WMVT

WMVT (channel 36) is a secondary PBS member television station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned by Milwaukee Area Technical College alongside primary PBS member WMVS (channel 10). Collectively branded as Milwaukee PBS, the two stations share studios at the Continuing Education Center on the MATC campus on North 8th Street in downtown Milwaukee, and transmitter facilities on North Humboldt Boulevard in Milwaukee's Estabrook Park neighborhood.

WMVT
Channels
BrandingMilwaukee PBS 36
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WMVS
History
First air date
January 29, 1963 (1963-01-29)
Former call signs
  • WMVT (1963–1980)
  • WMVT-TV (6/27/1980–11/4/1980)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 36 (UHF, 1963–2009)
Call sign meaning
Milwaukee Vocational and Technical School
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID42665
ERP32 kW
HAAT357 m (1,171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°5′46.2″N 87°54′15″W
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.milwaukeepbs.org

WMVT and WMVS operate separately from the PBS Wisconsin state network owned by the University of Wisconsin Extension and serves the rest of the state; however, WMVT runs instructional television programs from PBS Wisconsin, and Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee PBS coordinate instructional television efforts for their broadcast area.

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