WGTE-TV

WGTE-TV
Toledo, Ohio United States

Branding	WGTE 30
Channels	Digital: 29 (UHF)
Subchannels	30.1 PBS 30.2 Family 30.3 Create/OH Chan.
Owner	Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Founded	October 10, 1960 (1960-10-10)
Call letters' meaning	We're Greater Toledo Educational Television
Sister station(s)	WGTE-FM
Former channel number(s)	30 (UHF analog, 1960–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1960–1970)
Transmitter power	49.5 kW
Height	313.6 m
Facility ID	66285
Transmitter coordinates	41°39′26″N 83°25′55″W / 41.65722°N 83.43194°W / 41.65722; -83.43194
Website	www.wgte.org

WGTE is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television television station serving the Toledo, Ohio area. It broadcasts digitally on UHF channel 29 and is carried on Buckeye Cablesystem channel 9 in addition to other cable systems in Ohio and Michigan. It is visible in northwestern Ohio, southeastern Michigan (including Metro Detroit), and Windsor and Essex County in Ontario (however, it has not been carried on cable in the latter two places since the 1980s, with the exception of Wyandotte, where it is carried to this day).

Digital channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming ^[1]
30.1	1080i	16:9	WGTE-HD	Main WGTE-TV programming / PBS
30.2	480i	4:3	Family	PBS Encore (branded as WGTE Family)
30.3	480i	4:3	Create	Create / OH Chan. (overnight)

History

WGTE began in 1953 as a low-power television station on the University of Toledo campus, with a broadcast antenna in the belltower of University Hall. It began regular operations in 1959, receiving a full license on October 10, 1960.
Current transmitter is located at 41.657350, -83.431250 (about 3 miles ENE of Oregon OH).^[2]

WGTE has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.^[3] The station's digital signal is multiplexed, with a high-definition feed of PBS programming on 30.1, a standard-definition "encore" feed of PBS programming branded as "WGTE Family" on 30.2, and a second standard-definition feed of Create on 30.3, which also airs programming from Ohio Channel (such as Government of Ohio and distance education programming) during overnight hours.

Educational Outreach (K-12)

The WGTE Educational Resource Center (ERC) provides schools services and educational materials which embrace 21st century learning skills and enhance teaching and learning across the curriculum. ERC programs go beyond the “plug and play” of traditional technology training and focus on effective integration strategies, hands-on interaction with technology and alignment to Ohio Academic Content Standards.

References

↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WGTE#station
↑ http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WGTE
↑ WGTE TV ends analog broadcast, Toledo News-Messenger, February 17, 2009

External links

Television in the Northwest Ohio area, including Toledo, Port Clinton, Findlay, Bowling Green and the Lake Erie Islands

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WTOL (11.1 CBS, 11.2 MeTV, 11.3 Grit) WTVG (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW, 13.3 WN) WFND-LD (22.1 Youtoo/Daystar) W38DH (23.1 HSN) WNWO (24.1 NBC, 24.2 ASN, 24.3 Comet, 24.4 Retro TV) WDFM-LP_Analog (26 Ind, Defiance) WBGU-TV (27.1 PBS, 27.2 PBS Kids/PBS Encore, 27.3 Create) WGTE (30.1 PBS, 30.2 Family, 30.3 Create/OH Ch.) WUPW (36.1 Fox, 36.2 Bounce TV, 36.3 Escape) WLMB (40.1 religious) WMNT-CD (48.1 MNTV/Justice, 48.2 ANT, 48.3 This TV, 48.4 Cozi TV) WDTJ-LD (68.1 Daystar)

Cable-only stations	Buckeye Cable Sports Network Fox Sports Detroit Fox Sports Ohio The Ohio Channel MGTV STO

Defunct stations	WT05 (Ind/WB/CW, cable-only) W09CG 9 (TBN) W21BF 21 (The WB) WBTL-LP 34 (HSN)

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PBS member stations in the state of Ohio

WPTD 16 / WPTO 14 (Dayton / Oxford) WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (Athens / Cambridge) WVIZ 25 (Cleveland) WBGU 27 (Bowling Green) WGTE 30 (Toledo) WOSU 34 / WPBO 42 (Columbus / Portsmouth) WNEO 45 / WEAO 49 (Youngstown / Akron) WCET 48 (Cincinnati)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Ohio

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