needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . august 2013 west virginia public broadcasting statewide west virginia united states slogan telling west virginia s story channels analog see tables below digital see tables below affiliations pbs 1970 present npr 1973 present pri american public television owner west virginia educational broadcasting authority first air date 1969 ; 47 years ago 1969 call letters meaning see tables below former affiliations net 1969 1970 transmitter power see tables below height see tables below facility id see tables below transmitter coordinates see tables below licensing authority fcc public license information virginia public broadcasting profile virginia public broadcasting cdbs website official website west virginia public broadcasting wvpb is the public television and radio state network serving the state of west virginia . it is owned by the west virginia public broadcasting authority an agency of the west virginia state government that holds the licenses for all public broadcasting service pbs and national public radio npr member stations licensed in west virginia . it is headquartered in charleston with studios in morgantown and beckley . on january 1 2015 west virginia pbs and west virginia public radio merged their brands branding exclusively as west virginia public broadcasting across radio and television . 1 contents 1 television 1.1 tv stations 1.1.1 translators 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 radio 3.1 fm stations 3.1.1 translators 4 additional television translators 5 website and online services 6 references 7 external links television edit the first public television station in west virginia signed on july 14 1969 under the callsign wmul tv broadcasting from marshall university . in 1981 wmul tv changed its call letters to wpby tv ; 2 two years later the public station at west virginia university wwvu tv was renamed wnpb tv . 3 wpby tv and wnpb tv received their new call letters to underline that the operations were managed by the state educational broadcasting authority and not the university system . in 1992 the state completed a microwave link that permitted it to convert wnpb and the state s third pbs station wswp tv in beckley west virginia to become repeaters of wpby tv in huntington and form a state network . on january 5 2015 wpby tv changed its call letters to wvpb tv 2 as part of an effort to unify all of west virginia public broadcasting s services under a single brand ; the television network had previously been branded as west virginia pbs a name that was phased out starting on january 1 2015 . 4 the state network has a total of eight low powered repeaters serving other areas out of the range of the three full powered stations most notably wheeling and parkersburg . in the past the network showed some marshall university and west virginia university sports content but has abandoned this practice due to conference usa big 12 exclusivity agreements with commercial and cable outlets . the current local content consists of a daily recap of the state legislative session shows produced by the west virginia university medical school and student produced news from campus weekly products from marshall university and west virginia state university . it also broadcasts original documentaries on west virginia history and culture as well as live musical performances of mountain stage and the west virginia music hall of fame . tv stations edit station city of license other cities served channels first air date call letters meaning former callsigns erp kw haat m ft facility id transmitter coordinates wvpb tv huntington charleston 34 uhf psip 33 july 14 1969 west virginia public broadcasting wmul tv 1969 1981 wpby tv 1981 2015 60.1 378.3 m 1 241 ft 71657 38 29 41 n 82 12 3 w 38.49472 n 82.20083 w 38.49472 ; 82.20083 wvpb tv wswp tv grandview beckley bluefield 10 vhf psip 9 november 1 1970 southern west virginia public television 24 317.9 m 1 043 ft 71680 37 53 46 n 80 59 21 w 37.89611 n 80.98917 w 37.89611 ; 80.98917 wswp tv wnpb tv morgantown clarksburg weston fairmont 33 uhf psip 24 february 23 1969 northern west virginia public broadcasting wwvu tv 1969 1983 108 440 .7 m 1 446 ft 71676 39 41 45 n 79 45 45 w 39.69583 n 79.76250 w 39.69583 ; 79.76250 wnpb tv translators edit broadcast translator of wvpb tv station city of license channel erp kw haat m ft facility id transmitter coordinates w51eg d parkersburg 51 uhf 15 106 m 348 ft 167359 39 12 43 n 81 35 31 w 39.21194 n 81.59194 w 39.21194 ; 81.59194 w51eg d broadcast translators of wnpb tv station city of license channel erp kw haat m ft facility id transmitter coordinates w07dn d wardensville 7 vhf 0.3 511 m 1 677 ft 167352 39 8 38 n 78 26 9 w 39.14389 n 78.43583 w 39.14389 ; 78.43583 w07dn d w08ee d martinsburg 8 vhf 0.3 281 m 922 ft 167357 39 27 36 n 78 3 45 w 39.46000 n 78.06250 w 39.46000 ; 78.06250 w08ee d w09ct d mathias 9 vhf 0.24 198 m 650 ft 167353 38 49 15 n 78 53 56 w 38.82083 n 78.89889 w 38.82083 ; 78.89889 w09ct d w23dr d romney 23 uhf 15 267 m 876 ft 167358 39 18 34.5 n 78 43 1.3 w 39.309583 n 78.717028 w 39.309583 ; 78.717028 w23dr d w30co d wheeling 30 uhf 4.5 140 m 460 ft 167354 40 3 41 n 80 45 8 w 40.06139 n 80.75222 w 40.06139 ; 80.75222 w30co d w41dk d keyser 41 uhf 7 402 m 1 319 ft 167356 39 12 43 n 81 35 31 w 39.21194 n 81.59194 w 39.21194 ; 81.59194 w41dk d two translators that repeated wswp tv have not yet been converted to digital . which digital television edit digital channels edit all digital signals are multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 6 7 xx .1 1080i 16 9 wvpbs main wvpb programming pbs xx .2 480i 4 3 wvpbs .2 create analog to digital conversion edit west virginia public broadcasting s 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 8 wpby tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 33 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 34 . 9 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 33 . wswp tv shut down its analog signal over vhf channel 9 ; the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 53 which was among the high band uhf channels 52 69 that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition to vhf channel 10 . 10 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 9 . wnpb tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 24 ; the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 33 . 11 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 24 . radio edit trey kay and deborah george at the 69th annual peabody awards for the great textbook war broadcast on wvpb wvpb s state radio network includes eleven full powered stations and seven low powered translators all on the fm band . the state network carries programs from npr pri and other distributors as well as classical and folk music . wvpb produces original weekly programs including eclectopia a change of tune inside appalachia and sidetracks plus the nationally distributed mountain stage . the network was known as west virginia public radio until wvpb s 2015 transition to a single brand . 4 fm stations edit call sign frequency city of license facility id erp power w height m ft class transmitter coordinates fcc info wvds 89.5 fm petersburg 71659 10 000 321 .9 m 1 056 ft b 39 12 7 n 79 16 31 w 39.20194 n 79.27528 w 39.20194 ; 79.27528 wvds fcc wvbl 88.5 fm bluefield 173309 50 000 31.5 m 103 ft b 37 16 33.6 n 81 15 3.6 w 37.276000 n 81.251000 w 37.276000 ; 81.251000 wvbl fcc wvep 88.9 fm martinsburg 70643 3 600 473 m 1 552 ft b 39 8 38 n 78 26 9 w 39.14389 n 78.43583 w 39.14389 ; 78.43583 wvep fcc wvnp 89.9 fm wheeling 71658 25 000 152 m 499 ft b 40 12 58 n 80 33 31 w 40.21611 n 80.55861 w 40.21611 ; 80.55861 wvnp fcc wvby 91.7 fm beckley 71689 10 400 280 m 920 ft b 37 53 46 n 80 59 21 w 37.89611 n 80.98917 w 37.89611 ; 80.98917 wvby fcc wvpb 88.5 fm charleston 70604 44 000 134 .2 m 440 ft b 38 22 34.3 n 81 39 24 w 38.376194 n 81.65667 w 38.376194 ; 81.65667 wvpb fcc wvpg 90.3 fm parkersburg 70642 9 000 98 m 322 ft b1 39 12 44 n 81 35 30 w 39.21222 n 81.59167 w 39.21222 ; 81.59167 wvpg fcc wvpm 90.9 fm morgantown 70645 5 000 439 m 1 440 ft b 39 41 45 n 79 45 45 w 39.69583 n 79.76250 w 39.69583 ; 79.76250 wvpm fcc wvpw 88.9 fm buckhannon 71687 14 000 259 m 850 ft b 39 2 4 n 80 33 47 w 39.03444 n 80.56306 w 39.03444 ; 80.56306 wvpw fcc wvwv 89.9 fm huntington 71656 8 100 355 m 1 165 ft b 38 29 41 n 82 12 3 w 38.49472 n 82.20083 w 38.49472 ; 82.20083 wvwv fcc wvws 89.3 fm webster springs 176879 850 265 m 869 ft a 38 35 46.4 n 80 23 54.4 w 38.596222 n 80.398444 w 38.596222 ; 80.398444 wvws fcc wvkm 106.7 fm matewan 67039 4 300 229 m 751 ft c3 37 36 49.0 n 82 11 22.0 w 37.613611 n 82.189444 w 37.613611 ; 82.189444 wvkm fcc translators edit in addition to five low powered separate frequency translators two low powered boosters also extend coverage . boosters are licensed on the same frequency as the parent station but at a different location . they are given the same callsign as the parent station with a number added to differentiate the transmitter site . broadcast translators of wvpw call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w203ae 88.5 elkins 10 364 m 1 194 ft d fcc w297aa 107.3 clarksburg 95 146.4 m 480 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wvep call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info wvep fm1 88.9 charles town 210 63 m 207 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wvnp call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info wvnp fm1 89.9 wheeling 41 176 m 577 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wvpb call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w218at 91.5 union 17 387 m 1 270 ft d fcc w219bm 91.7 matewan 10 80 m 260 ft d fcc w220bk 91.9 logan 10 214 m 702 ft d fcc additional television translators edit in moorefield west virginia wnpb tv is rebroadcast on w22cv d. 12 13 w22cv d is not owned and operated by west virginia public broadcasting and is owned by valley tv cooperative inc. wnpb tv also is rebroadcast in hampshire west virginia on w41ao that is owned and operated by the west virginia