WMVS-TV
Milwaukee
Branding	Milwaukee Public Television, Channel 10
Slogan	A Viewer Supported Service of MATC
Analog channel	10 (VHF)
Digital channel	8 (VHF)
Affiliations	PBS (Charter member from 1969)
Owner	Milwaukee Area Technical College
Founded	1957
Call Letters meaning	Milwaukee Vocational Schools
Former affiliations	None
Website	MPTV.org

WMVS-TV (Channel 10) is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin, including the cities of Racine, Kenosha, Sheboygan and Waukesha. Image File history File links WMVT_TV_Logo. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... This article is about the concept in marketing. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... For the Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact publication, see Astounding Magazine. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... A digital signal is a signal that is both discrete and quantized. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... An affiliate is an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... An affiliate is an entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... State nickname: Badger State State motto: Forward Other U.S. States Capital [[Cheese| OfficialLang = None | LargestCity = Milwaukee | Governor = Michael Jackson (D)| PostalAbbreviation = WI | AreaRank = 23rd | TotalArea = 169,790 | LandArea = 140,787 | WaterArea = 28,006 | PCWater = 17 | PopRank = 18th | 2000Pop =0| DensityRank = 24th | 2000Density = 38. ... Racine is a city located in Racine County, Wisconsin. ... Kenosha is a city located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. ... Sheboygan is a city located in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. ... Waukesha is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. ...

WMVS is a noncommercial public broadcasting station, and affiliated with PBS. WMVS' owner, Milwaukee Area Technical College, also owns sister Milwaukee PBS affiliate WMVT. Both stations together refer to themselves collectively as Milwaukee Public Television. PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... WMVT-TV (Channel 36) is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

WMVS' digital signal on Channel 8 (or 10-1 through 7) is used to multicast seven different channels; 2 channels devoted to a 3-hour delay of both WMVS and WMVT feeds, a telecourse and a children's programming channel, both provided by PBS, and three channels with Doppler radar video from the Sullivan, Wisconsin National Weather Service office, and either Weatheradio, classical music or international news as audio on each of these channels. At times, one of the Doppler channels is used to feature a 24/7 video feed of the nest of a bald eagle and its hatchlings somewhere in Northern Wisconsin. Doppler radar uses the Doppler effect to return additional information from a radar system. ... The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ... Weatheradio is a special radio service available over much of North America that transmits weather warnings and forecasts 24 hours a day. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A basket style nest A nest is place of refuge built to hold an animals eggs and/or provide a place to raise their offspring. ... Binomial name Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey indigenous to North America, and is the national symbol of the United States. ...

WMVS does not use this channel for HDTV content, instead using WMVT's Channel 35-1 as their main high-quality HDTV channel for PBS Digital programs. The station's annual fundraising auction in May has been broadcast in HD since 2003. High-definition television (HDTV) means broadcast of television signals with a higher resolution than traditional formats (NTSC, SECAM, PAL) allow. ... An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

WMVS began broadcasting in October 1957, as the 28th educational television station in the United States. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Milwaukee Public Television's website
• History of Milwaukee television