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| City | Miami, Florida |
| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 17.1: PBS |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Friends of WLRN |
| WLRN-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 7, 1962 |
Former call signs | WSEC-TV (1962–1973) |
Former channel number(s) |
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| NET (1962–1970) | |
Call sign meaning | "Learn" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66358 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 301.7 m (989.8 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°58′47″N 80°11′45″W / 25.97972°N 80.19583°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WLRN-TV (channel 17) is a secondary PBS member television station in Miami, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district alongside NPR member WLRN-FM (91.3); the two outlets are operated under a management agreement by Friends of WLRN, the stations' fundraising arm.[2] Both stations share studios on Northeast 15th Street and Northeast 1st Avenue in Miami, while WLRN-TV's transmitter is located at McTyre Park in Miami Gardens.
WLRN-TV is one of two PBS member stations serving the Miami–Fort Lauderdale market, the other being WPBT (channel 2), owned by South Florida PBS. Originally a secondary station to channel 2 when it was WTHS-TV, the effective split of community and public licensee in the late 1970s made channel 17 the only TV station operated by the school system. WLRN-TV's local productions include documentaries and special-interest programs on South Florida, and it also airs independently produced Spanish-language programs on Sundays.