WBRA

WBRA-TV (physical 3, display channel 15) is the PBS-affiliated station for the Roanoke/Lynchburg television market licensed to Roanoke, VA. It is owned by Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc. and signed on for the first time on August !, 1967 as an afffiliate of the National Educational Television network (NET). It switched to it's current PBS affiliation in 1970 when NET became PBS. The station transmits from Poor mountain with an effective radiated power of 9,800 watts. It's transmitter is 614.3 meters above average terrain (1,195 meters above mean sea level, or 55 meters above ground level). The station previously had two full-power translators: WSBN (physical channel 32, display channel 47) in Norton, VA and WMSY (physical channel 42, display channel 52) in Marion, VA. Both of these stations were shut down in 2013 due to budget issues.