The show rapidly grew in coverage and viewers until it became one of the most popular programs on the newly created PBS member stations.
It is also one of seven full PBS members to be operated by a community college.
WQLN is the second-smallest PBS member in Pennsylvania.
This is despite the fact it is the smallest PBS member in New York State; its primary audience is a mostly rural area of only 252,000 people.
As a result, in much of WCFE's broadcast area viewers are actually served by two PBS members.
Although WCFE is the second-smallest PBS member in New York state, it reaches a potential audience of 3.9 million people.
It is operated by the Alabama Educational Television Commission, which holds the licenses for all the PBS member stations licensed in the state.
It is the smallest PBS member in Pennsylvania, serving a coverage area of 600,000 people.
A common restructuring proposal is to reorganize the network so that each state would have one PBS member which would broadcast state-wide.
WVIZ is one of the few PBS members to have a new updated digital studio center.