WVPT

WVPT

Satellite of WCVE-TV, Richmond, Virginia
Staunton−Harrisonburg, Virginia United States
City	Staunton, Virginia
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF)[1] Virtual: 51
Branding	VPM PBS
Programming
Affiliations	51.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	VPM Media Corporation
History
First air date	September 9, 1968 (56 years ago) (1968-09-09)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 51 (UHF, 1968–2009) Digital: 11 (VHF, 2001–2020), 12 (VHF, 2020–2023)
Former affiliations	NET (1968–1970)
Call sign meaning	Western Virginia Public Television
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60111
ERP	DTS1: 195 kW DTS2: 15 kW DTS3: 0.1 kW [1]
HAAT	DTS1: 689 m (2,260 ft) DTS2: 333 m (1,093 ft) DTS3: 584 m (1,916 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	DTS1: 38°9′54.4″N 79°18′50.1″W / 38.165111°N 79.313917°W / 38.165111; -79.313917 DTS2: 37°59′0″N 78°29′1″W / 37.98333°N 78.48361°W / 37.98333; -78.48361 DTS3: 38°36′3.9″N 78°37′56.8″W / 38.601083°N 78.632444°W / 38.601083; -78.632444
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	vpm.org

WVPT (channel 51) is a PBS member television station in Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. It is a full-time satellite of Richmond-licensed WCVE-TV (channel 23) which is owned by the VPM Media Corporation. WVPT's offices are located in Harrisonburg near the campus of James Madison University, while its transmitters are located atop Elliott Knob west of Staunton, on Carters Mountain south of Charlottesville, and on Massanutten Mountain near New Market. Master control and most internal operations are based at WCVE-TV's studios at 23 Sesame Street in Bon Air, a suburb of Richmond.

WVPT operates a second station, WVPY, licensed to New Market. WVPY was formerly a full-time satellite of WVPT which served Winchester and the upper Shenandoah Valley. Through a channel-sharing agreement, it now broadcasts from WVPT's transmitter as a satellite of Richmond's WCVW, using virtual channel 51.2.