WMVS
PBS member station in Milwaukee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WMVS (channel 10) is a PBS member television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned by Milwaukee Area Technical College alongside secondary PBS member WMVT (channel 36). Collectively branded as Milwaukee PBS, the two stations share studios at the Continuing Education Center on the MATC campus on North 8th Street in downtown Milwaukee, and transmitter facilities on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood.
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Branding | Milwaukee PBS 10 |
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Network | Milwaukee PBS |
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WMVT | |
History | |
First air date | October 28, 1957 (66 years ago) (1957-10-28) |
Former call signs | WMVS-TV (1957–1962)[1] |
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Call sign meaning | Milwaukee Vocational School (former name of MATC) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 42663 |
ERP | 32 kW |
HAAT | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°5′46.2″N 87°54′15″W |
Translator(s) | 10 (VHF; construction permit for WMVS-LD |
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Website | www |
WMVS and WMVT operate separately from the PBS Wisconsin state network owned by the University of Wisconsin Extension and serves the rest of the state; however, WMVT runs instructional television programs from PBS Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee PBS coordinate instructional television efforts for their broadcast area.