Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Marion County, Florida |
Headquarters | Ocala, Florida |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Marion County Public Schools |
Links | |
Website | https://www.marionschools.net/Page/22801 |
The Marion Education Channel or MEC is an Independent cable channel operated by the Marion County public school system in Ocala, Florida, United States. [1] It is currently carried on area Cable systems and was formerly transmitted over-the-air on VHF channel 7.
MEC's programming consists of educational television programs and documentaries covering various academic subjects. The channel also airs locally produced content including k12connect, Scholar of the Month, and the Marion Education Channel Game of the Week. [2]
The Marion Education Channel formerly operated a translator station, [3] which rebroadcast its signal to other parts of the broadcast market:
Station | City of license | Channels ( Digital) | Channels ( Virtual) | First air date | Last air date | Former callsigns | ERP (Digital) | HAAT (Digital) | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
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W07BP-D1 | Ocala | 7 ( VHF) | 7.1 ( PSIP) | April 4, 1983 | April 19, 2016 | W07BP (1983–2009) | 3 kW | 90 m (295 ft) | 66338 | 29°10′57″N 82°8′0″W / 29.18250°N 82.13333°W |
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