WBRA-TV is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member station for southwestern Virginia. It serves the Roanoke-Lynchburg market from studios in Roanoke. It formerly also broadcast to the Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia market.
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WBRA-TV signed on for the first time on August 1, 1967. It claims to be the first all-color educational station in the country. It was originally a member of National Educational Television (NET), before that organization was replaced by PBS in 1970.
In the 1980s, WBRA began identifying on-air as Blue Ridge Public Television, due of its location near the Blue Ridge Mountains. On February 19, 2007, it changed its on-air name to Blue Ridge PBS.
| TV stations in Commonwealth of Virginia |
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| WHRO, Hampton Roads/Norfolk WBRA, Roanoke |
| TV stations in Roanoke/Lynchburg, including the New River Valley, Southside, and surrounding areas |
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| WDBJ 7 (CBS) WSLS 10 (NBC) WSET 13 (ABC) WBRA 15 (PBS) WWCW 21 (CW) WZBJ 24 (MNTV) WFXR 27 (FOX) WPXR 38 (Ion) WMDV-LD 44 (IND) |
