WHYY-TV

WHYY-TV and WDPB

WHYY-TV: Wilmington, Delaware– Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WDPB: Seaford–Dover, Delaware United States
Channels for WHYY-TV	Digital: 13 (VHF), shared with WMCN-TV Virtual: 12
Channels for WDPB	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 64
Branding	PBS WHYY
Programming
Affiliations	12.1/64.1: PBS for others, see § Technical information
Ownership
Owner	WHYY, Inc.
Sister stations	WHYY-FM
History
First air date	WHYY-TV: September 16, 1957 (67 years ago) (1957-09-16) WDPB: December 4, 1981 (43 years ago) (1981-12-04)
Former channel numbers	WHYY-TV: Analog: 35 (UHF, 1957–1963),[a] 12 (VHF, 1963–2009) Digital: 55 (UHF, 1999–2009), 12 (VHF, 2009–2020) WDPB: Analog: 64 (UHF, 1981–2009) Digital: 44 (UHF, 2005–2019)
Former affiliations	WHYY-TV: NET (1957–1970)
Call sign meaning	WHYY-TV: "Wider Horizons for You and Yours"[1] WDPB: Delaware Public Broadcasting
Technical information[2][3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	WHYY-TV: 72338 WDPB: 72335
ERP	WHYY-TV: 30 kW WDPB: 65.2 kW
HAAT	WHYY-TV: 294 m (965 ft) WDPB: 195 m (640 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	WHYY-TV: 40°2′30.9″N 75°14′21.9″W / 40.041917°N 75.239417°W / 40.041917; -75.239417 WDPB: 38°39′16″N 75°36′39″W / 38.65444°N 75.61083°W / 38.65444; -75.61083 (WDPB)
Links
Public license information	WHYY-TV: Public file LMS WDPB: Public file LMS
Website	www.whyy.org

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 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.

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 (WNJS, channel 23, and WNJT, channel 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.

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