WBMB

WBMB, virtual and VHF digital channel 18, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to and serving the  market. The station is owned by WNYC Educational Television, a unit of, as a sister station to fellow PBS member station WNYC-TV and NYPR's radio triopoly of , and. WBMB and WNYC share studios at 160 Varick Street in the area of  and transmission facilities in. WBMB also maintains a production studio in Yonkers and an auxiliary studio on the campus of.

The WNYC-WBMB TV duopoly are a joint-member of PBS' Program Differentiation Plan (PDP), as tertiary PBS member stations for the New York City market, both only air 20% of the network's schedule.

WBMB originated the U.S. PBS broadcasts of Mopatop's Shop and Watership Down.

History
Originally operated by, the station first signed-on the air on April 7, 1977. The station identified as "Yonkers/New York City, New York" right out of the gate.

In 2008, New York University sold WBMB to WNYC Educational Television, a shell corporation owned by. NYU continues operating the station via a program service agreement.