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Channel Guide: TV

The television programs you value and enjoy most are available on WETA Television.

WETA broadcasts on four channels, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The channels are WETA TV 26, WETA HD, WETA Create, and the WETA Kids Channel. See below for details, including a chart of channel numbers by service provider.

WETA's television channels

WETA TV 26 Logo

WETA TV 26

The flagship PBS channel in the Washington metropolitan area.

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  • Via antenna: 26.4
  • Comcast: 26, 92
  • Cox: 26, 802
  • Verizon FiOS: 26, 471
  • RCN: 26
  • DISH Network: 8076
WETA HD Logo

WETA HD

Primetime programs in high definition, 24 hours a day.

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  • Via antenna: 26.1
  • Comcast: 220 (DC), 219 (Balt)
  • Cox: 1026 (Fairfax), 1003 (Fredericksburg)
  • Verizon FiOS: 526
  • RCN: 613
  • DirecTV: 26, 26-1
WETA How-To Logo_Horiz4x3

WETA How-To

Your favorite how-to, cooking, and travel programs, 24 hours a day.

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  • Via antenna: 26.2
  • Comcast: 265
  • Cox: 800
  • Verizon FiOS: 474
  • RCN: 39
WETA Kids

WETA Kids Channel

The best in children's television, all day every day.

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  • Via antenna: 26.3
  • Comcast: 266
  • Cox: 801
  • Verizon FiOS: 472
  • RCN: 38
WETA UK

WETA UK (Coming June 2)

British television programming at its best, around the clock, seven days a week.

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Channel numbers by service provider

 WETA TV 26WETA HDWETA How-ToWETA Kids Channel
Via antenna26.426.126.226.3
Comcast26, 92220 (DC), 219 (Balt)265266
Cox26, 8021026 (Fairfax), 1003 (Fredericksburg)800801
Verizon FIOS26, 471526474472
RCN266133938
DirecTV 26, 26-1  
Dish Network8076   

 

On Demand

Comcast subscribers can watch the latest episodes of Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal and other PBS series on demand. Just use your remote to go to "Comcast on Demand" and then select "Get Local" and then "WETA" to choose a show.

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