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WPBA-TV
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| Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Branding | PBA 30 |
| Slogan | Atlanta's PBS Station |
| Channels | Analog: 30 (UHF) Digital: 21 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Board of Education of the City of Atlanta |
| Founded | February 17, 1958 |
| Call letters meaning | W Public Broadcasting Atlanta |
| Sister station(s) | WABE |
| Former callsigns | WETV (1958-1984) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1958-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 1380 kW (analog) 55.4 kW (digital) |
| Height | 334 m (analog) 265.7 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 4190 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.pba.org |
WPBA (or simply PBA; channel 30, DTV 21) is one of two PBS members in metro Atlanta. The callsign stands for Public Broadcasting Atlanta and it is counterpart to WABE FM 90.1, the local National Public Radio station. Both are licensed to and operated by the Atlanta Board of Education and holds Atlanta as their city of license.
It is the only PBS station in Georgia not run by Georgia Public Broadcasting as part of the GPB television network. However, GPB does have WGTV serving the area, leading to some duplication (but only rarely simulcasting) of programming.
The station typically turns its transmitter off late at night (generally 1-5 AM), but can still be seen on some cable TV systems.
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The station signed on February 17, 1958 as WETV, Georgia's first public television station.
WETV was re-named WPBA in 1984. In 2000 WPBA's digital signal on channel 21 began operation.
The station's over the air digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 30.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main WPBA programming / PBS (up-converted Standard Definition) |
In 2009, WPBA will leave channel 30 and move to channel 21 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1]
WABE shares a tower with the single antenna used by WSB-FM 98.5, WSTR FM 94.1 and WVEE FM 103.3. The three radio stations' transmitters are diplexed together, so that they all feed to the antenna instead of into each other.
The WETV calls today are now used for a low-powered television station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, WETV-LP.
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Georgia |