Maryland Public Television
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| Maryland Public Television | |
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| Statewide Maryland | |
| Branding | Maryland Public Television |
| Channels | see article (all UHF) analog, see article (all UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Call letters meaning | see article |
| Former affiliations | NET (1969-1970) |
| Website | www.mpt.org |
Maryland Public Television or MPT is a state-wide network of PBS member stations serving Maryland, with studios located in Owings Mills and six high-power UHF transmitters across the state. MPT produces two weekly programs for distribution to other PBS members, such as Wall Street Week with Fortune, Coastal Cooking with John Sheilds, Baking with Julia, Barbeque University with Stephen Raichlen and more as well as purely local programs such as its weekly public affairs program, Direct Connection, and others such as Artworks, This Week, State Circle, and Outdoors Maryland.
The service began in 1969 as the Maryland Center For Public Broadcasting, which would be renamed Maryland Public Television in the early-1980s. Maryland Public Television and MPT are their on-air identities; they are owned by the state by the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission.
MPT has broadcast ranges from Southern Pennsylvannia to Washington D.C. The station showcases the best of programs from PBS as well as British comedies, music and arts programs. MPT is also a well known staple in the community offering community outreach and educational services. It was also one of the first PBS Stations to go to digital format.The station recently celebrated its 35th Anniversary in 2004. Attempts were made for MPT to have at least daily news broadcasts, an example was Newsnight Maryland, which started in the late 1990's, which starred Camilla Carr and Bob Althage. The program failed to gain an audience and by the early 2000's the show was dropped to show a new "public square" format, showing the BBC World News in Newsnight's old time slot.
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[edit] Productions
- Hodgepodge Lodge - a nature show for children hosted by Jean Worthley produced in the 1970s
- MotorWeek: automotive magazine
- Wall Street Week (with Fortune): financial information and advice
- Outdoors Maryland: wildlife show focusing on the Mid-Atlantic region
- National Geographic Spelling Bee
- A.M. Weather, a 15-minute morning weather program, mainly geared to aviation (since it was known as "Aviation Weather" from 1978-1985), it left the air in February 1995
[edit] Stations
| Station | Analog Channel | Digital Channel | City | Callsign Meaning |
| WMPT | 22 | 42 | Annapolis | Maryland Public Television (was WAPB (Annapolis Public Broadcasting) until 1984-07-04) |
| WMPB | 67 | 29 | Baltimore | Maryland Public Broadcasting |
| WCPB | 28 | 56 | Salisbury | Coastal Public Broadcasting |
| WFPT | 62 | 28 | Frederick | Frederick Public Television |
| WWPB | 31 | 44 | Hagerstown | Western Maryland Public Broadcasting |
| WGPT | 36 | 54 | Oakland | Garrett County Public Television |
[edit] Digital TV Logo gallery
 MPT-DT is the digital simulcast of its analog channel. |
 MPT-HD airs high definition programming. |
 MPT Kids & Family airs children's programming. |
 MPT Select airs prime time programming. |
 MPT Learner airs Annenberg/CPB programming. |
[edit] External links
- MPT homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMPT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WMPB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WCPB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFPT
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WWPB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WGPT
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WRC 4 (NBC) - WTTG 5 (Fox) - WJLA 7 (ABC) - WUSA 9 (CBS) - WAZT-CA 10/WAZC-LP 16/WAZF-CA 28/WAZW-CA 48 (TBN) - WFDC 14 (UNI) - W15AD 15/W17AL 17/W41AO 41/W48AA 48/W69AC 69 (PBS/WVPB) - WDCA 20 (MNTV) - WDDN-LP 23 (DS) - WHAG 25 (NBC) - WETA 26 (PBS) - WWPB 31/WFPT 62 (PBS/MPT) - WHUT 32 (PBS) - WVPY 42 (PBS) - WMDO-CA 47 (TFR) - WWTD 49 (Ind) - WDCW 50 (The CW) (The Tube on DT2) - WNVC 56 (Ind) - WIAV-LP 58 (AV/Ind) - WWPX 60/WPXW 66 (i) - WZDC-LP 64 (TEL) - WJAL 68 (Ind) |
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CN8 - News Channel 8 - TV 3 Winchester (ABC) |
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| Broadcast television in the Baltimore market (Nielsen DMA #24) | |||
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WMAR 2 (ABC) - WBAL 11 (NBC) - WJZ 13 (CBS) - WMJF 16 (Ind/MTV2) - WMPT 22 / WMPB 67 (PBS/MPB) - WUTB 24 (MNTV) - WBFF 45 (Fox) - WNUV 54 (The CW)(The Tube on DT2) |
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KDKA 2 (CBS) - WTAE 4 (ABC) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WQEX 16 (AS) - WPCW 19 (The CW) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WNPB 24 (PBS/WVPB) - WIIC 29 (MTV2) - WBYD 35 (Ind) - WGPT 36 (PBS/MPT) - WPCB 40 (CSTV) - WLLS 49 (A1) - WPGH 53 (Fox) - WBGN 59 (Ind) - W63AU 63 (Ind) - WPTG 69 (Ind) |
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| Broadcast television in the Salisbury / Dover market (Nielsen DMA #148) | |||
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WRAV 8 (AV/Ind) - W14CM 14 / W63DC 63 (TBN) - WBOC 16 (CBS) (FOX on DT2) - WCPB 28 (PBS/MPT) - WMDT 47 (ABC) - WRDE 59 (America One) - WDPB 64 (PBS) |
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WRC 4 (NBC) - WTTG 5 (FOX) - WCAU 10 (NBC) - WBAL 11 (NBC) - WJZ 13 (CBS) - WTXF 29 (FOX) |
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Balitmore market: WMPT 22 (Annapolis) - WMPB 67 (Baltimore) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, and Other stations in Maryland | |
