WCES-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WCES-TV
(satellite of WGTV,
Athens/Atlanta, Georgia)
city =
station_
station_slogan = Bringing You the Best
station_branding = GPB
analog = 20 (UHF)
digital = 2 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate = September 12, 1966
location = Wrens/Augusta, Georgia
callsign_meaning = Central-
East Georgia and
South Carolina
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Georgia Public Broadcasting
licensee = Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = NET (1966-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 4790 kW (analog)
30 kW (digital)
HAAT = 452 m (analog)
436 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 23937
coordinates = coord|33|15|32.9|N|82|17|7.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.gpb.org/ www.gpb.org]

WCES-TV channel 20 (DTV 2) is a part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting network, and was Georgia's sixth non-commercial educational TV station. It serves Augusta, Georgia 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).

The transmitter and radio antenna are located southwest of Augusta in Wrens, Georgia, its city of license, From there, its signal travels in roughly a 50-mile (80km) radius from the transmitter site, though a directional antenna (possibly a three-panel antenna) gives the station a somewhat triangularly-lobed radiation pattern. ^{[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=TV114929.html]}

The station chose to keep its digital on channel 2 in the first-round digital channel election, but has requested (but not yet been granted) channel 6 in the third round. This is because the low VHF (band I) has a lot of RF noise, which is worst on the lowest channels.

The radio tower is a 446.7-meter-high guyed mast, located at 33°15'34"N and 82°17'8"W. It was built in 1966. ^{[http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=121133]}

Translators

Both translators are located near the state's border with South Carolina, in areas where coverage from a full-powered GPB transmitter is insufficient, due to the distance from the main transmitters and the hilly terrain in northeast Georgia.

*W22AC Hartwell/Royston, applied for digital on 11
*W60AE Elberton, applied for digital on 10

History

WCES-TV began on September 12, 1966. Its digital signal on channel 2 started in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.gpb.org/ GPB Website]
*TVQ|WCES-TV
**TVQ|W22AC
**TVQ|W60AE
*BIA|WCES|TV|TV