WABE-TV

WABE-TV

Atlanta, Georgia United States
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 30
Branding	WABE
Programming
Affiliations	30.1: PBS 30.2: NHK World
Ownership
Owner	Atlanta Public Schools (Board of Education of the City of Atlanta)
Sister stations	WABE APS Cable Channel 22
History
First air date	February 17, 1958 (66 years ago) (1958-02-17)
Former call signs	WETV (1958–1984) WPBA (1984–2022)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 30 (UHF, 1958–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1958–1970)
Call sign meaning	"Atlanta Board of Education"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4190
ERP	105 kW
HAAT	265.2 m (870.1 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°45′32.4″N 84°20′7″W / 33.759000°N 84.33528°W / 33.759000; -84.33528 (WABE-TV transmitter)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wabe.org

WABE-TV (channel 30) is a secondary PBS member television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Owned by Atlanta Public Schools, it is a sister outlet to NPR member station WABE (90.1 FM) and local educational access cable service APS Cable Channel 22. The three outlets share studios on Bismark Road in the Morningside/Lenox Park section of Atlanta; WABE-TV's transmitter is located on New Street Northeast (south of DeKalb Avenue) in the city's Edgewood neighborhood.

WABE-TV was Georgia's first public television station, signing on as WETV in February 1958, and is the only one that is not part of Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). It has typically provided a programming mix more reflective of the city of Atlanta than the statewide service from GPB, though duplication between the two has been an issue at times in WABE-TV's history.