This award-winning children's series provides education and enrichment for preschoolers. WHYY's owners applied to move to the vacant channel 12, which was the nearest available VHF allocation to Philadelphia.

Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. WHYY Series is a local public television program presented by. There are some who have criticized WHYY programs produced using its Delaware funding, raising conflict of interest issues about the program's ability to report independently on Delaware's state government and its current officeholders, though this has proven in time to be mainly unfounded. Share this video:

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WDPB is a straight simulcast of WHYY-TV; on-air references to WDPB are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. It broadcast from a studio on Chestnut Street in Center City, which had previously been occupied by WCAU-TV (channel 10). The two stations share studios on Independence Mall in Center City, Philadelphia; WHYY-TV maintains a secondary studio in Wilmington and transmitter facilities in Philadelphia's Roxborough section. When Hal goes for his nightly howl at the moon, he finds that the moon is gone. In 1984, WHYY bought Seaford-based WDPB, which had signed on three years earlier in 1981, and turned it into a full-time satellite of channel 12. Though committed to the 'democratization' of space, SpaceX and Virgin Orbit include the Pentagon as a major customer.

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Nature Cat Spring Hunter 3000/ The Case of the Missing Moon. Additionally, the station's old Independence Mall studios served as the original home of Nickelodeon's game shows, including Double Dare and Finders Keepers, along with the 1992–93 Bill Cosby iteration of You Bet Your Life. Arthur Maria Speaks/ Postcards From Binky. Father Brown investigates when one of his parishioners vanishes. Without the ozone layer, our planet would have no protection against the sun.

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It was the 23rd non-commercial educational television station in the United States, and the second to operate in Pennsylvania (WQED-TV in Pittsburgh had signed on three years earlier). Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Daniel's Friends Say No/ Prince Wednesday Doesn't Want to Play. A showcase of short videos features that educate, entertain, and inform.

The station is owned by WHYY, Inc., and is a sister station to NPR member radio station WHYY-FM (90.9).

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The Kratt Brothers worry that they've somehow lost their signature 'creature sense.'. Government grants are not underwriting grants and are not used to produce individual programs, and are used mainly to help ensure service to constituents. Daniel learns that sometimes his friends may not want to play and he can find things to do on his own. TV Passport is a community for TV lovers. Molly can’t wait to help Nina and Dr. Antigone band baby cranes. [4][5], WHYY-TV's digital signal initially operated at so low a power that even those who lived in some areas of the city of Philadelphia could not receive it reliably. Marc Warren stars in Van der Valk, an all-new series based on Nicolas Freeling’s legendary. We can remove the first video in the list to add this one. Examine the state of Philadelphia's restaurant industry amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With no big land predators, Chris realizes that Madagascar is one of the safest places in the world for adventuring. WHYY-TV, virtual channel 12 (VHF digital channel 13), is a Public Broadcasting Service member television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that is licensed to Wilmington, Delaware.Owned by WHYY, Inc., it is sister to National Public Radio member station WHYY-FM (90.9).

Elinor becomes fascinated by the Velcro on Ari's new watch and observes that Velcro is very similar to a burr seed that is stuck to Ari's shirt. Frustrated by a perceived lack of local coverage, in December 2009, the city of Wilmington filed a challenge to WHYY's license with the FCC.[3].

We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. The show schedule is provided for up to 3 weeks out and you can view up to 2 weeks of show play history. Odd Squad A Case of the Sing-Alongs/ Ms. O Uh-Oh.

It operated from WVUE's old tower in Glassboro, New Jersey. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. However, for all intents and purposes, WHYY has always been a Philadelphia station; to this day it identifies its service area on-air as "Wilmington/Philadelphia". The end of the Cold War brings massive layoffs, but tech billionaires choose Southern California to launch their space companies.

It currently produces regular series that are distributed to PBS member stations: The station has also developed several television specials, such as The Great Comet Crash and Trading Women.

[9] However, the problems with digital broadcasts in the VHF spectrum remain the same at the increased power level and still prevent many people in the Philadelphia area from being able to view the high-band VHF signal of WHYY—especially when also attempting to view ABC owned-and-operated station WPVI on channel 6, which operates in the low-band VHF spectrum, and requires a different VHF antenna configuration.[10][11][12][13][14]. We know that we need physical exercise to maintain our physical strength throughout our lives; our brain also needs to be exercised in order to retain our mental acuity. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. The new tower provides at least grade B coverage as far west as Lancaster; as far south as Dover, Delaware and as far north as New Brunswick, New Jersey. UHF stations, then as now, do not cover large areas very well. We provide users with their local TV listings, entertainment news and television highlights. Can Poldark change his destiny, restore his lost fortune, and reclaim his love ? It was owned by the Metropolitan Philadelphia Educational Radio and Television Corporation. It is one of two PBS member stations serving the Salisbury, Maryland market, alongside Maryland Public Television transmitter WCPB (channel 28). Molly of Denali Suki’s Bone/ Brand New Flag.

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WHYY-TV, virtual channel 12 (VHF digital channel 13), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that is licensed to Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Ratburn may be a superhero. Molly announces a contest to design an original flag for the Denali Trading Post.

Then, in 1958, WVUE, a station on VHF channel 12 in Wilmington which had lost its NBC affiliation and then struggled as an independent station, went off the air. This leads them to discover that the invention of Velcro was based off the burr seed. A showcase of independent films and documentaries presented from a unique point of view.

Buster gets a new best friend. This simple schedule provides the showtime of upcoming and past programs playing on the network WHYY otherwise known as WHYY. Controversy erupted in the summer of 2007, when station CEO Bill Marrazzo was cited by the watchdog group Charity Navigator as the highest paid CEO in all of public broadcasting. Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism in Europe.

In 1979, channel 12 moved to its current facilities on Independence Mall, first in the old Living History Center museum and theatre before it was transformed into their current building in 1999 as part of the redevelopment of the Independence Mall area. Peg + Cat Another Train Problem/The Odd Sea. Hero Elementary Bouncing Ideas/ Leaning Tower, No Pizza.

Dr. Kellyann's presents a plan to losing weight, gaining energy and reclaiming your joie de vivre. Stories from the Streams: Fly, Teachers, Fly. WHYY-TV is a full service television station in Wilmington, Delaware, broadcasting on local digital VHF channel 12 and virtual channel 12. Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Visiting Grandpere/ The Tiger Family Goes Back Home. Mindy has finally turned five and the kids convince her to have her tea party on the moon.