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WGBH-TV

WGBH Guest Street studios (with "digital mural" LED screen)
Boston, Massachusetts United States
Channels	Digital: 5 (VHF), shared with WFXZ-CD Virtual: 2
Branding	GBH 2
Programming
Affiliations	2.1/44.1: PBS
Ownership
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
Sister stations	TV: WFXZ-CD WGBX-TV WGBY-TV Radio: WGBH (FM) WCAI · WZAI · WNAN WCRB
History
First air date	May 2, 1955 (1955-05-02)
Former channel numbers	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1955–2009) Digital: 19 (UHF, 2002–2019)
Former affiliations	NET (1955–1970)
Call sign meaning	Great Blue Hill (original location of transmitter)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72099
ERP	34 kW
HAAT	362.7 m (1,190.0 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′10.7″N 71°13′4.9″W / 42.302972°N 71.218028°W / 42.302972; -71.218028
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wgbh.org

WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded GBH 2, is a PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship property of the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns Boston's secondary PBS member WGBX-TV (channel 44) and Springfield, Massachusetts PBS member WGBY-TV (channel 57, operated by New England Public Media), Class A Biz TV affiliate WFXZ-CD (channel 24) and public radio stations WGBH (89.7 FM) and WCRB (99.5 FM) in the Boston area, and WCAI radio (and satellites WZAI and WNAN) on Cape Cod.

WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV, and the WGBH and WCRB radio stations share studios on Guest Street in northwest Boston's Brighton neighborhood; WGBH-TV's transmitter is located on Cabot Street (east of I-95/MA 128) in Needham, Massachusetts, on the former candelabra tower, which is shared with Fox affiliate WFXT and serves as a full power backup facility for sister station WGBX-TV as well as CBS owned-and-operated station (O&O) WBZ-TV, ABC affiliate WCVB-TV, NBC O&O WBTS-CD (which itself shares spectrum with WGBX), and independent station WSBK-TV.

WGBH is a prominent distributor and producer of national PBS programming, with some of its most notable programs having included American Experience, The French Chef, Frontline, Masterpiece, Nova, and The Victory Garden.