WPTD
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WPTD (ThinkTV 16) is the PBS member station serving Dayton, Ohio. It broadcasts in analog on channel 16 and digitally on channel 58, and is relayed by W17AA in Celina, Ohio and W63AH in Maplewood, Ohio. It is currently operated by Greater Dayton Public Television, which also operates WPTD's sister station, WPTO (ThinkTV 14) in Oxford, which reaches Cincinnati. Both channels are available on Time Warner Cable in Dayton, though some systems may offer only one channel or the other, depending on where they are in southwestern Ohio.
History
WPTD began in 1972 as WOET-TV operated by the Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission (OEB). Prior to that, Channel 16 was occupied by an independent commercial station, WKTR-TV owned by Kitty Hawk Television Corporation licensed to Kettering,Ohio when it first signed on in April of 1967 before it abruptly went silent in 1970. It returned to the air briefly in 1971 but went dark again that same year. WPTD's sister station, WPTO, began in 1959 as WMUB-TV, which was operated by Miami University.
The stations joined forces in 1975 under the banner of University Regional Broadcasting, a consortium of Miami, Wright State and Central State universities. WMUB-TV was the primary station for a year until 1976, when WOET became the primary station. In 1977, the stations were transferred to the community-owned Greater Dayton Public Television and received their current calls. The corporate name became the ThinkTV Network in 1998, though the legal name remained Greater Dayton Public Television.
Digital television
The digital signals of WPTD and WPTO are both multiplexed:
WPTD-DT
| Channel | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 16.1 / 58.1 | ThinkTV 16 | Regular WPTD programming |
| 16.2 / 58.2 | ThinkTV Again | Repeat broadcasts of WPTD primetime shows |
| 16.3 / 58.3 | ThinkTV Create | Create |
| 16.4 / 58.4 | ThinkTV Ohio | Ohio-specific programming, including The Ohio Channel |
| 16.5 / 58.5 | ThinkTV 16 HD | High-definition programming |
WPTO-DT
| Channel | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 14.1 / 28.1 | ThinkTV 14 | Regular WPTO programming |
| 14.2 / 28.2 | ThinkTV Prime | Repeat broadcasts of WPTO primetime shows |
| 14.3 / 28.3 | ThinkTV Learn | PBS Kids programming and college telecourses |
| 14.4 / 28.4 | ThinkTV World | World news and international programming |
| 14.5 / 28.5 | ThinkTV 14 HD | High-definition programming |
External links
- [ThinkTV]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WPTD]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WPTO]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for W17AA]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for W63AH]
| Broadcast television in the Dayton market [(Nielsen DMA #59)] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
WDTN 2 (NBC) -
WHIO 7 (CBS) -
WPTO 14 (PBS) -
WPTD 16 (PBS) -
WKEF 22 (ABC) (The Tube on DT2) -
WBDT 26 (The WB/The CW) -
WRCX-LP 40 (Ind.) -
WKOI 43 (TBN) -
WRGT 45 (Fox) -
W66AQ 66 (The WB/My Network TV)
| |||
| Local cable television channels | |||
| WHIO 17/6 (UPN) | |||
| See also: Broadcast television in the , , , , and markets | |||
| Broadcast television in the Cincinnati market [(Nielsen DMA #34)] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| WLWT 5 (NBC) - WCPO 9 (ABC) - WKRC 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2, starting 9/06) - WPTO 14 (PBS) - WXIX 19 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WOTH 25 (A1) - WBQC 38 (UPN/Ind.) - WKOI 43 (TBN) - WCET 48 (PBS) - WKON 52 / WCVN 54 (PBS/KET) - WSTR 64 (The WB/My Network TV) | |||
| 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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