{{Infobox_Broadcast | call_letters = WHUT-TV| station_logo = Image:Whut_washington.JPG| station_slogan = | station_branding = Howard University Television| analog = 32 (UHF)| digital = 33 (UHF)| affiliations = PBS| founded = September_29, 1980| location = Washington,_D.C.| callsign_meaning = '''H'''oward
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| owner = Howard_University| former_callsigns = WHMM-TV (1980-1998)| former_affiliations = | effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW/213 m (analog)
| homepage = www.howard.edu/tv/|}} '''WHUT-TV''' is a PBS member television station in the Washington,_D.C. area. The station is owned and operated by Howard_University, a Historically_black_college. The studios are on the Howard University campus. ==History== Channel 32 was founded on September_29, 1980 as WHMM. The station was the first African-American owned and operated Public educational station in the United_States. In 1998, the station changed its Call_letters to WHUT, standing for Howard University Television, the station's branding. Since its founding, WHUT has won 11 Emmys and 8 Communications_Excellence_to_Black_Audiences Awards. Despite this success, budget cuts have forced the station to roll back programming hours in recent years. Also, it is not known whether the station will have the funding to start a digital broadcast, but if the funding becomes available, the Digital broadcast will be on channel 33. Today, WHUT airs a variety of standard PBS programming, as well as programs produced by Howard University, and international programs focusing on regions such as the Caribbean and Africa. == Trivia == An early construction permit showed that channel 32 was an extension of WETA-TV, channel 26; the station, which was known as '''WETX''', may or may not have been on the air. http://members.aol.com/cingram/television/dumonta10.htm == External link == *WHUT-TV website *{{TVQ|WHUT}} {{Washington TV}} WHUT Category:Channel_32_TV_stations_in_the_United_States