branding whut channels digital 33 uhf virtual 32 psip subchannels see article affiliations pbs owner howard university first air date september 29 1980 ; 36 years ago 1980 09 29 call letters meaning howard university television sister station s whur fm former callsigns whmm tv 1980 1998 former channel number s analog 32 uhf 1980 2009 transmitter power 100 kw height 254 m facility id 27772 transmitter coordinates 38 57 1 n 77 4 47 w 38.95028 n 77.07972 w 38.95028 ; 77.07972 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.whut.org whut tv is a public broadcasting service pbs member public 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 and the transmitter is in tenleytown . it is also co owned with its radio partner whur fm . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 previous logo 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . whut tv station in washington d.c. 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 . 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 . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 32.1 1080i 16 9 whut hd main whut tv programming pbs 32.2 480i 4 3 whut sd in july 2009 washington d.c. tv stations became a test market for mobile dtv and whut was one of the participating stations . 2 analog to digital conversion edit on june 12 2009 whut tv terminated its analog signal on uhf channel 32 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 3 the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 33 . through the use of psip digital television receivers display whut tv s virtual channel as 32 . like all of the dc area mobile dtv broadcasters whut tv commenced atsc m h broadcasting on february 27 2011 . whut tv also has a mobile dtv feed of subchannel 32.1 labelled whut pbs mobile and a feed of 32.2 labelled as whut pbs kids with two audio only feeds of wamu fm 88.5 32.3 wamu 88.5 fm and weta fm 90.9 32.4 weta 90.9 fm broadcasting at 3.67 mbit s. 4 5 previous logo edit whut logo from 2005 . references edit rabbitears tv query for whut dickson glen 2009 07 13 . special report mobile dtv heats up . broadcasting & cable . retrieved 2009 07 15 . list of digital full power stations http www.rabbitears.info market.php request atscmph http www.mdtvsignalmap.com external links edit whut tv pbs 32 s website query the fcc s tv station database for whut tv biafn s media web database information on whut tv v t e howard university academics colleges arts and sciences business communications dentistry divinity education engineering architecture & computer sciences graduate school law medicine nursing & allied health sciences pharmacy social work research moorland spingarn research center msrc journal of negro education people oliver o. howard wayne a.i. frederick notable faculty athletics sports mid eastern athletic conference meac men s basketball football facilities burr gymnasium greene stadium people gary harrell kevin nickelberry broadcasting howard university television whut howard university radio 96.3 whur campus andrew rankin memorial chapel founders library frederick douglass memorial hall howard hall howard university hospital student life the hilltop howard university showtime marching band notable alumni v t e broadcast television in the greater washington d.c. area reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wrc tv 4.1 nbc 4.2 cozi tv wttg 5.1 fox 5.2 buzzr wjla tv 7.1 abc 7.2 metv 7.3 comet wusa 9.1 cbs 9.2 bounce 9.3 justice wfdc dt 14.2 gettv 14.3 grit 14.4 escape wdca 20.1 mntv 20.2 movies 20.3 h & i wddn ld wdwa ld 23.1 daystar wwtd ld 49.1 ssn 49.2 ntdtv 49.3 qvc over air 49.4 retro tv 49.5 rev n 49.6 jtv wdcw 50.1 cw 50.2 antenna 50.3 this wiav cd 58.1 religious ind. wpxw tv 66.1 ion 66.2 qubo 66.3 ion life 66.4 ion shop 66.5 qvc 66.6 hsn public television wmpt wfpt 22.1 62.1 pbs mpt 22.2 62.2 mpt2 22.3 62.3 v me weta tv 26.1 pbs hd 26.2 weta uk 26.3 kids 26.4 sd wnvc 30.1 mhzdc 30.2 nhk 30.3 cctv news 30.4 rt english 30.5 blue ocean network 30.6 cctv 9 wnvt 30.7 f24 30.9 arirang 30.10 etv 30.11 vtv4 30.12 mhzwv whut tv 32.1 pbs hd 32.2 sd spanish language wdcn lp 6 audio only wfdc dt 14.1 uni wzdc cd 25.1 tmd wnvt 30.8 rt en espa ol wmdo cd 47.1 unim s 47.2 latv cable channels tcn comcast sportsnet mid atlantic newschannel 8 fpa aim masn udc tv adjacent locals baltimore md see baltimore tv hagerstown md whag tv 25.1 ind h & i wwpb 31.1 pbs mpt 31.2 mpt2 31.3 v me wjal 68.1 ind winchester va whsv tv 3.1 abc 3.2 fox 3.4 mntv wazt cd wazc lp wazh cd wazf cd wazw cd 10.1 16 24.1 28.1 48.1 religious ind. wvpy 42.1 pbs 42.2 create 42.3 v me martinsburg wv w07dn d w08ee d w09ct d w23dr d w41dk d 24.1 pbs wvpb 24.2 create wwpx tv 60.1 ion 60.2 qubo 60.3 ion life defunct whfv 69 nbc fredericksburg virginia broadcast television areas by city bristol bluefield charlottesville harrisonburg norfolk richmond roanoke washington dc west virginia broadcast television bluefield clarksburg weston huntington charleston parkersburg washington dc wheeling maryland broadcast television baltimore pittsburgh pa salisbury washington d.c. pennsylvania broadcast television binghamton new york buffalo new york elmira new york erie johnstown altoona state college new york city philadelphia pittsburgh scranton wilkes barre susquehanna valley harrisburg washington dc youngstown ohio v t e pbs member stations in the district of columbia weta 26 greater washington educational telecommunications association whut 32 howard university see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in district of columbia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whut tv & oldid 743699559 categories pbs member stationshoward universitytelevision channels and stations established in 1980television stations in washington d.c.television 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