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| City | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Channels | |
| Branding | New England Public Media |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Operator | New England Public Media via program service agreement |
| Radio: WFCR | |
| History | |
First air date | September 26, 1971 |
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Call sign meaning | Great Blue Yonder (referring to WGBH's transmitter and distance from mother station; all WGBH television stations include these two letters) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72096 |
| ERP | 63 kW |
| HAAT | 303.2 m (995 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°14′29.5″N 72°38′54.1″W / 42.241528°N 72.648361°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | nepm |
WGBY-TV (channel 57) is a PBS member television station in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Owned by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, it is a sister station to that organization's flagship and namesake, WGBH-TV, channel 2 (however, it brands as a separate, locally focused PBS outlet); New England Public Media, which also controls Amherst-licensed NPR member WFCR (88.5 FM), operates WGBY-TV under a program service agreement. WGBY-TV provides programming to much of western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut, with studios based in the Irene Mennen Hunter Public Media Center on Hampden Street alongside I-91 in downtown Springfield (named for the heiress to the Mennen personal care fortune and former WGBY-TV board member). Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mount Tom in Holyoke with the area's commercial television stations. WGBY-TV is also available on Comcast Xfinity channel 2 in Windham County, Vermont (alongside Vermont Public).
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGBY-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.