WTVS

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WTVS

Detroit, Michigan
Branding	Detroit Public TV
Channels	56 (UHF) analog, 43 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Detroit Educational Television Foundation
Founded	October 3, 1955
Former affiliations	NET (1955-1970)
Transmitter Power	2090 kW/293 m(analog) 200 kW/318 m (digital)
Website	www.detroitpublictv.org/

WTVS, branded as Detroit Public Television, is the PBS member station in Detroit. Broadcasting since 1955, its vision statement is "educate, entertain and inspire -- in partnership with our community." The viewer supported station produces many local programs including "Get Up! Get Out"; "In the Frame: Exploring the DIA"; "Leaders on Leadership"; "American Black Journal"; and "Am I Right" among others. It is also a leading producer of fundraising programs for PBS. Detroit Public TV partners with Detroit Public Schools by managing 90.9 WRCJ-FMwith a classical and jazz music format, and TV and radio studios inside the Detroit School of Arts. The station's President and General Manager is Steven Antoniotti and Stephen Strome presides as Chairman, Board of Trustees.

Its transmitters are located in suburban Oakland County with its studios and offices in Detroit and Wixom. It is one of five local Detroit TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider. WTVS broadcasts its analog signal from the same tower that WKBD broadcasts from on Eleven Mile Rd. in Southfield at a height of 968 feet. WTVS broadcasts its digital signal from the same tower that WMYD Channel 20 and WWJ Channel 62 broadcast from at 8 mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park, Michigan at a height of 1073 feet.

On cable, WTVS can be seen on Comcast Detroit channels 3 and 97, Bright House Livonia channel 11 and Cogeco Windsor channel 67 and Wide Open West Plymouth channel 3.

1 Digital Channels
2 Logo History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Digital Channels

**Digital channels**
Channel	Programming
56.1 / 43.1	WTVS HDTV
56.2 / 43.2	WTVS Learning and Kids (daytime) Main WTVS Programming (primetime)

[edit] Logo History

WTVS Circle 56 Logo (1991)

[edit] References

WTVS TV Channel 56 Detroit (4-27-2005). Michigan's Radio & TV Broadcast Guide.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Detroit / Windsor market (Nielsen DMA #11)

American stations
WJBK 2 (Fox) - WDIV 4 (NBC - NBC WX+ on DT2) - WXYZ 7 (ABC) - WDWO 18 / W27CJ 27 (TCT) - WMYD 20 (MNTV) - WUDT 23 (UNI) - WLPC 26 (CST) - WFUM 28 (PBS) - WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (i) - W33BY 33 / W68CH 68 (IND) - WADL 38 (IND / JTV / WORD) - WKBD 50 (The CW) - WTVS 56 (PBS) - WWJ 62 (CBS) - W66BV 66 (TBN) - W67AJ 67 / WLNS 6 (CBS)

Canadian stations
CBET 9 (CBC) - CHWI 16 / 60 (A-Channel) - CIII 22 / 29 (Global) - CICO 32 / 59 (TVO) - CBLN 34 / 64 (CBC) - CFTV 34 (IND) - CKCO 42 (CTV) - CBLFT 48 / 68 (SRC) - CBEFT 54 (SRC)

Local Cable Television Channels
Michigan Channel (PBS, U of M) - WOLV (U of M Student TV) - FSN Detroit - Cogeco 11 (Windsor)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location

WKYC 3 (NBC, Cleveland) - WEWS 5 (ABC, Cleveland) - WNEM 5 (CBS / MNTV, Bay City) - WJW 8 (Fox, Cleveland) - CFPL 10 (A-Channel, London) - WILX 10 (NBC, Lansing) - WTOL 11 (CBS, Toledo) - WJRT 12 (ABC, Flint) - WTVG 13 (ABC, Toledo) - WOIO 19 (CBS, Cleveland) - WKAR 23 (PBS, East Lansing) - WNWO 24 (NBC, Toledo) - WEYI 25 (NBC, Saginaw) - WGTE 30 (PBS, Toledo) - WUPW 36 (Fox, Toledo) - WLMB 40 (Ind, Toledo) - WSYM 47 (Fox, Lansing) - WLAJ 53 (ABC, Lansing) - WSMH 66 (Fox, Flint)

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PBS Member Stations in the state of Michigan

WNMU 13 (Marquette) - WCML 6 / WCMU 14 / WCMW 21 / WCMV 27 / W69AV 69 / W46AD 46 (Alpena / Mt. Pleasant / Cadillac / Traverse City) - WDCP 19 / WDCQ 35 (University Center / Bad Axe) - WKAR 23 (East Lansing) - WFUM 28 (Flint) - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 (Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo) - WTVS 56 (Detroit)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN, WB and Other stations in Michigan and CBC, CTV, Global, SRC and Other stations in Ontario