Member-supported WNED serves a bi-national region of 3.1 million households across Western New York and Southern Ontario with high-quality programming and services that enlighten, inspire, entertain, and educate our communities. WNED's goal is to be a bi-national resource, "the place to go" to facilitate community-wide solutions, a public media portal. With our community partners, we provide a forum that brings ideas to life and enhances public discourse. We are a catalyst for change through community collaborations. Our programs and outreach explore and address issues and interests relevant to the region. We have a responsibility to honor the public's trust in this community asset. We will harness the power of new media in ways that improve the quality of life and learning for all within our broadcast reach.

TV & Radio: WNED's stations attract a monthly cumulative audience of about two million viewers and listeners in Western New York, Southern Ontario, and Northwestern Pennsylvania. For the best television on television, watch WNED-TV, Channel 17, Cable Channel 3, which has been serving people in the region for nearly 50 years. WNED is also multicasting three channels on digital channel 17. WNED-HD, a 24-hour high-definition broadcast service, can be seen on digital channel 17.1 or Time Warner channel 703. WNED-SD, the WNED-TV signal simulcast in digital television, is on digital channel 17.2. ThinkBright TV, WNED's 24-hour lifelong learning channel, is broadcast on digital channel 17.3 and Time Warner channel 21 in Erie County and portions of Niagara and Chautauqua counties. To enjoy our 24-hour classical music service, tune to Classical 94.5/WNED-FM Buffalo or 87.9 WNJA-FM Jamestown. For around the clock news and information, keep your dial on AM 970, WNED-AM, The Information Station. Or listen online at www.wned.org.

Lifelong Learning Services: When WNED went on the air as the first public television station in New York State, the "ED" stood for "Education." That strong institutional commitment to education continues today, more than 45 years later, across WNED's full range of television, radio, and online services. ThinkBright Lifelong Learning, a service that combines a digital television channel, rich online resources, and community outreach, has become a valuable asset for students, teachers, parents, and adult learners in the community. In addition, WNED-TV services 200,000 young people through in-school programming and provides thousands of teachers with learning materials and workshops on the use of technology in the classroom. WNED's 4th floor is home to the Buffalo Professional Development and Technology Center and is devoted to bringing first-class teacher training to Buffalo educators and beyond. This groundbreaking partnership involves the Buffalo Public Schools, the Buffalo Teacher Center, the University at Buffalo's Center for Applied Technology in Education, Buffalo State College, Erie 1 BOCES, and WNED. In addition to teacher training, WNED also provides a GED On TV Adult Learning Service and an early childhood outreach initiative called Ready to Learn.

Community Outreach Initiatives: WNED is also committed to the research, design and implementation of multi-media outreach campaigns addressing timely social issues. With the valuable assistance of many community partners, our Education and Outreach Department has made significant contributions in the areas of adult and family literacy, health and wellness, family caregiving, youth participation in government, early childhood education and more.

Content Creation: WNED's goal is to develop content on multiple platforms for local, regional, national, and international audiences.

Radio:

• WNED-FM produces the 13-part classical music series, Music from Chautauqua, which is distributed nationally via Public Radio International (PRI). Our FM station also enjoys an on-going broadcast and production relationship with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Classical 94.5 WNED produces the Top 10 Opera Series, our annual Making a List program, and other special broadcasts, such as Uncrowned Queens.
• WNED has begun production of a new series called Uncrowned Queens, which will highlight the often unheralded contributions of African-American women. The program could potentially be distributed nationally.
• AM 970 is our region's leading provider of news and information programming, mixing the best of NPR, PRI, the CBC, the BBC and more with local reporting and community forums. AM 970 regularly files reports for NPR from our region.

Television:

• WNED is the proud founder and co-creator of the Emmy-award winning Reading Rainbow, one of the longest-running, most-watched, and best-loved children's series in the history of public television. New programs for the series are being produced in partnership with Educate, Inc.
• WNED has produced a wide range of television specials, including Fort Niagara, The Pan American Experience, Polonia, Buffalo's Houses of Worship, b-Healthy for Life, Taking Charge of Your Child's Future, Demystifying Dyslexia, and the Our Town series showcasing local communities.
• WNED has committed itself to becoming a major producer of high-definition programming to highlight local cultural treasures through national broadcasts that will stimulate tourism in our bi-national region. PBS has nationally broadcast programs recently produced by WNED, including America's Houses of Worship, Window to the Sea, Niagara Falls, Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo, and The Marines.