WJSP-TV
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Columbus-Warm Springs, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | GPB |
| Slogan | Bringing You the Best |
| Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) |
| Subchannels |
28.1 - GPB/PBS HD (1080i) |
| Translators | former W49AD Carrollton |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner |
Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission) |
| First air date | August 10, 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning | James S. Peters |
| Sister station(s) | WJSP-FM 88.1 |
| Former channel number(s) | 28 (UHF analog, 1964–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1964–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 250 kW |
| Height | 462 m |
| Facility ID | 23918 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°51′6.9″N 84°42′5.6″W / 32.851917°N 84.701556°W |
| Website | www.gpb.org/ |
28.1 - GPB/PBS HD (1080i)
28.2 - GPB Create TV (480i)
WJSP-TV 23 (DTV 28.1/2/3), part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public broadcasting network, serves Columbus, Georgia and the surrounding west-central Georgia and far east-central Alabama region. The transmitter and radio antenna are located just south of Warm Springs on the same radio tower as WJSP-FM 88.1. It's one of only two GPB stations actually licensed to a major Georgia city, the other being WVAN-TV in Savannah. However, to conform to GPB's pattern of naming two cities in station IDs, the station's shown as "WJSP-DT 28, Columbus/Warm Springs".
The station's signal travels in about a 45-mile (75 km) radius from the transmitter site, though this is variable since it uses a directional antenna. The signal also reaches far south-southwest metro Atlanta, and is a better source for GPB in that area than its main station, WGTV; indeed, Warm Springs is geographically within the Atlanta market.
WJSP primarily serves the northern and central portions of the Columbus market. The southern portion of the Columbus market, including much of Columbus itself, is served by Americus' WACS-TV. While WJSP is the official GPB station for Columbus, its signal is marginal at best in much of the city even though Warm Springs is 45 minutes north of Columbus. By comparison, WACS' transmitter in Parrott is almost an hour south of Columbus.
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