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WHUT-TV
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| WHUT-TV | |
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| Washington, D.C. | |
| Branding | WHUT |
| Channels | Analog: 32 (UHF) Digital: 33 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Howard University |
| Founded | November 17, 1980 |
| Call letters meaning | W Howard University Television |
| Sister station(s) | WHUR-FM |
| Former callsigns | WHMM-TV (1980-1998) |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 100 kW (digital) |
| Height | 213 m (analog) 254 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 27772 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.whut.org |
WHUT-TV is a PBS member television station in the Washington, D.C. area. The station is owned and operated by Howard University, a historically black college. The studios are on the Howard University campus.
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Channel 32 was founded on September 29, 1980 as WHMM-TV. The station was the first African-American owned and operated public educational station in the United States. In 1998, the station changed its call letters to WHUT, standing for Howard University Television, the station's branding.
Since its founding, WHUT has won 11 Emmys and 8 Communications Excellence to Black Audiences Awards. Despite this success, budget cuts have forced the station to roll back programming hours in recent years. As of October 21, 2007 Channel 33 was on the air with a simulcast of the programming on Channel 32. By November 21, 2007 the station had corrected an earlier problem with the lack of PSIP data so that digital receivers could lock on to it. To date all digital programming has been in standard definition.
Today, WHUT airs a variety of standard PBS programming, as well as programs produced by Howard University, and international programs focusing on regions such as the Caribbean and Africa.
 WHUT logo from 2005. |
An early construction permit showed that channel 32 was an extension of WETA-TV, channel 26; the station, which was known as WETX, may or may not have been on the air. [1]
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Local television stations Local digital television channels Local cable television channels Stations serving Hagerstown, Maryland and surrounding area Stations serving Winchester, Virginia and surrounding area |
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WETA (Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association) - WHUT (Howard University) |
| See also: NPR District of Columbia and Washington DC TV |