GPB Television broadcasts PBS and GPB programming 24 hours per day on a network of nine full-power stations plus numerous low-power LPTV broadcast translator stations (especially in the state's mountainous northeastern counties). The Descriptive Video Service can be heard on the SAP channel when the current program offers it, and GPB Radio can be heard when it does not. It reaches nearly all of Georgia, plus parts of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. All stations are rebroadcasters, simulcasting at all times. GPB-produced programming includes Gardening in Georgia, Georgia Backroads, Georgia's Business, Georgia Outdoors, Georgia Traveler, and many more, such as annual coverage of the Georgia General Assembly when it is in legislative session early in the year.
GPB Knowledge is a digital subchannel (x.3), operating since September 2008 but officially launched on October 1. GPB Knowledge carries PBS World in prime time and GPB documentary and news programming (including BBC World News). It replaces GPB Education, which is still available to schools statewide on demand by Internet.
GPB Kids began in January 2009 on channel x.2, replacing the standard-definition feed (identical to analog) of GPB's main channel. In December 2008, it was only a static station identification for all nine stations (including the GPB/PBS Kids logo), and the electronic program guide for the channel continued to show GPB TV main-channel information.
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