WCES-TV
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WCES-TV channel 20 (DTV 2) is a part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting network, and was Georgia's sixth non-commercial educational TV station. It serves Augusta, Georgia and the surrounding east-central Georgia and west-central South Carolina area, along the Savannah River valley (also known locally as the "Georgia-Lina" region).
The transmitter and radio antenna are located southwest of Augusta in Wrens, Georgia, its city of license, From there, its signal travels in roughly a 50-mile (80km) radius from the transmitter site, though a directional antenna (possibly a three-panel antenna) gives the station a somewhat triangularly-lobed radiation pattern.[1]
The station chose to keep its digital on channel 2 in the first-round digital channel election, but has requested (but not yet been granted) channel 6 in the third round. This is because the low VHF (band I) has a lot of RF noise, which is worst on the lowest channels.
The radio tower is a 446.7-meter-high guyed mast, located at 33°15'34"N and 82°17'8"W. It was built in 1966.[2]
Translators
Both translators are located near the state's border with South Carolina, in areas where coverage from a full-powered GPB transmitter is insufficient, due to the distance from the main transmitters and the hilly terrain in northeast Georgia.
History
WCES-TV began on September 12, 1966. Its digital signal on channel 2 started in 2003.
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