WHUT-TV, Howard University Television was founded in 1980 in Washington, D.C. as WHMM. At its inception, the station became the first public station in the United States to be licensed to and operated by a historically black college and university (HBCU) - Howard University. The station broadcasts reach over 2.5 million households in a 60-mile radius.

The mission of WHUT television, the nation’s only Public Broadcasting Television station licensed to and operated by a historically Black University, is to deliver educational, entertaining and intellectually stimulating multi‐cultural and intergenerational programming to the public in the

Metro DC region. The station endeavors to underscore Howard University’s commitment to excellence in Truth and Service.

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