WIPB (channel 49) is a PBS member television station in Muncie, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Ball State University alongside NPR member station WBST (92.1 FM). The two stations share studios at the E. F. Ball Communication Building on the university's campus on North McKinley Avenue in northwestern Muncie; WIPB's transmitter is located on County Road 50 in rural southern Delaware County (south of Cowan).
History
UHF channel 49 in Central Indiana
The UHF channel 49 allocation in Central Indiana was originally occupied by WLBC-TV, which signed on the air on June 14, 1953, as a primary CBS affiliate with secondary affiliations with ABC, NBC and DuMont. The station was founded by Don Burton, owner of Muncie radio station WLBC (1340 AM, now WMUN). During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.[1]