WBGU-TV

WBGU-TV

Bowling Green, Ohio United States
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF) Virtual: 27
Branding	WBGU PBS
Programming
Affiliations	27.1: PBS 27.2: PBS Kids/Encore 27.3: Create
Ownership
Owner	Bowling Green State University
History
First air date	February 10, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-02-10) (intellectual unit) March 24, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-24) (current incarnation)[1]
Former call signs	WQOL (CP, 1971–1973)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 70 (UHF, 1964–1973), 57 (UHF, 1973–1986), 27 (UHF, 1986–2008) Digital: 56 (UHF, 2006–2010), 27 (UHF, 2010–2018)
Former affiliations	NET (1964–1970)
Call sign meaning	Bowling Green State University
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6568
ERP	137 kW
HAAT	320 m (1,050 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°8′12″N 83°54′24″W / 41.13667°N 83.90667°W / 41.13667; -83.90667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wbgu.org

WBGU-TV (channel 27) is a PBS member television station licensed to Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. Owned by Bowling Green State University, it is sister to radio station WBGU (88.1 FM). The two stations share studios at the Tucker Center for Telecommunications on the BGSU campus; WBGU-TV's transmitter is located near Belmore, Ohio. (While officially part of the BGSU campus, the Tucker Center is actually located two blocks south of Wooster Street, which marks much of the southern boundary of the campus.) Unlike the radio station, WBGU-TV is not primarily operated by students at the university; however, the station does offer many different student positions that allow students to gain experience.

WBGU is one of two PBS member stations in the Toledo television market, alongside WGTE-TV (channel 30) in Toledo proper. WBGU also serves as the de facto PBS member station for the Lima market, as that market does not have a PBS member station of its own.