West Virginia Public Broadcasting
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| statewide West Virginia United States |
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| Slogan | Telling West Virginia's Story |
| Channels |
Analog: See tables below Digital: See tables below |
| Affiliations |
PBS (1970–present) NPR (1973–present) PRI APM American Public Television |
| Owner | West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority |
| First air date | 1969 |
| Call letters' meaning | See tables below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1969–1970) |
| Transmitter power | See tables below |
| Height | See tables below |
| Facility ID | See tables below |
| Transmitter coordinates | See tables below |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Virginia Public Broadcasting Profile Virginia Public Broadcasting CDBS |
| Website | Official Website |
West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) is the public television and radio state network serving the state of West Virginia. It is owned by the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Authority, an agency of the West Virginia state government that holds the licenses for all Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) member stations licensed in West Virginia. It is headquartered in Charleston with studios in Morgantown and Beckley.
On January 1, 2015, West Virginia PBS and West Virginia Public Radio merged their brands, branding exclusively as "West Virginia Public Broadcasting" across radio and television.
The first public television station in West Virginia signed on July 14, 1969 under the callsign WMUL-TV, broadcasting from Marshall University. In 1981 WMUL-TV changed its call letters to WPBY-TV; two years later, the public station at West Virginia University, WWVU-TV, was renamed WNPB-TV. WPBY-TV and WNPB-TV received their new call letters to underline that the operations were managed by the state educational broadcasting authority, and not the university system. In 1992 the state completed a microwave link that permitted it to convert WNPB and the state's third PBS station, WSWP-TV in Beckley, West Virginia to become repeaters of WPBY-TV in Huntington and form a state network. On January 5, 2015, WPBY-TV changed its call letters to WVPB-TV as part of an effort to unify all of West Virginia Public Broadcasting's services under a single brand; the television network had previously been branded as "West Virginia PBS," a name that was phased out starting on January 1, 2015.
The state network has a total of eight low-powered repeaters serving other areas out of the range of the three full-powered stations, most notably Wheeling and Parkersburg. In the past the network showed some Marshall University and West Virginia University sports content, but has abandoned this practice due to Conference USA/Big 12 exclusivity agreements with commercial and cable outlets.
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