WVPT
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WVPT (channel 51) is a PBS member television station in Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. It is a full-time satellite of Richmond-licensed WCVE-TV (channel 23) which is owned by the VPM Media Corporation. WVPT's offices are located in Harrisonburg near the campus of James Madison University, while its transmitters are located atop Elliott Knob west of Staunton, on Carters Mountain south of Charlottesville, and on Massanutten Mountain near New Market. Master control and most internal operations are based at WCVE-TV's studios at 23 Sesame Street in Bon Air, a suburb of Richmond.
Satellite of WCVE-TV, Richmond, Virginia | |
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City | Staunton, Virginia |
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Branding | VPM PBS |
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Owner | VPM Media Corporation |
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First air date | September 9, 1968 (55 years ago) (1968-09-09) |
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Call sign meaning | Western Virginia Public Television |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 60111 |
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Website | vpm |
Satellite of WCVW, Richmond, Virginia | |
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City | New Market, Virginia |
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Branding | VPM Plus |
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Affiliations | PBS |
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First air date | August 22, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-08-22) (in Front Royal, Virginia; license moved to New Market in 2018) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 66378 |
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WVPT operates a second station, WVPY, licensed to New Market. WVPY was formerly a full-time satellite of WVPT which served Winchester and the upper Shenandoah Valley. Through a channel-sharing agreement, it now broadcasts from WVPT's transmitter as a satellite of Richmond's WCVW, using virtual channel 51.2.