WMHT

WMHT can refer to the following broadcasting stations in the Albany, New York area:

WMHT (TV)

WMHT is the PBS member station for the Capital District. Licensed to Schenectady, New York, it is owned and operated by WMHT Educational Telecommunications (formerly known as Mohawk-Hudson Council on Educational Television, Inc.) along with sister radio station WMHT-FM. Its transmitter is located in the Helderberg Mountains in New Scotland, while its studios are located in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush (though the station's mailing address says Troy).

History

The Mohawk-Hudson Council on Educational Television was formed in 1953, through the financial support from television station WRGB Channel 6, its then-parent company General Electric and many supporters and local businesses in the Albany/Capital Region. In the beginning, Mohawk-Hudson produced educational programs on WRGB; however, due to the station's tight scheduling, the council decided to form a non-commercial educational television station of its own. WMHT signed on the air on March 26, 1962 on UHF channel 17 as the second educational in the state of New York. From the outset the station was a member of National Educational Television (NET) and became one of PBS' charter members after the two stations merged in 1970. In 1972, WMHT expanded into FM radio by launching the first non-commercial classical music station in the United States (a format that continues to this day).