WUMT

WUMT is a PBS member television station located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned and operated by the University of Memphis and the Mid-South Public Communications Foundation, a non-profit organization governed by a board of trustees composed of volunteers. WUMT maintains studios and offices on the University of Memphis campus, and its transmitter is also located there.
== History ==
The station first signed on the air on June 25, 1956 as Tennessee's first public television outlet. Its studios were first located in midtown Memphis, but would move several years later to rented space on the campus of Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).
Unlike most of Tennessee's public television outlets, WUMT has never had direct or indirect ties to the state government, even though during its early years the station would identify as "Tennessee Educational Television" during in-school hours and "Tennessee Public Television" during off-school hours, including prime time.
== Digital Television ==
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
20.1 	1080i	16:9 	WUMT-HD 	Main WUMT-TV programming / PBS
20.2 	480i 	16:9 	WUMT-2 	PBS Encore ("WUMT 2")
10.3 	480i 	4:3 	UMT-KID 	24/7 PBS Kids Programming
Category:Channel 20
Category:Memphis, Tennessee
Category:Tennessee
Category:PBS member stations
Category:Former NET affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1956