PBS programming returning to local airwaves Nov. 1, transmitting from North Escambia

PBS programming is returning to Northwest Florida airwaves on Nov. 1, broadcasting directly from a transmission tower located in North Escambia.

The service will broadcast over the air via WPAN television, which operates its broadcast tower on Barrineau Park School Road in Barrineau Park, just west of Molino. WPAN is licensed to Fort Walton Beach.

Viewers across Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties in Florida, as well as Baldwin County, Alabama, will be able to access main network programming over the air on channel 53.1, along with dedicated PBS KIDS content on digital subchannel 53.2.

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