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1967–1971 1971–1975 1975–1981 1981–1987 1987–1997
1967–1971 1971–1975 1975–1981 1981–1987 1987–1997
1997–2000 2000–2005 2005–2007 2007–2019 2019–present
1997–2000 2000–2005 2005–2007 2007–2019 2019–present

1967–1971[]

WBRA 1967
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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.

1971–1975[]

WBRA 1971
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1975–1981[]

WBRA 1979
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1981–1987[]

WBRA '81
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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.

1987–1997[]

Blue Ridge Public TV
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1997–2000[]

Wbra 1998
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2000–2005[]

Blue Ridge Public Television WBRA Logo

2005–2007[]

BRPublicTV
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2007–2019[]

Blue Ridge PBS logo
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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[]

BlueridgePBS

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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