Connecticut Public Broadcasting
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| Radio stations ( Public Broadcasting Act ) | |
| Program type | Information, culture, music |
| reception | terrestrial VHF stations and digital television as well as Internet live stream |
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Connecticut United States
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| Start of transmission | 1962 |
| Broadcaster | Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| executive Director | Jerry Franklin, CEO |
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The Connecticut Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network for the US state Connecticut . It operates the television stations WPBN and CPTV as well as the radio network WNPR . The studios and all other facilities are located in Hartford and New Haven .
The beginnings of public broadcasting in Connecticut go back to an educational television station that went on air in 1962 from the basement of Trinity College Library in Hartford. CPTV (Connecticut Public Television) broadcast from then on and merged with Connecticut Public Radio to form Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. in 1978 .