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Branding | WETA PBS |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association |
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History | |
First air date | October 2, 1961[1] |
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Call sign meaning | Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 65670 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 257 m (843 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°57′1″N 77°4′46″W / 38.95028°N 77.07944°W |
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Website | www |
WETA-TV (channel 26) is the primary PBS member television station in Washington, D.C. Owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, it is a sister station to NPR member WETA (90.9 FM). The two outlets share studios in nearby Arlington, Virginia;[3] WETA-TV's transmitter is located in the Tenleytown neighborhood in Northwest Washington.
Among the programs produced by WETA-TV that are distributed nationally by PBS are the PBS NewsHour, Washington Week,[4] and several cultural and documentary programs, such as the Ken Burns documentaries[5] and A Capitol Fourth.
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