WTVS
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| Channels | |
| Branding | Detroit PBS |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Detroit Public Media |
| WRCJ-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 3, 1955 |
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| NET (1955–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | "Television for Southeast Michigan" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16817 |
| ERP | 345 kW |
| HAAT | 323 m (1,060 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°26′52.5″N 83°10′23.1″W / 42.447917°N 83.173083°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by Detroit Public Media. Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios on Clover Court in Wixom, with an additional studio at the Maccabees Building in Midtown Detroit. The station's transmitter is located at 8 Mile and Meyers Road in Oak Park (on a tower shared with independent station WMYD, channel 20, and CBS owned-and-operated station WWJ-TV, channel 62). Detroit Public Media partners with the Stanley and Judith Frankel Family Foundation in the management of classical and jazz music station WRCJ-FM (90.9).