Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media, Inc. (MIMP) is a not-for-profit corporation in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, [1] [2] that operates television station WFYI and radio station WFYI-FM, which are member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), respectively. Digital TV channel 20.1 (WFYI 1) primarily broadcasts mainline PBS Kids programming during the day and both locally produced and nationally produced and distributed PBS productions in the evenings and overnight. [3] Digital TV channel 20.2 (WFYI 2) operates as " PBS Kids," airing children's programming. Digital TV channel 20.3 (WFYI 3) airs some re-runs of nationally developed programming as well as elements of the national " Create" network, which focuses programming on "how-to" types of educational TV. The beginnings of the "Indiana Channel" are also aired weekly on WFYI 3. [4]
On July 1, 2022, MIMP took over operation of two former Purdue University radio stations, WBAA (AM), and WBAA-FM. [5] [6]
The corporation is headquartered at 1630 N. Meridian Street in Indianapolis. [7]
References
- ^ "Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (May 9, 2013).
"Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ "Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting, Inc. - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ "WFYI Television Schedule". WFYI. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Christopherson, Margaret (July 1, 2022). "Purdue completes transfer, sale of WBAA to WFYI after a century of operation". The Journal & Courier. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ Service, Purdue News. "WBAA now part of Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ "WFYI parent firm taking over state's oldest radio station". Indianapolis Business Journal. July 2, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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