WPBA

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WPBA
Atlanta, Georgia
Branding	Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Slogan	30 TV
Channels	30 (UHF) analog, 21 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Atlanta Board of Education
Founded	February 17, 1958
Call letters meaning	Public Broadcasting Atlanta
Former callsigns	WETV (1958-1984)
Former affiliations	NET (1958-1970)
Transmitter Power	1380 kW/334 m(analog) 55.4 kW/265.7 m (digital)
Website	www.wpba.org/

WPBA (channel 30, DTV 21) is one of two PBS members in metro Atlanta. The callsign stands for Public Broadcasting Atlanta and it is counterpart to WABE FM 90.1, the local National Public Radio station. Both are licensed to and operated by the Atlanta Board of Education and holds Atlanta as their city of license.

It is the only PBS station in Georgia not run by Georgia Public Broadcasting as part of the GPB television network. However, GPB does have WGTV serving the area, leading to some duplication (but only rarely simulcasting) of programming.

The station typically turns its transmitter off late at night (generally 1-5 AM), but can still be seen on some cable TV systems.

Contents 1 History 2 Transmission tower 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on February 17, 1958 as WETV, Georgia's first public television station.

WETV was re-named WPBA in 1984. In 2000 WPBA's digital signal on channel 21 began operation.

[edit] Transmission tower

WABE shares a tower with the single antenna used by WSB-FM 98.5, WSTR FM 94.1 and WVEE FM 103.3. The three radio stations' transmitters are diplexed together, so that they all feed to the antenna instead of into each other.

[edit] Trivia

The WETV calls today are now used for a low-powered television station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, WETV-LP.

[edit] External links

• WPBA website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPBA