WGTE-TV

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WGTE-TV
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Toledo, Ohio
Branding WGTE 30
Channels Analog: 30 (UHF)

Digital: 29 (UHF)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Founded October 10, 1960
Call letters’ meaning Greater
Toledo
Educational Television
Former affiliations NET (1960-1970)
Transmitter Power 1000 kW (analog)
49.5 kW (digital)
Height 313.6 m (both)
Facility ID 66285
Transmitter Coordinates 41°39′26.6″N, 83°25′52.5″W
Website www.wgte.org

WGTE is a PBS-member television station serving the Toledo, Ohio area. It broadcasts on UHF channel 30 analog and channel 29 digital, and on Buckeye Cablesystem channel 9, in addition to other cable systems in Ohio and Michigan. It is visible in northwestern Ohio, southeastern Michigan (including Metro Detroit), and Windsor and Essex County in Ontario (however, it is not carried on cable in the latter two places).

[edit] History

WGTE began in 1953 as a low-power television station on the University of Toledo campus, with a broadcast antenna in the belltower of University Hall. It began regular operations in 1959, receiving a full license on October 10, 1960.

[edit] Digital programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel Programming
30.1 Main WGTE programming
30.2 WGTE Family (Family-oriented programs; on air 6AM to 10PM)
30.3 Create

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Broadcast television in the Toledo and Findlay, Ohio market (Nielsen DMA #72)

Local television stations
WTOL 11 (CBS) - WTVG 13 (ABC, News on DT2, The AccuWeather Channel on DT3) - W22CO 22 (TBN) - WNWO 24 (NBC, RTN on DT2, WX+ on DT3) -
WBGU 27 (PBS) - WGTE 30 (PBS) - WBTL 34 (IND) - WUPW 36 (Fox) - W38DH 38 (HSN) - WLMB 40 (FamilyNet/Worship) - WMNT 48 (MNTV/A1)

Outlying Areas
W09CG 9 (TBN) - W21BF 21 (IND) - WFND 22 (A1/Daystar) - WDFM 26 (IND) - WGGN 52 (TBN)

Local cable television stations
WT05 (The CW) - Buckeye Cable Sports Network - FSN Detroit - FSN Ohio - ONN
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location; some stations may be available only on cable
Detroit/Windsor: WJBK 2 (FOX) - WDIV 4 (NBC) - WXYZ 7 (ABC) - CBET 9 (CBC) - WMYD 20 (MNTV) - WPXD 31 (ION) - WKBD 50 (The CW) - WTVS 56 (PBS) WWJ 62 (CBS) Columbus: WCMH 4 (NBC) - WBNS 10 (CBS) | Cleveland: WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WUAB 43 (MNTV) - WMFD 68 (Ind) | Lima: WLIO 35 (NBC) - WTLW 44 (ION) | Fort Wayne: WANE 15 (CBS) - WPTA 21 (ABC) - WISE 33 (NBC) - WFWA 39 (PBS) - WFFT 55 (FOX) - WINM 63 (TCT) | Lansing: WLNS 6 (CBS) - WILX 10 (NBC) - WSYM 47 (Fox) - WLAJ 53 (ABC)
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PBS Member Stations in the state of Ohio
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio
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