WPBA (TV)
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Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Branding | PBA 30 APS Cable Channel 22 |
| Slogan | Atlanta's PBS station C22: Atlanta's education channel |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 30 () |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner |
Atlanta Public Schools (Board of Education of the City of Atlanta) |
| First air date | February 17, 1958 |
| Call letters' meaning | Public Broadcasting Atlanta |
| Sister station(s) | APS Cable Channel 22 WABE FM 90.1 |
| Former callsigns | WETV (1958–1984) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 30 (UHF, 1958–2009) |
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| Transmitter power | 55.4 kW (digital) |
| Height | 265.7 m (872 ft) (digital) |
| Facility ID | 4190 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°45′32.6″N 84°20′5.7″W / 33.759056°N 84.334917°WCoordinates: 33°45′32.6″N 84°20′5.7″W / 33.759056°N 84.334917°W (digital) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | Official website |
WPBA (or simply PBA; channel 30.1, DTV 21) is one of two PBS-member TV stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The callsign stands for Public Broadcasting Atlanta and it is counterpart to WABE FM 90.1, the Atlanta area's local National Public Radio station. Both are licensed to and operated by the Atlanta Public Schools. The two stations share a studio on Bismark Road in the Morningside-Lenox Park neighborhood of Atlanta.
It is the only PBS station in Georgia not run by Georgia Public Broadcasting as part of the GPB television network. There is some duplication (but only rarely simulcasting) of programming with GPB primary station WGTV. Unlike WGTV, WPBA datacasts UpdateTV, an over-the-air programming service which updates the firmware on some brands of ATSC tuners, via the PBS National Datacast network, thus being able to receive the station will benefit owners of those devices. Conversely, WPBA is also one of the few PBS stations not to broadcast any digital subchannels, possibly because some of the bitrate is occupied by datacasting (WGTV operates two subchannels on its frequency, serving the area). The station has also datacast TV Guide On Screen since the beginning of October 2009, after CBS affiliate WGCL-TV ended the service following technical issues the service caused for some viewers with certain DTV converter set-top boxes.
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