WGBY-TV
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WGBY-TV is a PBS station licensed to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. It is a division of the WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, but has its own independent web presence, logo, and local programming. Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mt. Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts and provides programming to much of western Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, and southern Vermont. It is assigned to UHF TV channel 57, with an ATSC digital transmitter operating from the same site on UHF channel 58.
The station was founded on September 26, 1971.
Their digital programming channels include WGBY Kids, Create, and World, which simulcast the WGBH channels of the same names (station identifications include both WGBY and WGBX 44, the carrier for these channels in eastern Massachusetts). In October 2006, WGBY became the first television station in New England to produce all of its local content in high definition (HD).
In addition to being owned by WGBH, WGBY is also loosely affiliated with Vermont Public Television, and the three stations share a common member benefits package.
Unlike its Boston counterpart, WGBY does not operate an affiliated radio station; the area is instead served by WFCR, an NPR affiliate licensed to Amherst.
Digital television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 57.1 | Main WGBY programming |
| 57.2 | WGBY World |
| 57.3 | WGBY Create |
| 57.4 | WGBY Kids |
On August 4, 2008, WGBY filed a request with the FCC to terminate its analog signal as of November 5, 2008 -- some three months prior to the mandated analog shut-off. The petition cited equipment failure as the reason; WGBY's analog transmitter has been operating at reduced power for an undetermined period of time.[1]
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