WFYI (TV)
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| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media, Inc. |
| WFYI-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 4, 1970 |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 20 (UHF, 1970–2009) |
Call sign meaning | "For Your Information" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 41397 |
| ERP | 225 kW |
| HAAT | 251 m (823 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°53′56.9″N 86°12′02.4″W / 39.899139°N 86.200667°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WFYI (channel 20) is a PBS member television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media, Inc. alongside NPR member WFYI-FM (90.1). The two stations share studios between Pierson and Illinois Streets (using a North Meridian Street address) north of downtown Indianapolis, within the city's Television Row section. The TV station's transmitter is located on West 79th Street and Township Line Road on the city's northwest side (near Meridian Hills).
After a years-long fight to start public television, much delayed by competing tower site plans proposed by commercial stations, WFYI debuted on October 4, 1970. Its foundation was supported by a women-led fundraising drive to raise the first year's operating expenses. In addition to airing PBS and other public television programs, WFYI also produces programs of local and regional interest.