WVAN-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WVAN-TV
(satellite of WGTV,
Athens/Atlanta, Georgia)
city =
station_
station_slogan = Bringing You the Best
station_branding = GPB
analog = 9 (VHF)
digital = 13 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = September 1963 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says September 16, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says September 17.]
location = Savannah/Pembroke, Georgia
callsign_meaning = SaVANnah
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Georgia Public Broadcasting
licensee = Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
sister_stations = WSVH
former_affiliations = NET (1963-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
20 kW (digital)
HAAT = 320 m (analog)
293 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 23947
coordinates = coord|32|8|49.2|N|81|37|4.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.gpb.org/ www.gpb.org]

WVAN-TV channel 9 (DTV 13), part of the GPB network, serves Savannah, Georgia and the upper portions of the Georgia Atlantic Coast with public television programming from PBS and other sources. The transmitter is located in Pembroke; the station's signal travels in about a 45-mile radius from the transmitter site. Like most stations in the Savannah market, it also serves the extreme southern tip of South Carolina, including Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.

History

In September 1963, WVAN-TV channel 9 signed on and became the fourth educational station in the state of Georgia. In 2000 WVAN's digital signal on channel 13 was activated.

= Station ID = In Station IDs for GPB's television stations, each station has two cities -- the smaller community the station's licensed in (usually the transmitter location), and the larger city it serves. However, WVAN is actually licensed to Savannah. To conform to the pattern, WVAN's second city is Pembroke, where its transmitter is located. A similar situation exists for WJSP-TV, which is licensed to Columbus, Georgia with transmitter in Warm Springs.

External links

* [http://www.gpb.org/ GPB Website]
*TVQ|WVAN
*BIA|WVAN|TV|TV

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