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WQED (channel 13, digital channel 38) is a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
 television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
. Established April 1, 1954, it was the first community-sponsored television station in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 as well as the fifth public TV station. WQED also became the first station to telecast classes to elementary classrooms
Elementary school

An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in many countries, especially in North America....
 when Pittsburgh launched the Metropolitan School Service in 1955. WQED has produced many shows for PBS, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an United States children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers....
 (which aired first run episodes from February 19, 1968 to August 31, 2001).






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WQED (channel 13, digital channel 38) is a PBS
Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
 television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
. Established April 1, 1954, it was the first community-sponsored television station in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 as well as the fifth public TV station. WQED also became the first station to telecast classes to elementary classrooms
Elementary school

An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as Primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in many countries, especially in North America....
 when Pittsburgh launched the Metropolitan School Service in 1955. WQED has produced many shows for PBS, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an United States children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers....
 (which aired first run episodes from February 19, 1968 to August 31, 2001). Pittsburgh Magazine is also a publication of WQED.

Heyday
During its heyday in the 1970s and 1980's, WQED was a vital supplier of programming to the national PBS system. For 15 years, WQED produced the National Geographic Specials for the National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world....
. These programs, among others, and the craftspeople who produced them, won numerous Emmy Awards and other accolades, including Peabody Awards.

Over the years, talent like Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton

'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
, who worked behind the scenes on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an United States children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers....
, emerged from the station and went on to national fame.

During its heyday, WQED also supported a post production office and editing facility in Los Angeles. Known as QED/West, the satellite was the editing center for much of WQED's national programming.

Decline
During the beginning of the 1990s, WQED faltered on a national level as the rapidly changing media landscape shifted. The downturn was exacerbated by a scandal in which top executives were discovered to have been augmenting their personal revenues without informing the Board of Directors. This period was chronicled in the 2000 book, Air Wars: The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting by Jerrold M. Starr
Jerold Starr

Jerold M. Starr is an United States writer and professor best known as a national reformer of public broadcasting.He was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Mumford High School and Montieth College....
.

The problems continued with a failed attempt to sell WQEX
WQEX

WQEX is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It currently broadcasts its digital television signal on UHF channel 26, though it will move to digital channel 38 sometime between April 1st and June 12th, but through the use of Program and System Information Protocol, uses virtual channel 16, its former analog television channel num...
 outright in 1999. WQED still owns the station, but had its non-commercial educational status removed in 2002 and is currently operating WQEX as ShopNBC.

Family of Employees
WQED's employees are historically a tight knit group. Longtime sound man and Ohio University
Ohio University

Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest college in Ohio, first in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States....
 professor, John "Bear" Butler, maintains an active e-mail distribution list in which news about the members of WQED's community is updated regularly.

Digital TV

Virtual
Channel		 Video Aspect
Aspect ratio

The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements, such as the length and diameter of a rod....
 Programming
13.1 1080i
1080i

1080i is the shorthand name of a format of high-definition video modes. 1080 denotes the number of horizontal scan lines - also known as vertical resolution - and the letter i stands for interlaced....
 		 16:9 WQED-HD
13.2 480i
480i

480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the United States NTSC television Television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics....
 		 4:3 The WQED Create
Create (TV channel)

Create is a digital terrestrial television television network in the United States. The network was created to fill in some of the void left by the closure of PBS YOU in 2006....
 Channel
13.3 480i
480i

480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the United States NTSC television Television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics....
 		 4:3 The WQED Neighborhood Channel


On Monday, January 5th, 2009, WQED launched the WQED Create
Create (TV channel)

Create is a digital terrestrial television television network in the United States. The network was created to fill in some of the void left by the closure of PBS YOU in 2006....
 Channel on 13.2, replacing the SDTV simulcast of the main WQED channel.

In 2009, WQED-TV will remain on channel 13 when the analog to digital conversion is complete. This will make WQED the only full-powered station in the Pittsburgh market to move its digital signal back to its original analog channel position. Sister station WQEX
WQEX

WQEX is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It currently broadcasts its digital television signal on UHF channel 26, though it will move to digital channel 38 sometime between April 1st and June 12th, but through the use of Program and System Information Protocol, uses virtual channel 16, its former analog television channel num...
 will take over WQED's current digital position of channel 38, broadcasting on virtual channel
Virtual channel

In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs from the actual radio channel or frequency on which the Signalling travels....
 16.1

Original programming


Local

  • OnQ — weekdays


State

  • Eat Pennsylvania
    Eat Pennsylvania

    Eat Pennsylvania: A Keystone Plate Special with Dave & Dave is a 2006 Pennsylvania Public Television Network documentary by Dave Rhodes and Dave Hallewell of WQED-TV....
     (2006)


National

  • National Geographic Specials (1975-1991)
  • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
    Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

    Mister Rogers' Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an United States children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers....
     (1968 – 2001)
  • Doo Wop 50
    Doo Wop 50

    Doo Wop 50 was a PBS pledge drive special created and produced for PBS member station WQED-TV by TJ Lubinsky, grandson of Herman Lubinsky . The special was inspired by a 1994 CD box-set of doo wop music produced and sold by Rhino Records, which was also a development and production partner in the special....
     (1999) and subsequent similar programs produced by TJ Lubinsky
    TJ Lubinsky

    Terry James "TJ" Lubinsky is a radio host and executive producer/director of many Public Broadcasting Service oldies format music programs.Lubinsky was born in Bradley Beach, New Jersey....
  • The War That Made America (2006)
  • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
    Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego (game show)

    Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? is a popular children's television series game show loosely based on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? created by now defunct Br?derbund....
     — in partnership with WGBH in Boston
  • Planet Earth (1986) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences
    United States National Academy of Sciences

    The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine."...
  • The Infinite Voyage (1987-1992) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences
  • Space Age (1994?) — in association with the National Academy of Sciences


Chris Moore programs

  • Black Horizons — weekly
  • Wylie Avenue Days (1991)
  • In Country: A Vietnam Story (2006)


Rick Sebak specials


Pittsburgh History Series

Nostalgia documentaries by Rick Sebak
Rick Sebak

Rick Sebak is an United States film director and film producer who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.Sebak is the creator of the "scrapbook documentary" genre, many of which he has created for WQED and PBS....
:
  • Kennywood Memories (1988)
  • The Mon, The Al & The O (1988)
  • Holy Pittsburgh! (1989)
  • Flying Off The Bridge To Nowhere! And Other Tales Of Pittsburgh Bridges (1990)
  • Things That Aren’t There Anymore (1990)
  • Downtown Pittsburgh (1992)
  • Stuff That’s Gone (1994)
  • Houses Around Here (1994)
  • The Strip Show
    Strip District (Pittsburgh)

    The Strip District is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is a one-half square mile area of land northeast of the central business district bordered to the north by the Allegheny River and to the south by portions of the Hill District....
     (1996)
  • North Side Story
    Northside (Pittsburgh)

    North Side refers both to the region of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the north of the Allegheny River and Ohio River and to a small neighborhood within that region....
     (1997)
  • South Side (1998)
  • Things That Are Still Here (1999)
  • Something About Oakland
    Oakland (Pittsburgh)

    Oakland is the academic, cultural, and healthcare center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is Pennsylvania's third largest "Downtown". Only Center City, Philadelphia and Downtown Pittsburgh can claim more economic and social activity than Oakland....
     (2000)
  • Pittsburgh A To Z (2001)
  • Happy Holidays in Pittsburgh (2002)
  • Things We've Made (2003)
  • It's the Neighborhoods
    List of Pittsburgh neighborhoods

    The city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania officially recognizes the following 90 neighborhoods:Image:Pittsburgh Pennsylvania neighborhoods.svg|500px|thumb|right|Click a neighborhood to navigate to its article....
     (2004)
  • What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (2006)
  • Underground Pittsburgh (2007)
  • Invented, Engineered, and Pioneered in Pittsburgh (2008)


Pennsylvania programs

  • The Pennsylvania Road Show (1992)
  • Pennsylvania Diners And Other Roadside Restaurants (1993)


National programs

  • An Ice Cream Show (1996)
  • Shore Things
    Shore Things

    Shore Things is a 1996 PBS television documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. The show profiles United States beaches, the things they are known for, and other notable facts....
     (1996)
  • A Hot Dog Program (1999)
  • Great Old Amusement Parks
    Great Old Amusement Parks

    Great Old Amusement Parks is a 1999 PBS television documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh.*Idlewild and Soak Zone ? Ligonier, Pennsylvania...
     (1999)
  • A Flea Market Documentary (2001)
  • Sandwiches That You Will Like
    Sandwiches That You Will Like

    Sandwiches That You Will Like is a 2002 PBS Television documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED . The unique sandwich offerings of cities across the United States are shown, from those that are often found outside of their city of origin to the virtually unknown ....
     (2002)
  • A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
    A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff

    A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff is a 2004 PBS documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED . It showcases wiktionary:mimetic and novelty architecture buildings across the United States....
     (2004)
  • A Cemetery Special
    A Cemetery Special

    A Cemetery Special is a 2005 PBS television Documentary film by Rick Sebak of WQED . Cemeteries and cemetery-related businesses and events across the United States are profiled....
     (2005)
  • To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig (2007)


See also

  • WQED Multimedia
  • WQEX
    WQEX

    WQEX is a television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It currently broadcasts its digital television signal on UHF channel 26, though it will move to digital channel 38 sometime between April 1st and June 12th, but through the use of Program and System Information Protocol, uses virtual channel 16, its former analog television channel num...


External links

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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG," is the largest daily newspaper serving Pittsburgh metropolitan area Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....