Television station in Ohio, United States
WOUB-TV
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City
| Athens, Ohio
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Channels
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Branding
| PBS WOUB
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Affiliations
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Owner
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First air date
| January 7, 1963
(61 years ago)
(
1963-01-07
)
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Former channel number(s)
| - Analog:
20 (UHF, 1963?2009)
- Digital:
27 (UHF, mid 2000s?2019)
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| NET
(1963?1970)
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| "Ohio University Broadcasting"
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Licensing authority
| FCC
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Facility ID
| 50147
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ERP
| 250
kW
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HAAT
| 245.5 m (805 ft)
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Transmitter coordinates
| 39°18′52″N
82°8′59″W
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39.31444°N 82.14972°W
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39.31444; -82.14972
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Public license information
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Website
| woub
.org
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WOUC-TV
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City
| Cambridge, Ohio
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Channels
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Affiliations
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First air date
| July 26, 1973
(50 years ago)
(
1973-07-26
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Former channel number(s)
| - Analog:
44 (UHF, 1973?2009)
- Digital:
35 (UHF, mid 2000s?2019)
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| "Ohio University, Cambridge"
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Facility ID
| 50141
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ERP
| 7.11 kW
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HAAT
| 337.8 m (1,108 ft)
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Transmitter coordinates
| 40°5′32″N
81°17′18″W
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40.09222°N 81.28833°W
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40.09222; -81.28833
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Public license information
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WOUB-TV
(channel 20) is a
PBS
member
television station
in
Athens, Ohio
, United States. The station's transmitter is located west of the city off
SR 56
. Its programming can also be seen on
satellite station
WOUC-TV
(channel 44) in
Cambridge
, with transmitter near
Fairview, Ohio
.
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
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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.
Technical information
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As of April 11, 2018, when they expanded to six broadcast streams per transmitter,
[3]
WOUB-TV and WOUC-TV share the same programming.
[4]
Subchannels
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The stations' digital signals are
multiplexed
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Analog-to-digital conversion
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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; however, they use 20 and 44 as their respective
virtual channels
.
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In 2019, both stations moved to new physical channels as part of the FCC's spectrum re-pack process.
Images
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Transmitter facility for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
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Transmitter tower for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
References
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External links
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History
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Campus
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Colleges
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Athletics
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Arenas
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People
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Media
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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- WCMH-TV 4
(.1
NBC
, .2
Grit
, .3
Ion
, .4
Laff
)
- WSYX 6
(.1
ABC
, .2
MNT
/
Nest
, .3
Fox
, .4
Nest
)
- WBNS-TV 10
(.1
CBS
, .2
MeTV
, .3
Dabl
, .4/.7
Crime
, .5
Quest
, .6
LC
, .8
Defy
)
- WTTE 28
(.1
TBD
, .2
ANT
)
- WOSU-TV 34
(.1
PBS
, .2
OH Ch.
, .3
Create
, .4
PBS Kids
)
- WSFJ-TV 51
(.1
Scripps
, .2
Bounce
)
- WWHO 53
(.1
CW
, .2
Charge!
, .3
Comet
)
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Low power
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- WDEM-CD 17
(.1
Vision Latina
, .2
Oxygen
, .3
Lx
, .4
The365
, .5
Ads
, .6
Outlaw
, .7
NTD
, .8
ShopHQ
)
- WCLL-CD 19
(.1
Daystar
, .2 Daystar Espanol)
- WCBZ-CD 22
(.1
Cozi
, .2
Court
, .3
Mystery
, .4
Get
, .5
Catchy
, .6 CTV, .7
Story
, .8 WX)
- WQMC-LD 23
(.1
Ind.
, .2
TMD
)
- WOOH-LD 29
(.1
Heartland
, .2
Retro
, .3
Rev'n
, .4 Action, .5
FAM
, .6 Revival)
- WCSN-LD 32
(.1
Movies!
, .2
H&I
, .3
Start
, .4
NV
, .5
QVC
, .6
SSN
, .7
HSN
, .8
NET
, .9
QVC2
, .10 Urban Trendsetters, .11 OSTV, .12
GEB
)
- WGCT-CD 39 / WOCB-CD 39 / WXCB-CD 39
(.1
TCT
, .2
Buzzr
, .3
Daystar
, .4
Victory
, .5
Positiv
, .6
LC
, .7 Blank, .8 COACB Radio, .9 Greater Love TV, .10 Fun Roads)
- W17EB-D 44
(.1
HSN
, .2
QVC
, .3
HSN2
, .4
QVC2
, .5
QVC3
, .6 Fashion Finds, .7 QVC in the Kithcen)
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Outlying areas
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ATSC 3.0
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Cable
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Defunct
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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Low power
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Cable
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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- WTAP-TV 15
(.1
NBC
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.2
CBS
,
.3
Fox
, .4
Wx
, .5
Ion
, .6
Outlaw
)
- WOUB-TV 20
(.1
PBS
, .2 Classic, .3
World
, .4
Create
, .5
OH Ch.
, .6
PBS Kids
, .7 Audio)
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Low power
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Defunct
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PBS
member stations in the state of
Ohio
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Ohio's primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Ohio
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