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Overview
Licensed to Newark, New Jersey, WNET carries PBS programming for viewers in the New York, NY market.
Key facts
- Call sign
- WNET
- Network
- PBS (subchannels: PBS Kids, World Channel)
- Virtual channel
- 13
- RF channel
- 12
- City of license
- Newark, New Jersey
- TV market
- New York, NY
- Licensee
- WNET
- Owner
- The WNET Group
- On the air since
- 1948
- Studio address
- 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 18795
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.thirteen.org
On screen it is channel 13, though WNET actually transmits on RF channel 12. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. Beyond the main channel, WNET also airs PBS Kids and World Channel on its subchannels. WNET also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive. It shares its broadcast channel with another station under an FCC channel-sharing arrangement.
What's on WNET's subchannels
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 13.1 | PBS |
| 13.2 | PBS Kids |
| 13.3 | World Channel |
According to FCC records, the licensee is WNET. The station is part of The WNET Group. It first signed on in 1948.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 825 Eighth Avenue in New York, NY. Its website is www.thirteen.org.
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WNET at a glance
- Network
- PBS
- Channel
- 13 (RF 12)
- Licensed to
- Newark, NJ
- Subchannels
- PBS Kids, World Channel
- TV market
- New York, NY








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