WPSU-TV
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WPSU-TV | |
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Clearfield-State College, Pennsylvania | |
Channels | 3 (VHF) analog, 15 (UHF) digital |
Affiliations | PBS |
Owner | Pennsylvania State University |
Founded | March 1, 1965 |
Call letters meaning | "W Pennsylvania State University" |
Former callsigns | WPSX-TV (1965-2005) |
Transmitter Power | 42.4 kW/394.7 m (analog) 537 kW/413.6 m (digital) |
Website | wpsu.org |
WPSU-TV is a PBS member station owned by Pennsylvania State University as a part of Penn State Public Broadcasting. It reaches some 500,000 households in central Pennsylvania and southern New York, as well as a few households in western Pennsylvania. Many rural Pennsylvanians rely on cable television in order to get any signal other than WPSU-TV. The station's signal is very strong; it is easily viewable over-the-air as far away as Warren and Bradford. The station is licensed to Clearfield, but its production facilities are located along Innovation Park Boulevard outside of State College.
The station is a typical PBS station, airing a large amount of PBS shows as well as some of its own original programming.
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[edit] See also
WPSU-FM, an NPR/classical music station, owned by Penn State University
WKPS - The Lion 90.7FM - Penn State Student Radio
WPSE - Penn State Erie's Money Station
[edit] History
The station signed on for the first time on March 1, 1965 as WPSX-TV. It received its full license on June 17 as the 101st public television station in the United States. Within two years, it went from broadcasting only a few hours a day during the week to being on the air from 8:30 am to 11:30 pm seven days a week.
Even though it was one of the smallest public television stations in the country, WPSX was an innovator. In 1978, it partnered with several Pennsylvania cable systems to create PENNARAMA, forerunner of Pennsylvania Cable Network. In 1980, it worked with the state Department of Education to experiment with the use of videodisc in the classroom.
In 1994, WPSX merged its operations with WPSU-FM, Penn State's NPR station, to form Penn State Public Broadcasting. In the summer of 2005, it changed its call letters to WPSU-TV to match its radio sister, and moved to a new studio in the Outreach Building at Innovation Park. The WPSX call sign has been reassigned to the radio station's Kane repeater station.
[edit] List of WPSU-TV's original programs
[edit] Current
- The WPSU-TV Alphabet Cooking Show
- Center Court with Rene Portland
- Centre County Report
- Children and Autism: Time is Brain
- The Grange Fair: An American Tradition
- Great Teachers - Making a Difference
- Houses of Worship
- Our Town
- PA Energy
- The Pennsylvania Game
- Pennsylvania Inside Out
- Raise the Song: The History of Penn State
- Scholastic Scrimmage
- Small Ball: A Little League Story
- Swift: Eyes Through Time
- To the Best of My Knowledge
- Tracks Across the Sky
- What Matters
- Your Health
[edit] Former
- What's in the News (1965?-2004)
[edit] External links
Local television stations |
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Local cable television channels
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Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations |
WPSU 3 (Clearfield) - WQED 13 (Pittsburgh) - WITF 33 (Harrisburg) - WLVT 39 (Allentown) - WVIA 44 (Scranton) - WQLN 54 (Erie) |
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See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Pennsylvania |
Categories: Articles to be merged since October 2006 | Television stations in Johnstown/Altoona | Television stations in Pennsylvania | PBS member stations | Pennsylvania State University | Channel 3 TV stations in the United States | TV Stations in State College, Pennsylvania | Television channels and stations established in 1965