In May 1968, WSKG-TV began broadcasting over Channel
46 from  Binghamton, New York. The station's call letters were
taken from the initials of Dr. Stanley
Kiehl Gambell, a prominent local
clergyman active in children's television
programming. WSKG moved to a permanent
home in Vestal, New York, in 1989,
renovating the former Willow Point
Elementary School.
WSKG
Public Radio
began broadcasting at 89.3 FM in Binghamton in October 1975 and
became affiliated with National Public Radio and American Public Radio (now
known as Public
Radio International). WSKG Radio now offers news,
public affairs, classical, folk and jazz
music with additional full power
transmitters in Ithaca at 90.9fm,
Oneonta/Cooperstown at 91.7fm,
Elmira/Corning at 91.1fm, and
Hornell/Alfred at 88.7fm.
 Binghamton's newest
public radio station is WSQX
91.5... your
jazz and news alternative. WSQX signed on
in January 1995, offering Binghamton's
only consistent source of jazz, as well
as news and public affairs programs from
NPR, including Talk of the Nation
and Morning Edition (repeating
'til noon). WSQX may also be heard in
Corning, NY at 90.7fm.
WSKG has received
awards for excellence from the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in public relations
efforts and development activities, as
well as several awards from PBS for
excellence in program underwriting and
overall development. Additionally, WSKG
has been honored both locally and
nationally for its programming and
production efforts.
WSKG's Educational Services department provides formal classroom
programming used by more than 120,000
students and 10,000 teachers in 80 school
districts, as well as GED on TV, and a
variety of workshops on subjects such as
preschool education and media
utilization, media literacy, journalism,
use of television in the classroom and
use of video production in the classroom.
WSKG currently provides
public television and radio service to 21
counties (15 in New York, six in
Pennsylvania)
to over l million people.
For over 30 years WSKG
has served its communities responsibly
with a continuing commitment to
education, with programming for children
that has no equal, through news and
public affairs programming that really
matters, and with performing arts and
cultural programming that brings the best
creations of American and world talent
home.
|
