WATERTOWN, NY (November 4, 2022) – In celebration of Indigenous People’s Day – celebrated on October 10, 2022 – and in recognition of Native American Heritage Month in November, WPBS is pleased to now offer FNX Live programming directly from its website at wpbstv.org/fnx – in beta phase (the stream may take a minute or two to load). Streaming FNX content through the WPBS website is available now to viewers across Northern New York.
First Nations Experience Television, or FNX, is an Indigenous media source that educates and empowers the community through greater engagement, awareness and understanding of Indigenous cultures and peoples. Its mission is to prove the global audience with authentic Native American and World Indigenous educational content that informs, inspires and entertains. FNX is the only national broadcast television network in the U.S. exclusively devoted to Native American and world Indigenous content.
On November 8th, 2022 – FNX and ICT (formerly Indian Country Today) will host a 3-hour live election special – covering races, issues, and multi-partisan candidates from all over Indian County. The special broadcast will feature a live broadcast with Aliya Chavez (Kewa Pueblo) and Mark Trahant (Shoshone/Bannock) and will include short interviews with candidates and community leaters. This election special will be available for streaming on the WPBS website at wpbstv.org/fnx.
About FNX (First Nations Experience)
FNX | First Nations Experience is the first and only national broadcast television network in the U.S. exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content. Through Native-produced and themed documentaries, dramatic series, nature, cooking, gardening, children’s, and arts programming, FNX strives to accurately illustrate the lives and cultures of Native people around the world. Created as a shared vision between Founding Partners, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, and the San Bernardino Community College District, FNX is owned by and originates from the studios of KVCR-PBS San Bernardino. FNX began terrestrial broadcast in the Los Angeles area on September 25, 2011, and went national on November 1, 2014, via the Public Television Interconnect System (PBS satellite AMC – 21 Channel SD08), making the network available to PBS affiliates, community and tribal stations, and cable television service providers across the country. FNX is working diligently to obtain channel carriage in as many communities as possible across the country.
FNX offers a wonderful line-up of Native and Indigenous programming, including: Aboriginal Adventures, Amy’s Mythic Morning, Behind the Brush, Cashing In, Chaos & Courage, Children of the Desert, Common Ground, Cooking Hawaiian Style, Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show, Double Trouble, First Contact, First Nations Comedy Experience, Fit First, FNX Now Block, Frybread Flats, Future History, Going Native Gracias Christmas Cantata, Hard Rock Medical, Hit the Ice, Hoopa Valley, Indian Country Today, Indian Road, Ingidenous Day Live 2018, Lakota Berenstein Bears, Lands Wandered, Little J and Big Cuz, Louis Says, Main Street Wyoming, Make Prayers to the Raven, Making Regalia, Mixed Blessings, Moosemeat & Marmalade, Native Planet, Native Shorts, Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People, People of the Pines, Power to the People, Rabbit Falls, Red Earth Uncovered, Ruth-Ann Thorn Presents: Art of the City, Seeing Canada, Seeing the USA, Skeletons of New Zealand, Skindigenous, Studio 49, Teepee Time, The Aux, The Magic Canoe, The Medicine Line, Tiga Talk, Toa Hunter Gatherer, Travel & Delights, Tribal Police Files, Underexposed, Untamed Gourmet, Urban Native Girl, Waabiny Time, Wapos Bay, Wassaja, Wild Archaeology, Wild Game, Wild Kitchen, Wolf Joe, and more. Â
Learn more at www.fnx.org and find local listings of FNX affiliate channels at www.fnx.org/how-to-watch-us/. For more information about this topic, please email Frank Blanquet at fblanquet@fnx.org.
About WPBS
WPBS is a PBS station serving approximately 650,000 households throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario via cable, satellite, Internet and over-the-air distribution. WPBS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, inform, and engage its two-nation region with exceptional and trusted content across multiple platforms. Its vision is to be the premier provider of extraordinary public media that instills wonder and curiosity across generations and borders. More information about WPBS, including a full channel listing, is available at wpbstv.org, or by following WPBS on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Â
