WHYY-TV
PBS member station in Wilmington, Delaware / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WHYY-TV (channel 12) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, serving as the primary PBS member station for the Philadelphia area. It is owned by WHYY, Inc., alongside NPR member station WHYY-FM 90.9. WHYY-TV and WHYY-FM share studios and offices on Independence Mall in Center City, Philadelphia, with an additional office in Wilmington; through a channel sharing agreement with WMCN-TV (channel 44), the two stations transmit using WHYY-TV's spectrum from an antenna in Philadelphia's Roxborough section.
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City | Wilmington, Delaware |
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Branding | PBS WHYY |
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Owner | WHYY, Inc. |
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First air date | September 16, 1957 (66 years ago) (1957-09-16) |
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Call sign meaning | "Wider Horizons for You and Yours"[1] |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72338 |
ERP | 30 kW |
HAAT | 294 m (965 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°2′30.9″N 75°14′21.9″W |
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Website | www |
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WDPB | |
City | Seaford, Delaware |
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First air date | December 4, 1981 (42 years ago) (1981-12-04) |
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Call sign meaning | Delaware Public Broadcasting |
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Facility ID | 72335 |
ERP | 65.2 kW |
HAAT | 195 m (640 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°39′16″N 75°36′39″W |
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WHYY-TV is one of four PBS member stations serving the Philadelphia market, alongside Philadelphia-licensed WPPT (channel 35), Allentown-based WLVT-TV (channel 39), and NJ PBS (channels 23 and 52). In southern Delaware and on the Delmarva Peninsula, WHYY-TV is seen on WDPB (channel 64), a full-time rebroadcaster in Seaford, Delaware.
WHYY-TV was established in 1957 on channel 35 in Philadelphia as the first educational TV station in the city. Seeking to expand its coverage area, it successfully filed to use channel 12 in Wilmington, which was left vacant after the closing of a commercial station, and moved its primary programming there in 1963. It also opened a Wilmington studio and began producing Delaware-oriented public affairs programming.