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Athens-Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | GPB |
| Slogan | Television worth sharing |
| Channels |
Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8 () |
| Subchannels |
8.1 - GPB/PBS HD (1080i) |
| Translators | W13DJ-D 13 Carrollton W08EG-D 8 |
| Owner |
Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission) |
| First air date | May 23, 1960 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're Georgia Television |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1960–2009) Digital: 12 (VHF, 2007–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1960–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 21 kW (digital) |
| Height | 330 meters (1,083 ft) (digital) |
| Facility ID | 23948 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′18.7″N 84°8′39.4″W / 33.805194°N 84.144278°WCoordinates: 33°48′18.7″N 84°8′39.4″W / 33.805194°N 84.144278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.gpb.org |
8.1 - GPB/PBS HD (1080i)
8.2 - GPB Create TV (480i)
WGTV channel 8 is the metro Atlanta station and flagship for Georgia Public Broadcasting (formerly Georgia Public Television), Georgia's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) state network.
The station transmits from the top of Stone Mountain in state-owned Stone Mountain Park, located just east of Atlanta in Stone Mountain, Georgia. (It shares this short broadcast tower with NOAA Weather Radio station KEC80, and formerly with WABE FM 90.1.) The city of license is Athens, Georgia, a legacy of its early years as a service of the University of Georgia. It is considered the primary ("parent") station for one (originally two) low power television (LPTV) broadcast translator, in the north Georgia mountains. Eight other full-power stations also simulcast the network across the state, originally relayed via microwave radio towers and now via communications satellite. There is no local insertion, instead all station identification is done on a single screen for all stations.
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