virginia united states branding blue ridge pbs slogan your community resource for lifelong learning channels digital see chart subchannels xx .1 .2 pbs xx .3 pbs world affiliations pbs owner blue ridge public television inc. first air date august 1 1967 ; 49 years ago 1967 08 01 call letters meaning see table below former affiliations net 1967 1970 transmitter power see table below height see table below class see table below facility id see table below transmitter coordinates see table below licensing authority fcc public license information ridge pbs profile ridge pbs cdbs website www.blueridgepbs.org blue ridge pbs is the public broadcasting service pbs member station for southwestern virginia . it serves the roanoke lynchburg market from studios in roanoke . it formerly also broadcast to the tri cities tennessee virginia market . the primary station wbra tv channel 15 in roanoke signed on for the first time on august 1 1967 originally affiliated with the national educational television net before that organization was replaced by pbs in 1970 . over the years wbra established two satellite transmitters wsbn tv channel 47 in norton was activated in 1971 and wmsy tv channel 52 in marion began operations in 1981 . wsbn brought a city grade pbs signal to the tri cities for the first time ; it is carried on the tri cities directv and dish network feeds . in the 1980s wbra began identifying on air as blue ridge public television due of its location near the blue ridge mountains . on february 19 2007 it changed its on air name to blue ridge pbs though wbra tv remains the official call sign . in march 2013 blue ridge pbs announced that it would close both wsbn and wmsy by june 30 2013 leaving east tennessee pbs outlet wetp as the sole source of pbs programming in the tri cities . the move came as a result of budget cuts that followed the elimination of virginia s funding for public broadcasting stations in 2012 . however station president james baum told the roanoke times that there are no plans to tear down the transmitters leaving the possibility that wsbn and wmsy could return in the future . 1 contents 1 stations 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links stations edit station city of license channels tv dt first air date erp haat facility id transmitter coordinates wbra tv roanoke 15 psip 3 vhf august 1 1967 9.8 kw 618 m 5981 37 11 46 n 80 9 17 w 37.19611 n 80.15472 w 37.19611 ; 80.15472 wbra tv wsbn tv1 norton 47 psip 32 uhf march 30 1971 signed off march 24 2013 100 kw 591 m 5985 36 53 53 n 82 37 21 w 36.89806 n 82.62250 w 36.89806 ; 82.62250 wsbn tv wmsy tv marion 52 psip 42 uhf august 1 1981 signed off march 24 2013 100 kw 448 m 5982 36 54 7 n 81 32 32 w 36.90194 n 81.54222 w 36.90194 ; 81.54222 wmsy tv note 1 . wsbn tv used the callsign wsvn tv from its 1971 sign on to 1983 ; there is no connection between this station and the current wsvn channel 7 a fox affiliate in miami florida . digital television edit digital channels edit the digital signals of blue ridge pbs stations are multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 3 4 15.1 1080i 16 9 wbra hd main programming pbs only seen on wbra s signal 15.2 47.2 52.2 480i 4 3 swvaptv on wbra wmsy sd on wmsy and wsbn pbs encore swva ptv only programming on wsbn and wmsy 15.3 world pbs world only seen on wbra s signal analog to digital conversion edit blue ridge pbs stations shut down their analog signals on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital channel allocations post transition are as follows 5 wbra tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 15 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition vhf channel 3 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 15 . wsbn tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 47 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 32 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 47 . wmsy tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 52 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 42 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 52 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition . references edit berrier jr. ralph march 27 2013 . blue ridge pbs to go dark in far southwest virginia . the roanoke times . retrieved march 29 2013 . rabbitears tv query for wbra rabbitears tv query for wsbn rabbitears tv query for wmsy dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit blue ridge pbs roanoke lynchburg stations at rabbitears.info query the fcc s tv station database for wbra tv query the fcc s tv station database for wsbn tv query the fcc s tv station database for wmsy tv biafn s media web database information on wbra tv biafn s media web database information on wsbn tv biafn s media web database information on wmsy tv v t e broadcast television in the areas of roanoke and lynchburg virginia reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wdbj 7.1 cbs 7.2 mntv 7.3 decades wsls 10.1 nbc 10.2 gettv 10.3 metv wset 13.1 abc 13.2 asn 13.3 comet 13.4 rtv wbra 15.1 pbs hd 15.2 pbs 15.3 world wwcw 21.1 cw 21.2 fox 21.3 laff 21.4 grit wffp tv 24.1 cozi tv 24.2 h & i 24.3 hopenow.tv wfxr 27.1 fox 27.2 cw 27.3 bounce tv 27.4 escape wpxr 38.1 ion 38.2 qubo 38.3 life 38.4 ion shop 38.5 qvc over air wyat lp 40 this tv wlhg cd 43.1 & 43.2 religious wmdv ld 44.1 ind hd 44.2 ind sd 44.3 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