WHUT-TV

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WHUT-TV
Washington, D.C.
Branding	Howard University Television
Channels	32 (UHF) analog, 33 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Howard University
Founded	September 29, 1980
Call letters meaning	Howard University Television
Former callsigns	WHMM-TV (1980-1998)
Transmitter Power	5000 kW/213 m (analog)
Website	www.howard.edu/tv/

WHUT-TV is a PBS member television station in the Washington, D.C. area. The station is owned and operated by Howard University, a historically black college. The studios are on the Howard University campus.

[edit] History

Channel 32 was founded on September 29, 1980 as WHMM. The station was the first African-American owned and operated public educational station in the United States. In 1998, the station changed its call letters to WHUT, standing for Howard University Television, the station's branding.

Since its founding, WHUT has won 11 Emmys and 8 Communications Excellence to Black Audiences Awards. Despite this success, budget cuts have forced the station to roll back programming hours in recent years. Also, it is not known whether the station will have the funding to start a digital broadcast, but if the funding becomes available, the digital broadcast will be on channel 33.

Today, WHUT airs a variety of standard PBS programming, as well as programs produced by Howard University, and international programs focusing on regions such as the Caribbean and Africa.

[edit] Trivia

An early construction permit showed that channel 32 was an extension of WETA-TV, channel 26; the station, which was known as WETX, may or may not have been on the air. [1]

[edit] External link

• WHUT-TV website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHUT