WGBH-TV
WGBH Guest Street studios (with "digital mural" LED screen) | |
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| Channels | |
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| Branding | GBH 2 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 2.1/44.1: PBS |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | May 2, 1955 |
Former channel numbers |
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| NET (1955–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | Great Blue Hill (original location of transmitter) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72099 |
| ERP | 34 kW |
| HAAT | 362.7 m (1,190.0 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°18′10.7″N 71°13′4.9″W / 42.302972°N 71.218028°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded GBH 2, is a PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's secondary PBS member WGBX-TV (channel 44) and Springfield, Massachusetts PBS member WGBY-TV (channel 57, operated by New England Public Media), Class A Biz TV affiliate WFXZ-CD (channel 24) and public radio stations WGBH (89.7 FM) and WCRB (99.5 FM) in the Boston area, and WCAI radio (and satellites WZAI and WNAN) on Cape Cod.
WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV, and the WGBH and WCRB radio stations share studios on Guest Street in northwest Boston's Brighton neighborhood; WGBH-TV's transmitter is located on Cabot Street (east of I-95/MA 128) in Needham, Massachusetts, on the former candelabra tower, which is shared with Fox affiliate WFXT and serves as a full power backup facility for sister station WGBX-TV as well as CBS owned-and-operated station (O&O) WBZ-TV, ABC affiliate WCVB-TV, NBC O&O WBTS-CD (which itself shares spectrum with WGBX), and independent station WSBK-TV.
WGBH is a prominent distributor and producer of national PBS programming, with some of its most notable programs having included American Experience, The French Chef, Frontline, Masterpiece, Nova, and The Victory Garden.