Mission
WSKG Public Broadcasting exists to address issues of importance
and give them context in our local communities; to teach
children the best values of our culture; to raise civic
questions so that citizens can answer them; to give voice
to the voiceless; and to inspire audiences to see our region
and world as a diverse, complex and fascinating place.
Vision
WSKG Public Broadcasting will be a preeminent catalyst for
community growth and development through: programs of discovery,
learning, and engagement that draw
the communities we serve together, model collaborative partnerships and collaboration
with public and private enterprise to pursue common objectives and a staff
committed to WSKG’s values and culture.
Values and Culture
At WSKG we strongly value: diversity, education, concern for community welfare,
security, continuous improvement, flexibility, creativity, innovation and the
culture of WSKG in and of itself. These values help us to clearly define our
mission as an organization serving our community.
Overview
WSKG
is operated by WSKG Public Telecommunications
Council, a private
non-profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents
of the State University of New York in association with the New York State Department
of Education, and provides a public educational telecommunications
service
under the governance of a Board of Trustees
which is selected from the communities served by the Station. WSKG is
a community licensee and is authorized by the FCC to operate television
and radio broadcasting services.
WSKG
provides a public broadcasting service to residents of the Station's coverage area. To accomplish
this WSKG produces
programs locally and
purchases programs
from Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS), American
Public Television (APT), National
Public Radio (NPR),
and American
Public Media, Public Radio International and
others. WSKG then promotes these programs to the public through
this web site, the program guide GAMUT, other publications, use
of the stations' own air time, and through other media.
WSKG
seeks educational, social and cultural concerns to address through
public telecommunications in cooperation with others... and does
so through the Community
Advisory Board, featuring listeners & viewers from various
communities in WSKG's coverage area.
"In May 1968, WSKG-TV
began..." (some history)