WETA-TV

WETA-TV

Washington, D.C. United States
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 26
Branding	WETA PBS
Programming
Affiliations	26.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
Sister stations	WETA (FM)
History
First air date	October 2, 1961 (62 years ago) (1961-10-02)[1]
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 26 (UHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 27 (UHF, 1998–2019)
Former affiliations	NET (1961–1970)
Call sign meaning	Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
Technical information[2]
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 / 38.95028; -77.07944
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.weta.org/tv

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.