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- EIN 59-2993200
- (850) 484-1200
- 1000 College Blvd Pensacola FL 32504-8910 USA
- www.wrse.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Television
Mission: The mission of the wsre tv foundation is to raise funds and otherwise support the activities, operations and capital needs for wsre-tv, a public telecommunications station licensed by the federal communications commission. The station is licensed to the district board of trustees of pensacola state college and functions operationally as a department of pensacola state college. The station is an affiliated member of the public broadcasting service.
Programs: The wsre foundation provides support for the operational needs of wsre, pbs for the gulf coast. Its program service activities support station efforts to:1. Provide educational television to the citizens of northwest florida over 4 digital broadcast streams and over its website. Broadcast hours are approximately 35,000 per year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2. Provide a diverse array of high-quality locally-produced programming including current affairs, arts/culture, minority issues, and documentaries. 3. Provide educational and outreach services to the citizens of northwest florida through wsre's reading programs, teacher training opportunities, and other literacy-based initiatives. Wsre imagination station, in partnership with a local baseball team, is an outreach venue at the team's ballpark in downtown pensacola, offering free early literary resources and access to hands-on digital media learning assets provided by pbs and wsre.