WMHT (TV)

WMHT

Schenectady–Albany–Troy, New York United States
City	Schenectady, New York
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 17
Branding	WMHT
Programming
Affiliations	17.1: PBS 17.2: Create 17.3: World Channel 17.4: PBS Kids
Ownership
Owner	WMHT Educational Telecommunications
Sister stations	WMHT-FM, WEXT
History
First air date	March 26, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-03-26)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 17 (UHF, 1962–2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, 2004–2019) Translators: 4 W04AJ Schoharie 4 W04BD Glens Falls
Former affiliations	NET (1962–1970)
Call sign meaning	Mohawk–Hudson Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73263
ERP	445 kW
HAAT	426 m (1,398 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°37′31.3″N 74°0′36.7″W / 42.625361°N 74.010194°W / 42.625361; -74.010194 (WMHT)
Translator(s)	W23ER-D Poughkeepsie
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wmht.org

WMHT (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Schenectady, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as a member of PBS. It is owned by WMHT Educational Telecommunications alongside NPR member WMHT-FM (89.1). The two stations share studios in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush (with a Troy mailing address); the TV station's transmitter is located in the Helderberg Escarpment in New Scotland.

WMHT operates digital translator W23ER-D (channel 23) in Poughkeepsie (part of the New York City market). The translator's ownership was transferred from Dutchess Community College to WMHT in 2014.^[2]