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WPBT
Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida
BrandingChannel 2
ChannelsAnalog: 2 (VHF)
Digital: 18 (UHF)
AffiliationsPBS
OwnerCommunity Television Foundation of South Florida
FoundedAugust 12, 1955
Call letters meaningW
Public
Broadcasting
Television
Former callsignsWTHS-TV (1955-1979)
Former affiliationsNET (1955-1970)
Transmitter Power100 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height283 m (analog)
309 m (digital)
Facility ID13456
Transmitter Coordinates
Websitewww.channel2.org


WPBT is the callsign of a public television station in Miami, Florida, serving the South Florida region. WPBT, Florida's first public television station, organized in November 1953, is owned and operated by the Community Television Foundation of South Florida, Inc., a private, nonprofit multi-media organization that serves the communities of South Florida, reaching 1.5 million families weekly from Martin County to the Florida Keys.

WPBT is a PBS member station.

WPBT has 3 digital subchannels, WPBT HD, WPBT Arts, and WPBT Learn.

History

WPBT originally signed on August 12, 1955 as WTHS-TV (meaning Worlds To Hear and See, licensed to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction).[1] During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the Community TV Foundation shared channel 2 with the DCBPI. The School Board would broadcast educational programming for five hours in the daytime, then the CTF would broadcast two hours of programming in the evenings. This arrangement would continue until the late 1970s, when the Dade County School Board turned over the license to WTHS to the CTF. The CTF then changed the call letters to WPBT.

See also

External links

WPBT Original Series & Specials WPBT Original Hispanic Programming
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Broadcast television in the South Florida (Miami / Fort Lauderdale / Key West) market (Nielsen DMA #16)
Miami-Dade / Fort Lauderdale, Florida stations WPBT 2 (PBS) - WFOR 4 (CBS) - WTVJ 6 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WSVN 7 (FOX - WPLG 10 (ABC, LATV on DT2) - WLRN 17 (PBS) - WLTV 23 (UNI) - WIMP-CA 25 (HSN) - WBFS 33 (MNTV) - WPXM 35 (ION) - WPMF-LP 38 (Ind) - WSFL 39 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - WJAN-CA 41 (Ind) - WHFT 45 (TBN) - WSBS-CA 50 (Ind) - WFUN-LP 48 (HSN) - WSCV 51 (TEL) - WLMF-LP 53 (SCOLA) - WGEN-LP 55 (Ind) - WEYS-LP 56 (ALMA) - WPPB 63 (Ind/Edu.) - WAMI 69 (TFU)
Local television stations In Key West
(Most of these stations either serve Miami proper, or are repeaters of Miami stations.) WGEN 8 (Ind) - WSBS 22 (Ind) - WCAY-LP 34 (Ind) - W38AA 38 / W39AC 39 (CBS) - WGAY-LP 41 (Ind) - W44AC 44 / W58BU 58 (NBC) - W47AC 47 (ABC) - WKIZ-LP 49 (FOX)
Local digital television channels WHDT-LP 44 (Ind)
See also: Broadcast television stations in and


  •  • [ e] PBS Member Stations in the state of Florida
WPBT 2 () - WEDU 3 () - WUFT 5 () - WJCT 7 () - WLUF-LP 10 () - WFSU 11 / WFSG 56 ( / ) - WCEU 15 () - WUSF 16 () - WLRN 17 () - WSRE 23 () - WMFE 24 () - WGCU 30 () - WXEL 42 () - WBCC 68 / BPS-TV 68.3 ()
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