Television
WPBY was the first public television station in West Virginia. It signed on July 14, 1969 under the callsign WMUL.
In 1980 WMUL and the public station at West Virginia University, WWVU (now WNPB) received new call letters to underline that the operations were managed by the state educational broadcasting authority, and not the university system.
In 1992 the state completed a microwave link that permitted it to convert WNPB and the state's third PBS station, WSWP in Beckley, West Virginia to become repeaters of WPBY and form a state network.
The state network has a total of eight low-powered repeaters serving other areas out of the range of the three full-powered stations, most notably Wheeling and Parkersburg. In the past the channel showed some Marshall University and West Virginia University sports content, but has abandoned this practice due to Conference USA/Big East exclusivity agreements with commercial and cable outlets.
The current local content consists of a daily recap of the state legislative session, half hour weekly shows produced by the State Bar and by the West Virginia University medical school, and student produced news from campus weekly products from Marshall University and West Virginia State University.
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