Maryland Public Television Station - Owings Mills MD
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Don.Morfe
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Maryland Public Television (MPT) is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member state network for the U.S. state of Maryland. It operates under the auspices of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission.
Waymark Code: WM14DNA
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2021
Views: 5
The station is currently (June 2021) being reconditioned.
From Wikipedia
"HISTORY
WMPB (licensed to Baltimore) first signed on in 1969 as the first station of the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting; it gained satellite stations in Salisbury, Hagerstown, and Annapolis between 1971 and 1975, resulting in a formation of a statewide public television network. The network adopted its current name in 1984. Maryland Instructional Television (Maryland ITV), a division of the State Department of Education, was also housed at the network until 1991. On July 4, 1987, WFPT (licensed to Frederick) signed on to fill coverage gaps in the outer Washington market, while WGPT in Oakland began operations to cover the extreme west of the state, much of which previously had no local television service at all.
About 1999, the network launched an afternoon Britcom programming block, Afternoon Tea, replacing children's programming. By 2009, MPT was airing kids' programming during the day on its MPT Select channel.
In September 2015, as part of budget cuts, MPT outsourced its master control operations to Public Media Management—a joint venture of Boston PBS member WGBH and Sony Corporation."
Address:
11767 Owings Mills Blvd.
Owings Mills, MD United States
21117
Website: [Web Link]
Programming:
Public Service and Educational Programming
Favorite Show/Personality: National Veterans Programs
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