philadelphia . for the television station in pinehurst north carolina see wybe cd . wybe philadelphia pennsylvania new york new york united states branding mind media independence channels digital 35 uhf virtual 35 psip affiliations non commercial educational independent owner independence media first air date 1963 original incarnation in philadelphia june 10 1990 current incarnation for philadelphia region december 2010 for new york city region former callsigns wuhy tv 1963 1975 former channel number s analog 35 uhf 1990 2009 digital 34 uhf 1998 2009 former affiliations instructional television 1963 1975 35.66 wnyj tv simulcast transmitter power 450 kw height 343 m facility id 28480 transmitter coordinates 40 2 30.1 n 75 14 10 w 40.041694 n 75.23611 w 40.041694 ; 75.23611 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.mindtv.org wybe uhf digital channel 35 is a non commercial educational independent television station located in philadelphia pennsylvania united states . the station is owned by independence public media of philadelphia also known as independence media . wybe maintains offices on the southwest edge of the northern liberties neighborhood with transmitter facilities in the roxborough section of philadelphia . the station s main channel was previously carried in the new york city television market on the 66.4 digital subchannel of mhz worldview affiliate wnyj tv . now the only relationship is wnyj s main channel is carried over wybe s 35.5 subchannel . contents 1 history 1.1 mind media independence 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the uhf channel 35 allocation in philadelphia was first used by whyy tv in 1957 . however it was obvious by then that a uhf station was not nearly enough to serve a market that stretched from the lehigh valley to the north to the jersey shore in the south . in 1963 whyy moved its call letters and programming to vhf channel 12 licensed to nearby wilmington delaware . metropolitan philadelphia educational radio and television owner of whyy continued to operate channel 35 as wuhy tv using it mostly to air instructional programming on weekdays outside of designated legal and administrative holidays during the school year . wuhy tv was the first station in the world to broadcast sesame street during a week of test broadcasts in july 1969 . a slightly retooled version of the show made its national premiere on national educational television net four months later in november 1969 . by 1975 whyy had stopped operating the uhf station and eventually returned its license to the federal communications commission . in the 1980s the channel 35 frequency was used by w35ab a translator relaying univision programming from new york city s wxtv while the fcc evaluated applications for a new permanent licensee . the translator ultimately moved to channel 28 and evolved into wfpa cd then into a full power station of its own as wuvp tv wfpa currently carries univision sister network unim s . wybe the new permanent licensee on channel 35 began broadcasting on june 1 1990 . from 1998 to 2004 the organization was led by sherri hope culver formerly of the new jersey network njn . during this period wybe moved into a new facility ; began operating a digital signal and focused on original productions such as culture trek a series of three specials followed u.s. teenagers as they pursued projects with local teens in costa rica ireland and jamaica the neighbors project and the tolerance project which addressed race sexual orientation and religion . the station also featured a nightly talk show philly live which was later restructured into five different talk shows gente aimed at hispanic audiences shades of opinion focusing on issues relevant to african american community asian outlook global lens and out loud focusing on lgbt issues . most of wybe s programs are syndicated shows distributed by american public television and neta . clarification needed several of these programs won national telly awards emmy nominations and a special screening at the philadelphia international gay & lesbian film festival . the wybe world heritage council initiative supports philadelphia s diverse ethnic communities funded by the william penn foundation . wybe dt id 2011 . since 2005 wybe was led by howard blumenthal who also served simultaneously as executive director of the new jersey network from 2009 to 2010 . mind media independence edit on may 15 2008 the station was rebranded as mind media independence which emphasized its schedule on short form programs often with a public media for the public good perspective . mind became the first broadcast television station in the u.s. whose program stream was simultaneously available online and on broadcast television worldwide in a form of an internet simulcast of its broadcast signal and a library of programs available on demand . some wybe programs are also available on the mhz worldview network which is seen on selected television stations and cable systems as well as on satellite and the internet . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 35.1 480i 4 3 mind main wybe programming 35.2 nhkwrld nhk world 35.3 f24 france24 35.4 rt rt 35.5 mhzwv mhz worldview table data as of december 27 2014 analog to digital conversion edit wybe shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 35 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 34 to its former analog era uhf channel 35 for post transition operations . 2 the station s digital signal formerly operated at only 25 % power until march 2010 when wybe s power was increased fully to their fcc authorized effective radiated power . programming edit wybe broadcasts a wide array of programming such as those featuring independent filmmakers such as through the lens and philadelphia stories ; international programming from countries such as india japan france china greece the united kingdom and germany ; programming aimed at the lgbt community such as gay usa ; and public affairs and current events programming such as democracy now and grittv . wybe was also first to air australian drama water rats the australian children s series the shapies and the irish drama ros na r n. see also edit mind media independence references edit rabbitears tv query for wybe dtv tentative channel designations for the first and second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . external links edit mind media independence independence media non profit organization site query the fcc s tv station database for wybe biafn s media web database information on wybe tv v t e broadcast 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