WETA unveils survival strategies to offset $9M in lost federal funds

Less than a month after WETA lost the taxpayer grants it had received for 50+ years, the station is going public with its ...
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WETA Announces New Free Streaming Service: WETA+

Arlington, VA, July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WETA, the flagship public media station in the national capital area, has launched WETA+, a new streaming service tailored for the local D.C., MD and ...
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WETA to take control of ‘NewsHour Weekend’ with Geoff Bennett as host

Geoff Bennett will join PBS NewsHour as chief Washington correspondent and host of PBS NewsHour Weekend next year when production of the weekend program moves to WETA in Washington, D.C. “This ...
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Geoff Bennett to Join PBS NewsHour as Chief Washington Correspondent and WETA to Assume Production of PBS NewsHour Weekend in April with Bennett as Anchor

Arlington, VA (November 18, 2021) – Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President and C.E.O. of WETA and President of NewsHour Productions, L.L.C., today announced that Geoff Bennett will join PBS NewsHour as ...