WLRN-TV

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WLRN-TV
Wlrn.jpg
Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Branding WLRN
Channels Digital: 20 (UHF)
Subchannels 17.1 PBS
Affiliations PBS (since 1970)
Owner Miami-Dade County Public Schools
(The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida)
First air date 1962[1]
Call letters' meaning LeaRN
Sister station(s) WLRN-FM
Former callsigns WSEC-TV (1962-1979)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
17 (1962-2009)
Former affiliations NET (1962-1970)
Transmitter power 870 kW
Height 301 m
Facility ID 66358
Transmitter coordinates 25°58′47.9″N 80°11′45.5″W / 25.979972°N 80.195972°W / 25.979972; -80.195972
Website www.wlrn.org

WLRN-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television station broadcasting on channel 17 (DTV 20) in Miami, Florida.

WLRN-TV signed on the air as WSEC-TV in 1962 as a second educational non-profit television station, licensed to the Dade County School Board, and affiliated with National Educational Television (NET).

During the early years of public television in South Florida, the Dade County School Board and the Community Television Foundation of South Florida shared time on Channel 2. The School Board would broadcast five hours of instructional television during the day as WTHS-TV, while the CTF would broadcast two hours in the evening as WPBT. This arrangement continued even as the formation of PBS brought an increase in WPBT's operating hours. Eventually, the School Board and the CTF decided that this arrangement could not continue. The School Board returned the license for WTHS to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1978, while WPBT continued broadcasting (now fulltime) on Channel 2. The calls for WSEC were changed to WLRN-TV as well, to match the public radio station.

WLRN-TV presents a variety of educational and local programming to the South Florida community. The station offices and studios are located in Miami.

The school board also owns WLRN-FM 91.3, a member of NPR.

[edit] Digital television

WLRN's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Programming
17.1 1080i 16:9 Main WLRN programing / PBS HD
17.2 480i 4:3 WLRN Learn

WLRN Learn features educational, lifestyle and best-of programming, plus selected programs from MHz Worldview.

In addition, WLRN operates twenty closed-circuit educational channels for use by Miami-Dade's public schools.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says June 26, while the Television and Cable Factbook says September 7.
Television in South Florida and the Keys
English stations
WPBT (2.1 PBS, 2.2 Create) • WFOR (4.1 CBS) • WTVJ (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Weather) • WSVN (7.1 Fox) • WHDT (9.1 WeatherNation) • WPLG (10.1 ABC) • WLRN (17.1 PBS, 17.2 Learn/MHz) • WBFS (33.1 MNTV) • WPXM (35.1 ion, 35.2 qubo, 35.3 ion Life) • WSFL (39.1 The CW, 39.3 Ant., 39.4 this) • WHFT (45.1 TBN, 45.2 Church, 45.3 JCTV, 45.5 Smile) • WBEC (63.1 ind./educ.)
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WPBT (2.3 V-me) • WEYS-LP 6 (Alma.) • WSVN (7.2 Estrella TV) • WGEN-LD (8.1 GenTV) • WPLG (10.2 LATV) • WSBS-CD (22.1 Mega) • WLTV (23.1 Uni.) • WIMP-CD (25.1 Elementos, 25.2~.4 unknown) • WVFW-LD (34.1~.4 unknown) • WPMF-LP 38 (Azteca) • WSFL (39.2 Azteca) • WJAN-CA 41 (ind.) • W43CB-D (43.1 relg.) • WHFT (45.4 Enlace) • WFUN-LD (48.1 CV) • WSCV (51.1 Telemundo) • WGEN-LP 55 (Mega TV) • WAMI (69.1 TeleFutura)
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WGEN (8.1 ind.) • WEYW-LP 19 (RTV) • WSBS (22.1 Mega) • WCAY-CA (36.1 tourist) • W39AC 39 (Mega) • WMDF-LP 41 (silent) • WKWT-LP 42 (silent)
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Broadcast
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Alberto M. Carvalho (superintendent)


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