WTPB

WTPB, virtual and UHF digital channel 28, is a PBS member television station licensed to Texaville, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by the Texavillian Museum of Education.
==History==
===Roots as an independent station===
What is now known as WTPB traces back to July 21, 1967, when Kaiser Broadcasting created an independent station with the callsign, WTXK-TV (standing for "TeXaville Kaiser"). The station ran a general entertainment format, similar to most other Kaiser-owned television stations, plus newscasts at day, noon, and night.
In 1977, when Kaiser merged with Field Communications in Chicago, Illinois, WTXK-TV became part of Field's line of television stations at the time, joining its sister stations, WFLD in Chicago, and WKBS-TV in Philadelphia.
===As a WB station===
On January 11, 1995, WTXK-TV became a charter member of the fledgeling WB network at the time the network was introduced. However, the station still advertised itself as an independent, as the WB network only aired programming on Wednesdays and (starting in September) Sundays, and did not air a whole week's worth of programming until the late 1990s. Tribune assumed full control of the station in early 1993, thus making it an owned-and-operated station.
===Current reign as a PBS station===
On October 1, 1998, Tribune announced that they would sell WTXK. Concurrently, the station was donated to the Texavillian Museum of Education, which had no choice but to run it as a WB affiliate for a few months.
WTXK-TV's transition from the WB network to PBS began in January 1999, after the Museum of Education obtained control of the station. At midnight, on January 11, 1999, WTXK-TV dropped all references to The WB's schedule, and signed-off for the final time; instead, repeats of Hill Street Blues, Knight Rider, and Miami Vice filled tThe WB's primetime slots. Shortly afterward, the station's WB-era website became a farewell website, when Tribune employees replaced the entire website with a graphic of Looney Tunes characters saying farewell to WTXK-TV. A new website for its membership with PBS (www.wtpb.org) was created, which declared the new sign-on date for the station to be on February 1, 1999.
==Branding==
===Slogan history===
*1978-83 - In Texaville, the Choice is Yours, on Channel 28! (localized version of Field's slogan of the era)
==Sign-off history==
===Final sign-off (as a WB affiliate, January 1999)===
==Logo and ident history==
wtxklogo1967.png|Logo from 1967-1978, during the Kaiser ownership
WTXK 78 logo field.png|Logo from 1978-1983, under Field ownership.
wtxkid1978.jpg|Ident from 1978.
WTPB 99 logo.png|Logo used from 1999 to 200?.
==Videos==
WTPB program break (March 27, 2000 MOCK)|Program break, recorded on March 27, 2000, before Sesame Street.
Category:PBS member stations
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1967
Category:Texaville, Ohio
Category:Ohio
Category:Former WB network affiliates