WGTV

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WGTV

Athens–Atlanta, Georgia United States
City	Athens, Georgia
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Branding	GPB PBS
Programming
Network	Georgia Public Broadcasting
Affiliations	8.1: GPB/PBS 8.2: Create 8.3: GPB Knowledge 8.4: PBS Kids
Ownership
Owner	Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission)
Sister stations	WABW-TV, WACS-TV, WCES-TV, WJSP-TV, WMUM-TV, WNGH-TV, WVAN-TV, WXGA-TV
History
First air date	May 23, 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-05-23)
Former call signs	WPBS (March 2–22, 1984)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1960–2009) Digital: 12 (VHF, 2007–2009) 8 (VHF, 2009–2020)
Former affiliations	NET (1960–1970)
Call sign meaning	Georgia Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	23948
ERP	62 kW
HAAT	327.2 m (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°48′18″N 84°8′40″W / 33.80500°N 84.14444°W / 33.80500; -84.14444
Translator(s)	W23EV-D 23 Carrollton W28EW-D 28 Toccoa
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.gpb.org

WGTV (channel 8) is a PBS member television station licensed to Athens, Georgia, United States, a legacy of the station's early years as a service of the University of Georgia (UGA). Owned by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (technically under the Georgia Board of Regents, along with the University System of Georgia), it is the flagship station of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) television network, serving the Atlanta metropolitan area from a transmitter atop Stone Mountain just east of Atlanta.

WGTV has been part of GPB proper since January 1, 1982, after the state government ordered the consolidation of the two broadcasting entities. It was a separate entity owned by UGA for its first 22 years, though it supplied much of the non-instructional programming seen on the state's educational network.