WETA is the flagship public media station for Greater Washington: WETA PBS television, WETA Classical 90.9 FM, the WETA+ streaming service, and the home of PBS News Hour and Washington Week. Based in Arlington, Virginia, and licensed to a community nonprofit.
WETA is the flagship public media station in the nation's capital, serving audiences across Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland through television, radio and digital platforms. Its offices and studios are in the Shirlington neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. WETA TV 26 first went on the air on October 2, 1961, and the organization is licensed to the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
On television, WETA operates WETA PBS, WETA UK, WETA Metro, WETA World and WETA PBS Kids, plus the free streaming platform WETA+. On radio, WETA Classical 90.9 FM is the exclusive home for classical music in the Greater Washington area, available over the air, online and through the WETA Classical app.
WETA is the second-largest producing station in the public media system. It is home to PBS News, the primary daily, breaking and special news producer for PBS, whose broadcast productions include PBS News Hour, Washington Week with The Atlantic, Horizons from PBS News and Compass Points from PBS News. National WETA productions include The American Revolution and Finding Your Roots, made with filmmakers such as Ken Burns and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
WETA and NewsHour Productions hire for roles across news and digital journalism, television and audio production and engineering, fundraising and development, marketing, audience research and administration. Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 403(b) plan with an employer match, tuition reimbursement and paid leave. Openings are posted on the WETA careers site.
