New Hampshire Public Television
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| statewide New Hampshire United States |
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| Branding | NHPTV |
| Slogan | Engaging minds. Connecting Communities. Celebrating New Hampshire. |
| Channels | Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner | New Hampshire Public Broadcasting |
| First air date | July 6, 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1959–1970) |
| Transmitter power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Hampshire Public Television Profile Hampshire Public Television CDBS |
| Website | www.nhptv.org |
New Hampshire Public Television is a television company and public broadcasting state network in New Hampshire, licensed to New Hampshire Public Broadcasting (NHPB), and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Established in 1959, its broadcast center is located on the University of New Hampshire (UNH) campus in Durham, New Hampshire. Until 2014, NHPTV was owned and operated by the university; it is now run by an independent nonprofit organization named after the statewide network.
Originally, NHPTV consisted of only WENH-TV in Durham; in the late 1960s, several UHF satellite stations and translators signed-on in northern and western New Hampshire (see below). The operation was named the New Hampshire Network, adopting its present name and on-air branding in 1976. In later years, NHPTV occasionally used its flagship station's channel number as its branding.
Initially broadcasting in black-and-white, NHPTV converted its Durham studio to color in 1972, with an increase in the number of locally produced programs taking effect at that time. Among local shows launched in the early 1970s were The State We're In, a nightly newscast focusing on state issues; A Time for Music, live performances by New England-based musicians; live coverage of most University of New Hampshire home men's hockey games; and Your Time, where representatives of nonprofit organizations were given a half-hour of airtime to showcase their organizations.
A Time for Music and Your Time (the latter later eventually renamed Public Access 11) stayed on the air for several years. The State We're In, later renamed Channel 11 News, went off the air in July 1981, while UNH men's hockey continued on NHPTV until 2008.
In 1981, steep budget cuts forced NHPTV to eliminate its nightly news show and to shut down its satellite transmitters in Hanover and Berlin.
After Channel 11 News went off the air in 1981, New Hampshire Journal, a lower-budget weekly news review was launched; that same year, a feature magazine series titled New Hampshire Crossroads premiered; its original host was Tom Bergeron. The latter series was allowed to go ahead despite the 1981 budget cuts because it had received funding from outside sources. Since the hockey games were also funded by outside underwriters, they too were allowed to continue. The winter of 1984 saw the premiere of NHPTV's long-running academic quiz show Granite State Challenge. Originally hosted by Bergeron, it is now hosted by Jim Jeanotte, who also did many years of play-by-play for NHPTV's UNH hockey coverage.
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