WNET

WNET, channel 13, is a non-commercial television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the three-state New York metropolitan area, WNET is a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and a primary provider of PBS programming. WNET's studios and offices are located in Midtown Manhattan, and its transmitter is on the Empire State Building. The license-holder is the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, which is also the parent of Long Island-based PBS station WLIW (channel 21). The current president and Chief Executive Officer is Neal Shapiro, the former president of NBC News. WNET is the most watched PBS station in the country; its sister station WLIW is the third most-watched. WNET commenced broadcasting on May 15, 1948 as WATV, a commercial television station owned by Atlantic Television, a subsidiary of Bremer Broadcasting Corporation. Bremer also owned two northern New Jersey radio stations, WAAT (970 AM, now WWDJ) and WAAT-FM (94.7 MHz.,... full article at wikipedia