Wisconsin Educational Communications Board

The Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (W)ECB) is a state agency committed to ensuring that public radio and television programs and services are made available throughout Wisconsin, and that these programs and services reflect and respond to the educational and cultural needs of the state's residents. The ECB plans, develops, constructs and operates statewide public radio, public television, and educational telecommunication systems. ECB operates Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Public Radio is a network of 32 radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WPR's network is divided into two distinct analog services, the Ideas Network and the NPR News and Classical Network, as well as the "HD2 Classical Service," a digital-only, full-time classical music service.-Ideas...

and Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television is a state network of public television stations operated primarily by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the University of Wisconsin–Extension...

in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Extension

University of Wisconsin-Extension

The University of Wisconsin–Extension is the outreach arm of the University of Wisconsin System. It provides statewide access to university resources and research to Wisconsin residents of all ages...

. In addition, The ECB is responsible for maintaining NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office. It is operated by the NWS, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the United States Department of...

stations in Wisconsin and the state's Amber Alert

AMBER Alert

An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996...

network.

The agency also has cooperative relationships with and provides educational and instructional programming for public television stations WDSE-TV

WDSE-TV

WDSE is an educational television station in Duluth, Minnesota, serving portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin as a PBS member station on channel 8, with studios located on campus at the University of Minnesota Duluth. WDSE is a "border station" serving residents of both North East Minnesota and North...

/Duluth-Superior and Milwaukee Public Television

Milwaukee Public Television

For information on Channels 10 and 36 individually, see WMVS and WMVTMilwaukee Public Television is the branding name for the alliance between two Milwaukee based Public Broadcasting Service public television affiliates: WMVS, Channel 10, and WMVT, Channel 36...

, as well as with several University of Wisconsin campus radio stations. In addition, The ECB assists others in the public sector to meet their needs through the use of telecommunications.

The Education Division of the ECB provides educators and PK-12 students with educational media, classroom resources, and professional development training opportunities in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television is a state network of public television stations operated primarily by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the University of Wisconsin–Extension...

, Wisconsin Public Radio

Wisconsin Public Radio

, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension

University of Wisconsin-Extension

. The ECB also develops the Surf Report, a monthly online and video guide to digital resources for Wisconsin schools.

Recent Programming from ECB

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