WYIN
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| City | Gary, Indiana |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | Lakeshore PBS |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting, Inc. |
| WLPR-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | November 15, 1987 |
Former channel number |
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Call sign meaning | "We're Your Indiana Neighbor" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 49803 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 290 m (951 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′56″N 87°24′2″W / 41.34889°N 87.40056°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WYIN (channel 56), branded Lakeshore PBS, is a secondary PBS member television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, United States, serving the Chicago area. It is owned by Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting, Inc., as a sister station to NPR member WLPR-FM (89.1). The two stations share studios on Indiana Place (Mississippi Street) in Merrillville; WYIN's transmitter is located near Lake Dalecarlia (due south of Cedar Lake). WYIN is one of two PBS member stations in the Chicago television market, alongside WTTW (channel 11).