WHYY-TV

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WHYY-TV / WDPB-TV
WHYY: Wilmington, Delaware / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WDPB: Seaford, Delaware
Branding	WHYY
Slogan	Know WHYY
Channels	WHYY: 12 (VHF) WDPB: 64 (UHF) analog, WHYY: 55 (UHF) WDPB: 44 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WHYY, Inc.
Founded	WHYY: September 2, 1957 (Began on Channel 35 in 1957 & Moved to Channel 12 in 1963) WDPB: December 4, 1981
Call letters meaning	WHYY: "Wider Horizons for You and Yours" WDPB: Delaware Public Broadcasting
Former affiliations	WHYY: Educational Independent (1957-1962) & NET (1962-1970) WDPB: none
Transmitter Power	WHYY: 309 kW/294 m (analog) 87 kW/259 m (digital) WDPB: 186 kW/195 m (analog) 98 kW/196 m (digital)
Website	www.whyy.org/

WHYY-TV is the PBS television member station broadcasting on channel 12 (DTV 55) and serves the Delaware Valley area, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Its offices are located in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, where the station is officially licensed. Both the TV and FM transmitters are located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia. WHYY also operates WDPB-TV in Seaford, Delaware, which transmits the programs shown on WHYY to southern Delaware. WDPB's transmitter is located in Seaford, and broadcasts on analog channel 64, digital 44.

From 1986 to 1992, WHYY's studios, which at the time were housed in the former Living History Center, was the home of Double Dare, and Finders Keepers, two Nickelodeon game shows, as well as the syndicated Bill Cosby hosted version of You Bet Your Life. Prior to that, the station, at 46th and Market Streets in Philadelphia, was the home of American Bandstand.

The station was first on channel 35 (now WYBE) between 1957 and 1963. On September 12, 1963, WHYY moved to channel 12, though channel 35 remained on the air as its secondary channel, WUHY, which closed in the late-1960s.

WHYY-TV presents four regular TV series for PBS stations: PBS's Hometime, and the syndicated Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, Christina Cooks and Flavors of America with Chef Jim Coleman with MoneyTrack beginning in April 2005. These shows are produced by independent companies for WHYY. The station has also developed several TV specials, such as The Great Comet Crash and Trading Women.

WHYY-TV only produces four original programs: the local news show Delaware Tonight, broadcast from its Wilmington studios; Radio Times on TV, a weekly version of its daily talk show with host Marty Moss-Coane; Experience shorts, about Philadelphia's cultural community; and Flicks, a three-minute movie review by film critic Patrick Stoner. The shorter version of Flicks, Quick Pics, is also shown on many PBS stations around the country. WHYY was also one of the first PBS affiliates to air Doctor Who.

[edit] Digital Television

WHYY currently broadcasts three digital channels:

WHYY Digital HD 12.1 (Comcast 240) The digital simulcast of WHYY's analog TV12 programming is on air every weekday until 8 p.m. Each weeknight from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., tune in for local and national programs in vivid high definition and with crisp surround sound audio, including Nature, NOVA, History Detectives and American Experience.

Y Arts 12.2 (Comcast 241) This 24/7 mix of the highest-quality local, national and global arts and culture programming includes familiar favorites such as Great Performances, Mystery! and American Masters and original WHYY productions like Thomas Eakins: Scenes From Modern Life, Mural and Backstage at the Pennsylvania Ballet. Among the exciting new local offerings on Y Arts are Radio Times Arts & Culture — a weekly series of Marty Moss-Coane's interviews with key players in the cultural community — and University of the Arts Student Showcase.

WHYY Wider Horizons 12.3 (Comcast 242) Broadcasting Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., this stimulating lineup of programming meets the interests of people age 50+ with today's best news and public affairs programs — including BBC World News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, WHYY Delaware Night and Charlie Rose — and a variety of cooking, gardening and travel series. Not to be missed are WHYY's enlightening Civic Space discussions and the live broadcasts of 91FM's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane and Voices in the Family with Dr. Dan Gottlieb.

[edit] See also

WHYY-FM

[edit] External links

• WHYY website
• WHYY on PBS
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHYY
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WDPB
• Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia