LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — The parent company of New York’s two largest PBS Member stations — WNET-13 and WLIW-21 — has revealed that its President/CEO will retire from his role when his current ...

Two of the country’s largest public television stations — Thirteen/WNET and WLIW 21 — have agreed to merge operations. On Tuesday, WLIW’s board of trustees voted in favor of the merger, which WNET’s ...

The parent company of public stations WNET/Ch. 13 and WLIW/Ch. 21 Thursday laid off 85 of its roughly 500-person staff in an effort to survive on a smaller budget. WNET.org, the parent of the sister ...

New York’s WNET is reversing its decision — at least temporarily — to shift independent documentaries from primetime on its main channel to the secondary WLIW on Long Island, which reaches a far ...

NEW YORK, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The WNET Group, parent company of America's flagship PBS station THIRTEEN, announced the appointment of Dana Roberson to General Manager, THIRTEEN and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WNET, Channel Thirteen, the nation's largest public television station, lost its brand-new ...

Laura Savini, one of the area’s most recognizable faces in public television, has resigned as head of marketing for WLIW21, but will continue as an on air host for specials and fundraisers.

It’s like school — only with some of TV’s biggest stars writing on the blackboard. Public broadcasting will take America back to school Saturday with its second annual “American Graduate Day,” a seven ...

WNET, the Public Broadcasting Service channel for NYC, is now pre-empting the regular weekday schedules on WLIW21 and WLIW WORLD to broadcast a full day of K–12 educational programming. This new ...

WNET, the parent company of New York PBS stations Thirteen and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, is launching a free, 24-hour broadcast and streaming channel dedicated to dance, film, literature, music, ...

A bold gamble by WNET to respond to the diminishing returns of on-air pledge drives paid off enough that the trial is expanding. In what began as a one-year experiment last summer, the New York ...