Vermont Public Television

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VPT (Vermont Public Television)

Statewide Vermont
Branding	Where You Belong!
Slogan	VPT
Channels	(various, see article) analog, (various, see article) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Vermont ETV, Inc.
Founded	WETK: October 16, 1967 Current incarnation: early 1990s
Call letters meaning	see article
Former affiliations	NET (1969-70)
Transmitter Power	(see FCC data in "External Links")
Website	www.vpt.org

Vermont Public Television (VPT) is a network of public television stations throughout the state of Vermont, affiliated with PBS. It has been operational since October 16, 1967 most of that time under the name Vermont ETV.

1 Stations
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Translator stations
2 Broadcast area
3 Fundraising
4 External links

[edit] Stations

[edit] Current

WETK/DT 33/32 Burlington (Educational Television)
WVER/DT 28/9 Rutland (VERmont)
WVTA/DT 41/24 Windsor (VT=postal abbreviation of Vermont)
WVTB/DT 20/18 St. Johnsbury (VT=postal abbreviation of Vermont)

[edit] Translator stations

W36AX 36 Manchester
W53AS 53 Bennington

VPT's studios and offices are in Colchester.

[edit] Broadcast area

Vermont Public Television's broadcast signal reaches throughout Vermont and into bordering regions of New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and southern Quebec, including Montreal.

On cable, VPT can be seen on Comcast, Burlington channel 6 and Bennington channel 7, and Charter Plattsburgh channel 3. On Vidéotron, it can be seen on channel 64 in west Montreal, channel 6 in central and east Montreal, and channel 55 on Illico digital cable.

Some VPT-produced programs can also be seen on WGBY-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts.

[edit] Fundraising

Although Vermont Public Television's fund-raising events of target primarily Vermont viewers, they also target VPT's large viewing audience in Canada and accept Canadian dollars. VPT's viewership lives primarily in rural areas or in towns and small cities. The only major urban area that it reaches is Montreal — its southermost signal in Bennington does not reach New York's state capital of Albany, where it is not offered on cable.

This creates a unique set of problems. First, it shares the Montreal market with Plattsburgh, New York-based WCFE. Second, it must take into account that a part of the funds that it receives is in Canadian dollars. The fluctuations in the exchange rate between the Canadian and American dollar make budgeting difficult.

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York market (Nielsen DMA #90)

Local television stations WCAX 3 (CBS) - WPTZ 5 / WNNE 31 (NBC) (WX+ on WPTZ DT2) - W16AL 16 (TBN) - W18AE 18 (RSN / A1) - WVNY 22 (ABC) - WWBI 27 (Daystar) - W27CP 27 (ABC) - WETK 33 (PBS / VPT) - WGMU 39 (MNTV) - WCWF 40 (Ind) - WFFF 44 (FOX / The CW) - WCFE 57 (PBS)
Out of market channels available in the Burlington / Plattsburgh area on cable Montreal: CBFT 2 (SRC) - CBMT 6 (CBC) - CFCF 12 (CTV) New York City: WPIX 11 (The CW)
Regional cable television channels NECN - NESN - YES - SNY

PBS Member Stations in the state of Vermont

Vermont Public Television: WETK 33 / WVTB 20 / WVER 28 / WVTA 41 (Burlington / St. Johnsbury / Rutland / Windsor)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, and Other stations in Vermont