Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) is the public radio and television broadcast network in the U.S. state of Georgia.
GPB operates all of the PBS and NPR stations in Georgia, except WPBA TV 30.1, WABE FM 90.1, and WCLK FM 91.9 in Atlanta, WFSL-FM in Thomasville (which relays WFSQ-FM from FSU radio in Tallahassee, Florida), and WTJB-FM in Columbus (which relays Troy University Public Radio from WTSU-FM in Troy, Alabama).
GPB began in 1960 when the ...
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Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) is the public radio and television broadcast network in the U.S. state of Georgia.
GPB operates all of the PBS and NPR stations in Georgia, except WPBA TV 30.1, WABE FM 90.1, and WCLK FM 91.9 in Atlanta, WFSL-FM in Thomasville (which relays WFSQ-FM from FSU radio in Tallahassee, Florida), and WTJB-FM in Columbus (which relays Troy University Public Radio from WTSU-FM in Troy, Alabama).
GPB began in 1960 when the University of Georgia began WGTV, Georgia's second public television station (after WETV, now WPBA). From 1960 to 1964, in a separate initiative, the Georgia Board of Education started up eight noncommercial educational TV stations across the state, aimed at in-school instruction. In 1965, the university and the board merged their efforts as Georgia Educational Television (GETV). It became Georgia Public Television (GPTV) in 1983, a year after the state legislature transferred authority for the stations to the Georgia Public Telecommunications...
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