WSKG-TV
PBS member station in Binghamton, New York, United States
WSKG-TV (channel 46) is a PBS member television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, serving New York's Southern Tier. It is owned by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council alongside NPR members WSKG-FM (89.3) and WSQX-FM (91.5). The three stations share studios on Gates Road in Vestal, New York; WSKG-TV's transmitter is located on Ingraham Hill in the town of Binghamton. WSKG is rebroadcast on a high-power satellite station, WSKA (channel 30), licensed to Corning and serving the western Twin Tiers from a transmitter on Higman Hill southwest of the town.
The New York State Department of Education's plans for educational television in New York state included a transmitter on channel 46 in Binghamton, and in 1952 the state obtained a construction permit for the facility. However, the network never received state funding. Meanwhile, in 1961, the Southern Tier Educational Television Association, a consortium representing local school districts, was chartered to provide educational programs for air on Binghamton's commercial stations. In 1966, it took over planning for its own educational station as well as the Department of Education permit.
WSKG-TV began broadcasting on May 12, 1968. It was named to honor a deceased local clergyman at the request of an anonymous donor.
“WSKG-TV” enters the record as pBS member station in Binghamton, New York, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WSKG-TV, member and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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