WPBS-TV

WPBS-TV

Watertown, New York Ottawa, Ontario United States–Canada
Channels	Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 16
Branding	WPBS PBS
Programming
Affiliations	16.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	St. Lawrence Valley Educational TV Council, Inc.
History
First air date	August 20, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-08-20)[1]
Former call signs	WNPE-TV (1971–1998) WPBS-TV (1998–2009) WPBS-DT (2009–2020)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 16 (UHF, 1971–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2005–2019)
Call sign meaning	Public Broadcasting Service
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	62136
ERP	98 kW
HAAT	373.3 m (1,225 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°51′46″N 75°43′38″W / 43.86278°N 75.72722°W / 43.86278; -75.72722 (WPBS-TV)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wpbstv.org
Satellite station
WNPI-DT
Norwood, New York
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 18
Branding	see WPBS-TV infobox
Programming
Affiliations	18.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
History
First air date	September 5, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-09-05)[3]
Former call signs	WNPI-TV (1971−2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 18 (UHF, 1971–2009)
Technical information[4]
Facility ID	62137
ERP	40 kW
HAAT	241.63 m (793 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	44°29′29″N 74°51′26″W / 44.49139°N 74.85722°W / 44.49139; -74.85722 (WNPI-DT)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WPBS-TV (channel 16) is a PBS member television station in Watertown, New York, United States, owned by the St. Lawrence Valley Educational TV Council. The station's studios are located on Arsenal Street in Watertown, and its transmitter is located on St. Lawrence County Route 194 in Denmark, New York.

WNPI-DT (channel 18) in Norwood operates as a full-time satellite of WPBS; this station's transmitter is located in South Colton, New York. WNPI covers areas of northeastern New York that receive a marginal to non-existent signal from WPBS, although there is significant overlap between the two stations' contours otherwise. WNPI is a straight simulcast of WPBS; on-air references to WNPI are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Aside from the transmitter, WNPI does not maintain any physical presence locally in Norwood.

The two stations combined have significant viewership in much of eastern Ontario, Canada, including Ottawa and Kingston; their slogan "Your Two-Nation Station" reflects this Canadian audience.