WHRO-TV
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Hampton Roads, Virginia United States |
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| City | Hampton–Norfolk, Virginia |
| Branding | WHRO |
| Slogan | Hampton Roads' Own |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 15 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 15.1 PBS 15.2 World 15.3 PBS Kids 15.4 Create |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner | Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. |
| First air date | September 27, 1961 |
| Call letters' meaning | Dual meaning: *HomeRoom One (reflects roots in instructional programming) *Hampton ROads |
| Sister station(s) | WHRE, WHRO-FM, WHRV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 15 (UHF, 1961–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1961–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 360.6 m |
| Facility ID | 25932 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°48′31.8″N 76°30′11.3″W / 36.808833°N 76.503139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.whro.org |
WHRO-TV, channel 15, is the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member Public television station for Hampton Roads, Virginia (the Norfolk–Portsmouth–Newport News television market DMA). The station is licensed to both Hampton and Norfolk with the studios at the Public Telecommunications Center for Hampton Roads next to the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk. Its transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia.
It is owned by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association (HRETA), a consortium of 19 Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore school systems—Accomack, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Middlesex, Sussex, Southampton, Northampton and York counties and the independent cities of Norfolk, Hampton, Franklin, Newport News, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Poquoson, and Williamsburg.
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