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Where You Belong!
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Statewide Vermont
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Vermont ETV, Inc
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('''VPT''') is a network of
Public Television Station s throughout the state of
Vermont , affiliated with
PBS . It has been operational since
October 16 ,
1967 . Until 1997, it was known as '''Vermont Educational Television,''' or '''Vermont ETV''' (which is still the network's corporate name).
VPT's studios and offices are in
Colchester , near Burlington.
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Vermont Public Television's broadcast signal reaches throughout Vermont and into bordering regions of
New York ,
New Hampshire ,
Massachusetts and southern
Quebec , including
Montreal .
On cable, VPT can be seen on
Comcast , Burlington channel 6 and Bennington channel 7, and
Charter Plattsburgh channel 3. On
Vidéotron , it can be seen on channel 59 in west Montreal, channel 6 in central and east Montreal, and channel 55 on ''Illico''
Digital Cable .
Some VPT-produced programs can also be seen on
WGBY-TV in
Springfield, Massachusetts .
Although VPT fund-raising events target primarily Vermont viewers, they also target VPT's large viewing audience in
Canada and accept
Canadian Dollar s. VPT's viewership lives primarily in rural areas or in towns and small cities. The only major urban area that its signal reaches is Montreal, Quebec, Canada. VPT's broadcasts do not reach New York's state capital of
Albany or the large viewer market of Manchester, New Hampshire.
VPT shares much of its most valuable market (Champlain Valley in Vermont and New York as well as the sothern Quebec and Montreal area) with
Plattsburgh ,
New York -based
WCFE . A significant percentage of VPT's members live in Canada and their donations are in
Canadian Dollar s. The fluctuations in the exchange rate between the Canadian and
American Dollar make budgeting difficult.
