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WHYY: , 1981
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WHYY: "'''W'''ider '''H'''orizons for '''Y'''ou and '''Y'''ours" <br> WDPB: '''D'''elaware '''P'''ublic '''B'''roadcasting
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WHYY: Educational Independent (1957-1962)<br> NET (1962-1970)<br> WDPB: none
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WHYY: 309 /195 M (analog)<br>98 kW/196 m (digital)
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is the
PBS Television member station broadcasting on channel 12 (
DTV 55) and serves the
Delaware Valley area, including
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ,
New Jersey , and
Delaware . Its offices are located in Philadelphia and
Wilmington, Delaware , where the station is officially licensed. Both the
TV and
FM Transmitter s are located in the
Roxborough section of Philadelphia. WHYY also operates WDPB-TV in
Seaford, Delaware , which transmits the programs shown on WHYY to southern
Delaware . WDPB's transmitter is located in Seaford, and broadcasts on analog channel 64, digital 44.
From 1986 to 1992, WHYY's studios, which at the time were housed in the former Living History Center, was the home of ''
Double Dare '', and ''
Finders Keepers '', two
Nickelodeon game shows, as well as the syndicated
Bill Cosby hosted version of ''
You Bet Your Life .''.
The station originally broadcasted on channel 35 (now
WYBE ) between
1957 and
1963 . On
September 12 ,
1963 , WHYY moved to channel 12, though channel 35 remained on the air as its secondary channel, WUHY, which closed in the late-1960s.
WHYY-TV produces at least four regular '', and the
Syndicated ''
Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen '', ''
Christina Cooks '' and ''
Flavors Of America With Chef Jim Coleman '' with ''
MoneyTrack '' beginning in April
2005 . It also has produced several
TV Special s, such as ''
The Great Comet Crash '' and ''
Trading Women ''.
WHYY also produces ''
Quick Picks '', a one minute weekly film review by
Patrick Stoner . These are shown on many PBS stations around the country.
WHYY-FM
