Applicant Information

Ohio University
    Station WOUB-TV

application number: 01088
funds requested: $1,187,216
total project cost: $2,968,040
contact: Mr. Paul Witkowski
address: Ohio Univ. T-Com-Ctr
Athens, Ohio 45701
phone: (740) 593-4784
e-mail: tcom@ohiou.edu

A single-phase application project for the digital conversion of public television station WOUB, Athens, OH and its satellite repeater station WOUC, Cambridge, OH. The estimated total project cost is $2,968,040, with a 40% Federal request of $1,187,216. For both stations, the project would purchase a transmitter upgrade and a replacement digital STL. Station WOUB-TV would receive a tower upgrade. The two-station system would purchase varied master control equipment, most notably bug insertion units, a four-channel encoder, PSIP generation systems, an ATSC server, and satellite demods. The system would also receive diverse test and monitoring equipment. The two stations' signals reach a viewer audience estimated to exceed 1.4 million.

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