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WPBT virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 18) is a PBS member television station located in Miami, Florida, United States. The station is owned by the Community Television Foundation of South Florida. WPBT maintains studio facilities located on Northeast 20th Avenue in North Miami and its transmitter is located on Northwest 199th Street in Andover. In addition to serving the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market, the station also serves portions of the Treasure Coast region (within the West Palm Beach market) and is the only Miami area television station to serve the entire metropolis. ==History== The Community Television Foundation of South Florida was formed in November 1953. It immediately jumped into the bidding for Florida's first non-commercial educational television station. The only major competition came from the Dade County School Board. Ultimately, the Federal Communications Commission awarded licenses to both groups in a time-share arrangement. They signed on channel 2 as a shared operation on August 12, 1955, operating as a member station of National Educational Television. WPBT is the oldest public television station in the state of Florida and the affiliate of The National Educational Television Network (NET). Under the arrangement, the school board and the foundation alternated airtime on channel 2 airing their programming from separate studios. The school board would air five hours of educational programming during the day under the WTHS-TV call letters, while the foundation aired two hours of programming in the evenings under the WPBT calls.〔(1972 Broadcasting Yearbook TV Markets defined ) – The ''Broadcasting'' Guide to Spot Planning – ''Broadcasting''〕〔(Ruling of U.S. Court of Appeals, ''Tele-Media Corporation'' v. ''Federal Communications Commission" (1983) ) – appeal of FCC ruling of 1977〕 Gradually, Community Television Foundation expanded WPBT's broadcasting hours, especially after the school board signed on WSEC-TV (channel 17) as a secondary station. WPBT's broadcast day increased further after the formation of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1970. Finally, in 1979, WPBT took over channel 2 full-time, ending the split-station arrangement after the Dade County School Board relinquished its share of channel 2 and turned over the WTHS license to the Federal Communications Commission. The board moved WTHS' programming inventory to channel 17, which changed its calls to WLRN-TV. In 2010, WPBT rebranded as "2 HD" along with its children's program block ''KidVision''. On July 15, 2015, WPBT owner Community Television Foundation of South Florida, Inc. announced an agreement with the WXEL Public Broadcasting Corporation to merge the operations of both WPBT and fellow PBS member station WXEL-TV in West Palm Beach into a new entity, to be known as "South Florida PBS". The merger, which was formally filed with the FCC on July 16, would enable the two stations to pool resources and fundraising efforts to offer more program content. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WPBT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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