WKAR-TV's studios and offices are located in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building , at the southeast corner of Wilson and Red Cedar Roads, on the Michigan State University campus.
Broadcasting rights vary from program to program.
In most cases, WKAR can broadcast a program up to four times in a seven-day period, and some contracts indicate that a program can be broadcast a given number of times over a specific time period, such as two or three years. WKAR has more than 16,000 active members who support the station by making annual pledges. More than 2,000 volunteer positions are filled each year by community individuals who participate in such events as membership campaigns, Auction, special events, and assisting with organizational tasks. History WKAR-TV went on the air in January 1954, as an educational television station licensed to Michigan State University. It is the second-oldest educational television station in the United States, the oldest east of the Mississippi.