Mississippi Public Broadcasting

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MPB (Mississippi Public Broadcasting)

Statewide Mississippi
Branding	MPB
Channels	(various, see article) analog, (various, see FCC data in "External Links") digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Mississippi Authority for Educational Television
Founded	1970
Transmitter Power	(see FCC data in "External Links")
Website	mpbonline.org

Mississippi Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network in Mississippi. Owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, it holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR stations in the state.

Mississippi was a relative latecomer to public broadcasting. In summer 1970, WMAA-TV began operating in Jackson as the first-ever public broadcasting station in the state. This made Mississippi the last state east of the Mississippi River to start public television service within its own borders. Before then, the only portions of the state to get a clear signal from a PBS station were the northwest (from Memphis' WKNO-TV) and the Gulf Coast (from New Orleans' WYES-TV and Mobile's WEIQ). Six other stations signed on over the next few years, and the network became known as Mississippi Educational Television, or simply ETV. Public radio was even later in arriving in the state, in 1984. Eventually, Public Radio in Mississippi expanded to eight stations throughout the state.

In 2005, MAET adopted "Mississippi Public Broadcasting" as an umbrella on-air name for all television and radio operations.

[edit] MPB Television

Station	Analog Channel	Digital Channel	City	Also Serves	Date of Sign-on	Callsign Meaning
WMPN	29	20	Jackson	Vicksburg	August 29, 1970	Mississippi Public Network (WMAA until March 1990)
WMAH	19	16	Biloxi	Hattiesburg	June 12, 1971	Mississippi Authority Harrison County
WMAE	12	55	Booneville	Tupelo Florence, Alabama	August 28, 1972	Mississippi Authority Eastern Mississippi
WMAU	17	18	Bude	Natchez	March 16, 1971	Mississippi Authority BUde
WMAO	23	25	Greenwood	Greenville	January 2, 1971	Mississippi Authority Of the Delta Area
WMAW	14	44	Meridian	Laurel	February 19, 1973	Mississippi Authority Western Mississippi
WMAB	2	10	Mississippi State	Columbus	December 5, 1970	Mississippi Authority Public Broadcasting Corporation
WMAV	18	36	Oxford	Memphis, Tennessee	September 2, 1974	Mississippi Authority of Viewerships

Mississippi Public Broadcasting also operates two translator stations:

Station	Channel	City
W45AA	45	Columbia
W47BP	47	Hattiesburg

[edit] MPB Radio

MPB Radio can be listened to online via a Windows Media format. [1]

Jackson: WMPN 91.3
Biloxi: WMAH 90.3
Booneville: WMAE 89.5
Bude: WMAU 88.9
Greenwood: WMAO 90.9
Meridian: WMAW 88.1
Mississippi State: WMAB 89.9
Oxford: WMAV 90.3

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Broadcast television in the Jackson, MS market (Nielsen DMA #87)

WLBT 3 (NBC)/(The Tube on DT3) - WBXK-CA 8 (A1) - WBMS-CA 10 (Ind.) - WJTV 12 (CBS) - WAPT 16 (ABC) - W23BC 23 (Black Family Channel) - WXMS-LP 27 (Ind.) - WMPN 29 / WMAU 17 (PBS/MPB) - WRBJ 34 (CW) - WUFX 35 (MNTV) - WDBD 40 (FOX) - WNTZ 48 (FOX/MNTV) - WJXF-LP 49 (A1) - WWJX 51 (Ind.) - WJMF-LP 53 (Univision) - WJKO-LP 64 (TBN)

Broadcast television in the Columbus / Tupelo / West Point market (Nielsen DMA #132)

WMAB 2/WMAE 12 (PBS/MPB) - WCBI 4 (CBS)/(MNTV on DT2)/(CW on DT3) - W07BN 7 (Ind./TBN) - WTVA 9 (NBC) - W25AD 25 (TBN) - WLOV 27 (FOX) - WFIQ 36 (PBS/APT) - W39CD 39 (UBN) - W53AF 53 (UBN)
Local digital television channels
WMAA 43 (PBS/MPB) - WKDH 45 (ABC)

Broadcast television in the Biloxi / Gulfport market (Nielsen DMA #160)

WKFK-LP 7 (ION/A1) - WLOX 13 (ABC)/(The Tube on DT3) - WMAH 19 (PBS/MPB) - WXXV 25 (FOX) - W51CU 51 (TBN)
Out of Market Broadcast Television Serving Biloxi/Gulfport:
WWL 4 (CBS, New Orleans LA) - WKRG 5 (CBS, Mobile AL) - WDSU 6 (NBC, New Orleans LA) - WPMI 15 (NBC, Mobile AL)

Broadcast television in the Hattiesburg / Laurel market (Nielsen DMA #165)

WDAM 7 (NBC)/(The Tube on DT2)/(WX+ on DT3) - WHLT 22 (CBS) - WHPM-LP 30 (Lifesat) - W47BP 47 (PBS/MPB)
Biloxi/Gulfport Market Broadcast Television Serving Hattiesburg/Laurel:
WLOX 13 (ABC) - WMAH 19 (PBS/MPB) - WXXV 25 (Fox)

Broadcast television in the Greenwood / Greenville / Cleveland market (Nielsen DMA #184)

WABG 6 (ABC) (FOX on DT2) - WHCQ-LP 8 / WEBU-LP 11 (ION/A1) - WXVT 15 (CBS) - WMAO 23 (PBS / MPB) - W42CY 42 / W48DI 48 (TBN)
See also broadcast television in Memphis, Jackson, Monroe / El Dorado and Columbus/Tupelo/West Point markets

Broadcast television in the Meridian market (Nielsen DMA #185)

WTOK 11 (ABC)/(FOX/MNTV/Sportsman on DT2)/(CW on DT3)
WMAW 14 (PBS/MPB) - WMDN 24 (CBS) - WGBC 30 (NBC) - WIIQ 41 (PBS/APT) - W47CG 47 (TBN)

Broadcast television in the Memphis market (Nielsen DMA #44)
WREG 3 (CBS) - WMC 5 (NBC) (The Tube on DT3) - WKNO 10 (PBS) - WMAE 12 / WMAV 18 (PBS/MPB) - WPRQ-LP 12 (A1) - WHBQ 13 (Fox) - W18BL 18 (UBN) - WBII 20 (A1) - WPTY 24 (ABC) - WLMT 30 (The CW) - WBUY 40 (TBN) - W42BY 42 (3ABN) - WPXX 50 (MyNetworkTV/ION) - W57CG 57 (Ind.) - WJRJ 59 (Daystar)
See also broadcast television in Jonesboro, Jackson TN, Greenwood / Greenville and Columbus/Tupelo/West Point markets

Broadcast television in the El Dorado / Monroe market (Nielsen DMA #135)
KNOE 8 (CBS)(The CW on DT2) - KTVE 10 (NBC) - KAQY 11 (ABC) - KLTM 13 (PBS/LPB) - KARD 14 (FOX) - KMCT 39 (Worship) - KEJB 43 (MyNetworkTV)
Local digital television channels
KETZ 12 (PBS/AETN)
Local cable television channels
Louisiana TechTV (LA Tech)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location WMAU 17/WMPN 29 (PBS/MPB, Bude / Jackson)

Broadcast television in the Huntsville / Decatur market (Nielsen DMA #84)
WBCF 3 (A1) - WXFL 5 (Ind) - WTZT 11 (A1) - WHDF 15 (The CW) - W18BL 18 (Ind) - WHNT 19 (CBS) - WHIQ 25 / WFIQ 36 (PBS/APT) - WYLE 26 (S@H) - WAAY 31 (ABC) - WMJN 43 (FamilyNet) - W46CF 46 / W59CF 59 (UBN) - WAFF 48 (NBC) (The Tube on DT3) - WZDX 54 (FOX) (MNTV on DT2 "WAMY") - WYAM 56 (Ind) - W64BJ 64 (TBN)
Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location
WMAE 12 (PBS / MPB) - WCLP 18 (PBS/GPB)

Broadcast television in the Jackson, Tennessee market (Nielsen DMA #174)

WBBJ 7 (ABC) - WLJT 11 (PBS) - WJKT 16 (Fox) - WJTE-LP 19 (FamilyNet) - W35AH 35 (TBN)

PBS Member Stations in the state of Mississippi (MPB)

Jackson market: WMAU 17 (Bude) - WMPN 29 (Jackson) Columbus/Tupelo/West Point market: WMAB 2 (Mississippi State) - WMAE 12 (Booneville) Biloxi/Gulfport market: WMAH 19 (Biloxi) Hattiesburg/Laurel market: W47BP 47 (Hattiesburg) Greenwood/Greenville market: WMAO 23 (Greenwood) Meridian market: WMAW 14 (Meridian) Memphis market: WMAV 18 (Oxford)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Mississippi

Radio stations in the Jackson, Mississippi market (Arbitron #118)

By frequency: (FM) 88.5 | 90.1 | 91.3 | 92.5 | 93.5 | 93.9 | 94.7 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 97.3 | 97.7 | 98.7 | 99.7 | 100.9 | 101.7 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 105.1 | 105.9 | 106.7 | 107.5

(AM) 620 | 780 | 810 | 850 | 930 | 1120 | 1150 | 1180 | 1240 | 1300 | 1400 | 1590

Mississippi Radio Markets

See also: List of radio stations in Mississippi and List of United States radio markets

Radio stations in the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS market (Arbitron #144)

By frequency: (FM) 89.1 | 90.3 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 96.7 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 102.3 | 103.1 | 104.9 | 105.9 | 107.1 | 107.9

(AM) 1130 | 1240 | 1390 | 1490 | 1640

Mississippi Radio Markets

See also: List of radio stations in Mississippi and List of United States radio markets

Radio stations in the Tupelo, Mississippi market (Arbitron #188)

By Frequency:: (FM) 88.3 | 89.5 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 96.7 | 97.5 | 98.5 | 99.3 | 101.9 | 103.9 | 106.7

(AM) 580 | 940 | 1060 | 1490

(AM) WELO | WCPC | WKMQ | WTUP

Mississippi Radio Markets

See also: List of radio stations in Mississippi and List of United States radio markets

Radio stations in the Laurel-Hattiesburg, Mississippi market (Arbitron #209)

By frequency: (FM) 88.1 | 88.5 | 89.3 | 89.7 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 92.1 | 93.1 | 94.3 | 95.9 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 99.3 | 100.3 | 101.7 | 102.5 | 103.7 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 106.3 | 107.1

(AM) 810 | 890 | 950 | 1340 | 1400 | 1580

Mississippi Radio Markets

See also: List of radio stations in Mississippi and List of United States radio markets

Radio stations in the Golden Triangle Market (Columbus-Starkville-West Point) (Arbitron #273)

By frequency: (FM) 89.3 | 89.9 | 90.5 | 91.1 | 93.3 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 96.1 | 98.1 | 98.9 | 99.9 | 100.9 | 103.1 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.9