wpbo portsmouth ohio united states branding wosu tv channels digital wosu 38 uhf wpbo 43 uhf virtual wosu 34 psip wpbo 42 psip subchannels 34.1 pbs 34.2 ohio channel 34.3 wosu plus translators w43cz d mansfield affiliations pbs 1970 present owner the ohio state university first air date wosu february 20 1956 ; 60 years ago 1956 02 20 wpbo october 1973 ; 43 years ago 1973 10 call letters meaning wosu ohio state university wpbo public broadcasting in southern ohio sister station s wosu wosu fm wosa former channel number s analog wosu 34 uhf 1956 2009 wpbo 42 uhf 1973 2009 former affiliations net 1956 1970 transmitter power wosu 503 kw wpbo 50 kw height wosu 291 m wpbo 382 m facility id wosu 66185 wpbo 66190 transmitter coordinates wosu 40 9 33 n 82 55 23 w 40.15917 n 82.92306 w 40.15917 ; 82.92306 wpbo 38 45 42 n 83 3 41 w 38.76167 n 83.06139 w 38.76167 ; 83.06139 wpbo licensing authority fcc public license information wpbo profile wpbo cdbs website www.wosu.org television wosu tv digital channel 38 virtual channel 34 is an american public television station located in columbus ohio affiliated with the public broadcasting service pbs and is a service of wosu public media . the station s signal covers most of central ohio . it is owned by ohio state university and operates full time satellite wpbo tv in portsmouth ohio . wpbo tv broadcasts on digital 43 serving extreme southern ohio and the western edge of the huntington charleston west virginia market area . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 repeaters 4 fundraising 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit ohio state first sought an educational license in 1950 for channel 12 . however the fcc turned down two requests for that allocation most likely due to concerns about interference with wkrc tv in cincinnati instead giving osu channel 34 . wosu tv first broadcast on february 20 1956 . in 1959 a grant from the ford foundation allowed the station to purchase the first video tape recorder in ohio . wosu tv began broadcasting in color in 1968 telecasting the football game between ohio state and michigan . the color telecast helped to popularize the uhf band in columbus an otherwise all vhf market at the time . in 1972 the station moved from its old studios at 2470 north star road in upper arlington to a new facility the fawcett center for tomorrow on the banks of the olentangy river near now on the campus of osu . wpbo tv began broadcasting as a full powered relay station in october 1973 . both stations began broadcasting in stereo in 1986 ; wosu tv was the first in columbus to do so . in september 2006 wosu opened a digital media center in partnership with the cosi columbus science museum ; the wosu cosi project is considered a national model for public broadcast partnerships . the production facility includes broadcast studios edit suites a conference suite offices the wosu medialab and digital exhibits . wosu raised 5.6 million to build and equip the all digital facility . the fawcett center continues to house wosu s primary radio complex business and administration offices and television master control . wosu also possesses an extensive archive of films and public programming video materials . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 34.1 1080i 16 9 wosu hd main wosu tv programming pbs 34.2 480i 4 3 wosu d1 the ohio channel 34.3 wosu d2 wosu plus analog to digital conversion edit wosu tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 34 on march 31 2009 . 2 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 38 3 using psip to display wosu tv s virtual channel as 34 on digital television receivers . repeaters edit in addition to wpbo the station has one repeater w43cz d in mansfield located within the cleveland dma . wosu tv was also previously repeated by w31aa in newark ohio which broadcast on a frequency previously used by wgsf tv ; the repeater signed on july 1 1976 the day after wgsf closed down . w31aa s license was canceled by the federal communications commission fcc on july 7 2009 ; the w31aa call sign was also deleted by the fcc from their database . fundraising edit throughout most of the 1980s and the 1990s wosu had three different titles for its triannual pledge drives festival held every march summer celebration held every july and explore 34 held every december . wosu also had its own televised auction special auction 34 later renamed to go auction around 2005 . it was usually held every tuesday saturday of the last week of april and the first week of may . usually the highest big board item sold was a honda motorcycle . see also edit wosu am wosu fm wosa references edit rabbitears tv query for wosu list of digital full power stations permanent dead link https web.archive.org web 20090203185440 http www.wosu.org television dtv external links edit wosu public media wosu tv broadcast schedule the ohio channel query the fcc s tv station database for wosu tv query the fcc s tv station database for wpbo query the fcc s tv station database for w43cz d biafn s media web database information on wosu tv biafn s media web database information on wpbo tv v t e the ohio state university campuses columbus main campus delaware center lima campus mansfield campus marion campus newark campus ohio agricultural research and development center agricultural technical institute presidents orton w. q. scott w. h. scott canfield thompson rightmire mcpherson bevis fawcett enarson jennings gee sisson kirwan jennings holbrook alutto gee alutto drake academics college of dentistry college of engineering john glenn school of public affairs college of medicine fisher college of business moritz college of law health sciences center for global health reading recovery ross mathematics program athletics bill davis stadium jerome schottenstein center ohio stadium ohio state university golf club osu ice rink osu baseball osu men s basketball osu women s basketball osu field hockey osu football osu men s ice hockey osu women s ice hockey osu men s lacrosse osu men s soccer st. john arena woody hayes athletic center facilities billy ireland cartoon library & museum blackwell inn drake performance and event center hilandar research library john a. prior health sciences library ohio state university airport ohio union orton hall south bass island light thompson library wexner center for the arts wexner medical center residential facilities 237 e. 17th avenue archer house baker hall east baker hall west barrett house blackburn house bradley hall buckeye village canfield hall drackett tower fechko house german house hanley house haverfiled house houck house jones tower lane avenue residence hall lincoln tower mack hall morrill tower morrison tower neil avenue neilwood gables norton house nosker house park stradley hall paterson hall pennsylvania place pomerene house scholars east scholars west siebert hall smith steeb hall taylor tower the residence on tenth worthington building media buckeye tv the lantern journal of law and policy for the information society journal of money credit and banking journal of number theory ohio state university press wosu fm wosu tv wpbo wosa wvsg research aeronautical & astronautical research laboratory the big ear buckeye bullet byrd polar and climate research center center for interdisciplinary law and policy studies center for survey research chadwick arboretum dnb extension for education and research edison welding institute james cancer hospital large binocular telescope mershon center for international security studies mobius project national cartoon museum newman projection olentangy river wetland research park richard m. ross heart hospital secrest arboretum stone laboratory traditions across the field brutus buckeye buckeye battle cry carmen ohio hang on sloopy illibuck maudine ormsby men s glee club mirror lake ohio state varsity o hall of fame script ohio osu athletic bands osu marching band um osu rivalry student life american folklore society anime punch block o buckeye leadership society old north columbus the oval activities & organizations sigma alpha sigma eta chi texnikoi engineering honorary the stadium scholarship program university district v t e television stations in central ohio including columbus reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television commercial stations wcmh tv 4.1 nbc 4.2 metv 4.3 ion wsyx 6.1 abc 6.2 mntv this 6.3 ant wbns tv 10.1 cbs 10.2 decades wdem cd 17.1 telemundo w23bz d 23.1 ind. bounce tv 23.2 aza wtte 28.1 fox 28.2 gettv 28.3 american sports network wcsn ld 32.1 movies 32.2 cozi 32.3 dalmar tv 32.4 afro 1 tv 32.5 guide us tv 32.6 biz tv 32.7 youtoo america 32.8 infomercials w44dc d 44 hsn wcpx lp 48 mexicanal wwho 53.1 cw 53.2 grit 53.3 comet non profit stations public 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