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WPTD

WPTD
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Dayton, Ohio
United States
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; 45 years ago (1972-03-08)
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°W / 39.72111; -84.25000Coordinates: 39°43′16″N 84°15′0″W / 39.72111°N 84.25000°W / 39.72111; -84.25000
Website www.thinktv.org
WPTO
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Oxford/Cincinnati, Ohio
United States
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; 57 years ago (1959-10-14)
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 / 39.12194; -84.54778 (WPTO)
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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