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.
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 informationedit
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]
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.[7] In 2019, both stations moved to new physical channels as part of the FCC's spectrum re-pack process.
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Transmitter facility for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
Transmitter tower for WOUB-FM/TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
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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 WOUB TVAthens Marietta OhioParkersburg West VirginiaUnited StatesCityAthens OhioChannelsDigital 32 UHF Virtual 20BrandingPBS WOUBProgrammingAffiliations20 1 PBSfor others see SubchannelsOwnershipOwnerOhio University WOUB Public Media Sister stationsWOUBWOUB FMHistoryFirst air dateJanuary 7 1963 61 years ago 1963 01 07 Former channel number s Analog 20 UHF 1963 2009 Digital 27 UHF mid 2000s 2019 Former affiliationsNET 1963 1970 Call sign meaning Ohio University Broadcasting Technical information 1 Licensing authorityFCCFacility ID50147ERP250 kWHAAT245 5 m 805 ft Transmitter coordinates39 18 52 N 82 8 59 W 39 31444 N 82 14972 W 39 31444 82 14972LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMSWebsitewoub wbr orgSatellite stationWOUC TVCambridge Zanesville OhioUnited StatesCityCambridge OhioChannelsDigital 6 VHF Virtual 44ProgrammingAffiliations44 1 PBSfor others see SubchannelsHistoryFirst air dateJuly 26 1973 50 years ago 1973 07 26 Former channel number s Analog 44 UHF 1973 2009 Digital 35 UHF mid 2000s 2019 Call sign meaning Ohio University Cambridge Technical information 2 Facility ID50141ERP7 11 kWHAAT337 8 m 1 108 ft Transmitter coordinates40 5 32 N 81 17 18 W 40 09222 N 81 28833 W 40 09222 81 28833LinksPublic license informationPublic fileLMS 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 Contents 1 Coverage area 2 Technical information 2 1 Subchannels 2 2 Analog to digital conversion 3 Images 4 References 5 External linksCoverage area editAthens 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 editAs 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 edit The stations digital signals are multiplexed Subchannels of WOUB TV 5 and WOUC TV 6 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming WOUB TV WOUC TV 20 1 44 1 1080i 16 9 WOUB HD PBS 20 2 44 2 480i 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 1080i Kids PBS Kids 20 7 44 7 480i VoiceCo Audio Analog to digital conversion edit 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 7 In 2019 both stations moved to new physical channels as part of the FCC s spectrum re pack process Images edit nbsp Transmitter facility for WOUB FM TV Athens Ohio Photo taken in 1993 nbsp Transmitter tower for WOUB FM TV Athens Ohio Photo taken in 1993 References edit Facility Technical Data for WOUB TV Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission Facility Technical Data for WOUC TV Licensing and Management System Federal Communications Commission WOUB TV to Double Content Offerings Starting April 11 WOUB Digital April 6 2018 WOUB TV Schedules WOUB Digital RabbitEars TV Query for WOUB RabbitEars Retrieved August 8 2023 RabbitEars TV Query for WOUC RabbitEars Retrieved August 8 2023 Data PDF hraunfoss fcc gov External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WOUB TV amp oldid 1185045583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
