WSKG-TV

WSKG-TV / WSKA
WSKG: Binghamton, New York WSKA: Corning/Elmira, New York United States

Channels	Digital: WSKG: 42 (UHF) WSKA: 30 (UHF) Virtual: WSKG: 46 (PSIP) WSKA: 30 (PSIP)
Subchannels	46.1 PBS 46.2 World 46.3 Create
Affiliations	PBS (1970–present)
Owner	WSKG Public Telecommunications Council
First air date	WSKG: May 12, 1968 (1968-05-12) WSKA: 2006 (2006)
Call letters' meaning	Stanley Kiehl Gambell
Sister station(s)	WSKG-FM, WSQX-FM
Former channel number(s)	Analog: WSKG: 46 (UHF, 1968–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1968–1970)
Transmitter power	WSKG: 50 kW WSKA: 25 kW
Height	WSKG: 408 m WSKA: 334 m
Facility ID	WSKG: 74034 WSKA: 78908
Transmitter coordinates	WSKG: 42°3′40″N 75°56′45″W / 42.06111°N 75.94583°W / 42.06111; -75.94583 WSKA: 42°8′29.73″N 77°4′39.11″W / 42.1415917°N 77.0775306°W / 42.1415917; -77.0775306 (WSKA)
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	/ WSKA Profile / WSKA CDBS
Website	www.wskg.org

WSKG-TV is a public television station in Binghamton, New York, broadcasting locally on channel 46 as a Public Broadcasting Service (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.

Overview

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.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	PSIP Short Name	Video	Aspect	Programming^[1]
46.1	WSKG-HD	1080i	16:9	Main WSKG-TV programming / PBS
46.2	WSKG-2	480i		World
46.3	WSKG-3	480i		Create

Analog-to-digital conversion

WSKG-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42.^[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 46.

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 was their only TV translator remaining in recent years, until the repeater license was cancelled on January 13, 2012. It had an ERP of 650 watts.

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WSKG
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Broadcast television in the Central Southern Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, including Binghamton

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WXXW-LP 6 (Ind)

WBPN-LP 10 (MNTV)

WBNG-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW)

WBGH-CD (20.1 NBC, 20.3 ABC)

WIVT (34.1 ABC, 34.2 NBC, 34.3 Laff)

WICZ-TV (40.1 Fox, 40.2 MNTV)

WSKG-TV (46.1 PBS, 46.2 World, 46.3 Create)

Cable-only stations

Spectrum Sports

Spectrum News Central New York

YES

MSG

SNY

Adjacent locals

Elmira/Corning	WETM-TV (18.1 NBC, 18.2 Ind, 18.3 Laff, 18.4 Escape) WSKA-TV (30.1 PBS, 30.2 World, 30.3 Create) WENY-TV (36.1 ABC, 36.2 CBS, 36.3 The CW) WJKP-LD (39.1 MNTV) WYDC (48.1 Fox, 48.2 MNTV, 48.3 Wx)

Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, PA	WNEP-TV (16.1 ABC, 16.2 ATV, 16.3 Justice) WYOU (22.1 CBS, 22.2 Escape, 22.3 Bounce TV) WBRE-TV (28.1 NBC, 28.2 Laff, 28.3 Grit) WSWB (38.1 The CW, 38.2 MeTV, 38.3 Comet) WVIA-TV (44.1 PBS, 44.2 via 2, 44.3 Create) WQMY (53.1 MNTV, 53.2 Fox, 53.3 The CW) WOLF-TV (56.1 Fox, 56.2 The CW, 56.3 MNTV) WQPX-TV (64.1 Ion, 64.2 qubo, 64.3 Life, 64.4 Ion Shop, 64.5 QVC Over Air, 64.6 HSN)

Syracuse	WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Comet) WTVH (5.1 CBS, 5.2 Grit) WSYR-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV, 9.3 Bounce TV, 9.4 Laff) WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 World, 24.4 PBS Plus) WNYS-TV (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 GetTV) WNYI (52.1 Daystar) WSPX-TV (56.1 Ion, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 Life, 56.4 Shop, 56.5 QVC, 56.6 HSN) WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 TCN)

Defunct

W26BS 26 (TBN)

New York State television: Albany/Schenectady; Binghamton; Buffalo; Burlington/Plattsburgh; Elmira; New York City; Rochester; Syracuse; Utica; Watertown

Pennsylvania broadcast television: Binghamton, New York; Buffalo, New York; Elmira, New York; Erie; Johnstown/Altoona/State College; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg); Washington, DC; Youngstown, Ohio

Broadcast television in Southwestern NY State, including Elmira and Corning

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WETM-TV (18.1 NBC, 18.2 Ind, 18.3 Laff, 18.4 Escape)

WSKA (30.1 PBS, 30.2 World, 30.3 Create)

WENY-TV (36.1 ABC, 36.2 CBS, 36.3 The CW)

WJKP-LD (39.1 MNTV)

WYDC (48.1 Fox, 48.2 MNTV, 48.3 AccuWX)

Outlying areas

W20CP-D (20.1 PBS, 20.2 VIA2, 20.3 Create)

W26CV-D (26.1 ABC, 26.2 Antenna TV, 26.3 Justice Network)

Cable-only stations

Spectrum News Southern Tier

YES

MSG Western New York

Adjacent locals

Binghamton	WBNG-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW) WBGH-CD (20.1 NBC, 20.3 ABC) WIVT (34.1 ABC, 34.2 NBC, 34.3 Laff, 34.4 Escape) WICZ-TV (40.1 Fox, 40.2 MyNetworkTV) WSKG-TV (46.1 PBS, 46.2 World, 46.3 Create)

Buffalo	WIVB-TV (4.1 CBS) WKBW-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Laff, 7.3 Escape) WBBZ-TV (67.1 MeTV, 67.2 This TV, 67.4 Daystar)

Johnstown, PA	WPSU-TV (3.1 PBS, 3.2 Create, 3.3 World) WJAC-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MeTV, 6.3 Comet, 6.4 Grit) WTAJ-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Escape, 10.3 Laff)

Rochester	WROC-TV (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV, 8.3 Laff, 8.3 Escape) WHEC-TV (10.1 NBC, 10.2 MeTV, 10.3 WX) WHAM-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 The CW, 13.3 Grit) WXXI-TV (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV, 31.3 Comet)

Defunct channels

WFBT 14 (Ind)

WTVE 24 (DuMont)

PEISH TV

New York State television: Albany/Schenectady; Binghamton; Buffalo; Burlington/Plattsburgh; Elmira; New York City; Rochester; Syracuse; Utica; Watertown

Pennsylvania broadcast television: Binghamton, New York; Buffalo, New York; Elmira, New York; Erie; Johnstown/Altoona/State College; New York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg); Washington, DC; Youngstown, Ohio

PBS Member Stations in the state of New York

WNET 13 (New York City) WPBS 16 / WNPI 18 (Watertown / Norwood) WMHT 17 (Schenectady) WNED 17 (Buffalo) WLIW 21 (Garden City / Long Island) WXXI 21 (Rochester) WCNY 24 / W22DO-D 22 (Syracuse / Utica) WSKG 46 / WSKA 30 (Binghamton / Corning) WCFE 57 (Plattsburgh)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

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