WGWT-TV

, virtual channel 1 (UHF digital channel 11), is a -affiliated television station licensed to the American capital city of. The station is owned by as part of a duopoly with PBS member station WGWU-TV, both are sister stations to the university's student TV station. All three stations share studios at the Building on the George Washington University campus in the  neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., WGWT-TV and WGWU-TV share transmission facilities in Washington's  neighborhood. WGWT-TV is one of two NBC affiliates in the Washington D.C. market, the other being O&O.

History
WGWT-TV was created in order to give students of the School of Media and Public Affairs a hands-on experience by working at a full-fledged commercial station. It first signed-on on May 12, 1966 from an analog signal on channel 1. Reception of the signal was reported as far away as. During the 1970s, WGWT-TV originated a short-lived but well-remembered music program on NBC, The Capitol Music Hall.

News operation
Most of WGWT's reporters, producers, on-air anchors, editors and photographers have been a rotating array of School of Media and Public Affairs students seen by week and portions of the semesters. In addition, weekend and substitute anchors are students. However, professional staff are hired as managers, engineers, and sales representatives.