WPPT (TV)

35.1: PBS
35.2: World

WPPT
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; United States;
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF), shared with WBPH-TV, WFMZ-TV and WLVT-TV; Virtual: 35;
Branding	PBS 39 Extra
Programming
Affiliations	35.1: PBS; 35.2: World;
Ownership
Owner	Lehigh Valley Public Media; (Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation);
Sister stations	WLVT-TV
History
First air date	June 10, 1990
Former call signs	WYBE (1990–2018)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 35 (UHF, 1990–2009); Digital: 34 (UHF, 1998–2009), 35 (UHF, 2009–2018);
Former affiliations	Educational Independent (1990–2018); MHz Worldview (2018–2020); 35.66: WNYJ-TV simulcast;
Call sign meaning	Pennsylvania Public Television
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	28480
ERP	80.6 kW
HAAT	332.5 m (1,090.9 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°33′52″N 75°26′24″W / 40.56444°N 75.44000°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wppt.tv

WPPT (channel 35) is a PBS member television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by Lehigh Valley Public Media alongside Allentown-licensed fellow PBS member WLVT-TV (channel 39). As WYBE, the station's transmitter was located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia; in 2018, it entered into a channel sharing agreement with Allentown-based independent station WFMZ-TV (channel 69) and began operating from WFMZ's transmitter on South Mountain near Allentown.

^ "Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
^ "Second Amendment to Channel Sharing Agreement" (PDF). Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference vl-wybetowppt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Facility Technical Data for WPPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.