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WNET

WNET
WNET 2009 Logo.png
Newark, New Jersey -
New York, New York
United States
City Newark, New Jersey
Branding Thirteen (stylized as THIRTEEN)
Slogan Media with impact
Channels Digital: 13 (VHF)
Virtual: 13 ()
Affiliations
Owner WNET.org
Founded April 1947
First air date May 15, 1948; 68 years ago (1948-05-15)
Call letters' meaning National Educational Television
(forerunner of PBS)
Sister station(s) WLIW, NJTV
Former callsigns
  • WATV (1948–1958)
  • WNTA-TV (1958–1962)
  • WNDT (1962–1970)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 13 (VHF, 1948–2009)
  • Digital:
  • 61 (UHF, 1998–2009)
Former affiliations
Transmitter power 9.3 kW
Height 405 m (1,329 ft)
Facility ID 18795
Transmitter coordinates 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W / 40.748444; -73.985667Coordinates: 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W / 40.748444; -73.985667
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website thirteen.org (station)
wnet.org (organizational)

WNET, channel 13, is a non-commercial educational, public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, USA. With its signal covering the New York metropolitan area, WNET is a member station of, and program provider to, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). WNET's main studios and offices are located in Midtown Manhattan with an auxiliary street-level studio in the Lincoln Center complex on the Upper West Side. The station's transmitter is on the Empire State Building.

The license-holder is WNET.org, formerly known as the Educational Broadcasting Corporation. WNET is also the parent of the Long Island-based PBS station WLIW (channel 21) and the operator of the New Jersey PBS network NJTV.

WNET commenced broadcasting on May 15, 1948, as WATV, a commercial television station owned by Atlantic Television, a subsidiary of Bremer Broadcasting Corporation. Frank V. Bremer, the CEO, also owned two northern New Jersey radio stations, WAAT (970 AM, now WNYM) and WAAT-FM (94.7 MHz., now WNSH). The three stations were based in the Mosque Theatre (now Symphony Hall) at 1020 Broad Street in Newark. WATV was the first of three new stations in the New York City television market to sign on the air during 1948, and was also the first independent station. One unusual daytime program, Daywatch, consisted of a camera focused on a teletypewriter printing wire service news stories, interspersed with cut-aways to mechanical toys against a light music soundtrack. Another early series by the station was Stairway to Stardom (1950-1951), one of the first TV series with an African-American host.


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