WGBY-TV

WGBY-TV

Springfield, Massachusetts
Branding	WGBY
Channels	Analog: 57 (UHF) signed off midnight 11/05/2008 Digital: 58 (UHF) moving to 22 in 2009
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
First air date	September 26, 1971
Call letters’ meaning	Great Blue Yonder (referring to WGBH (FM)'s transmitter, all WGBH television stations include these two letters)
Transmitter Power	1480 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Height	305 m (analog) 294 m (digital)
Facility ID	72096
Transmitter Coordinates	42°14′29.6″N 72°38′53.9″W / 42.241556, -72.648306
Website	www.wgby.org

WGBY-TV is a PBS station licensed to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. It is a division of the WGBH Educational Foundation, based in Boston, Massachusetts, but has its own independent web presence, logo, and local programming. Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mt. Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts and provides programming to much of western Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, and southern Vermont. It is assigned to UHF TV channel 57, with an ATSC digital transmitter operating from the same site on UHF channel 58.

The station was founded on September 26, 1971.

Their digital programming channels include WGBY Kids, Create, and World, which are similar to the WGBH channels of the same names (station identifications include both WGBY and WGBX 44, the carrier for these channels in eastern Massachusetts), but have some changes made to include locally produced WGBY programs. In October 2006, WGBY became the first television station in New England to produce all of its local content in high definition (HD).

Unlike its Boston counterpart, WGBY does not operate an affiliated radio station; the area is instead served by WFCR, an NPR affiliate licensed to Amherst.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
57.1	Main WGBY programming
57.2	WGBY World
57.3	WGBY Create
57.4	WGBY Kids

On August 4, 2008, WGBY filed a request with the FCC to terminate its analog signal as of November 5, 2008 -- some three months prior to the mandated analog shut-off. The petition cited the need to replace the current analog antenna with the post transition digital 22 antenna.^[1]. WGBY also filed for an STA to operate at 50% analog power prior to the early shut down date due to equipment failure^[2] The analog transmitter signed off on 11/05/2008 at precisely 11:59.59 with no mention or standard sign-off over the air.

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v • d • e Television stations in the Pioneer Valley region

Local stations	Stations serving Springfield and area WWLP 22 / WFXQ 28 (NBC) • WGGB 40 (ABC, 40.2 Fox / MNTV) • WHTX-LP 43 (UNI) • WDMR-LP 51 (TEL) • WGBY 57 (PBS, 57.2 World, 57.3 Create, 57.4 Kids) • WSHM-LP 67 (CBS, 67.3 News / WX)

Outlying area stations	Hartford / New Haven, CT: WFSB 3 (CBS, 3.2 WSHM-LP, 3.3 News / WX) • WTNH 8 (ABC, 8.2 Local WX) • WRDM-CA 13 (TEL) • WTXX 20 (The CW, Waterbury) • WEDH 24 (PBS / CPTV) • WVIT 30 (NBC, 30.2 WX+, 30.3 USTN, New Britain) • WCTX 59 (MNTV, 59.2 Local WX) • WTIC 61 (Fox) Albany, NY: WCDC 19 (ABC, 19.2 WX, 19.3 RTN, Adams) • W28DA 28 (NBC, Pittsfield, via WNYT) • W38DL 38 (NBC, Adams, via WNYT) • WNYA 51 (MNTV)

Cable stations	WBZ 4 (CBS, Boston) • WCVB 5 (ABC, Boston) • WHDH 7 (NBC, Boston) • WSBK 38 (IND, Boston) • "WBQT" 16 (The CW) • NECN • NESN

Defunct stations	WRLP 32 (NBC, Greenfield)

See also: Boston TV

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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