slogan educate inform entertain and inspire channels digital see table below subchannels xx .1 pbs xx .2 pbs plus xx .3 create xx .4 world affiliations pbs 1970 present owner vermont etv inc. first air date october 16 1967 1967 10 16 call letters meaning see table below former affiliations net 1967 1970 transmitter power see table below height see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information pbs profile pbs cdbs website www.vermontpbs.org logo as vermont public television 1997 may 2014 vermont pbs vpbs is the pbs member network for the state of vermont . originally owned and operated by the university of vermont the network has been operating since october 16 1967 . eventually uvm sold off the station to vermont etv inc. a community based nonprofit group . until 1997 it was known as vermont educational television or vermont etv which is still the station s corporate name . between 1997 and may 2014 it was known as vermont public television or vpt . vpbs s studios and offices are in colchester near burlington . contents 1 vpbs stations 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 fundraising 4 broadcast area 5 see also 6 references 7 external links vpbs stations edit station city of license channels tv rf first air date call letters meaning erp haat facility id transmitter coordinates wetk burlington 33 psip 32 uhf october 16 1967 educational television 90 kw 830 m 69944 44 31 32 n 72 48 51 w 44.52556 n 72.81417 w 44.52556 ; 72.81417 wetk wver rutland 28 psip 9 vhf march 18 1968 vermont 15 kw 385 m 69946 43 39 31 n 73 6 25 w 43.65861 n 73.10694 w 43.65861 ; 73.10694 wver wvtb st. johnsbury 20 psip 18 uhf february 26 1968 vt postal abbreviation of vermont b for burke mtn . transmitter site 75 kw 590 m 69940 44 34 16 n 71 53 39 w 44.57111 n 71.89417 w 44.57111 ; 71.89417 wvtb wvta windsor 41 psip 24 uhf march 18 1968 vt postal abbreviation of vermont a for ascutney mtn . transmitter site 55.7 kw 692 m 69943 43 26 14.7 n 72 27 7.7 w 43.437417 n 72.452139 w 43.437417 ; 72.452139 wvta vpbs was also relayed on analog translators w36ax in manchester and w53as in bennington until those stations licenses were cancelled by the federal communications commission on december 28 2011 . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 2 3 4 xx .1 1080i 16 9 vpbs main vpbs programming pbs xx .2 vpbs pbs plus xx .3 480i 16 9 create create xx .4 world world analog to digital conversion edit vpbs stations shut down their analog signals on february 17 2009 the original date in which full power television stations in the united states were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate which was later pushed back to june 12 2009 . 5 6 7 each station s post transition digital allocations are as follows . all stations remained on its pre transition digital channels . through the use of psip digital television receivers map to its analog channel position as its virtual channel call sign analog channel digital channel psip virtual channel wetk 33 32 33 wver 28 9 28 wvtb 20 18 20 wvta 41 24 41 fundraising edit in terms of market and population size vermont pbs is the smallest pbs member in new england and one of the smallest in the entire pbs system . most of its viewership lives in canada principally in montreal a city which is ten times larger than the entire population of vpbs s american viewing area . this is a similar comparison with wpbs dt in watertown new york ; most of its audience lives near ottawa . it relies heavily on its canadian viewership for its survival ; most of the major stations in vermont have lessened their reliance on canadian revenue in recent years . vpbs not only takes its large canadian audience into account in its programming but it accepts canadian dollars for its fundraising efforts even though most of them are targeted toward vermont viewers . it also operates a separate fundraising arm for its canadian members the public television association of quebec . as is true of vermont s population as a whole most of vpbs s viewership lives primarily in rural areas or in towns and small cities . the only major urban area that its signal reaches is montreal . vpbs shares much of its most valuable market the champlain valley in vermont and new york as well as the southern quebec and montreal area with plattsburgh new york based wcfe tv . in the upper connecticut valley vpbs competes with new hampshire public television while in bennington and windham counties the only vermont counties not in the burlington plattsburgh television market vpbs also competes with wmht schenectady new york and wgby tv springfield massachusetts . broadcast area edit vermont pbs s four transmitters cover almost all of vermont and bordering regions of new york new hampshire massachusetts and southern quebec including montreal . on cable vpbs can be seen on comcast burlington channel 6 and bennington channel 7 burlington telecom channels 6 and 206 hd and charter plattsburgh channel 3 . on vid otron s cable systems in montreal it can be seen on channel 59 in west montreal channel 6 in central and east montreal and channel 55 on illico digital cable . wetk is also seen across nearly all of the state on the burlington plattsburgh directv and dish network feeds . some vpbs produced programs can also be seen on wgby tv in springfield massachusetts . see also edit vermont public radio separate ownership from vermont pbs references edit rabbitears tv query for wetk rabbitears tv query for wver rabbitears tv query for wvtb rabbitears tv query for wvta dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . vt. tv stations opt for early digital switch permanent dead link . joel banner baird burlington free press ; february 5 2009 tv stations say digital switch delay will be costly curt nickisch national public radio morning edition february 3 2009 external links edit vermont pbs web site tv hat trivial facts about southern qc upstate ny and vt stations query the fcc s tv station database for wetk query the fcc s tv station database for wver query the fcc s tv station database for wvta query the fcc s tv station database for wvtb query the fcc s tv station database for w36ax query the fcc s tv station database for w53as biafn s media web database information on wetk tv biafn s media web database information on wver tv biafn s media web database information on wvta tv biafn s media web database information on wvtb tv v t e broadcast television in northern and central vermont ; grafton and sullivan counties new hampshire ; and the champlain valley and upper connecticut river areas including burlington plattsburgh rutland barre montpelier littleton newport and st. johnsbury reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television plattsburgh burlington stations wcax tv 3.1 cbs 3.2 movies wptz 5.1 nbc 5.2 the cw 5.3 metv w16al analog unknown wvny 22.1 abc 22.2 laff 22.3 grit wetk 33.1 pbs vpbs 33.2 pbs plus 33.3 create 33.4 world wyci 40.1 retro tv wfff tv 44.1 fox 44.2 escape 44.3 bounce tv wcfe tv 57.1 pbs 57.2 mhz 57.3 world outlying areas wvma cd 17.1 ind. claremont nh wvtb wver wvta 20.1 28.1 41.1 pbs vpbs 20.2 28.2 41.2 pbs plus 20.3 28.3 41.3 create 20.4 28.4 41.4 world wycu ld 26.1 outside 26.2 tuff tv 26.3 retro tv 26.4 pbj ; 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