Founded in 1961, WETA is the leading public broadcasting station in the nation’s capital, serving Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia with educational, cultural, news and public affairs programs and services. WETA's mission is to produce and broadcast programs of intellectual integrity and cultural merit that recognize viewers' and listeners' intelligence, curiosity and interest in the world around them.

WETA is one of 354 television stations that make up the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). WETA PBS reaches 1.3 million Washington area viewers in an average week who tune in for broadcasts of children’s programs, news and public affairs, history and culture, and science and nature programs. WETA's other channels include WETA UK, WETA Metro, WETA World, and the WETA PBS Kids Channel.

WETA is one of the top producing stations for public television, producing and co-producing landmark television series. Ken Burns’s The Civil War, Baseball and The War drew international praise; PBS Newshour is highly regarded for its news coverage; Washington Week with Gwen Ifill continues a 40-year tradition of insightful news analysis; and The Kennedy Center Presents performance series bring the richness of Washington’s arts and culture to the nation.

On the radio dial, WETA Classical is the exclusive home of classical music in Greater Washington. WETA Classical is available in greater DC area on WETA 90.9 FM, in the Cumberland Valley on WGMS 89.1 FM and in Frederick, Maryland on WETA 88.9 FM. Both WETA Classical and WETA VivaLaVoce (classical vocal music in all its forms, from the Middle Ages to the present, 24 hours per day) can be streamed worldwide at wetaclassical.org.

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