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New Hampshire Public Television 
statewide New Hampshire Branding NHPTV Slogan Engaging minds. Connecting Communities. Celebrating New Hampshire. Channels Digital: see table below Affiliations PBS (since 1970) Owner University System of New Hampshire First air date July 6, 1959 Call letters' meaning see table below Former affiliations NET (1959-1970) Transmitter power see table below Height see table below Facility ID see table below Transmitter coordinates see table below Website www.nhptv.org New Hampshire Public Television is a television company and public broadcasting state network in New Hampshire, licensed to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Established in 1959, its broadcast center is located on the University of New Hampshire campus in Durham, New Hampshire.
NHPTV is overseen by a 21-member board of directors, which is a governing board authorized by subcommittee the USNH Board of Trustees.
NHPTV is available over the air in nearly 75 percent of New Hampshire, and is available on cable television in parts of Massachusetts (including Boston), Maine (including Portland), and Vermont (including the Barre/Montpelier area). Flagship station WENH is available on DirecTV and Dish Network's Boston feeds as well; Durham is part of the Boston market.
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Programming
NHPTV's three signals are multiplexed.
Channel Video Aspect Programming xx.1 1080i 16:9 Main NHPTV programming / PBS xx.2 480i 4:3 SD simulcast of xx.1 xx.3 NHPTV Explore (educational, New England and local programming)
Because the state is split between the Boston, Portland, and Burlington/Plattsburgh markets, nearly all NHPTV viewers also receive another PBS station on cable or satellite (in some cases more than one). As a result, NHPTV has elected to differentiate its program schedule for the other PBS stations in the market. Generally, NHPTV's broadcast of PBS programs and series do not air on the same day and time as they do on Boston's WGBH-TV, MPBN, Vermont Public Television or WCFE-TV in Plattsburgh.NHPTV produced a number of local series, including:
- NH Outlook
- Windows to the Wild
- Granite State Challenge
- Wildlife Journal (co-produced with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department)
- New Hampshire Crossroads
Production of most local programs, except for "Wildlife Journal", was discontinued in June of 2011 because NHPTV lost all of its funding from the State Of New Hampshire, which accounted for 30% of the station's total Fiscal 2011 budget.
NHPTV produced live coverage of University of New Hampshire men's Hockey from the 1972/1973 season through the 2007/2008 season. However, in June 2008 NHPTV announced that it was unable to continue to broadcast the games due to budgetary considerations.
The cooking show Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito was formerly distributed by NHPTV and produced at the NHPTV studios in Durham.
In September 2011 NHPTV was said to be in preliminary discussions with WGBH-TV and public broadcasters in Maine and Vermont about sharing infrastructure and content.[1]
Stations
As of the DTV transition on February 17, 2009, the NHPTV stations are:
Station City of license Channels
TV / RFFirst air date Call letters’
meaningERP HAAT Facility ID Transmitter Coordinates WENH-TV Durham 11 (PSIP)
11 (VHF)July 6, 1959 Educational New Hampshire 30 kW 304.1 m 69237 43°10′33″N 71°12′29″W / 43.17583°N 71.20806°W WEKW-TV Keene 52 (PSIP)
49 (UHF)May 21, 1968 Educational Keene
Western New Hampshire43 kW 330 m 69271 43°2′0″N 72°22′4″W / 43.033333°N 72.36778°W WLED-TV Littleton 49 (PSIP)
48 (UHF)February 19681 Littleton EDucational 45 kW 388 m 69328 44°21′10″N 71°44′15″W / 44.35278°N 71.7375°W Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WLED signed on February 7, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on February 8.
Low-power stations
Station Channel City W26CQ1 26 (analog) Colebrook W34DQ-D2 26 (digital) Pittsburg W50DP-D3 50 (digital) Hanover Notes:
- 1. Successor to W18BO, which operated on analog channel 18 in Pittsburg. From 2005 until November 4, 2009, W26CQ was owned by Hearst Television and served as a translator for ABC affiliate WMTW.[2]
- 2. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers W34DQ-D to be the same station as the former W18BO. It went on the air on September 27, 2010 and is currently operated in addition to W26CQ.[3]
- 3. Formerly W15BK, which operated on analog channel 15 (it flash-cut to digital on September 4, 2007).
Both translators directly repeat WENH. Colebrook and Pittsburg are part of the Portland market, while Hanover is part of the Burlington/Plattsburgh market.
Although NHPTV has been available for decades on cable systems in southern Maine, it has yet to be added to the Portland DBS feeds because of W26CQ and W34DQ-D's low-power status. However, NHPTV is working to change the satellite regulations so it can be carried in the Portland market as well. It also has a long-term goal of building a full-power transmitter atop Mount Washington, which would presumably offer city-grade coverage of Portland.
In addition, NHPTV also acquired W27CP in White River Junction, Vermont from WMTW along with W26CQ;[4] that station went dark on July 15, 2009 (while still owned by WMTW) due to having lost the lease on its tower site[5] and never returned to the air, leading the FCC to delete W27CP on September 14, 2011.[6]
Former stations
In the summer of 1981, New Hampshire Public Television was suffering a significant financial crisis. These stations were turned off for good as a result.
Station City of license Channel Call letters’
meaningFacility ID Transmitter Coordinates WHED-TV Hanover 15 (UHF)1 Hanover EDucational 69303 43°42′32.1″N 72°9′14.7″W / 43.708917°N 72.154083°W WEDB-TV Berlin 40 (UHF) EDucational Berlin 69056 44°22′15.8″N 71°12′47.1″W / 44.371056°N 71.213083°W W59AB (low power) North Woodstock 59 (UHF) WHED-TV was eventually replaced, in 1994, by a translator (originally W15BK, operating on WHED's former analog channel 15, and then, starting in 2007, low-power digital station W50DP-D). Otherwise, the defunct stations were generally superseded by cable carriage of WENH/NHPTV.
Post-analog shutdown
NHPTV shut down all full-service analog transmissions on February 17, 2009:
- WENH, which used channel 57 for its pre-transition operations, moved its digital broadcasts back to its former analog channel 11;
- WEKW and WLED remained on their respective pre-transition channels (49 and 48).
Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for each NHPTV station corresponding to their previous analog channel numbers.
References
- ^ New Hampshire Public Television discussing collaboration with WGBH, Current.org, September 14, 2011
- ^ "Broadcasting of NHPTV Signal Expected to Switch From Channel 18 to Channel 26 on Nov. 4" (Press release). New Hampshire Public Television. October 29, 2009. http://www.nhptv.org/pressroom/release_detail.asp?hp_id=907. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- ^ "NHPTV Translator at Coleman State Park Now Provides NHPTV on Three Digital Channels" (Press release). New Hampshire Public Television. September 27, 2010. http://www.nhptv.org/pressroom/release_detail.asp?offset=30&hp_id=1066. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A CORPORATE LICENSEE OR PERMITTEE, OR FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OR PERMIT OF TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 18, 2009. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1317404&Service=TX&Form_id=345&Facility_id=130286. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 10, 2009. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1326192&Service=TX&Form_id=910&Facility_id=127773. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- ^ "Re: W27CP, White River Junction, VT". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=28210. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- "New Hampshire Public Television". Volunteer Action Centre. http://www.volunteersolutions.org/uwgs/org/218095.html. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
- "Southern New Hampshire TV Market". Archived from the original on August 2, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030802002637/http://www.bostonradio.org/radio/nh-tv.html. Retrieved September 22, 2005. (imaged from Internet Archive, as the site no longer carries dial pages)
- "Upper Valley TV Dial". Archived from the original on August 2, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030802004535/http://www.bostonradio.org/radio/uv-tv.html. Retrieved September 22, 2005. (another dial page for same website, so it's also down)
- "WHED-TV, Channel 15, Hanover, NH". RadioDXer.com/Peter Q George, Joseph Gallant. http://radiodxer.bravehost.com/WHED.html. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
- "WEDB-TV, Channel 40, Berlin, NH". RadioDXer.com/Peter Q George, Joseph Gallant. http://radiodxer.bravehost.com/WEDB.html. Retrieved September 22, 2005. (same as above, but with WEDB footnote and not one for WHED/W15BK)
- "NHPTV to Shut Down Full Power Analog...". NHPTV Press Release. http://www.nhptv.org/pressroom/release_detail.asp?hp_id=783. Retrieved February 20, 2009. (DTV transition press release)
External links
- NHPTV web site
- UHF Morgue: WEDB, WHED
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WENH-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WEKW-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WLED-TV
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W26CQ
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W27CP
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W34DQ-D
- Query the FCC's TV station database for W50DP-D
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WENH-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WEKW-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WLED-TV
Broadcast television in Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including Boston English stations Public television Spanish stations New Hampshire Local cable channels NECN • NESN • CSN New England • CatholicTV • Charter TV3 • Cheshire TV • Bridgewater Cable Access • EBCTV
Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television CKSH-TV (Radio-Canada, Sherbrooke, QC) • WSBE-TV (PBS, Providence)
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are italicizedAdjacent areas: Portland, Maine · Hartford/New Haven
Massachusetts television: Albany • Boston • Providence • Springfield
Vermont Broadcast television: Albany/Schenectady • Boston, MA • Burlington/PlattsburghBroadcast television in Vermont, including the Champlain Valley and upper Connecticut River areas Plattsburgh-Burlington
stationsWCAX (3.1 CBS, 3.2 "WCAXtra") • WPTZ (5.1 NBC, 5.2 This TV) • W16AL 16 (TBN) • WVNY (22.1 ABC) • WETK (33.1 PBS/VPT, 33.3 Create, 33.4 World) • WGMU-CA 39 (RTV) / WNMN (40.1 RTV, 40.2 ANT, 40.3 MNTV/Tuff TV, 40.4 A1, 40.5 AMGTV, 40.6 RSN) • WFFF (44.1 Fox, 44.2 The CW) • WCFE (57.1 PBS, 57.2 MHz, 57.3 World)Outlying areas WNNE (31.1 NBC; Hartford) • WLED (49.1 PBS / NHPTV; Littleton, NH) • WVBQ-LP (47 RSN; Newport-Charlestown, NH)
Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television Montréal: CBFT 2 (Radio-Canada) • CBMT 6 (CBC) • CFTM 10 (TVA) • CFCF 12 (CTV) • CIVM 17 (Télé-Québec) • CFJP 35 (V)
Sherbrooke/Estrie: CHLT 7 (TVA) • CKSH 9 (Radio-Canada) • CKMI-2 11 (Global) • CIVS 24 (Télé-Québec) • CFKS 30 (V)
Other areas: CJOH-8 8 (CTV, Cornwall ON) • WMUR 9 (ABC, Manchester, NH) • WPIX 11 (The CW, New York) • WNPI 18 (PBS, Norwood NY)Cable-only stations Defunct stations New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
Vermont Broadcast television: Albany/Schenectady • Boston, MA • Burlington/Plattsburgh
See Also: Portland, MEBroadcast television in Southern Maine, including Portland Local stations New Hampshire Cable channels Maine television: Bangor • Portland • Presque Isle
See also: Boston and Champlain Valley TVConnecticut Connecticut Public Television:
WEDW 49 (Bridgeport) - WEDH 24 (Hartford) - WEDY 65 (New Haven) - WEDN 53 (Norwich)Maine Maine Public Broadcasting Network:
WCBB 10 (Augusta) - WMEB-TV 12 (Bangor) - WMEA-TV 26 (Biddeford) - WMED-TV 13 (Calais) - WMEM-TV 10 (Presque Isle)Massachusetts WGBH-TV 2 / WGBX-TV 44 (Boston) - WGBY-TV 57 (Springfield)
New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Vermont Public Television:
WETK 33 (Burlington) - WVTB 20 (St. Johnsbury) - WVER 28 (Rutland) - WVTA 41 (Windsor)
Other:
W25BT 25 (Monkton)See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New EnglandCategories:- PBS member stations
- Television stations in New Hampshire
- PBS member networks
- University of New Hampshire buildings
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