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33°47′10″N84°23′44″W/ 33.7861°N 84.3956°W/33.7861; -84.3956(Georgia Public Broadcasting headquarters)

Georgia Public Broadcasting
TypeNon-commercial educationalbroadcast televisionand radio network
BrandingGPB
Country
United States
Availability
Founded1960(64 years ago)(1960)
by theUniversity of Georgia
TV stationsSee§ Television stations
TV transmitters9
Radio stationsSee§ Radio stations
Headquarters260 14th Street NW
Atlanta,GA30318
OwnerGeorgia Public Telecommunications Commission
ParentState of Georgia
Key people
Bert Wesley Huffman, CEO[1]
Launch date
May 23, 1960(64 years ago)(1960-05-23)
Picture format
Affiliation(s)
TV:NET(1960–1970)
Official website
www.gpb.org

Georgia Public Broadcasting(GPB) is a state network ofPBSmembertelevision stationsandNPRmemberradio stationsserving theU.S. stateofGeorgia.It is operated by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, an agency of theGeorgia state governmentwhich holds thelicensesfor most of the PBS and NPR member stations licensed in the state. The broadcast signals of the nine television stations and 19 radio stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts ofAlabama,Florida,North Carolina,South CarolinaandTennessee.

The network'sheadquartersand primary radio andtelevision productionfacilities are located on 14th Street inMidtown Atlanta,just west of theDowntown Connectorin theHome Parkneighborhood. The facility and GPB are also a major part ofGeorgia's film and television industry,and in addition to commercial production occurring at the GPB facilities, some production companies also rent production offices from GPB.

History[edit]

Establishing the network[edit]

On May 23, 1960, theUniversity of Georgiasigned onWGTV,the secondeducational televisionstation in Georgia (after Atlanta's WETV, later WPBA, nowWABE-TV). From 1960 to 1964, in a separate initiative, theGeorgia Board of Educationlaunched four educational television stations across the state, aimed at providing in-school instruction. This evolved into the Georgia Educational Television Network, which aired Board of Education-produced classes for schools and evening programming from WGTV.[2]WGTV moved its transmitter toStone Mountainin 1969, adding Atlanta to its coverage area.[3]

In November 1980, GovernorGeorge Busbeeproposed the consolidation of WGTV with the state's network of transmitters into a new Georgia Public Telecommunications Council and also called for said body to negotiate to buy WETV from the Atlanta Board of Education.[4]The Georgia state senate approved the bill, but it stalled in the House of Representatives due to the objections of Athens-area members and those involved with the UGA station.[5][6]After the legislative session ended, Governor Busbee revived the proposal by executive order.[7]On January 1, 1982, the new council took operational control of WGTV, and the combined service rebranded as Georgia Public Television; by June 1982, after the expiration of remaining program contracts, WGTV was fully incorporated into the network, and UGA's role was reduced to program supplier.[8]

Growth into radio[edit]

In February 1985,[9]the GPTC entered intopublic radio,launching stations servingMacon,Columbus andValdostain the first year. These formed the nuclei of Peach State Public Radio, which provided the first public radio services to much of Georgia; previously, only Atlanta and Savannah had public stations. During the 1980s and 1990s, stations that had been operated by other educational institutions and community groups became affiliated with the network. The service was renamed Georgia Public Radio in 2001.[10]

In 1995, the GPTC began using "Georgia Public Broadcasting" as its corporate name. This would eventually become the umbrella title for all GPB operations in early 2004, when GPTV and Georgia Public Radio simultaneously rebranded under the Georgia Public Broadcasting name.

New studios and new scandals[edit]

GPB offices in midtown Atlanta

The late 1990s were a time of political scandal for GPB. In 1997, the agency usedGeorgia Lotteryfunds earmarked for technology to build its present facility in Midtown, later cited as one of several unnecessary projects using lottery monies.[11]Financial mismanagement led GovernorRoy Barnesin 1999 to oust the executive director, Vernon Rogers, and board of directors, appointing longtime state auditor Claude Vickers to turn around a three-year deficit nearing $7 million.[12]The ouster of Rogers came after an audit revealed that the agency had a stack of accounts receivable, the oldest of them 12 years old; a bank loan that the Georgia legislature never approved; and had misplaced $1 million in equipment.[13]Under Vickers, GPB cut expenses by $5.2 million without cutting radio or television program production and had its first positive audit in six years.[14]

As the audiovisual industry has grown in Georgia, GPB studios have been used for the production of commercial television programming. The studio facilities were used for the production of the first season of theCBS Television Distribution-syndicatedprogramSwift Justice With Nancy Grace;[15]production of that series was moved toLos Angelesfor its second and final season. In 2014, another syndicated court show,Lauren Lake's Paternity Court,began using the GPB facilities under the same arrangement; in 2017, it was joined byCouples Court with the Cutlers.[16]

GPB is an agency under the oversight of the governor, which has led to concerns of political connections in the broadcasting operation. In 2012, the director of the agency hired state senatorChip Rogersto host a program on a direct recommendation fromNathan Deal;the arrangement was panned by former NPR presidentVivian Schillerand seen as a way to land the politician in a favorable position.[17]Rogers was let go from GPB in 2014.[18]

GPB Television[edit]

GPB Televisionbroadcasts PBS programming and statewide programs produced specifically for the GPB network 24 hours a day on a network of nine full-power stations as well as numerouslow-powertranslator stations(especially in the state's mountainous northeastern counties). Certain programs broadcast by GPB Television (mainly those provided by PBS) feature aDescriptive Video Servicetrack that is audible over thesecond audio program(SAP) channel of each station; GPB Radio feeds could previously be heard during times when DVS-transcribed programs were not airing, prior to the 2009digital television transition.All stations within the GPB Television network act asrebroadcasters,simulcastingthe network's programming at all times. GPB-produced programs includeGardening in Georgia,Georgia Backroads,Georgia's Business,Georgia OutdoorsandGeorgia Traveler,as well as annual coverage of theGeorgia General Assemblywhen it is inlegislative sessionearly in the year. Live coverage of thefootballandbasketballchampionship games from theGeorgia High School Associationis broadcast at the end of their respective seasons.

GPB Television also operates fourdigital subchannelsthat are carried on most of its stations:GPB Knowledgedebuted in September 2008, but officially launched on October 1 of that year. GPB Knowledge carries programming from theWorldnetwork duringprime timehours, and GPBdocumentaryand news programming (includingBBC World News) at other times. It replaced GPB Education, which is still available to schools statewideon demandover theInternet.GPB Kids,launched in January 2009 as the seconddigital subchannelof the GPBTV stations, replacing thestandard-definitionfeed (which mirrored each station's analog feed) of GPB's main channel. GPB Kids aired 24/7 with content fromPBS Kids.During December 2008, the subchannel carried only a staticstation identificationfor all nine stations (including the GPB/PBS Kidslogo), and theelectronic program guidefor the channel continued to show main channel information for the GPBTV stations. In March 2015, GPB Kids was replaced withCreate.[citation needed]In January 2017,PBS Kids24/7 was launched, being the fourth digital subchannel of the GPB TV stations.

Television stations[edit]

Each of GPB's television stations identify themselves with two locations—usually, the smallercommunity where the station is licensedby theFederal Communications Commission(almost always the station's transmitter location) and the larger city that it serves. The exceptions are WVAN-TV and WJSP-TV, which are actually licensed in major Georgia cities: WVAN-TV is licensed to Savannah, while WJSP-TV is licensed to Columbus. However, in order to conform to the pattern, GPB lists the locations for the stations' transmitters as the second city.

This rule only applies to the television stations, not to those on radio, which, except for two, bear only the city of license.

The GPB television stations are:

Call sign
City of license FID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates Founded FCC info Call letter meaning
WABW-TV 14 (6) Pelham–Albany 23917 10.5kW 378 m (1,240 ft) 31°8′8.7″N84°6′15.7″W/ 31.135750°N 84.104361°W/31.135750; -84.104361 January 2, 1967
Bob Wright, vice chair of the State Board of Education[19]
WACS-TV[a] 25 (7) Dawson–Americus 23930 26.3 kW 336.2 m (1,103.0 ft) 31°56′12.4″N84°33′12.8″W/ 31.936778°N 84.553556°W/31.936778; -84.553556 March 6, 1967
Americus
WCES-TV 20 (6) Wrens–Augusta 23937 7.9 kW 426 m (1,398 ft) 33°15′33″N82°17′7.4″W/ 33.25917°N 82.285389°W/33.25917; -82.285389 September 12, 1966
Then-GovernorCarl E. Sanders[21]
WGTV[b] 8 (7) Athens–Atlanta 23948 62 kW 327.2 m (1,073.5 ft) 33°48′18″N84°8′40″W/ 33.80500°N 84.14444°W/33.80500; -84.14444 May 23, 1960
"Georgia Television"
WJSP-TV 28 (5) Columbus–Warm Springs 23918 21.4 kW 431.5 m (1,415.7 ft) 32°51′6.8″N84°42′5.5″W/ 32.851889°N 84.701528°W/32.851889; -84.701528 August 10, 1964
James S. Peters, then-president of the Georgia State Board of Education
WMUM-TV[c] 29 (9) Cochran–Macon 23935 126 kW 329.7 m (1,081.7 ft) 32°28′12.2″N83°15′18″W/ 32.470056°N 83.25500°W/32.470056; -83.25500 January 1, 1968
Mercer UniversityMacon
WNGH-TV[d] 18 (4) Chatsworth–Dalton 23942 11.2 kW 573.8 m (1,882.5 ft) 34°45′2.3″N84°42′52.7″W/ 34.750639°N 84.714639°W/34.750639; -84.714639 January 30, 1967
"North Georgia Highlands"
WVAN-TV 9 (8) Savannah–Pembroke 23947 36.5 kW 388.5 m (1,274.6 ft) 32°8′49″N81°37′4″W/ 32.14694°N 81.61778°W/32.14694; -81.61778 September 16, 1963
Former GovernorErnest Vandiver[26]
WXGA-TV 8 (7) Waycross–Valdosta 23929 35.3 kW 315.1 m (1,033.8 ft) 31°13′22.8″N82°34′40.5″W/ 31.223000°N 82.577917°W/31.223000; -82.577917 December 4, 1961
"Waycross, Georgia" (the "X" referring to "cross" )

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^WACS-TV wasoff-airfrom March 1, 2007 to April or May 2008, due to aradio towercollapsecaused bya tornado.[20]
  2. ^WGTV changed its call sign to WPBS on March 2, 1984, then reverted it back to WGTV 20 days later.[22]
  3. ^At the time of its sign-on in 1968, WMUM-TV was known as WDCO-TV and broadcast on UHF channel 15; the call letters honored M. D. Collins, a former state superintendent of schools.[23]WDCO-TV moved to channel 29 in 1990, a change paid for by theUnited States Air Forceto avoid radar interference to thePAVE PAWSsite atRobins Air Force Base,[24]and adopted its current call letters in 2006.
  4. ^WNGH-TV was known as WCLP-TV from 1967 until 2008. The call letters honored Dr. Claude Lamar Purcell, who was the state superintendent of schools.[25]

Broadcast translators[edit]

GPB Television operates several low-power translator stations located in the hilly terrain of thenorth Georgia mountains.These include:

City of license Call sign Channel Translating FID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates
Carrollton W23EV-D 23 WJSP 28 167054 8.1 kW 152.5 m (500.3 ft) 33°33′51.6″N85°01′03.9″W/ 33.564333°N 85.017750°W/33.564333; -85.017750(W23EV-D)
Young Harris W25FP-D 25 WNGH 18 23945 5 kW 687.7 m (2,256.2 ft) 34°52′27.3″N83°48′37.6″W/ 34.874250°N 83.810444°W/34.874250; -83.810444(W25FP-D)
Toccoa W28EW-D 28 WGTV 7 23924 15 kW 121.5 m (398.6 ft) 34°36′32.7″N83°21′51.2″W/ 34.609083°N 83.364222°W/34.609083; -83.364222(W28EW-D)
Hartwell&Royston W32FE-D 32 WCES-TV 20 23928 15 kW 134.9 m (442.6 ft) 34°18′45″N82°56′15″W/ 34.31250°N 82.93750°W/34.31250; -82.93750(W32FE-D)

Former translators[edit]

The following translators were abandoned by GPB, which had their licenses (and in some cases, digital applications and permits) cancelled by the FCC, apparently at GPB's request, possibly due to the expense of running and upgrading them.

City of license Channel # Notes
Carnesville 52 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofFranklin Countyin northeastern Georgia; directly repeated WGTV
Cedartown 65 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofPolkandFloydcounties in northwestern Georgia; directly repeated WNGH
Draketown 27 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofHaralsonandPauldingcounties in northwestern Georgia; directly repeated WNGH
Elberton 60 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofElbert Countyin northeastern Georgia; directly repeated WGTV
Flintstone 51 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofWalker,Dade,andCatoosacounties in Northwestern Georgia, as well as parts of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee; directly repeated WNGH
LaFayette 35 (UHF) Signal reached parts of Walker and Dade counties in northwestern Georgia; directly repeated WNGH
Hiawassee 50 (UHF) Signal reached parts ofTownsandRabuncounties in northeastern Georgia, digital coverage provided by W04BJ's replacement

WUGA-TV[edit]

Main article:WGTA (TV)

On December 23, 2010, theUniversity of Georgiaannounced that it would enter into a programming partnership with GPB, which would provide all programming for the university-owned WNEG-TV (channel 32) inToccoa,with most of the content coming from its GPB Knowledge subchannel.[27]The station filed with the FCC to convert WNEG's station license tonon-commercialstatus.[28][29]The partnership between UGA and GPB was due to a reduction of advertising dollars, resulting from an economic downturn and the loss of WNEG'sCBSaffiliation (the station had been with CBS since August 1995, receiving affiliation as a by-product of the CBS programming moving in the adjacent Atlanta market fromWAGA-TV[channel 5] toWGCL-TV[channel 46] in December 1994).[30]At 5:30 am on May 1, 2011, the station began carrying GPB Knowledge programming; the following day, its call letters were changed to WUGA-TV.[31]UGA sold WUGA-TV to Marquee Broadcasting in 2015; at 12:01 am on July 1, 2015, the new owners dropped all GPB Knowledge programming, changed the station's call letters toWGTA,and returned the station to commercial operation with programming from theMeTV,Heroes & Icons,Decades,andMovies!networks.[32]

Digital television[edit]

WGTV, WXGA-TV, and WVAN-TV were the first GPB stations to begin operating their owndigital televisionsignals. The other six stations signed on their digital signals in July 2008. The ERP/HAAT figures listed within the table for those stations are based on those listed in the stations' individual Wikipedia articles, though some of the stations were operating at low power, and only upgraded to full-power when the digital transition occurred.

Subchannels[edit]

The digital signals of GPB's TV stations aremultiplexed:

GPB multiplex[33]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
xx.1 1080i 16:9 (call sign) Main GPB programming /PBS
xx.2 480i Create Create
xx.3 Knowled GPB Knowledge
xx.4 Kids PBS Kids

All nine stations carry the same programming from each of the four channels, but channel labels differ somewhat between the stations.

Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]

The WACS tower, seen after it was blown down in a tornado in 2007

The GPB Television stations shut down their analog signals on February 17, 2009, as part of thefederally mandated transition from analog to digital television(which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12).[34][35][36]

Each stations' post-transition digital allocations are as follows:

  • WABW-TV shut down its analog signal, overUHFchannel 14; the station's digital signal moved from its pre-transition VHF channel 5 to channel 6, usingPSIPto display WABW-TV'svirtual channelas 14 on digital television receivers.
  • WACS-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 25; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 8, using PSIP to display WACS-TV's virtual channel as 25 on digital television receivers.
  • WCES-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 20; the station's digital signal moved from its pre-transitionVHFchannel 2 to channel 6, using PSIP to display WCES-TV's virtual channel as 20 on digital television receivers.
  • WGTV shut down its analog signal, overVHFchannel 8; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 12 to channel 8.
  • WJSP-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 28; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 23, using PSIP to display WJSP-TV's virtual channel as 28 on digital television receivers. The station was licensed to move its digital signal to VHF channel 5 effective April 5, 2019.
  • WMUM-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 29; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7, using PSIP to display WMUM-TV's virtual channel as 29 on digital television receivers.
  • WNGH-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 33, using PSIP to display WNGH-TV's virtual channel as 18 on digital television receivers.
  • WVAN-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 9; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 13 to channel 9.
  • WXGA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 9 to channel 8.

GPB has placed most of its stations on VHF due to the lowereffective radiated powerrequirements (20 or 32 kW instead of 1000 kW), which in turn reduces the cost of purchasing thetransmitterand using theelectrical powerfor it. For WABW and WCES, this makes them one of the few television stations in the country to operate on low-band VHF channels (2 to 6), which require larger receiving antennas, are prone totropospheric ducting(weather) andimpulse noise,makemobile TV(ATSC-M/H) difficult, and for 5 and 6 are also an obstacle to expanding theFM broadcast band.The high-band VHF channels also have these problems, but not to a major extent.

Cable and satellite availability[edit]

GPB Television's various stations are carried on allcableproviders in Georgia (the station that is available on a given provider varies on the jurisdiction). Additionally, Savannah's WVAN is carried on cable systems onHilton Head Island, South Carolina;Columbus' WJSP is carried on cable systems inPhenix CityandAuburn, Alabama;and Augusta's WCES is carried on most cable systems inAikenandEdgefield, South Carolina.WABW is carried onComcast's system inTallahassee, Florida.

Onsatellite,WGTV, WVAN, WCES, WJSP, WNUM, WABW, WNGH, and WXGA are carried on the Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Albany, Chattanooga, and JacksonvilleDirecTVandDish Networkfeeds, respectively.

Television programs[edit]

Series[edit]

  • Gardening in Georgia
  • Georgia Outdoors
  • Georgia Traveler
  • Georgia's BackroadsandMore Georgia Backroads
  • Georgia's Business
  • Lawmakers
  • On the Story
  • Salsa[37]

Specials[edit]

  • The Day Atlanta Stood Still
  • Georgia Aquarium:Keepers of the Deep
  • Georgia Gazette[38]
  • Georgia Graduation Stories
  • The Georgia Meth Invasion
  • Georgia On My Mind
  • Georgia Quilts: Stitches And Stories
  • Georgia Read More
  • Georgia Serenade
  • Georgia Valor
  • Georgia Weekly
  • Georgia's Civil War
  • Georgia's Historic Inns
  • Historic Houses of Georgia: The Antebellum Years
  • Lost Atlanta: The Way We Were
  • Main Street Georgia
  • Secret Seashore: Georgia's Barrier Islands(seeThe Golden Isles of Georgia)
  • Sites to Behold: The History of Georgia's State Parks
  • The South Takes Flight: 100 Years of Aviation in Georgia
  • Sustainable Georgia
  • The Thomas B. Murphy Story(seeTom Murphy)
  • Vanishing Georgia

GPB Radio[edit]

GPB Radiobroadcasts 24 hours a day on severalFMradio stations across the state, except in theAtlanta metropolitan area.The network had previously operated a translator station in Atlanta,W264AE(100.7 FM), which broadcast from a transmission tower located in the city's downtown district. However, it (andWGHR) was forced to gosilentwhen full-power station WWWQ (100.5 FM, nowWNNX) moved fromAnniston, Alabama(where it operated under the WHMA-FM call letters) into the Atlanta market on anadjacent channel.Despite having almost no presence in metropolitan Atlanta prior to 2014, the network reaches nearly all the rest of Georgia, plus parts of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Atlanta-area listeners heard NPR programming on locally licensed stationsWABEandWCLKinstead.

WRAS-Atlanta controversy[edit]

On May 6, 2014,Georgia State Universityannounced an arrangement allowing Georgia Public Broadcasting to program the university's stationWRAS( "Album 88" ) from 5a.m. to 7p.m. daily, leaving 7p.m. to 5a.m. as the only remaining student airtime.[39]This took effect on June 29.[40]In exchange, GPB promised to provide internships at GPB for GSU students and other media collaborations between the two institutions,[41]with WRAS broadcasting a separate feed from the main statewide network.[42]The announcement immediately prompted intense opposition and denunciations from WRAS listeners, staffers, and GSU alumni,[43]going so far as evoking a protest at GSU's commencement ceremony,[44]a social media campaign with the tag #savewras,[45]and a petition with more than 10,000 signatories onChange.org.Some of them have made accusations of secrecy and even illegality surrounding the transaction[46]as they protested that thealternative rockformat was unique to the Atlanta market (despite the presence of another college station in the area,WREK,licensed to theGeorgia Institute of Technology) and that it was being displaced by programming that largely duplicated offerings on WABE.[47]This has led to a public effort to boycott GPB and its underwriters.[48]

Despite these protests, the network announced plans to increase news and talk programming later in 2014 to cater to WRAS listeners.[49][50][51]

Programming[edit]

Most of the stations presently air a mix ofclassical music,and news and talk programming sourced from NPR; however, some stations carry select locally produced programming. WRAS airs NPR news and talk programming during the hours that GPB programs it.

Previously, GPB Radio was transmitter over the second audio program feed of GPB's television stations at most times prior to the 2009 digital television transition. GPB Radio is still audible through this function onDirecTV,but not GPB'sdigital television stationsor oncablefor unknown reasons.

GPB Radio stations in southern and southeastern Georgia also relayhurricaneevacuationinformation for listeners approaching or leaving Georgia'sAtlantic Coastor theFlorida Panhandle.Signs alonginterstateand other major highways in the region direct the evacuee to the nearest GPB Radio station carrying the emergency information.

Radio stations[edit]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP(W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
WABR 91.1 FM Tifton, Georgia 23925 30,000 76m(249ft) C2 31°29′31″N83°31′49″W/ 31.49194°N 83.53028°W/31.49194; -83.53028(WABR) LMS
WACG-FM 90.7 FM Augusta, Georgia 23922 3,700 420.8 m (1,381 ft) C2 33°24′19″N81°50′14″W/ 33.40528°N 81.83722°W/33.40528; -81.83722(WACG-FM) LMS
WGPB 97.7 FM Rome, Georgia 6797 4,200 241 m (791 ft) C3 34°14′5″N85°13′48″W/ 34.23472°N 85.23000°W/34.23472; -85.23000(WGPB) LMS
WJSP-FM 88.1 FM Warm Springs, Georgia 23927 100,000 461.2 m (1,513 ft) C 32°51′08″N84°42′04″W/ 32.85222°N 84.70111°W/32.85222; -84.70111(WJSP-FM) LMS
WJWV 90.9 FM Fort Gaines, Georgia 23946 20,500 horiz.
81,000 vert.		 78.9 m (259 ft) C1 31°36′18″N85°01′42″W/ 31.60500°N 85.02833°W/31.60500; -85.02833(WJVW) LMS
WMUM-FM[a] 89.7 FM Cochran, Georgia 23939 43,000 horiz.
100,000 vert.		 304.1 m (998 ft) C0 32°28′12″N83°15′17″W/ 32.47000°N 83.25472°W/32.47000; -83.25472(WMUM-FM) LMS
WNGH-FM 98.9 FM Chatsworth, Georgia 2309 420 541.8 m (1,778 ft) C3 34°45′2″N84°42′52.9″W/ 34.75056°N 84.714694°W/34.75056; -84.714694(WNGH-FM) LMS
WNGU 89.5 FM Dahlonega, Georgia 76477 750 140 m (459 ft) A 34°31′29″N83°59′50″W/ 34.52472°N 83.99722°W/34.52472; -83.99722(WNGU) LMS
WPPR 88.3 FM Demorest, Georgia 23949 7,300 193.9 m (636 ft) C2 34°31′24″N83°40′46″W/ 34.52333°N 83.67944°W/34.52333; -83.67944(WPPR) LMS
WRAS[b] 88.5 FM Atlanta, Georgia 23959 50,000 318 m (1,043 ft) C1 33°44′41″N84°21′36″W/ 33.74472°N 84.36000°W/33.74472; -84.36000(WRAS) LMS
WSVH 91.1 FM Savannah, Georgia 23926 96,000 430.9 m (1,414 ft) C0 32°08′49″N81°37′04″W/ 32.14694°N 81.61778°W/32.14694; -81.61778(WSVH) LMS
WUGA 91.7 FM Athens, Georgia 22982 6,000 99 m (325 ft) A 33°55′13″N83°14′46″W/ 33.92028°N 83.24611°W/33.92028; -83.24611(WUGA) LMS
WUNV 91.7 FM Albany, Georgia 23919 3000 100 m (328 ft) A 31°40′21″N84°03′27″W/ 31.67250°N 84.05750°W/31.67250; -84.05750(WUNV) LMS
WUWG[c] 90.7 FM Carrollton, Georgia 71602 430 151 m (495 ft) A 33°33′50″N85°01′04″W/ 33.56389°N 85.01778°W/33.56389; -85.01778(WUWG) LMS
WWET 91.7 FM Valdosta, Georgia 23923 430 26 m (85 ft) A 30°49′36″N83°16′40″W/ 30.82667°N 83.27778°W/30.82667; -83.27778(WWET) LMS
WWIO-FM[d] 88.9 FM Brunswick, Georgia 23944 11,500 46 m (151 ft) C3 31°11′21″N81°29′04″W/ 31.18917°N 81.48444°W/31.18917; -81.48444(WWIO-FM) LMS
WXVS 90.1 FM Waycross, Georgia 23923 79,000 horiz.
77,600 vert.		 280 m (919 ft) C1 31°13′18″N82°34′24″W/ 31.22167°N 82.57333°W/31.22167; -82.57333(WXVS) LMS

Notes[edit]

  1. ^WMUM-FM also airs some local programming fromMercer University.
  2. ^Separate feed from other GPB stations; GPB portion of station schedule from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
  3. ^Simulcasts WRAS (FM) from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Carries regular Network feed 7 p.m. – 5 a.m.
  4. ^WWIO-FM acts as a full-power relay ofWSVH.

WGPB and WNGH werecommercial radiostations purchased by a GPBfoundationin the late 2000s, hence their location outside of the 88-92 MHzreserved band.

Except for W233CA in Athens and the former W264AE in Atlanta, none of the translator stations are owned by GPB/GPTC, but rather byRadio Assist MinistryandEdgewater Broadcasting,two related companies thatspeculativelyapply for such stations during FCC filing windows, assign them tonon-commercial educational"parent" stations to avoidbroadcast licensefees, then rent or sell them to other stations for a profit. While many more RAM/EB stations are assigned to rebroadcast GPB stations in the FCC database, only these five arelisted by GPBArchivedJune 11, 2011, at theWayback Machine.

GPB Education[edit]

GPB Education(formerly known asPeachstar) serves state agencies and the Georgia learning community through the use oftelecommunicationstechnology.GPB delivers educational programming that reflects state standards to Georgiaclassroomsusing the GPB satellite network, open-air television, and the GPBvideo streamingportal. GPB provides professional development to Georgia educators through face-to-face trainings, satellite-delivered programs, and interactive webcasts. GPB also meets the training needs of state agencies through itsvideo production,satellite broadcast, and interactivewebcastingservices, as well as through its extensive digital library.

GPB is currently transitioning its GPB Education programming fromdirect broadcast satellitetodigital terrestrial television,through its GPB Knowledge subchannel.[52]

Departments[edit]

GPB News[edit]

GPB Newsis the news department of Georgia Public Broadcasting. It is responsible for providing news updates to both GPB Radio and GPB Television, and collaborates with theAtlanta Business Chronicleto produce the programGeorgia Business News.The legislative discussion programPrime Time Lawmakers(formerly known asLawmakers) provided coverage and commentary on theGeorgia General Assemblythroughout each session; it aired from 1971 to 2014, when it was replaced byOn the Story.

GPB Sports[edit]

GPB Sportsproduces news coverage and commentary on sports throughout the state, with an emphasis on high school football. It produces the programsGPB SportsCentral,PrepSportsandRoad to the Dome.

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