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Local PBS TV Lakeshore Report going off the air

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After more than 25 years Lakeshore Public Media is putting its local news program, Lakeshore Report, on hiatus following its Feb. 5 broadcast.

“We have experienced challenges over the last few years with staff departures and loss of funding that have led us to make a very difficult decision,” said Matt Franklin, vice-president of TV operations for Lakeshore Public Media. “We have always been proud that we have been able to produce local news, but it is a real challenge in a public broadcasting environment. That’s why less than ten public television stations across the country are doing it.”

Lakeshore’s TV news resources will be transitioned to its pubic radio news operations and Lakeshore said that it remains committed to providing locally geared programming. “While we have made some significant changes to our programming schedule, we stand by our efforts to produce quality local content for our viewers and members,” said Carrie Kuck, director of programming and membership.

The station has a history dating to the mid-1980s, when a citizen’s group formed Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc. with the goal of providing a local televised voice to the region. Acquiring its original license from the Lake Central School Corporation, WYIN-56 began operating as a non-commercial station licensed to the City of Gary on Nov. 15, 1987.

With a mission to serve its audience with an active local production presence, the station launched its first newscast in September 1990 with Indiana Nightly Report. Eight years later, the station transitioned to The 56 Nightly News with even more focused reporting on Northwest Indiana. In 2006, WYIN-56 rebranded itself as Lakeshore Public Television and launched Lakeshore News Tonight.

 

Posted 2/2/2016

 
 
 
 

 

 

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