Special Programming
Local Productions
- Dinner & a Book
- Economic Outlook
- Education Counts
- Experience Michiana
- Outdoor Elements
- Politically Speaking
- Raising of America
- Women in Leadership
- Our Town Series
- Legends Of Michiana
- Other Productions
Featured Productions
PBS Kids
- Arthur
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Curious George
- Cyberchase
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
- Dinosaur Train
- Elinor Wonders Why
- Esme & Roy
- Hero Elementary
- Let's Go Luna!
- Martha Speaks
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Molly of Denali
- Nature Cat
- Odd Squad
- Peep and the Big Wide World
- Peg + Cat
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific
- Ready Jet Go!
- SciGirls
- Sesame Street
- Sid the Science Kid
- Splash and Bubbles
- Super Why!
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- Wild Kratts
- WordGirl
- WordWorld
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
State & National
- A Chef's Life
- ACC InVenture Prize 2021
- Aging Backwards 3: Fast Track With Miranda Esmonde-White
- Amanpour and Company
- America's Heartland
- America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated
- American Black Journal
- American Experience
- Antiques Roadshow
- As Time Goes By
- Ask This Old House
- Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece
- Austin City Limits
- BackStage Pass
- Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
- Baseball
- BBC World News America
- BBC World News Outside Source
- Beads, Baubles, and Jewels
- Best of Sewing With Nancy
- Beyond the CANVAS
- Bluegrass Underground
- Bobby "Slick" Leonard: Heart of a Hoosier
- Body Electric
- Born to Explore: Namibia -- Land of Cheetahs
- Call the Midwife
- Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
- Ciao Italia
- Classic Gospel
- Classical Stretch: By Essentrics
- Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
- Cook's Country
- COVID-19: Mental Health and Wellness
- Critical Care: America vs. The World -- PBS NewsHour Presents
- Curious Crew
- Curious George Swings Into Spring
- Curious Traveler
- Cycle Around Japan Highlights
- Democracy Now!
- Dining with the Chef
- Downton Abbey on Masterpiece
- Education Counts Michiana
- Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South
- Father Brown
- Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Firing Line With Margaret Hoover
- Fit 2 Stitch
- Flavor of Poland
- Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
- Frankie Drake Mysteries
- Frontline
- Functional Fitness With Suzanne Andrews
- Garden Smart
- Great Lakes Now
- Great Performances
- Great Scenic Railway Journeys
- Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
- Growing a Greener World
- Growing Up Green
- Happy Yoga With Sarah Starr
- Hearts of Glass
- Hemingway
- History Detectives
- How to Cook Well With Rory O'Connell
- Independent Lens
- India: Nature's Wonderland
- Indiana Lawmakers
- Indiana Week in Review
- Inside Indiana Business
- Into the Outdoors
- It's Sew Easy
- J Schwanke's Life in Bloom
- Jazzy Vegetarian
- Jim Crow of the North
- Journey Indiana
- Journeys in Japan
- Kid Stew
- Knit and Crochet Now
- Let's Learn
- Lidia's Kitchen
- Live Art: Family
- Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop
- Make48
- Michigan Out of Doors
- MotorWeek
- My Grandparents' War
- My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas
- Nancy Zieman: Extraordinary Grace
- Native Report
- Nature
- New Day New Chef
- New Scandinavian Cooking
- NHK Newsline
- No Second Chance
- NOVA
- On Story
- Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Grief With Daniel Amen, MD and Tana Amen
- Overheard With Evan Smith
- P. Allen Smith's Garden Home
- Paint This With Jerry Yarnell
- Painting and Travel With Roger & Sarah Bansemer
- Painting With Wilson Bickford
- Pati's Mexican Table
- PBS NewsHour
- PBS NewsHour Weekend
- Philly D.A.
- President Biden's Address to Congress
- Pullman: America's Hotel on Wheels
- Quilting Arts
- Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today
- Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
- Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Samantha Brown's Places to Love
- Sara's Weeknight Meals
- Second Opinion
- Secrets of Scotland Yard
- Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability
- Simply Ming
- Sit and Be Fit
- Song of the Mountains
- Songs at the Center
- Start Up
- Story in the Public Square
- Sun Studio Sessions
- The American Woodshop
- The Bee Gees One for All Tour -- Live in Australia 1989
- The Best of the Joy of Painting
- The Chavis Chronicles
- The Daytripper
- The Energy Paradox With Steven Gundry, MD
- The Friday Zone
- The Great British Baking Show
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- The Seaside Hotel
- The Songpoet
- The West Is Burning
- The Whitney Reynolds Show
- This Old House
- Tim Farmer's Country Kitchen
- To Be Announced
- To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé
- Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Travels With Darley
- Twice as Good
- Under the Radar Michigan
- Unrepresented
- Urban Forge: Ozark Artistry
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
- Vienna Blood
- Washington Week
- Weekends With Yankee
- Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero's Journey
- Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure
- Wild Nevada
- Woodsmith Shop
- World of Guitar
- World on Fire on Masterpiece
- Yoga in Practice
The staff at WNIT is dedicated to exploring issues important to our families, our community, and Michiana as a whole.
Documentaries and other productions
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Covid 19 - Where do we go from here?
Host Jeff Rea, along with a panel of health, community and medical professionals, will take a look back to when the pandemic began, what the current state of Covid is, including vaccinations and variants, where do we go from here and what the future looks like in 2021 and beyond with the virus.
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Lift Every Voice...Celebrating the African American Spirit
The annual event hosted by Dr. Marvin V. Curtis, retired dean of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana University Bend., will feature organist Dr. Collin Richardson of Columbus Ohio and pianist/composer Thomas W. Jefferson from Chicago, Illinois.
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The Black Church: A WNIT Conversation
Hosted by Kelly Morgan, The Black Church: A WNIT Conversation, dives deep into the role of the black church in our community, through worship, music, families, current events, and explores the past, present and future moving forward.
Airdates
Part 1- 34.1: February 16th at 7:30pm (Part 1)
- 34.2: February 20th at 7pm (Part 1)
- 34.1: February 17th at 7:30pm (Part 2)
- 34.2: February 20th at 7:30pm (Part 2)
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5th Annual Business Legacy Hall of Fame Induction Gala
Since its inception, Elkhart County has been known for its entrepreneurs, innovation and business leadership and building on this, Junior Achievement & Lemonade Day serving Elkhart County is excited to announce the 5th Annual Business Legacy Hall of Fame Induction Gala.
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Black Lives Matter: How Did We Get Here?
In this conversation we strive to focus less on the current protests taking place and rather try to make sense of the things that led the black lives matter movement to this tipping point. Through this program special we hope our viewers will gain a bigger-picture view of this particular movement.
Airdates
- June 5th @ 7:00pm (34.1)
- June 5th @ 11:00pm (34.2)
- June 6th @ 7:00pm (34.2)
- June 7th @ 1:00pm (34.1)
- June 7th @ 3:00pm (34.2)
Black Lives Matter: Mental Health
On this program-special we strive to have an open conversation about Black trauma (and mental health in general) in hopes of our viewers will feel equipped to take steps towards bettering their health.
Airdates
- June 26th @ 7:00pm (34.1)
- June 28th @ 2:00pm (34.1)
- June 29th @ 5:00pm (34.2)
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Mental Health And Wellness (All Parts)
Host Gary Sieber, along with a panel of medical professionals and therapists, will discuss the here, now and future of Mental Health and Wellness with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Airdates
- April 24th @ 7:30pm and April 27th @ 5:00pm (Part 1)
- May 1st @ 7:30pm, May 4th 5:00pm (Part 2)
- May 8th @ 7:30pm, May 11th 5:00pm (Part 3)
- May 15th @ 7:30pm, May 18th 5:00pm (Part 4)
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) What You Need To Know
Join us as we talk with a panel of health experts on a special local production, Coronavirus: What You Need to Know, Friday night at 7, only on WNIT
Airdates: March 13th @ 7pm -
Studebaker Fountain: A Gift Of Water And Light
In 1906, J.M. Studebaker gifted the city of South Bend a fountain which stood for 40 years before it was scrapped in the 1940s. The fountain resurfaced when a family donated a portion of it to the local history museum. This program explores the history of the fountain, its curious journey, and the remaking of the gift that symbolizes innovation and potential.
Airdates: Thursday, December 26th, 8pm, Monday, December 30th, 10pm, January 13th, 12am (midnight of the 12th) -
Elkhart Health & Aquatics
Seen as the replacement for the old YMCA, the new center in the heart of Elkhart’s River District is not only a place to swim, but a fitness, rehabilitation, and community center as well as northern Indiana’s newest destination for competitions and community venues.
Airdates: Thursday, July 18th @ 8:00 PM, Monday, July 22nd @ 7:30pm -
Notre Dame: Campus Crossroads
Take an inside tour of the University of Notre Dame's biggest campus undertaking in history.
Airdates: September 8th, 2017 @ 8pm, September 14th 2017 @ 8pm, September 23 , 2017 @ 4pm -
backstory / Defying The Nazis
A group of community members get together to talk about how the show "Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War" spoke to them through the example of a couple that went to Europe leading into World War II to help any way they could.
Airdate: September 20th, 2016 -
As the Waters Flow
As the Waters Flow is a one hour documentary that explores the rivers, lakes and streams that make up the Tippecanoe Watershed.
Airdate: September 8th, 2016 -
10 Parks That Changed America
A lively exploration of architecture, design and urban planning, the series reveals how our homes, towns and parks reflect our history, values, ingenuity and hopes.
Airdate: April 12th, 2016 -
1916: The Irish Rebellion
Narrated by Liam Neeson, this landmark three-part series tells the dramatic story of the events that took place in Dublin during Easter Week 1916, when a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire.
Airdate: April 7th - April 21, 2016 -
FCC Spectrum Auction: What it Means to Michiana
What is the upcoming FCC spectrum auction and what impact will it have on television broadcasters?
Airdate: January 7th, 2016 -
Notre Dame Glee Club Centennial Concert
Performanced at the Morris Performing Arts Center
Airdate: October 2nd, 2015 -
SB150 Festivities/Bridge Lighting
The South Bend 150 festivities kick off with an opening ceremony, WNIT covers the event and river lights.
Airdate: May 22nd, 2015