Smoky Hills PBS

Smoky Hills PBS is the PBS member network for western and central Kansas, run by the nonprofit Smoky Hills Public Television Corporation from Bunker Hill with stations in Hays, Garden City, Dodge City and Colby.

Smoky Hills PBS is the PBS member television network serving western and central Kansas. It is operated by the Smoky Hills Public Television Corporation, a nonprofit community licensee founded in 1978, from a native stone headquarters in Bunker Hill, Kansas. Its first station, KOOD in Hays, signed on November 10, 1982; KSWK in Lakin, serving Garden City, followed in 1989, KDCK in Dodge City in 1998 and KWKS in Colby in 2007.

The network carries PBS, PBS Kids and Create programming and produces local programs including Doctors On Call, The Kansas Legislature, the Scoreboard Show and Kansas Candidates. It also broadcasts Kansas high school athletic championships and holds an annual Signature Auction each spring. Its stated mission is to nourish curiosity with telecommunications that enrich people's lives and make Kansas a better place to live and work.

Smoky Hills PBS hires in broadcasting and engineering, production, underwriting sales, membership and administration. Openings are posted on its employment page, and applications go to its human resources inbox.

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Websitehttps://www.smokyhillspbs.org/

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