WPSU Penn State

Organization

Mission

Spark discovery, enrich learning, and strengthen community through vibrant public media.

Vision

A world of wonder and opportunity, with healthy, educated, and compassionate people empowered to understand and improve their lives and the lives of others.

Public Media in the Community

WPSU Penn State is a PBS and NPR member station and a service of Penn State Outreach, supporting the community as a trusted source for news, information, and education.

As a next-generation media organization, WPSU creates, curates, and distributes content on screens both large and small. As a community partner, we focus on local concerns that can be part of a greater national conversation and create stories that represent local culture, history, and places.

WPSU focuses on goals of educational impact, community engagement, and student experience, while expanding audience reach – online, on air, and in person – to enhance public media’s value to all citizens. Through services, such as the community calendar, Bookmark, WPSU’s Story Corps, and the Our Town series, we aspire to both play a valuable role in, and represent the history and spirit of, all communities we serve.

WPSU-TV and WPSU-FM reach 24 and 13 counties, respectively. In a primarily rural service area, WPSU maintains an over-the-air, cable, satellite, and digital delivery to ensure free and broad access for Pennsylvanians.