WPTD

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WPTD / WPTO
city =
station_
station_slogan = Imagine. Discover. Experience.
station_branding = Think^TV 16 Think^TV 14
analog =
WPTD: 16 (UHF)
WPTO: 14 (UHF)
digital =
WPTD: 58 (UHF)
WPTO: 28 (UHF)
affiliations = PBS
other_chs =
founded =
airdate = WPTD: March 8, 1972
WPTO: October 14, 1959
location = WPTD: Dayton, Ohio
WPTO: Oxford, Ohio
callsign_meaning = WPTD:
Public
Television
Dayton
WPTO:
Public
Television
Oxford
former_callsigns = WPTD:
WKTR-TV (1967-1971)WOET-TV (1972-1977)
WPTO:
WMUB-TV (1959-1977)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Greater Dayton Public Television, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = WPTD: none
WPTO:
NET (1959-1970)
effective_radiated_power = WPTD: 290 kW (digital)
WPTO: 400 kW (digital)
erp_temporary = WPTD:
1510 kW (analog)
290 kW (digital)
WPTO:
204 kW (analog)
400 kW (digital)
HAAT = WPTD:
350 m (analog)
320 m (digital)
WPTO:
91 m (analog)
268.4 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = WPTD: 25067
WPTO: 25065
coordinates = WPTD:
coord|39|43|16.3|N|84|14|59.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
WPTO:
coord|39|30|22.2|N|84|44|11.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WPTO (analog)
coord|39|7|19.2|N|84|32|51.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WPTO (digital)
homepage = [http://www.thinktv.org/ www.thinktv.org]

WPTD is a television station in Dayton, Ohio that is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service. It broadcasts in analog on Channel 16 and digitally on channel 58, and is relayed by W17AA in Celina, Ohio and W63AH in Maplewood, Ohio. The station is currently operated by Greater Dayton Public Television, a non-profit community group.

WPTD has a sister station, WPTO in Oxford. Oxford is in the Cincinnati market, and both stations cover Cincinnati to some extent. Both stations are available on Time Warner Cable throughout southwestern Ohio, though some systems may offer only one channel or the other, depending on their location.

The two stations are known on-air as the Think^TV Network. WPTD brands as Think^TV16, while WPTO brands as Think^TV14

History

WPTD began in 1972 as WOET-TV, operated by the Ohio Educational Broadcasting Network Commission (OEB). Prior to that, Channel 16 was occupied by an independent commercial station, WKTR-TV. That station was owned by Kitty Hawk Television Corporation and licensed to Kettering when it began broadcasting in April 1967. It went dark in 1970, but returned to the air briefly in 1971 before giving up its license to the Federal Communications Commission, which reallocated the frequency as non-commercial. WPTD's sister station, WPTO, began in 1959 as WMUB-TV, which was operated by Miami University. The stations joined forces in 1975 under the banner of University Regional Broadcasting, a consortium of Miami, Wright State and Central State universities. WMUB-TV was the primary station for a year until 1976, when WOET became the primary station. In 1977, the stations were transferred to a new community organization, Greater Dayton Public Television, and received their current callsigns. The stations rebranded themselves as the Think^TV Network in 1998, though the legal name remained Greater Dayton Public Television.

Digital television

The digital signals of WPTD and WPTO are both multiplexed:

WPTD-DT

WPTO-DT

External links

* [http://www.thinktv.org/ Think^TV]
*TVQ|WPTD
*TVQ|WPTO
*TVQ|W17AA
*TVQ|W63AH
*BIA|WPTD|TV|TV
*BIA|WPTO|TV|TV