''The Marion Education Channel'' or ''MEC'' is an

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operated by the Marion County public school system in

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. It is currently carried on area Cable systems and was formerly transmitted over-the-air on

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7. ''MEC'''s programming consists of

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programs and

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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''.

Former translators

''The Marion Education Channel'' formerly operated a translator station, which rebroadcast its signal to other parts of the broadcast market: Notes: * 1. Originally known only as W07BP, the station

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on its existing channel on February 1, 2009.Request for bids to upgrade W07BP to DTV
/ref> Shortly afterward, the station's callsign was slightly changed to "W07BP-D".

References

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