Vermont Public Television
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| Vermont Public Television | |
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| statewide Vermont | |
| Branding | VPT |
| Slogan | Where You Belong! |
| Channels | Analog: see table below |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Vermont ETV, Inc. |
| First air date | October 16, 1967 |
| Call letters’ meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1967-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter Coordinates | see table below |
| Website | www.vpt.org |
Vermont Public Television (VPT) is a network of public television stations throughout the state of Vermont, affiliated with PBS. It has been operational since October 16, 1967. Until 1997, it was known as Vermont Educational Television, or Vermont ETV (which is still the network's corporate name).
VPT's studios and offices are in Colchester, near Burlington.
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[edit] Stations
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Call letters’ meaning |
ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WETK | Burlington | 33 (UHF) 32 (UHF) |
October 16, 1967 | Educational Television |
1350 kW 90 kW |
815 m 830 m |
69944 | (analog) (digital) |
| WVER | Rutland | 28 (UHF) 9 (VHF) |
March 18, 1968 | VERmont | 275 kW 15 kW |
429 m 385 m |
69946 | |
| WVTB | St. Johnsbury | 20 (UHF) 18 (UHF) |
February 26, 1968 | VT = postal abbreviation of Vermont |
589 kW 75 kW |
592 m 590 m |
69940 | |
| WVTA | Windsor | 41 (UHF) 24 (UHF) |
March 18, 1968 | 1050 kW 55.7 kW |
684 m 692 m |
69943 |
VPT is also relayed on translators W36AX in Manchester and W53AS in Bennington.
Coming soon, two more VPTV stations are Channels 4 in Montpelier and 6 in St. Albans.
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Channel | Programming |
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| 33.1 | VPT HD |
| 33.2 | Same as analogue channel |
| 33.3 | Create |
| 33.4 | PBS World |
[edit] Broadcast area
Vermont Public Television's broadcast signal reaches throughout Vermont and into bordering regions of New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and southern Quebec, including Montreal.
On cable, VPT can be seen on Comcast, Burlington channel 6 and Bennington channel 7, and Charter Plattsburgh channel 3. On Vidéotron, it can be seen on channel 59 in west Montreal, channel 6 in central and east Montreal, and channel 55 on Illico digital cable.
Some VPT-produced programs can also be seen on WGBY-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts.
[edit] Fundraising
Although VPT fund-raising events target primarily Vermont viewers, they also target VPT's large viewing audience in Canada and accept Canadian dollars. VPT's viewership lives primarily in rural areas or in towns and small cities. The only major urban area that its signal reaches is Montreal, Quebec, Canada. VPT's broadcasts do not reach New York's state capital of Albany or the large viewer market of Manchester, New Hampshire.
VPT shares much of its most valuable market (Champlain Valley in Vermont and New York as well as the sothern Quebec and Montreal area) with Plattsburgh, New York-based WCFE. A significant percentage of VPT's members live in Canada and their donations are in Canadian dollars. The fluctuations in the exchange rate between the Canadian and American dollar make budgeting difficult.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Vermont Public Television web site
- TV Hat : Trivial facts about Southern QC, Upstate NY and VT stations
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WETK
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVER
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVTA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WVTB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W36AX
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W53AS
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WETK-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WVER-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WVTA-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WVTB-TV
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