WPTD
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Dayton, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | ThinkTV 16 |
| Slogan | Imagine. Discover. Experience. |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 16 () |
| Subchannels | 16.1 PBS in HD 16.2 Again 16.3 Life 16.4 Ohio Channel 16.5 PBS Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner |
Public Media Connect (Greater Dayton Public Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | March 8, 1972 |
| Call letters' meaning | Watch Public Television Dayton |
| Sister station(s) | WPTO, WCET |
| Former callsigns | WKTR-TV (1967–1971) WOET-TV (1972–1977) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 16 (UHF, 1972–2009) Digital: 58 (UHF, 2003–2009) 63 W63AH Maplewood (?-2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT3: Create (2003-2009) ABC (as WKTR-TV) Independent (as WKTR-TV) |
| Transmitter power | 155 kW |
| Height | 350 m |
| Facility ID | 25067 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′16″N 84°15′0″W / 39.72111°N 84.25000°WCoordinates: 39°43′16″N 84°15′0″W / 39.72111°N 84.25000°W |
| Website | www.thinktv.org |
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Oxford/Cincinnati, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | ThinkTV 14 |
| Slogan | Imagine. Discover. Experience. |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 14 () |
| Subchannels | 14.1 PBS in HD 14.2 Prime 14.3 PBS Kids 14.4 World/Ohio Channel 14.5 PBS in SD |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner |
Public Media Connect (Greater Dayton Public Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 14, 1959 |
| Call letters' meaning | Watch Public Television Oxford |
| Sister station(s) | WPTD, WCET |
| Former callsigns | WMUB-TV (1959–1977) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 14 (UHF, 1959–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1959–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 400 kW |
| Height | 268.4 m |
| Facility ID | 25065 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°7′19″N 84°32′52″W / 39.12194°N 84.54778°W |
| Website | www.thinktv.org |
WPTD, UHF digital channel 16, is a PBS member television station located in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The station's signal is relayed by W32DS-D in Maplewood, Ohio. WPTD's digital transmitter is located off South Gettysburg Avenue in the Highview Hills neighborhood in southwest Dayton.
WPTD has a sister station, WPTO, virtual channel 14 (UHF digital channel 28), also a PBS member. Licensed to Oxford, WPTO provides a second choice for PBS programming in Cincinnati alongside that city's flagship PBS station, WCET. WPTO's transmitter is located in the South Fairmount neighborhood on the northwest side of Cincinnati (and is shared with Cincinnati's Fox affiliate, WXIX-TV, channel 19). Together, the two stations are known on-air as the ThinkTV Network. WPTD brands as "ThinkTV16", while WPTO brands as "ThinkTV14". Despite shared branding, WPTO does not operate as a satellite of WPTD. The two stations are separately programmed and scheduled. While the two stations share some programs, there is virtually no overlap except during pledge drives.
ThinkTV operates as a subsidiary of Public Media Connect, a regional non-profit company that also owns WCET. Master control operations for all three stations are based at ThinkTV's facilities on South Jefferson Street in Dayton.
WPTD's broadcast coverage includes much of southwestern Ohio, including Dayton and Cincinnati, as well as portions of eastern Indiana. WPTO's smaller coverage area largely overlaps that of WPTD, but is more concentrated in the extreme southwest corner of Ohio, providing a stronger signal to Cincinnati, and a weaker rimshot signal to the Dayton area. Both stations are available on Charter Communications throughout southwestern Ohio, though some providers may offer only WPTD's set of digital subchannels or WPTO's, depending on their location.
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