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New Hampshire Public Television
Statewide New Hampshire
Branding	NHPTV
Slogan	See the Difference
Channels	Analog: see article Digital: see article
Affiliations	PBS (since 1970)
Owner	University of New Hampshire
Founded	July 4, 1959
Call letters meaning	see article
Former affiliations	NET (1959-1970)
Website	www.nhptv.org

New Hampshire Public Television is a television company and public broadcasting mini-network in New Hampshire, licensed to the University of New Hampshire and is part of the Public Broadcasting Service network. Established in 1959, its head office is located in on the University of New Hampshire campus in Durham, New Hampshire.

NHPTV is overseen by a twelve-member board of governors, which is a subcommittee of the USNH Board of Trustees. However, through an agreement with UNH, the University has no editorial control over its programming.

Contents 1 Programming 2 Stations 2.1 Current 2.1.1 Low-power stations 2.2 Former stations 2.2.1 Low-power station 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Programming

Nearly all NHPTV viewers also receive another PBS station (in some cases more than one); most of New Hampshire is considered part of the Boston, Massachusetts television market and receives WGBH-TV on cable and satellite in addition to NHPTV. As a result, NHPTV has elected to maintain an "out of pattern" program schedule for most PBS national programs, so that they do not air on the same day and time as they do on WGBH, MPBN, or Vermont Public Television.

NHPTV produces a number of local series, including:

• NH Outlook
• New Hampshire Crossroads
• University of New Hampshire Hockey
• Wildlife Journal (co-produced with the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department)

The cooking show Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito was formerly distributed by NHPTV and produced at the NHPTV studios in Durham.

[edit] Stations

[edit] Current

Station	Analog Channel	Digital Channel	City	Callsign Meaning
WENH-TV	11	57	Durham	Educational New Hampshire
WLED-TV	49	48	Littleton	Littleton EDucational
WEKW-TV	52	49	Keene	Educational Keene and Western New Hampshire

[edit] Low-power stations

Station	Channel	City
W18BO	18	Pittsburg
W50DP-D1	50	Hanover

¹Formerly W15BK, which operated on analog channel 15 (it flash-cut to digital on September 4, 2007).

[edit] Former stations

In the summer of 1981, New Hampshire Public Television was suffering a significant financial crisis. These stations were turned off for good as a result:

Station	Channel	City	Callsign Meaning
WHED-TV	151	Hanover	Hanover EDucational
WEDB-TV	40	Berlin	EDucational Berlin

¹However, NHPTV subsequently returned to operating on this channel with low-power station W15BK from 1994 to 2007 (superseded by W50DP-D)

[edit] Low-power station

Station	Channel	City
W59AB	59	North Woodstock

With the exception of WHED, these stations have been superseded by cable, as local operators carry WENH and therefore NHPTV.

[edit] References

• New Hampshire Public Television. Volunteer Action Centre. Retrieved on August 4, 2005.
• Southern New Hampshire TV Market. Archives at BostonRadio.org. Retrieved on September 22, 2005. (imaged from Internet Archive, as the site no longer carries dial pages)
• Upper Valley TV Dial. Archives at BostonRadio.org. Retrieved on September 22, 2005. (another dial page for same website, so it's also down)
• WHED-TV, Channel 15, Hanover, NH. RadioDXer.com/Peter Q George, Joe Gallant. Retrieved on September 22, 2005.
• WEDB-TV, Channel 40, Berlin, NH. RadioDXer.com/Peter Q George, Joe Gallant. Retrieved on September 22, 2005. (same as above, but with WEDB footnote and not one for WHED/W15BK)

[edit] External links

• NHPTV web site
• UHF Morgue: WEDB, WHED
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WENH-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLED-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WEKW-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W18BO
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W50DP-D

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Concord / Keene / Manchester / Portsmouth (Southern New Hampshire) sub-market (Nielsen DMA #7: Boston)
Local television stations WMUR 9 (ABC) - WENH 11 / WEKW 52 (PBS / NHPTV) - WYCN-LP 13 (Ind) - WPXG 21 (ION) - WZMY 50 (MNTV) - WNEU 60 (TEL) Boston stations serving / available in Southern New Hampshire WGBH 2 (PBS) - WBZ 4 (CBS) - WHDH 7 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WFXT 25 (FOX) - WSBK 38 (Ind) - WLVI 56 (The CW) Defunct television stations WNHT 21 (Ind / CBS) - WXPO 50 (Ind) Local cable television channels CN8 - NECN - NESN - CSN New England - Cheshire TV - CKSH (SRC, Sherbrooke)
See also, Broadcast television in Boston, Champlain Valley, Portland and Quebec

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Burlington, Vermont - Plattsburgh, New York market (Nielsen DMA #92)

Local television stations WCAX 3 (CBS) - WPTZ 5 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - W16AL 16 (TBN) - WVNY 22 (ABC) - WWBI 27 (ION) - WBVT 30 / WGMU 39 (MNTV) - WETK 33 (PBS / VPT) - WFFF 44 (FOX, The CW on DT2) - WCFE 57 (PBS) Outlying Areas W18AE 18 (RSN / A1) - W27CP 27 (ABC) - WNNE 31 (NBC) - WCWF 40 (ION) - WVBQ-LP 47 (RSN) - WLED 49 (PBS / NHPTV) Montreal channels available in the Burlington / Plattsburgh area on cable CBFT 2 (SRC) - CBMT 6 (CBC) - CFCF 12 (CTV) Regional cable television channels NECN - NESN - YES - SNY - PSTV - VCAM

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Portland, Maine market  (Nielsen DMA #76)
Local television channels WCSH 6 (NBC) (WX+ on DT2) - WMTW 8 (ABC) (AccuWX TV on DT2) - WCBB 10 / WMEA 26 (PBS / MPBN) - WGME 13 (CBS) - WLLB-LP 15 (Daystar) - W18BO 18 (PBS / NHPTV) - WPFO 23 (FOX) - W27BL 27 (ABC) - WPME 35 (MNTV) - WPXT 51 (The CW) Cable television channels NECN - NESN - CSN New England - WENH (PBS, Durham) - TW9