WNET

WNET
Newark, New Jersey; New York, New York; ; United States;
City	Newark, New Jersey
Channels	Digital: 12 (VHF), shared with WNDT-CD; Virtual: 13;
Branding	THIRTEEN
Programming
Affiliations	13.1: PBS; 13.2: PBS Kids;
Ownership
Owner	The WNET Group; (WNET);
Sister stations	NJ PBS, WEER, WLIW, WLIW-FM, WMBQ-CD, WNDT-CD
History
First air date	May 15, 1948; (76 years ago)
Former call signs	WATV (1948–1958); WNTA-TV (1958–1962); WNDT (1962–1970);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 13 (VHF, 1948–2009); Digital: 61 (UHF, 1998–2009); 13 (VHF, 2009–2020);
Former affiliations	Independent (1948–1956; 1961–1962); NTA Film Network (1956–1961); NET (1962–1970);
Call sign meaning	National Educational Television (forerunner of PBS)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18795
ERP	6.5 kW
HAAT	507.8 m (1,666 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°42′46.8″N 74°0′47.3″W / 40.713000°N 74.013139°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.thirteen.org; www.wnet.org;

WNET (channel 13), branded Thirteen (stylized as THIRTEEN), is a primary PBS member television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area. Owned by The WNET Group (formerly known as the Educational Broadcasting Corporation and later as WNET.org),^[2] it is a sister station to the area's secondary PBS member, Garden City, New York–licensed WLIW (channel 21), and two class A stations: WMBQ-CD (channel 46), and WNDT-CD (channel 14, which shares spectrum with WNET). The WNET Group also operates New Jersey's PBS state network NJ PBS, and the website NJ Spotlight through an outsourcing agreement.

WNET and WLIW share studios at One Worldwide Plaza in Midtown Manhattan with an auxiliary street-level studio in the Lincoln Center complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side; WNET's transmitter is located at One World Trade Center.^[3]

^ "Facility Technical Data for WNET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "FCC Consent to Assignment" (PDF). fjallfoss.fcc.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ Soseman, Ned (April 10, 2017). "Future of NYC Broadcast TV Moving to 1 WTC". thebroadcastbridge.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WNET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "FCC Consent to Assignment" (PDF). fjallfoss.fcc.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[3] Soseman, Ned (April 10, 2017). "Future of NYC Broadcast TV Moving to 1 WTC". thebroadcastbridge.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

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