NSTV has received awards for Overall Excellence in Public Access and two New York Emmy nominations in the Military Program category.
[1][2][3][4] North Shore TV is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving the incorporated villages of Flower Hill, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Manor, Plandome Heights, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, and Thomaston.
[5][6] NSTV provides training, television equipment and studio facilities to residents of the Incorporated Village of Great Neck and the other, surrounding North Shore member villages who wish to create non-commercial community programming for the cable channel.
[8] New York University Tisch School of the Arts Professor George Stoney was quoted saying ""New Playwrights" is an example of public access television at its best.
Professionals from the community are given a chance to experiment in ways the commercial theater never affords them and do it with class.