WSKG-TV

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WSKG-TV / WSKA
WSKG: Binghamton, New York WSKA: Corning/Elmira, New York
Channels	Analog: WSKG: 46 (UHF) Digital: WSKG: 42 (UHF) WSKA: 30 (UHF)
Subchannels	46.1 PBS HD (1080i) 46.2 WSKG-TV 46.3 Create/ThinkBright 46.4 WSKG-FM 46.5 WSQX-FM
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WSKG Public Telecommunications Council
First air date	WSKG: May 12, 1968 WSKA: 2006
Call letters’ meaning	Stanley Kiehl Gambell
Sister station(s)	WSKG-FM, WSQX-FM
Former affiliations	NET (1968-1970)
Transmitter Power	WSKG: 490 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) WSKA: 25 kW (digital)
Height	WSKG: 408 m (both) WSKA: 334 m (digital)
Facility ID	WSKG: 74034 WSKA: 78908
Transmitter Coordinates	WSKG: 42°3′39.4″N, 75°56′46″W WSKA: 42°8′31.2″N, 77°4′38.8″W
Website	www.wskg.org

WSKG-TV is a public television station in Binghamton, New York, broadcasting locally on channel 46 as a PBS member station. It is owned and operated by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council, Inc.. The station's offices are based in Vestal, New York.

The station was named for Stanley Kiehl Gambell, a prominent local clergyman who was active in children's television programming.

WSKG-FM and WSQX-FM are other broadcast stations operated by the same non-profit corporation.

[edit] Digital Channels

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
46.1	PBS HD
46.2	Main WSKG Programming
46.3	Create
46.4	WSKG-FM
46.5	WSQX-FM

[edit] Repeaters

The station also operates WSKA-DT channel 30 in Corning, New York. WSKA had begun broadcasting as of fall 2006 as a repeater station of WSKG-DT.

WSKG-TV once had many analog translators in operation across New York's Southern Tier. However, due to high operating costs, WSKG ceased the broadcasts, and surrendered the licenses of almost all of their television translators. W60AD channel 60 in Savona, New York is their only TV translator remaining, it has an ERP of 650 watts.

[edit] External links

• WSKG official website
• Broadcast Localism in Binghamton Market, report filed under FCC's Broadcast Localism NOI.
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSKG
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSKA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W60AD
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSKG-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSKA-TV

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