WGTE-TV (channel 30) is a
PBS
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member
television station
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in
Toledo, Ohio
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, United States. It is owned by the Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio alongside
NPR
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member
WGTE-FM
WGTE-FM (91.3 MHz) is a public radio station in Toledo, Ohio, and is the radio partner of Channel 30 WGTE-TV, Toledo's PBS network affiliate. It features news, talk, classical music, jazz and folk music. It also airs programs from National Pub ...
(91.3). The two stations share studios on South Detroit Avenue in Toledo; WGTE-TV's transmitter is located on Corduroy Road in
Oregon, Ohio
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.
History
WGTE began in 1953 as a
low-power television station on the
University of Toledo
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campus, with a broadcast antenna in the belltower of University Hall. It began regular operations in 1959, receiving a full license on October 10, 1960.
WGTE has been digital-only since February 17, 2009.
In 2017, WGTE announced that it will not have to make any changes as a result of the spectrum auction, and will be allowed to remain on UHF 29. WGTE plans to broadcast in
ATSC 3.0
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The standards are designed to offer support for newer technologies, including HEVC for video channels of u ...
in the future, and there are plans to broadcast in
4K Ultra HD, support mobile television, support 3-D broadcasting, and more technological advances.
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is
multiplexed
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:
Signal coverage
WGTE can be received in quite a large part of the
Detroit area; its over-the-air signal reaches far into Detroit's southern inner-ring suburbs. The station has long claimed southeastern Michigan as part of its primary coverage area, and even airs some Michigan-related programming.
Over-the-air coverage
WGTE's over the air signal reaches as far north as
Taylor, Michigan, as far south as
Findlay, Ohio
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, as far east as
Sandusky, Ohio
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, and as far west as
Wauseon, Ohio
Wauseon ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Fulton County, Ohio, Fulton County, Ohio, approximately 31 mi (51 km) west of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population was 7,332 at the time of the United States Census 2010, 2010 census.
Histo ...
. The station's signal radius to the north is significantly reduced due to
co-channel interference
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from
CIII-DT-29 in
Sarnia, Ontario, which also broadcasts on channel 29. That station however, is moving to channel 35. Coverage of WGTE should extend to
Hamtramck, Michigan
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.
Cable coverage
WGTE is carried on most cable systems in northwestern Ohio. In addition, the station and all of its subchannels are available on
Comcast
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in
Melvindale,
Ann Arbor
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and
Lenawee County, Michigan
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, as well as on
Wyandotte Municipal Cable and
Buckeye Cable in the Toledo area and in the areas of Michigan where Buckeye is available. The station has not been carried on any cable systems in Canada (specifically
Windsor
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and
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada comprising seven municipalities: Amherstburg, Kingsville, Ontario, Kingsville, Lakeshore, Ontario, Lakeshore, LaSalle, Ontario, LaSalle, Leamington, Ontario, Leamington, Tec ...
) since the late 1980s.
References
External links
Official website
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PBS member stations
GTE-TV
Television channels and stations established in 1960
1960 establishments in Ohio