WHYY

WHYY is the public media organization for the Philadelphia region, serving southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey on television, radio, podcasts, streaming and in the community. WHYY, Inc. is a member-supported nonprofit headquartered on Independence Mall in Center City Philadelphia, with an additional office in Wilmington, Delaware. WHYY-FM signed on in December 1954 as Philadelphia's first educational station, and WHYY-TV followed in 1957.

WHYY-FM 90.9 is a charter member of NPR and is simulcast on stations in southern New Jersey, including WNJM in Manahawkin and WNJZ in Cape May Court House. WHYY-TV 12, licensed to Wilmington, is the primary PBS member station for the Philadelphia area and is rebroadcast in southern Delaware on WDPB in Seaford. WHYY produces more than a dozen local programs, among them Fresh Air with Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, which is heard nationally on NPR stations, You Oughta Know and Studio 2.

Its regional newsroom of more than 50 people produces WHYY News and includes Billy Penn at WHYY, a Philadelphia news and lifestyle site. WHYY also offers multimedia instruction in its studios and at more than 42 local schools, hosts more than 50 community events a year, and counts on member support for about half of its operating budget. In September 2026 the FCC approved the transfer of Penn State's WPSU-TV and WPSU-FM licenses in central Pennsylvania to WHYY, and WPSU's openings in State College are posted through WHYY's employment page.

More than 200 people work at WHYY. The organization hires across news reporting and editing, digital and audio production, membership, major gifts and fundraising operations, underwriting and sponsorship, finance and information technology, and it runs an internship program for college students and recent graduates. Benefits include a 403(b) match, six weeks of parental leave and an annual learning and development reimbursement.