WCES-TV
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WCES-TV, virtual channel 20 (VHF digital channel 6), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station serving Augusta, Georgia, United States that is licensed to Wrens. Owned by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, it is a sister station to National Public Radio (NPR) member WACG-FM (90.7 MHz). WCES-TV's transmitter is located northeast of Wrens in unincorporated Jefferson County. The station is operated as part of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) television network.
WCES-TV serves Augusta and the surrounding east-central Georgia and west-central South Carolina area, along the Savannah River valley (also known locally as the "Georgia-Lina" region).
History
WCES-TV channel 20 began on September 12, 1966 on the National Educational Television (NET) network as the sixth educational station in Georgia and the fifth station of the statewide network. On October 5, 1970, it and all nine of Georgia's NET member stations became part of the new PBS network. Its digital television signal on channel 2 started in 2003.
The station chose to keep its digital signal on channel 2 in the first-round digital channel election, but requested channel 6 in the third round. This is because low VHF (band I) has a lot of RF noise, which is worst on the lowest channels.
The radio tower was built in 1966.[1]
Digital programming
Translators
Both translators are, or were, located near the state's border with South Carolina, in areas where coverage from a full-powered GPB transmitter is insufficient. This is due to the distance from the main transmitters and the hilly terrain in northeast Georgia.
- W11DD-D Hartwell & Royston, replaced analog W22AC on 22
W60AEElberton, applied for digital on 10, deleted in 2007
W22AC was temporarily off-air for two months in early 2008, when GPB broadcast engineers had to borrow its TV transmitter to get WACS-TV back on-air. That station was destroyed by a tornado in March 2007, and had to begin broadcasting again within a year, or its license would have been automatically canceled by law.
See also
References
- ^ "ASR Registration Search: Registration 1018796". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 2006-06-28.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) fcc.gov. Retrieved March 6, 2018. - ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WCES
External links
- GPB website
- GPB stations map — includes WCES coverage area
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