WBRA-TV signed on August 1, 1967. In 1972, channel 15 launched a satellite station, WSVN-TV (channel 47) in Norton to serve the Tri-Cities market. It was originally an NET station before its conversion to PBS in 1972.
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Channel 15 received a new logo in 1981 after WMSY–TV (channel 52) in Marion signed on. On March 14, 1983, WSVN-TV was renamed to WSBN-TV which would allow then-NBC affiliate WCKT (channel 7, currently a Fox affiliate as WSVN) in Miami, Florida to change its callsign three months later.
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2007–2019[]
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In 2014, Blue Ridge PBS' Tri-Cities-area stations rebranded to Southwest Virginia Public Television. In 2017, the SWVAPT stations were shuttered.
2019–present[]
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In 2023, Blue Ridge PBS launched PBS Appalachia Virginia, the first PBS station without a over-the-air transmitter, becoming the first all-digital PBS station to do so.
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