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‘Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Conversation’ to premiere on WCNY-TV Jan. 6

by Rouhollah Goudarzi

January 18, 2020

WCNY, Central New York’s community-owned flagship public broadcaster, presents “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Conversation,” at noon Jan. 6 on WCNY-TV.

For viewing information, visit wcny.org/wheretowatch.

Brooklyn-born Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. She is also the first Justice to become a global pop-culture icon widely known as the Notorious RBG.

She sits down with NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg to discuss her 25 years on the nation’s highest bench and her continuing commitment to principled dissent.

About WCNY
WCNY was founded in 1965 as The Educational Television Council of Central New York. Today it is a community-owned media company that produces content across multiple platforms, including television and radio programs, dynamic web and targeted email content, the WCNY CONNECT member magazine, and social media. Through online stream technology, WCNY has a global broadcast audience of viewers and listeners throughout the United States and 17 countries. WCNY operates five digital, pledge-free broadcast channels and three radio stations. Towers are located in Watertown and Utica, and WCNY’s radio programming extends into Canada. Classic FM is one of a few radio stations in the world dedicated to locally programmed music.

Educational services include workshops; a 10,000 square-foot building with dedicated Education Center; Read Out, a radio reading service for the visually impaired; Enterprise America for middle school students; and a media and marketing communications program for high school students.

WCNY is LEED® Platinum Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, the highest certification level achievable in Leadership, Energy & Environmental Design. Other achievements include Business of the Year in the nonprofit category in 2014 by CenterState CEO.