Blue Ridge PBS

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Blue Ridge PBS
southwestern Virginia
Branding	Blue Ridge PBS
Slogan	Your Community Resource for Lifelong Learning
Channels	Analog: see table Digital: see table
Affiliations	PBS (1970-Present)
Owner	Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc.
First air date	August 1, 1967
Former affiliations	NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter Power	see table
Height	see table
Facility ID	see table
Transmitter Coordinates	see table
Website	www.blueridgepbs.org/

Blue Ridge PBS is the PBS member station for western Virginia. It serves the Roanoke/Lynchburg and Tri-Cities markets from studios in Roanoke.

The network's flagship station, WBRA-TV channel 15 in Roanoke, signed on for the first time on August 1, 1967, originally affiliated with the National Educational Television network, before that network was replaced by PBS in 1970.

Over the years, WBRA established two satellite transmitters -- WSBN-TV channel 47 in Norton in 1971 (originally WSVN until 1981) and WMSY-TV channel 52 in Marion in 1981. WSBN brought a city-grade PBS signal to the Tri-Cities for the first time.

In the 1980s, WBRA began identifying on-air as "Blue Ridge Public Television" (BRPublic TV or BRPTV), due of its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains. On February 19, 2007, it changed its on-air name to Blue Ridge PBS though WBRA remains the official call sign.

[edit] Stations

Station	City of license	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
WBRA-TV	Roanoke	15 (UHF) 3 (VHF)	August 1, 1967	1820 kW 7.25 kW	634 m 618 m	5981	37°11′46.4″N, 80°9′16.9″W
WSBN-TV1	Norton	47 (UHF) 32 (UHF)	March 30, 1971	631 kW 100 kW	591 m 591 m	5985	36°53′53.8″N, 82°37′20.3″W
WMSY-TV	Marion	52 (UHF) 42 (UHF)	August 1, 1981	741 kW 100 kW	452 m 448 m	5982	36°54′7″N, 81°32′32″W

• 1. WSBN-TV used the callsign WSVN-TV from its 1971 sign-on to 1981.

[edit] Logos

WBRA-TV's "BRPublic TV" logo used from 2005 to February 19, 2007.

Logo from February 19, 2007 - Present. The first appearance of the name "Blue Ridge PBS."

[edit] External links

• Blue Ridge PBS
• RabbitEars.Info Roanoke-Lynchburg Stations
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WBRA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSBN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WMSY
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WBRA-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSBN-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMSY-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Roanoke/Lynchburg market (Nielsen DMA #67) WDRG 2 (TCT) - WDBJ 7 (CBS, MNTV on DT2) - W08CW 8 (PBS) - WSLS 10 (NBC) - WSET 13 (ABC, RTN on DT2, starting 04/08) - WBRA 15 (PBS) - WFXR 27 / WWCW 21 (FOX, The CW on DT2) - WDRL 24 (Ind) - WPXR 38 (ION) - W40BM 40 (TBN) - WRKV 43 (Ind) - W49AP 49 (TBN) - WTLU 50 (Ind)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Tri-Cities, TN/VA (Johnson City / Kingsport / Bristol) market  (Nielsen DMA #91) WETP 2 (PBS/ETPtv) - WCYB 5 (NBC) (The CW on DT2) - WOPI 9 (RTN) - WJHL 11 (CBS) - WKPT 19 (ABC)(RTN on DT2) - WAPK 36 (MNTV) - WEMT 39 (FOX) - WAGV 44 (Ind) - WSBN 47/WMSY 52 (PBS) Local digital television channels WLFG 49 (Ind) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Greenville / Spartanburg / Asheville: WLOS 13 (ABC) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) Lexington: WKPI 22 / WKHA 35 (PBS/KET) - WYMT 57 (CBS)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Virginia WBRA 15 / WSBN 47 / WMSY 52 (Roanoke / Norton / Marion) -WHRO 15 (Hampton) - WCVE 23 / WCVW 57 / WHTJ 41 (Richmond / Charlottesville) - WETA 26 (Arlington / Washington, DC) - WVPT 51 / WVPY 42 (Staunton / Front Royal) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Virginia