Mission Statement:
WPBS-TV is a non-profit public
television station, serving Northern New York and Eastern Ontario, Canada. Our mission is
to educate, entertain & inform, in order to enhance the lives of those we serve.
WPBS-TV serves approximately 2.2 million viewers.
Vision Statement:
WPBS-TV is the recognized leader in
quality programming. When people seek educational, entertaining and informational content,
they choose WPBS-TV. |
WPBS/WNPI-TV is licensed as St. Lawrence Valley
Educational Television Council, Inc. and was founded in 1958 as a non-profit educational
corporation established under an absolute Charter from the NYS Board of Regents.
For the first 13 years, the Council produced educational
programs that were broadcast by WWNY-TV, a local commercial station. In August 1971,
WNPE/WNPI-TV began operation as a public television station. Two transmitters were
installed which serve a broadcast area throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario.
In 1978, the staff and equipment outgrew their facilities on Champion Hill and moved to
the existing location on Arsenal Street in Watertown, New York. In September 1998, the FCC
granted permission for WNPE to change its call letters to WPBS-TV.
Today, WPBS-TV employs the equivalent of 26 full-time
employees. WPBS-TV is the producer of nationally syndicated programs and is widely
recognized for it's children's programming, which is commercial-free, educational and
entertaining.
As part of a Ready To Learn grant program, WPBS-TV
conducts workshops and distributes booklets to childcare providers and parental groups and
broadcasts continuing education programming and college telecourses through established
relationships with the Jefferson County BOCES and Jefferson Community College
respectively.
WPBS-TV produces Whiz Quiz, a high school academic
quiz programming featuring competitors from among 32 high schools, and in 2001 Whiz
Quiz Canada was added for international flavor.
A producer of national programs for PBS stations, WPBS has
delighted viewers with Rod & Reel, Rod & Reel Streamside, Cabin Country, From a
Country Garden, The Artist's World, Camp Willie, Discovering Pets, Fly Fishing
Destinations, The Gardener, and Classical Stretch.
For nearly one-half century, WPBS-TV has been providing
excellence in public television to you, our viewers, with programs of the highest quality
- in that they are educational, entertaining, and informational. A video presentation of the station's history is available for
purchase.
JAMES
W. WRIGHT COMMUNITY ROOM
FACILITY
USAGE REQUEST FORM
Please Address Closed Captioning Complaints To:
Joline Furgison, Programming Manager
WPBS-TV, 1056 Arsenal Street
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 782-3142, ext. 313
(315) 782-2491 (Fax)
jfurgison@wpbstv.org |
Public Files
WPBS 388 AS FILED JUNE 2009.pdf
WNPI-DT 388 AS FILED JUNE
2009.pdf
WPBS 388 AS FILED APRIL
2009.pdf
WNPI 388 AS FILED APRIL
2009.pdf
WPBS ANALOG TERMINATION AS
FILED.pdf
WNPI ANALOG TERMINATION AS
FILED.pdf
The
Public and Broadcasting, July 2008 --- Media Bureau (FCC) USA.pdf
WPBS-WNPI 388 - 1st
quarter 2008.pdf
WNPI FORM
388 AS FILED - 2nd quarter 2008.pdf
WPBS FORM 388 AS FILED - 2nd quarter 2008.pdf
WNPI Form
388 As Filed - 3rd Quarter 2008.pdf
WPBS FORM388 --- AS FILED 3rd Quarter 2008.pdf
WPBS FORM388 --- AS FILED 4th
Quarter 2008.pdf
WNPI Form 388 As Filed - 4th
Quarter 2008.pdf
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