PBS39 & DTV

Viewers who own digital television sets (not just a monitor, but a monitor coupled to a digital tuner and receiver) will be able to enjoy the full benefits of this new technology.

Viewers who have not yet purchased a digital TV set or set-top converter will still be able to receive WFWA’s analog channel 39 as they always have until the proposed analog transmission cutoff date, currently proposed by the United States Senate Commerce Committee to be February 17th, 2009.

If you want to know more about digital television click on the following links:

PBS and digital broadcasting:
click here to reach PBS' Digital Web Page

For basic Digital Television (DTV) facts:
http://www.dtv.gov

Federal Communications Commission:
http://www.fcc.gov/dtv

Association of Public Television Stations:
http://www.apts.org/PTVissues/digitalTV

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PBS39 not only broadcasts 24-hours each day on analog channel 39,
but also on four separate digital TV channels:
(click on any of the logos below to see our programming schedule)

PBS39 WFWA-DT

39-1 — PBS39 (Digital)

A simulcast of PBS39’s traditional analog broadcast.

 

KIDS39

39-2 — Kids39 (Digital)

24/7 award-winning educational public television children’s programming.

 

CREATE TV

39-3 — CREATE (Digital)

24/7 award-winning programs for do-it-yourselfers.

 

Annenberg Channel

39-4 - The Annenberg/CPB Channel (Digital)

A professional development distance education channel for teachers and educators.

 

PBS39'S DTV HISTORY:
On April 25th, 2003, PBS39 celebrated a major milestone: We met a critical FCC deadline and inaugurated the first regularly scheduled digital TV, or DTV, broadcast service to the Fort Wayne area.
Since then we have been able to add on to our digital broadcast capability, culminating in our becoming the first TV broadcaster in our service region to begin Standard-Definition TV (SDTV) Multicasting operations.

At PBS39, our mission is to bring you the very best that TV has to offer every day. PBS39’s Digital TV broadcasts, with clear picture and CD quality sound. More choices, more programming and our tradition of excellence.

With all of our partners, PBS39 is committed to utilizing this new technology to build and strengthen our community at large. We and our partners in progress have a vision - and are working toward this vision daily - to help the community we serve become stronger and more competitive in national and global arenas by supporting education for a lifetime.