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  About Blue Ridge PBS 
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  • Blue Ridge PBS, founded in 1967, is the sole public multimedia enterprise serving 2.5 million individuals in portions of five states.
     
  • The station's 26,000 square-mile coverage area includes southwestern Virginia and bordering counties in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
     
  • As the region's storyteller, Blue Ridge PBS offers outstanding informational, educational and cultural programming, along with an award-winning local production team devoted to regional issues and interests.
     
  • Over 200,000 schoolchildren and their teachers benefit from the station's education services that provide a safe, trusted environment for innovative on-air and online learning. 
     
  •  Blue Ridge PBS is comprised of WBRA-TV/DT in Roanoke, WSBN-TV/DT in Norton, and WMSY-TV/DT in Marion, VA.
Blue Ridge PBS Coverage Area Map

Planning a visit to Blue Ridge PBS?  Below are directions to the WBRA studios in Roanoke at 1215 McNeil Drive.  For further information call 540.344.0991 or 888.332.7788.

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From Richmond:
    Interstate 64 West to Interstate 81 South

From the North:  (And Richmond Continued):
    Interstate 81 South to Interstate 581 South (Left exit off of I-81).
    Interstate 581 South the Colonial Avenue Exit.
    Left on Colonial Avenue and follow the signs to Virginia Western Community College.
    Right at stop light onto McNeil Drive.
    This is directly beside the Virginia Western Campus.
    Follow McNeil Drive to the end and enter parking lot. 

From the East (Lynchburg, etc.):
    US 460 west to Interstate 581 South at Roanoke Civic Center area.
    Interstate 581 South the Colonial Avenue Exit.
    Left on Colonial Avenue and follow the signs to Virginia Western Community College.
    Right at stop light onto McNeil Drive.
    This is directly beside the Virginia Western Campus.
    Follow McNeil Drive to the end and enter parking lot. 

From the West (Abingdon, Wytheville, etc.):
    Interstate 81 North to Interstate 581 South.
    Interstate 581 South the Colonial Avenue Exit.
    Left on Colonial Avenue and follow the signs to Virginia Western Community College.
    Right at stop light onto McNeil Drive.
    This is directly beside the Virginia Western Campus.
    Follow McNeil Drive to the end and enter parking lot. 

From the South (Martinsville, etc.):
    US 220 North to Wonju Street/Colonial Avenue exit.
    Left on Colonial Avenue and follow the signs to Virginia Western Community College.
    Right at stop light onto McNeil Drive.
    This is directly beside the Virginia Western Campus.
    Follow McNeil Drive to the end and enter parking lot. 

From the South (Floyd, etc.):
    US 221 North (becomes Brambleton Avenue).
    Pass Shenandoah Life Insurance building (on left).
    Right at stop light onto Overland Avenue.
    James Madison Middle School is visible on right.
    Right at stop light onto Colonial Avenue. 
    Right at stop light onto McNeil Drive.
    This is directly beside the Virginia Western Community College Campus.
    Follow McNeil Drive to the end and enter parking lot. 


Blue Ridge PBS
WBRA-TV 15 & WBRA-DT 3, Roanoke / WMSY-TV 52 & WMSY-DT 42, Marion / WSBN-TV 47 & WSBN-DT 32, Norton

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