WGBX-TV

WGBX-TV

Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	'GBH 44
Slogan	Independent, original, 'GBH 44
Channels	Analog: 44 (UHF) Digital: 43 (UHF)^[1]
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
First air date	September 25, 1967
Call letters’ meaning	Great Blue EXperimental (supposedly) (referring to WGBH-FM's transmitter, all WGBH television stations include these two letters)
Sister station(s)	WGBH (FM), WCAI, WGBH-TV, WGBY
Former affiliations	NET (1967-1970)
Transmitter Power	1100 kW (analog) 500 kW (digital)
Height	374 m (analog) 391 m (digital)
Facility ID	72098
Transmitter Coordinates	42°18′37.2″N 71°14′11.7″W / 42.310333, -71.236583
Website	www.wgbh.org

WGBX-TV ('GBH 44) is a public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a sister station to PBS member station WGBH-TV, airing PBS programming not aired by WGBH as well as additional supplemental programming. Reruns of the previous night's programming either from WGBH-TV or from WGBX-TV itself also makes up a part of this station's programming. On its digital signal, WGBX also carries several of PBS's digital networks.

The X in its callsign stands for "Experimental", as WGBX (more primarily in the 1970s) was home to programming that was given a trial on the smaller-audience UHF signal before possibly moving onto the more-established WGBH-TV. Such Eastern Educational Network imports from the UK as Doctor Who were seen first or more frequently on WGBX, and one late-1970s local "nightclub"-style variety show, Club 44, proved popular enough to be moved over to WGBH and retitled The Club.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
44.1	Main WGBX programming
44.2	WGBH World
44.3	WGBH Create
44.4	'GBH Kids

References

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External links

v • d • e Television Stations in Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire (Boston area)

English stations	WBZ 4 (CBS) · WCVB 5 (ABC) · WHDH 7 (NBC, 7.2 WX+) · WFXT 25 (Fox) · WHDN 26 (Ind digital) · WSBK 38 (Ind) · WWDP 46 (Ind) · WYDN 48 (DayStar) · WLVI 56 (CW) · WMFP 62 (Ind) · WBPX 68/WDPX 58 (ION, x.2 qubo, x.3 ION Life, x.4 Worship)

Public television	WGBH 2 (PBS) · WGBX 44 (PBS)

Spanish stations	WFXZ 24 (AZA) · WUNI 27 (UNI) · WTMU 32 (TMD) · WUTF 66 (TFT)

New Hampshire	WMUR 9 (ABC, 9.2 News) · WENH 11 / WEKW 52 (PBS/NHPTV) · WPXG 21 (ION, x.2 qubo, x.3 ION Life, x.4 Worship) · WNNE 31 (NBC) · WZMY 50 (MNTV) · WNEU 60 (TMD)

Local cable channels	NECN • NESN • CatholicTV • CKSH (SRC, Sherbrooke, QC) • CharterTV3 • Cheshire TV • Bridgewater Cable Access • EBCTV

Defunct	WHDH 5 (ABC/CBS; unrelated to today's WHDH-TV) · WJZB 14 (Ind) · WNHT 21 (Ind/CBS) · WXPO 50 (Ind) · WTAO 56 (ABC/DuMont) · WXHR 56 (experimental)

Adjacent areas	Portland, Maine · Hartford/New Haven · Providence · Springfield · Burlington/Plattsburgh

v • d • e Television stations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts' South Coast

Local stations	WLNE 6 (ABC) · WJAR 10 (NBC, 10.2 WX+) · WPRI 12 (CBS) · WLWC 28 (CW) · WSBE 36 (PBS) · WRIW-CA 50 (TMD) · WNAC 64 (Fox/MNTV) · WPXQ 69 (ION)

Boston stations available in region	WGBH 2 (PBS) · WBZ 4 (CBS) · WCVB 5 (ABC) · WHDH 7 (NBC, 7.2 WX+) · WUNI 27 (UNI) · WSBK 38 (Ind.) · WGBX 44 (PBS) · WLVI 56 (CW) · WBPX 68/WDPX 58 (ION)

Connecticut stations available in region	WHPX 26 (ION) · WEDN 53 (PBS/CPTV)

Cable channels	Cox Sports · CN8 · NESN · CSN · NECN · Rhode Island News Channel · Pinpoint Weather

Defunct channels	WNET 16 (ABC/DuMont)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

WGBH-TV 2/WGBX-TV 44 (Boston) - WGBY-TV 57 (Springfield)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Massachusetts

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