WTVS
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Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | Detroit Public TV |
| Channels |
Digital: 43 (UHF) Virtual: 56 () |
| Affiliations | |
| Owner | Detroit Educational Television Foundation |
| First air date | October 3, 1955 |
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| Former affiliations | NET (1955–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 600 kW |
| Height | 318 m |
| Facility ID | 16817 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°26′52″N 83°10′23″W / 42.44778°N 83.17306°WCoordinates: 42°26′52″N 83°10′23″W / 42.44778°N 83.17306°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.dptv.org |
WTVS, UHF digital channel 43 (virtual channel 56), is a PBS member television station located in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the Detroit Educational Television Foundation. WTVS maintains studio facilities and offices located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios in Wixom, with a satellite studio located at the Maccabees Building in Midtown Detroit; its transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park (operating on the same tower as WMYD, channel 20, and WWJ-TV, channel 62).
The station partners with Detroit Public Schools in the management of classical and jazz music station WRCJ-FM (90.9). WTVS is also one of only three Detroit stations that mention Windsor and London, Ontario, Canada as part of its primary service area (alongside WDIV-TV, channel 4, and WMYD).
The station first signed on the air on October 3, 1955; WTVS began broadcasting in color in 1968. Previously the studios were at 9345 Lawton in Detroit, along with the studios of WRCJ, before later moving studios to the New Center area of Detroit which are now served for its fixed satellite services. WTVS broadcasts its digital signal from the same tower as at a height of 1073 feet (327 m). Prior to the digital TV switchover, WTVS transmitted its signal from a 1,000-foot (300 m) tower located near the intersection of 11 Mile and Inkster Roads in Southfield, along with WMYD (channel 20) and WKBD-TV (channel 50). Today, only WKBD-TV and WPXD-TV (channel 31) broadcast from that tower.
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