Smoky Hills PBS has now been "In Your Neighborhood" for 40 years!  

Thanks to viewers like you we have been found on your television screens, in your community with special events, in classrooms with PBS KIDS and PBS Learning Media, and even at your fingertips with our NEW Smoky Hills PBS app. 

Times have changed throughout our 40 years, but one thing has been consistent .. The LOVE we have for our viewers and friends!   

Les Kinderknecht

Senior Producer/Director

Helen Hands

BOARD MEMBER (Secretary)

Alexis Ward

Membership Assistant

Betsy Schwien

General Manager

Kelli King

Director of Finance and Administration

Josh Waddell

BOARD MEMBER (Chair)

Haley Gagnon

Accounting Assistant / Special Events Coordinator

Randall Weller

BOARD MEMBER (Chair-Emeritus)

Mary Ann Tanking

BOARD MEMBER

Contributing to our 40 Years “In Your Neighborhood” Fund is one of the most effective ways you can support SHPBS and public media in Central and Western Kansas.  It promotes a promise to the future of Smoky Hills PBS.  

YES - COUNT ME IN -> $40 to honor 40 Years!

3 ways to make your donation:

1. Online by clicking the button below
2. By phone:  1-800-337-4788
3. By Mail:  Click the button below to send in your 40 for 40 slip with your check or money order

10/10/23 - Come celebrate with us!  We will have a 40th Celebration Dinner and Movie event at the FOX Theatre in Hays, KS.  More details to come in 2023!  Mark this important date!

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