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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

GPB station outages in Macon and Waycross

Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) Radio and Television stations in Macon and Waycross will experience power outages in the next week as GPB installs new FM HD-Radio and DTV/HD antenna systems.

Beginning, Tuesday, February 5, tower crews will shut down WMUM TV Channel 29 and WMUM 89.7 FM as a safety precaution while new wiring is being installed.

Listeners and viewers of Waycross GPB Television station WXGA/Channel 8 and GPB Radio station WXVS 90.1 FM should also be aware of power outages that will occur while engineers complete tower and antenna work at this site in the next few days.

“We apologize for the inconvenience this causes our loyal listeners and viewers in Middle and South Georgia,” says GPB Executive Director Nancy Hall. “GPB is doing everything possible to minimize technical disruptions. GPB engineers and contractors are at the Macon and Waycross tower sites to perform significant upgrades that will help us better serve our audiences with enhanced technology and programming as we transition to digital broadcasting.”

For more information and construction updates, viewers and listeners can call GPB’s Member and Audience Services Department at 1.800.222.4788.

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Friday, January 4, 2008

GPB Radio/TV alert: Waycross station off-air upgrades

GPB Radio station WXVS FM 90.1 and WXGA TV 8 located on the GPB tall tower just west of Waycross, will be off the air for several days as GPB installs new FM HD-Radio and DTV/HD antenna systems.

GPB engineers have begun the digital upgrade work and are upgrading the tower, antennas and transmission lines.

"We apologize for the inconvenience this causes our loyal listeners and viewers in South Georgia," says GPB Executive Director Nancy Hall. "GPB is doing everything possible to minimize the down time. Tower engineers and contractors are on site performing a significant upgrade that will help us better serve our audiences with enhanced technology and programming."

For more information and construction updates, viewers and listeners can call GPB’s Member and Audience Services Department at 1.800.222.4788.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Georgia sports for Friday, December 14th

The Georgia high school football championship games are set for this weekend. There are two games this evening,with three slated for Saturday. Tonight at 7:30, Ware County hosts Northside-Warner Robins in 4A. That contest can be seen live on GPB-TV. The other game Friday night is in class 1A matches Emanuel County Institute and Wilcox County. For Saturday, the three games include the battle in 5A with North Gwinnett at Lowndes. This contest can also be seen on GPB-TV, 7:30 Saturday. Also for Saturday: The 3A title game features Carver-Columbus at Cairo. 2A has Buford home to Lovett.

11 former Atlanta Braves were among the dozens of major leaguers named in the Mitchell Report, detailing the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The ex-Braves' names include David Justice, Gary Sheffield and John Rocker.

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