WOSU-TV

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WOSU-TV (channel 34, digital channel 36) is an American television station located in Columbus, Ohio. It is the PBS member in Columbus. The Ohio State University also operates satellite WPBO in Portsmouth, Ohio, which simulcasts WOSU-TV. WPBO-TV broadcasts on analog channel 42, serving the western edge of the Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia market area.

WOSU-TV first signed on the air on February 20, 1956. In 1959, a grant from the Ford Foundation allowed the station to purchase the first video tape recorder in Ohio. WOSU-TV began broadcasting in color in 1968, telecasting the football game between Ohio State and Michigan. The color telecast popularized the UHF band in Columbus. WOSU airs classic Ohio State football games during the late night or when Ohio State doesn't get a bowl game that season. When that happens, it usually would air on New Years Day.

In 1972, the station moved to a new facility, the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, on the banks of the Olentangy River near (now on) the campus of the Ohio State University. WPBO-TV began broadcasting in Portsmouth in 1974. The stations began broadcasting in stereo in 1986; WOSU-TV was the first in Columbus to do so. In 2005 WOSU announced the creation of its digital broadcast center which will be located at COSI in downtown Columbus. While WOSU's business office and a part of its broadcast facilities will remain at the Fawcett Center, the majority of the station's broadcast operations will be moved to the new facility in 2006.

WOSU also possesses an extensive archive of films and public programming video materials.

Previous Logos

Image:WOSU-TV logo.png|WOSU-TV's previous logo, used until early-2006.

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Broadcast television in the Columbus market [(Nielsen DMA #32)]
WCMH 4 (NBC) - WSYX 6 (ABC - MNTV on DT2 starting 09/06) - WGCT 8 (IND) - WBNS 10 (CBS) - WDEM-LP 17 (AS) - WCLL-CA 19 (Daystar) - WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 (PBS) - WBKA-CA 22 (A1) - WTTE 28 (Fox) - WCSN-LP 32 (REL) - WOSU 34 (PBS) - WXCB-CA 42 (TBN) - WSFJ 51 (i) - WWHO 53 (UPN/The WB - to be The CW 09/06)

Broadcast television in the Huntington / Charleston market [(Nielsen DMA #64)]
WSAZ 3 / W16CE 16 (NBC - MNTV on DT2 in 9/06) - WCHS 8 (ABC) - WVAH 11 (FOX) - WOWK 13 (CBS) - W14CU 14 (HSN) - WOUB 20 (PBS) - WKPI 22 / WKAS 25 (PBS / KET) - WLPX 29 (i) - WQCW 30 / WOCW 21 / WVCW 45 (The WB / UPN - to be The CW in 09/06) - WPBY 33 (PBS / WVPB) - WPBO 42 (PBS) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WTSF 61 (DS)

PBS Member Stations in the state of Ohio
WPTD 16 / WPTO 14 () - WOUB 20 / WOUC 44 () - WVIZ 25 () - WBGU 27 () - WGTE 30 () - WOSU 34 / WPBO 42 ( / ) - WNEO 45 / WEAO 49 ( / ) - WCET 48 ()
See also: , , , , , and stations in Ohio

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