 Ind, Defiance) • WBGU-TV (27.1 PBS, 27.2 PBS Kids, 27.3 Create) • WGGN (52.1 Religious, Sandusky)
Cable-only stations
Defunct stations

W21BF 21 (The WB) • WBTL-LP 34 (HSN)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location, and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Detroit, MI/Windsor, ON: WJBK (2.1 Fox) • WDIV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 This TV) • WXYZ (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Live Well) • CBET-DT (9.1 CBC) • WMYD (20.1 MNTV) • WKBD (50.1 CW) • WTVS (56.1 PBS, 56.2 PBS-X, 56.3 Create) • WWJ (62.1 CBS)
Cleveland, Ohio: WKYC (3.1 NBC) • WEWS (5.1 ABC) • WJW (8.1 Fox) • WUAB (43.1 MNTV)
Columbus, Ohio: WCMH (4.1 NBC) • WBNS (10.1 CBS)
Lima, Ohio: WLIO (8.1 NBC, 8.2 Fox) • WTLW (44.1 ind)
Lansing, Michigan: WLNS (6.1 CBS) • WILX (10.1 NBC) • WKAR (23.1 PBS) • WSYM (47.1 Fox) • WLAJ (53.1 ABC, 53.2 CW Plus)
Fort Wayne, IN: WANE (15.1 CBS) • WPTA (21.1 ABC) • WISE (33.1 NBC, 33.2 Fox/MyNetworkTV) • WFWA (39.1 PBS) • WFFT (55.1 Ind.) • WINM (63.1 TCT)
PBS Member Stations in the state of Ohio


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