WXOB-LP

Not to be confused with WXOB-LP, the real life Religious Independent television station serving Richmond, Virginia.
WXOB-LP is a low-power PBS member station serving the Harrisburg, PA area. The station broadcasts on analog channel 1, and is currently owned by Gladwin Communications. It is one of a few privately-owned PBS member stations.
Despite being a low-power station, it is available on cable, satellite, and fiber-optics services throughout the state.
The station has a construction permit to broadcast a digital signal on channel 48, and will still broadcast in analog after the construction of this facility. The digital channel for WXOB will be a tremendously high frequency station, making WXOB's digital channel the 2nd VHF TV station in the world after WZJB.
The station broadcasts at 131 kW, and the digital channel is expected to broadcast at 300 GHz.
Due to the FCC-mandated LPTV analog shutdown, WXOB-LP shut down temporarily. Its digital channel will be on-the-air soon.
== History ==
Founded on August 30, 1990, the station was launched as W26CL, a repeater of WERR. In 1998, the call signs were changed to WBOX, the station serving as a repeater affiliate for The Box music channel, which was later replaced by MTV2 in 2000. In 2002, it was acquired by the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and ended its affiliation with MTV2. Once the university's takeover was complete, the call signs were reversed from WBOX to WXOB. The station began to offer PBS programming, as well as syndicated programs from American Public Television and other syndicators of programming for public television. On September 8, 2016, Gladwin Communications bought WXOB. This caused controversy in the broadcasting community, since the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology staff in charge of the station were off on vacation when the sale was made.
== Programming ==
WXOB broadcasts PBS programming as well as syndicated programming from American Public Television and other syndicators of programming for public television. PBS Kids programming is presented under the banner of "WXOB's Fun Club". It also airs the non-religious versions of The Reppies and Gilbert, being the last PBS station aside from UMA-TV to air them.
Category:Channel 1
Category:PBS member stations
Category:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1990
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Former The Box Affiliates
Category:Former MTV2 affiliates
Category:Privately-owned PBS member stations