WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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WHYY first began radio broadcasting in 1954 and soon expanded to include entertainment, educational, cultural,and news television broacasts. WHYY offices in Philadelphia, Pa. and Wilmington, Delaware provide programming for southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and South Jersey.

From the description of WHYY War Letters collection , 1861-1972. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 214330910

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Jim Karayn Papers, 1960-1981, and undated, 1971-1980 University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
creatorOf WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.). WHYY War Letters collection , 1861-1972. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. Files on the Pew Memorial Foundation, 1948-1957. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.). Correspondence with Eugene Ormandy, 1958-1978. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Pew Charitable Trusts. Grant products reports, 1988-2002. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Delaware Educational Television Association. Delaware Educational Television Association records, 1953-1972. Historical Society of Delaware
creatorOf WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.). Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1967-2002. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Schloss, Edwin H. Correspondence from Eugene Ormandy, 1959. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Burdick, Richard S. person
associatedWith Delaware Educational Television Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Griffiths, David 1942- person
associatedWith Hall, Roger Griffen, 1925- person
associatedWith Hume, Paul, 1915-2001. person
associatedWith Karayn, Jim. person
associatedWith Kraetzer, Warren A. person
associatedWith Marcus, Norman, 1934- person
associatedWith Nesbitt, Albert J. person
associatedWith Pew Charitable Trusts. corporateBody
associatedWith Pew, J. Howard (John Howard), 1882-1971. person
associatedWith Schloss, Edwin H. person
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United States
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1958

Active 1978

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