WITF-TV

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WITF-TV
Harrisburg / Lancaster / York, Pennsylvania
Channels	33 (UHF) analog, 36 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WITF, Inc.
Founded	1963
Call letters meaning	Where It's Top Flight [1]
Former affiliations	NET (1963-1970)
Transmitter Power	1100 kW
Website	www.witf.org

WITF-TV is a PBS affiliate available on analog channel 33 (ATSC 33-1 and 33-2) based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. WITF broadcasts throughout the Susquehanna Valley viewing area.

Channel 33 began as WEEU-TV, a commercial television station licensed to Reading, Pennsylvania in the 1950s. The station failed and the channel was reallocated to the Harrisburg area for non-commercial educational use.

WITF is a member supported non-profit company, established in 1963, that produces public media in central Pennsylvania. WITF-FM 89.5 serves classical music and NPR news; and Central PA magazine reviews local food and culture. WITF is supported by a mix of member pledges and federal funding.

In 1998, WITF-TV made history in Pennsylvania by launching the Commonwealth's first digital television channel. As broadcasters across the country switch from 50-year old analog technology to the federally mandated digital format, WITF became one of the first in the nation to meet the technological, financial and educational challenges.

[edit] Locally produced programming

• Our Town
• Explore PA
• Virtual Field Trips
• Smart Talk

[edit] External links

• http://www.witf.org/
• WITF-TV online
• WITF Direct Television (DTV-33)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WITF