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Building the Future |
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Sophisticated technology will allow for an increase in the quality and quantity of the programs offered via television, radio and the Internet. Based on WHYY's solid record as a community partner, I trust that this added capacity will be used to help the entire region develop both culturally and economically.
In addition, the Civic Space built into WHYY's physical plan will provide further opportunities for the public to be involved in the communications process.
-- Thomas R. Carper, Governor, State of Delaware |
WHYY President and CEO Bill Marrazzo with David Bixler, 5, winner of the 1998 Sesame Street Sweepstakes, at the groundbreaking for the new Technology Center. |
Radio Times Senior Producer Alan Tu (left) and Senior Avid Editor Patrick Warner, in a new digital editing suite at WHYY. |
Students from the Urban Technology Project, a School District of Philadelphia project and a partner of WHYY's Education Connection, tour the Independence Foundation Civic Space in the new Technology Center. From left: Bao Tran, Wilson Velez, Edison Freire (Urban Technology Project Director), Andrew Stuckey, Vu Tran and Danielle Duncan. |
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1995
|||||||||||||| WHYY launches $15 million Campaign for Independence, part of its $23 million initiative to build the new Technology Center, to convert to digital broadcasting, and to create a lasting program endowment. |
1998
||||||||||||| In September, WHYY breaks ground for new Technology Center. |
1999
||||||||||||| In June, WHYY reaches and surpasses the $15 million goal for Campaign for Independence. Two months later, the move into new Technology Center begins. The official opening of the WHYY Technology Center is slated for November. |
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2000
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WHYY has always provided the tri-state area with high-quality television and radio programming. With the arrival of the new Technology Center, we look forward to even more choices and greater access to arts, culture, education and news.
