WGBY-TV

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WGBY-TV

Springfield–Holyoke, Massachusetts United States
City	Springfield, Massachusetts
Channels	Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 57
Branding	New England Public Media
Programming
Affiliations	57.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
Operator	New England Public Media via program service agreement
Sister stations	Radio: WFCR
History
First air date	September 26, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-09-26)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 57 (UHF, 1971–2008) Digital: 58 (UHF, 2000–2009), 22 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Call sign meaning	Great Blue Yonder (referring to WGBH's transmitter and distance from mother station; all WGBH television stations include these two letters)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72096
ERP	63 kW
HAAT	303.2 m (995 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°14′29.5″N 72°38′54.1″W / 42.241528°N 72.648361°W / 42.241528; -72.648361
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	nepm.org

WGBY-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, it is a sister station to that organization's flagship and namesake, WGBH-TV, channel 2 (however, it brands as a separate, locally focused PBS outlet); New England Public Media, which also controls Amherst-licensed NPR member WFCR (88.5 FM), operates WGBY-TV under a program service agreement. WGBY-TV provides programming to much of western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut, with studios based in the Irene Mennen Hunter Public Media Center on Hampden Street alongside I-91 in downtown Springfield (named for the heiress to the Mennen personal care fortune and former WGBY-TV board member). Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mount Tom in Holyoke with the area's commercial television stations. WGBY-TV is also available on Comcast Xfinity channel 2 in Windham County, Vermont (alongside Vermont Public).