WOUB-TV
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Athens/Marietta, Ohio Parkersburg, West Virginia United States | |
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City | Athens, Ohio |
Channels | Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 20 |
Branding | PBS WOUB |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 20.1: PBS 20.2: WOUB Classic 20.3: World 20.4: Create 20.5: Ohio Channel 20.6: PBS Kids 20.7: Audio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ohio University (WOUB Public Media) |
WOUB, WOUB-FM | |
History | |
First air date | January 7, 1963 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 20 (UHF, 1963–2009) Digital: 27 (UHF, mid 2000s–2019) |
NET (1963–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | Ohio University Broadcasting (or Bobcats) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 50147 |
ERP | 250 kW |
HAAT | 245.5 m (805 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′52″N 82°8′59″W / 39.31444°N 82.14972°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www.woub.org |
Cambridge/Zanesville, Ohio United States | |
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City | Cambridge, Ohio |
Channels | Digital: 6 (VHF) Virtual: 44 |
Branding | see WOUB-TV infobox |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 44.1: PBS 44.2: WOUB Classic 44.3: World 44.4: Create 44.5: Ohio Channel 44.6: PBS Kids 44.7: Audio |
Ownership | |
Owner | see WOUB-TV infobox |
see WOUB-TV infobox | |
History | |
First air date | July 26, 1973 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 44 (UHF, 1973–2009) Digital: 35 (UHF, mid 2000s–2019) |
Call sign meaning | W Ohio University Cambridge |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 50141 |
ERP | 7.11 kW |
HAAT | 337.8 m (1,108 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°5′32″N 81°17′18″W / 40.09222°N 81.28833°W |
Links | |
Public license information | (satellite of WOUB-TV) Profile LMS |
WOUB-TV, virtual channel 20 (UHF digital channel 32), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Athens, Ohio, United States. The station's programming can also be seen on satellite station WOUC-TV (virtual channel 44, VHF digital channel 6) in Cambridge.
The WOUB/WOUC studios and offices are located in the Radio-TV building on the Athens campus of Ohio University, which owns the stations' licenses through the WOUB Center for Public Media. The Center is a non-academic unit of the Scripps College of Communication. The two stations, combined, serve southeastern Ohio and portions of neighboring West Virginia and Kentucky. The public media center also serves as a laboratory for Ohio University students who are interested in gaining experience in broadcasting and related technologies. In addition to radio (WOUB AM and FM) and television, WOUB is also active in online services and media production.
Unlike most PBS stations, the channel produces a regular local newscast by university students studying and training on television newscasts at Ohio University. With that, they mainly focus on the area around Athens, which is mostly ignored by the Columbus, Zanesville and Huntington-Charleston stations that serve the Athens area.
Coverage area[]
Athens and surrounding Athens County are located in the fringes of the Columbus market. However, the combined power of the two stations reaches most of the Huntington/Charleston and Zanesville markets, as well as portions of the Columbus, Parkersburg and Wheeling/Steubenville markets. The station leases commercial fiber line to permit it to be carried on the Columbus local feeds of the DBS providers.
Digital television[]
As of April 11, 2018, when they expanded to six broadcast streams per transmitter,[1] WOUB-TV and WOUC-TV share the same programming.[2]
Digital channels[]
WOUB-TV's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | WOUB PSIP Short Name |
WOUC PSIP Short Name |
Programming[3] | |
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20.1 | 44.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WOUB-HD | Main WOUB-TV programming / PBS | |
20.2 | 44.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Classic | PBS Encore | |
20.3 | 44.3 | World | World | |||
20.4 | 44.4 | Create | Create | |||
20.5 | 44.5 | Ohio | The Ohio Channel | |||
20.6 | 44.6 | Kids | PBS Kids | |||
20.7 | 44.7 | VoiceCo | Audio |
Analog-to-digital conversion[]
In 2009, when the analog to digital conversion was completed, WOUB-TV and WOUC-TV used channels 27 and 35, respectively for digital television operations. Following the transition the stations remained on those channels, but, it uses PSIP to display 20 and 44 as the stations' respective virtual channels.[4] In 2019, both stations moved to new physical channels as part of the FCC's spectrum re-pack process.
Programming[]
Images[]
Transmitter facility for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
Transmitter tower for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
External links[]
- WOUB-TV Website
- WOUB-TV in the FCC TV station database
- WOUC-TV in the FCC TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on WOUB-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on WOUC-TV
References[]
- ^ "WOUB-TV to Double Content Offerings Starting April 11 - WOUB Digital". 6 April 2018.
- ^ "WOUB-TV Schedules - WOUB Digital".
- ^ "WOUB-TV ATHENS, OH". www.rabbitears.info.
- ^ "Data" (PDF). hraunfoss.fcc.gov.
- PBS member stations
- Ohio University
- Television channels and stations established in 1963
- Television stations in Ohio