February 2003

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• Connections
• WHYY for Kids
• View, Do and Read
• Best Bets
• WHYY TV Late Night
• Radio Spotlights
• A Chef's Table
• You Bet Your Garden
• Member Notes

Past Issues

• January 2003
• December 2002
• November 2002
• More back issues

How can you watch WHYY in high definition?

WHYY currently broadcasts eight hours of digital (DTV) and high-definition (HDTV) television programming from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. each weekday and from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday on Channel 12.1. (A digital simulcast of TV12 programs runs from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday on this channel.)

To watch WHYY's DTV and HDTV programming, viewers must own a high-definition television set or have a television set that can be hooked up to an external digital TV receiver (set-top box). WHYY's digital channel is also available to Comcast Digital Cable subscribers throughout the Greater Philadelphia region on Channel 190 and to Urban CableWorks Digital Service customers in West Philadelphia and Manayunk on Channel 86.

Current programming on WHYY's DTV channel includes Chefs A'Field, Nature and Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa. To print out WHYY's monthly high-definition TV schedule, to learn more about digital TV technology and to find out how WHYY will be utilizing digital TV technology to offer new programs and services, visit www.whyy.org/tv12/dtv.