Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. American public television network This article is about the American broadcaster. For other uses, see PBS (disambiguation). "Public Broadcasting Service" redirects here. For other uses, see Public broadcasting service (disambiguation). Television channel Public Broadcasting Service ...
WETA (90.9 FM) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to serve Washington, D.C., broadcasting a classical music format. Its studios are located in Arlington, Virginia and its broadcast tower is located near Arlington at ( 38°53′30.0″N 77°7′54.0″W / 38.891667°N 77.131667°W / 38.891667; -77.131667
This is a list of member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service, a network of non-commercial educational television stations in the United States. The list is arranged alphabetically by state and based on the station's city of license and followed in parentheses by the designated market area when different from the city of license. There ...
WETA logo used from 1997 until 2022. In 1952, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated 242 channels for non-commercial use across the United States; channel 26 was allocated for use in Washington, D.C. [6] In 1953, the Greater Washington Educational Television Association (GWETA) was formed to file for a channel 26 construction permit, joining the D.C. Board of Education. [7]
Along with simulcast partner WWLB in Ettrick, Virginia, WBBT is branded as VPM Music, and is a sister station to the area's NPR news and information affiliate, 88.9 WCVE-FM. WBBT serves the northern part of the Richmond radio market , while WWLB serves the southern portion.
The Washington metropolitan area is currently the seventh-largest radio market in the United States. [1] While most stations originate within Washington, D.C. proper, this list includes also stations that originate from Northern Virginia and Annapolis, Maryland.
Arlington Independent Media (AIM) was founded in 1982, and has received funding from the Arlington County government to operate its public-access television channels since that time. It also provides studio space, equipment, and training for local residents interested in audio and video production.
America's Public Television Stations (APTS) is a non-profit membership organization established in 1979 when the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) board of directors commissioned the public television "system planning project" to consider the most appropriate organization of national service functions for public television for the 1980s. [1]