NHPTV is overseen by a twelve-member
Board Of Governors , which is a
Subcommittee of the
USNH Board of Trustees. However, through an agreement with UNH, the University has no editorial control over its programming.
Nearly all NHPTV viewers also receive another PBS station (in some cases more than one); most of New Hampshire is considered part of the
Boston, Massachusetts television market and receives
WGBH-TV on cable and satellite in addition to NHPTV. As a result, NHPTV has elected to maintain an "out of pattern" program schedule for most PBS national programs, so that they do not air on the same day and time as they do on WGBH,
MPBN , or
Vermont Public Television .
NHPTV produces a number of local series, including:
The cooking show ''Ciao Italia with
Mary Ann Esposito '' was formerly distributed by NHPTV and produced at the NHPTV studios in Durham.
In the summer of
1981 , New Hampshire Public Television was suffering a significant financial crisis. These three stations were turned off for good as a result:
1However, NHPTV has since returned to this very space on
LPTV W15BK
With the exception of WHED, these stations have been superseded by cable, as local operators carry WENH and therefore NHPTV.
