Mission
Guided by your aspirations, WSKG serves to inspire with the highest
quality educational programming, explore the arts, culture and
heritage of the region and beyond, engage in thoughtful
consideration of news and issues of importance, and entertain with
the very best in multimedia programming.
Vision
WSKG: striving to be your trusted partner, enriching the lives of
the people and communities we serve.
Values
At WSKG we strongly value:
· Diversity: in opinion, thought and culture;
· Creativity and Innovation: in thinking, programming, and content
development;
· Integrity: in how we conduct our business, in the programming we
create;
· Courage: to be different, accept failure, to take a stand;
· Transparency: to open the activities of the station to public
inquiry;
· Accountability: in all our actions;
· Open Mindedness: in how we approach issues and opinions;
· Responsiveness: to community interests, needs and new
ideas.
These values help us to clearly define our mission as an
organization serving our community.
WSKG Goals
Content and Services:
· Goal 1: Provide content and services designed to
meet identified community needs and interests.
· Goal 2: Increase local relevance, significance
and impact of content and services.
· Goal 3: Provide content and services using
current and emerging technologies.
· Goal 4: Build awareness of content and services
in the communities we serve.
Financial:
· Goal 1: Diversify revenue portfolio.
· Goal 2: Increase funding for production of
content.
· Goal 3: Build Operating Reserves.
· Goal 4: Develop Business Continuity and Disaster
plans.
Organizational:
· Goal 1: Create an organization culture that
reflects the WSKG values of Diversity, Creativity, Integrity,
Courage, Transparency, Accountability, Open Mindedness, and
Responsiveness.
· Goal 2: Develop a culture of fundraising
throughout WSKG.
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)