WETA National Productions

WETA is the leading public broadcaster in the nation’s capital. It serves Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia with educational initiatives and high-quality programming on television, radio, and digital.

WETA Washington, D.C., is the second-largest producing station for public television in the United States. It produces news and public affairs programs, including PBS NewsHour and PBS News Weekend; films by Ken Burns, such as The U.S. and the Holocaust and Benjamin Franklin; series and documentaries by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., including Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Making Black America: Through the Grapevine; and performance specials, such as In Performance at the White House and The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.