is a
PBS station licensed to the city of
Springfield, Massachusetts . It is a division of the
WGBH Educational Foundation, based in
Boston, Massachusetts , but has its own independent web presence, logo, and local programming. Its transmitter is located on the peak of Mt. Tom in
Holyoke, Massachusetts and provides programming to much of western
Massachusetts , northern
Connecticut , and southern
Vermont . It is assigned to
UHF TV channel 57, with an
ATSC digital transmitter operating from the same site on UHF channel 58.
The station was founded on
September 26 ,
1971 .
Their digital programming channels include WGBY Kids, Create, and World, which simulcast the WGBH channels of the same names (station identifications include both WGBY and WGBX 44, the carrier for these channels in eastern Massachusetts). In October 2006, WGBY became the first television station in New England to produce all of its local content in high definition (HD).
In addition to being owned by WGBH, WGBY is also loosely affiliated with
Vermont Public Television , and the three stations share a common member benefits package.
Unlike its Boston counterpart, WGBY does not operate an affiliated radio station; the area is instead served by
WFCR , an
NPR affiliate licensed to
Amherst .
