NHPBS acquired W27CP in White River Junction, Vermont, from WMTW along with W26CQ; that station went dark on July 15, 2009 (while still owned by WMTW), due to having lost the lease on its tower site, and never returned to the air, leading the FCC to delete W27CP on September 14, 2011. Former stations In the summer of 1981, New Hampshire Public Television was suffering a significant financial crisis. These stations were turned off permanently as a result, concluding in 1982. Few viewers lost access to PBS programming as a result of these stations being shut down due to the high penetration of cable, which is all but essential for acceptable television in most of New Hampshire. WHED-TV was eventually replaced, in 1994, by a translator (originally W15BK, operating on WHED's former analog channel 15, and then, starting in 2007, low-power digital station W50DP-D). Cable and satellite availability NHPBS is available over the air in nearly 98 percent of New Hampshire, and is carried on nearly all cable systems in the state. Additionally, flagship station WENH is available on a limited set of cable television providers in parts of Maine (including Portland) and Vermont (including the Barre/Montpelier area). WENH is available on DirecTV and Dish Network's Boston feeds as well; Durham is part of the Boston market. WLED is carried on the Burlington–Plattsburgh Dish Network feed; Littleton is part of the Burlington–Plattsburgh market. It had been available on most cable systems in eastern Massachusetts (including Boston) for decades until October 2012. Although NHPBS has been available for decades on cable systems in southern Maine, it has yet to be added to the Portland DBS feeds because of W26CQ and W34DQ-D's low-power status. However, NHPBS is working to change the satellite regulations so it can be carried in the Portland market as well. It also has a long-term goal of building a full-power transmitter atop Mount Washington, which would improve reception in northern New Hampshire and the Upper Connecticut Valley, as well as presumably offer city-grade coverage of Portland. References (imaged from Internet Archive, as the site no longer carries dial pages) (another dial page for same website, so it's also down) (same as above, but with WEDB footnote and not one for WHED/W15BK) (DTV transition press release) External links UHF Morgue: WEDB, WHED Television stations in New Hampshire PBS member networks University of New Hampshire buildings Television channels and stations