WETA Focus

As a devoted viewer and fan of WETA television programming across many genres, I relish both watching new offerings and returning to old favorites. I also find it very convenient to stream programs at times of my choosing. That is why I encourage you to take advantage of our most popular member benefit, WETA Passport, which features an amazing archive of superb programming that you can stream anytime — and special opportunities to view select series ahead of broadcast. Learn more about WETA Passport on the page opposite this column.

This month in WETA broadcasts, sample the wide slate of programs celebrating Black History Month across our channels WETA PBS, WETA Metro and WETA World. We have assembled an array of fascinating programming for you, including several of the historical and cultural series that WETA has co-produced with our longtime production partner and friend, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Watch as well for more new episodes of his riveting genealogy series Finding Your Roots, a co-production with WETA that presents deep explorations of celebrities’ family histories.

February also brings more new explorations of local homes and neighborhoods around the Washington area on our engaging and entertaining local production If You Lived Here, which illuminates our wonderful community, its history and its people.

Enjoy all that WETA has to offer; and thank you for your support.

Percy Rockefeller, president and chief executive officer, WETA