WCET (TV)

WCET
Channels
BrandingCET
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WPTD, WPTO (Think TV)
History
First air date
July 26, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-07-26)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 48 (UHF, 1954–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2006–2019)
NET (1954–1970)
Call sign meaning
"Cincinnati Educational Television"
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID65666
ERP274 kW
HAAT325 m (1,066 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°7′27″N 84°31′18″W / 39.12417°N 84.52167°W / 39.12417; -84.52167 (WCET)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.cetconnect.org

WCET (channel 48) is a PBS member television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by the Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation,[1][2] a subsidiary of Public Media Connect. WCET was the first licensed public television station in the United States.[4] Its studios are located in the Crosley Telecommunications Center on Central Parkway in Cincinnati, and its transmitter is located on Chickasaw Street in the CUF section of Cincinnati. Master control operations are based at the studios of sister PBS member station WPTD in Dayton.

  1. ^ a b "About CET". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010. CET's legal name is Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation
  2. ^ a b WCET, TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files, Federal Communications Commission
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ^ Watson-Rouslin 1978, p. 53.