WTVS

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WTVS, branded as Detroit Public Television, is the PBS member station in Detroit. Broadcasting since 1955, its vision statement is "educate, entertain and inspire -- in partnership with our community." The viewer supported station produces many local programs including "Get Up! Get Out"; "In the Frame: Exploring the DIA"; "Leaders on Leadership"; "American Black Journal"; and "Am I Right" among others. It is also a leading producer of fundraising programs for PBS. Detroit Public TV partners with Detroit Public Schools by managing [90.9 WRCJ-FM]with a classical and jazz music format, and TV and radio studios inside the Detroit School of Arts.

Its transmitters are located in suburban Oakland County with its studios and offices in Detroit and Wixom. It is one of five local Detroit TV stations seen in Canada on the StarChoice satellite provider. WTVS broadcasts its analog signal from the same tower that WKBD broadcasts from on Eleven Mile Rd. in Southfield at a height of 968 feet. WTVS broadcasts its digital signal from the same tower that WMYD Channel 20 and WWJ Channel 62 broadcast from at 8 mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park, Michigan at a height of 1073 feet.

On cable, WTVS can be seen on Comcast Detroit channels 3 and 97, Bright House Livonia channel 11 and Cogeco Windsor channel 67 and Wide Open West Plymouth channel 3.

Contents

1 On-air services
2 Logo History
3 References
4 External links

On-air services

Channel 56 - Analog Signal
Channel 43.1 - WTVS HDTV
Channel 43.2 - WTVS Learning and Kids

Logo History

Image:WTVS 1992.jpg|WTVS Circle 56 Logo (1992)

References

[WTVS TV Channel 56 Detroit (4-27-2005). Michigan's Radio & TV Broadcast Guide].

External links

Broadcast television in the Detroit / Windsor market [(Nielsen DMA #11)]

American stations
WJBK 2 (Fox) - WDIV 4 (NBC) - WXYZ 7 (ABC) - WDWO 18 / W27CJ 27 (TCT) - WMYD 20 (The WB - to be MNTV 09/06) - WUDT 23 (UNI) - WLPC 26 (CST) - WFUM 28 (PBS) - WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (i) - W33BY 33 (IND) - WADL 38 (IND/Jewelry TV/WORD) - WKBD 50 (UPN - to be The CW 09/06) - WTVS 56 (PBS) -
WWJ 62 (CBS) - W66BV 66 (TBN) - W67AJ 67 (CBS)

Canadian stations
CBET 9 (CBC) - CHWI 16 / 60 (A-Channel) - CIII 22 / 29 (Global) - CICO 32 / 59 (TVO) - CBLN 34 / 64 (CBC) - CFTV 34 (IND) - CKCO 42 (CTV) - CBLFT 48 / 68 (SRC) - CBEFT 54 (SRC)

Local cable television channels
The Michigan Channel (U of M) - WOLV (U of M Student TV) - FSN Detroit

PBS Member Stations in the state of Michigan

WNMU 13 () - WCML 6 / WCMU 14 / WCMW 21 / WCMV 27 / W69AV 69 / W46AD 46 ( / / ) - WDCP 19 / WDCQ 35 () - WKAR 23 () - WFUM 28 () - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 () - WTVS 56 ()
See also: , , , , , and stations in Michigan and , , , and stations in Ontario

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