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Overview
In the Boston, MA (Manchester, NH) TV market, WGBH-TV is the PBS station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts.
Tune to channel 2 to watch WGBH-TV. Its over-the-air signal uses RF channel 5; the virtual number 2 is what appears on the TV guide. WGBH-TV also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive. WGBH-TV operates on a shared channel with another licensee, an arrangement the FCC allows.
According to FCC records, the licensee is WGBH Educational Foundation. WGBH-TV has been on the air since 1955. The current call sign has been in place since January 1981.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. Schedules and local news are on its website, www.wgbh.org.
Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WGBH-TV
- Network
- PBS
- Virtual channel
- 2
- RF channel
- 5
- City of license
- Boston, Massachusetts
- TV market
- Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)
- Licensee
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- On the air since
- 1955
- Call sign since
- January 1981
- Studio address
- 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 72099
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wgbh.org
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Location
WGBH-TV at a glance
- Network
- PBS
- Channel
- 2 (RF 5)
- Licensed to
- Boston, MA
- TV market
- Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)
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