WTVS

WTVS

Detroit, Michigan United States
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 56
Branding	Detroit PBS
Programming
Affiliations	56.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Detroit Public Media
Sister stations	WRCJ-FM
History
First air date	October 3, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-10-03)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 56 (UHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 43 (UHF, 2000–2020)
Former affiliations	NET (1955–1970)
Call sign meaning	"Television for Southeast Michigan"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16817
ERP	345 kW
HAAT	323 m (1,060 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°26′52.5″N 83°10′23.1″W / 42.447917°N 83.173083°W / 42.447917; -83.173083
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.detroitpbs.org

WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by Detroit Public Media. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios on Clover Court in Wixom,^[2] with an additional studio at the Maccabees Building in Midtown Detroit.^[3] The station's transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park (on a tower shared with independent station WMYD, channel 20, and CBS owned-and-operated station WWJ-TV, channel 62). Detroit Public Media partners with the Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation in the management of classical and jazz music station WRCJ-FM (90.9).