The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster that provides educational programming to public television stations in the United States.
Media assets
Television:
Television:
Alabama Public Television (APT PBS)
• Birmingham – WBIQ 10
• Demopolis – WIIQ 41
• Dozier – WDIQ 2
• Florence – WFIQ 36
• Huntsville – WHIQ 25
• Louisville – WGIQ 43
• Mobile – WEIQ 42
• Montgomery – WAIQ 26
• Mount Cheaha – WCIQ 7
Alaska Public Media
• Anchorage – KAKM 7
• Bethel – KYUK-LD 15
• Juneau – KTOO-DT 3
Fairbanks – KUAC-TV 9
Phoenix – KAET 8 (Arizona PBS)
Tucson – KUAT-TV 6 (PBS 6)
• Tucson – KUAS-TV 27
Arkansas PBS
• Arkadelphia – KETG 9
• El Dorado – KETZ 12
• Fayetteville – KAFT 13
• Jonesboro – KTEJ 19
• Little Rock – KETS 2
• Mountain View – KEMV 6
Eureka – KEET 13 (PBS North Coast)
Fresno – KVPT 18 (Valley PBS)
Huntington Beach (Los Angeles) – KOCE-TV 50 (PBS SoCal)
Los Angeles – KCET 28 (PBS SoCal Plus)
Los Angeles – KLCS 58
Redding (Chico) – KIXE-TV 9
Sacramento – KVIE 6
San Bernardino (Los Angeles) – KVCR-DT 24 (Empire KVCR)
San Diego – KPBS 15
Cotati – KRCB 22 (Northern California Public Media)
San Francisco – KQED 9
• Watsonville (Salinas-Monterey) – KQET 25
San Jose – KQEH 54 (KQED Plus)
Broomfield (Denver) – KBDI-TV 12 (PBS 12)
Rocky Mountain PBS
• Denver – KRMA-TV 6
• Durango – KRMU 20
• Grand Junction – KRMJ 18
• Pueblo (Colorado Springs) – KTSC 8
• Steamboat Springs – KRMZ 24
Connecticut Public Television (CPTV)
• Hartford – WEDH 24
• New Haven – WEDY 65
• Norwich – WEDN 53
• Stamford – WEDW 49
Wilmington, Delaware (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – WHYY-TV 12
• Seaford – WDPB 64 (satellite of WHYY-TV)
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WETA-TV 26
WHUT-TV 32/WJLA-TV
Fort Myers (Naples) – WGCU 30
Gainesville – WUFT 5
Jacksonville – WJCT 7 (Jax PBS)
Miami – WLRN-TV 17
Orlando – WUCF-TV 24
Pensacola – WSRE 23
South Florida PBS
• Boynton Beach – WXEL-TV 42
• Miami – WPBT 2
Tallahassee – WFSU-TV 11
• Panama City – WFSG 56
Tampa – WEDU 3 / WEDQ 3.4
Atlanta – WABE-TV 30
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
• Athens (Atlanta) – WGTV 8
• Chatsworth – WNGH-TV 18
• Cochran (Macon) – WMUM-TV 29
• Columbus – WJSP-TV 28
• Dawson – WACS-TV 25
• Pelham (Albany) – WABW-TV 14
• Savannah – WVAN-TV 9
• Waycross – WXGA-TV 8
• Wrens (Augusta) – WCES-TV 20
PBS Hawai’i
• Honolulu – KHET 11
• Wailuku – KMEB 10
Idaho Public Television
• Boise – KAID 4
• Coeur d’Alene – KCDT 26
• Moscow – KUID 12
• Pocatello – KISU 10
• Twin Falls – KIPT 13
Charleston – WEIU-TV 51
Chicago – WTTW 11
Moline (Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa) – WQPT 24
Peoria – WTVP 47
Southern Illinois
• Carbondale – WSIU-TV 8
• Olney – WUSI-TV 16
• Jacksonville – WSEC 14
• Macomb – WMEC 22
• Quincy – WQEC 27
Urbana – WILL-TV 12
Bloomington – WTIU 30
Evansville – WNIN 9
Fort Wayne – WFWA 39 (PBS Fort Wayne)
Gary – WYIN 56 (Lakeshore PBS)
Indianapolis – WFYI 20
Muncie – WIPB 49 (Ball State PBS)
South Bend – WNIT 34 (Michiana PBS)
Vincennes – WVUT 22 (Vincennes PBS)
Iowa PBS
• Council Bluffs (Omaha) – KBIN-TV 32
• Davenport (Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa) – KQIN 36
• Des Moines – KDIN-TV 11
• Fort Dodge – KTIN 21
• Iowa City – KIIN 12
• Mason City – KYIN 24
• Red Oak – KHIN 36
• Sioux City – KSIN-TV 27
• Waterloo – KRIN 32
Smoky Hills PBS
• Colby – KWKS 19
• Dodge City – KDCK 21
• Hays – KOOD 9
• Lakin – KSWK 3
Topeka – KTWU 11
Wichita – KPTS 8 (PBS Kansas)
Bowling Green – WKYU-TV 24 (WKU PBS)
Kentucky Educational Television (KET)
• Ashland – WKAS 25
• Bowling Green – WKGB-TV 53
• Covington (Cincinnati, Ohio) – WCVN-TV 54
• Elizabethtown – WKZT-TV 23
• Hazard – WKHA 35
• Lexington – WKLE 46
• Louisville – WKPC-TV 15
• Louisville – WKMJ-TV 68
• Madisonville – WKMA-TV 35
• Morehead – WKMR 38
• Murray – WKMU 21
• Owensboro – WKOH 31
• Owenton – WKON 52
• Paducah – WKPD 29
• Pikeville – WKPI-TV 22
• Somerset – WKSO-TV 29
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB)
• Alexandria – KLPA-TV 25
• Baton Rouge – WLPB-TV 27
• Lafayette – KLPB-TV 24
• Lake Charles – KLTL-TV 18
• Monroe – KLTM-TV 13
• Shreveport – KLTS-TV 24
New Orleans – WYES-TV 12
Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN)
• Augusta – WCBB 10
• Biddeford (Portland) – WMEA-TV 26
• Calais – WMED-TV 13
• Orono (Bangor) – WMEB-TV 12
• Presque Isle – WMEM-TV 10
Maryland Public Television (MPT)
• Annapolis – WMPT 22
• Baltimore – WMPB 67
• Frederick – WFPT 62
• Hagerstown – WWPB 31
• Oakland – WGPT 36
• Salisbury – WCPB 28
Boston – WGBH-TV 2 / WGBX-TV 44 (GBH)
Springfield – WGBY-TV 57 (New England Public Media)
Bad Axe (Flint-Saginaw-Bay City) – WDCQ-TV 19 (Delta College Public Media)
CMU Public Television
• Alpena – WCML 6
• Cadillac – WCMV 27
• Manistee – WCMW 21
• Mount Pleasant – WCMU-TV 14
Detroit – WTVS 56 (Detroit Public TV)
East Lansing – WKAR-TV 23
Marquette – WNMU 13 (Public TV 13)
WGVU Public Media
• Grand Rapids – WGVU-TV 35
• Kalamazoo – WGVK 52
Austin (Rochester) – KSMQ-TV 15
Crookston (East Grand Forks/Grand Forks) – KCGE-DT 16
Lakeland PBS
• Bemidji – KAWE 9
• Brainerd – KAWB 22
Pioneer PBS
• Appleton – KWCM-TV 10
• Worthington – KSMN 20
Saint Paul (Minneapolis) – KTCA-TV 2 / KTCI-TV 2.3 (Twin Cities PBS)
PBS North
• Duluth – WDSE 8
• Hibbing – WRPT 31
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB)
• Biloxi – WMAH-TV 19
• Booneville – WMAE-TV 12
• Bude – WMAU-TV 17
• Greenwood – WMAO-TV 23
• Jackson – WMPN-TV 29
• Meridian – WMAW-TV 14
• Mississippi State – WMAB-TV 2
• Oxford – WMAV-TV 18
Kansas City – KCPT 19 (Kansas City PBS)
• KMCI-TV
Ozarks Public Television
• Joplin – KOZJ 26
• Springfield – KOZK 21
St. Louis – KETC 9 (Nine PBS)
Sedalia (Columbia) – KMOS-TV 6
Montana PBS
• Billings – KBGS-TV 16
• Bozeman – KUSM 9
• Great Falls – KUGF-TV 21
• Helena – KUHM-TV 10
• Kalispell – KUKL-TV 46
• Missoula – KUFM-TV 11
Nebraska Public Media
• Alliance – KTNE-TV 13
• Bassett – KMNE-TV 7
• Hastings – KHNE-TV 29
• Lexington – KLNE-TV 3
• Lincoln – KUON-TV 12
• Merriman – KRNE-TV 12
• Norfolk – KXNE-TV 19
• North Platte – KPNE-TV 9
• Omaha – KYNE-TV 26
Las Vegas – KLVX 10 (Vegas PBS)
Reno – KNPB 5 (PBS Reno)
New Hampshire PBS
• Durham – WENH-TV 11
• Keene – WEKW-TV 11
• Littleton – WLED-TV 11
Newark (New York City) – WNET 13
NJ PBS
• Camden – WNJS 23
• Montclair – WNJN 50
• New Brunswick – WNJB 58
• Trenton – WNJT 52
Albuquerque – KNME-TV 5 (NM PBS)
• Santa Fe – KNMD-TV 5 (NM PBS)
Las Cruces – KRWG-TV 22
Portales – KENW 3
Binghamton – WSKG-TV 46
• Corning (Elmira) – WSKA 30
Buffalo – WNED-TV 17 (Buffalo-Toronto Public Media)
Garden City (Long Island) – WLIW 21
Plattsburgh – WCFE-TV 57 (Mountain Lake PBS)
Rochester – WXXI-TV 21
Schenectady (Albany) – WMHT 17
• WCWN
Syracuse (Central New York) – WCNY-TV 24
Watertown – WPBS-TV 16
• Norwood – WNPI-DT 18
Charlotte – WTVI 42 (PBS Charlotte)
PBS North Carolina (PBS NC)
• Asheville – WUNF-TV 33
• Canton – WUNW 27
• Chapel Hill (Raleigh-Durham) – WUNC-TV 4
• Concord (Charlotte) – WUNG-TV 58
• Edenton – WUND-TV 2
• Greenville – WUNK-TV 25
• Jacksonville – WUNM-TV 19
• Linville – WUNE-TV 17
• Lumberton – WUNU 31
• Roanoke Rapids – WUNP-TV 36
• Wilmington – WUNJ-TV 39
• Winston-Salem – WUNL-TV 26
Prairie Public Television
• Bismarck – KBME-TV 3
• Devils Lake – KMDE 25
• Dickinson – KDSE 9
• Ellendale – KJRE 19
• Fargo – KFME 13
• Grand Forks – KGFE 2
• Minot – KSRE 6
• Williston – KWSE 4
Athens – WOUB-TV 20
• Cambridge – WOUC-TV 44
Bowling Green – WBGU-TV 27
Cincinnati – WCET 48
Cleveland – WVIZ 25
Columbus – WOSU 34
PBS Western Reserve
• Akron – WEAO 49
• Youngstown – WNEO 45
Think TV
• Dayton – WPTD 16
• Oxford – WPTO 14
Toledo – WGTE-TV 30
Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA)
• Cheyenne – KWET 12
• Eufaula – KOET 3
• Oklahoma City – KETA-TV 13
• Tulsa – KOED-TV 11
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
• Bend – KOAB-TV 3
• Corvallis – KOAC-TV 7
• Eugene – KEPB-TV 28
• La Grande – KTVR 13
• Portland – KOPB-TV 10
Southern Oregon PBS
• Klamath Falls – KFTS 22
• Medford – KSYS 8
Allentown – WLVT-TV 39 (PBS39)
Clearfield (Altoona-Johnstown) – WPSU-TV 3
Erie – WQLN 54
Harrisburg – WITF-TV 33
Philadelphia – WPPT 35 (PBS39 Extra)
Pittsburgh – WQED 13
Scranton – WVIA-TV 44 (VIA TV)
Providence: WSBE-TV 36 (Rhode Island PBS)
South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)
• Allendale (Augusta, Georgia) – WEBA-TV 14
• Beaufort – WJWJ-TV 16
• Charleston – WITV 7
• Columbia – WRLK-TV 35
• Conway – WHMC-TV 23
• Florence – WJPM-TV 33
• Greenville – WNTV 29
• Greenwood – WNEH 38
• Rock Hill (Charlotte, North Carolina) – WNSC-TV 30
• Spartanburg – WRET-TV 49
• Sumter – WRJA-TV 27
South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB)
• Aberdeen – KDSD-TV 16
• Brookings – KESD-TV 8
• Eagle Butte – KPSD-TV 13
• Lowry – KQSD-TV 11
• Martin – KZSD-TV 8
• Pierre – KTSD-TV 10
• Rapid City – KBHE-TV 9
• Sioux Falls – KCSD-TV 23
• Vermillion – KUSD-TV 2
Chattanooga – WTCI 45
Cookeville – WCTE 22
East Tennessee PBS
• Knoxville – WKOP-TV 15
• Sneedville (Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia) – WETP-TV 2
Lexington – WLJT-DT 11
Memphis – WKNO 10
Nashville – WNPT 8 (Nashville Public Television)
Amarillo – KACV-TV 2 (Panhandle PBS)
Austin – KLRU 18 (Austin PBS)
College Station (Waco) – KAMU-TV 12
Corpus Christi – KEDT 16
Dallas (Fort Worth) – KERA-TV 13
El Paso – KCOS 13 (PBS El Paso)
Houston – KUHT 8 (Houston Public Media)
La Feria (Rio Grande Valley) – KCWT-CD 21.4
Lubbock – KTTZ-TV 5 (PBS Texas Tech Public Media)
Midland–Odessa – KPBT-TV 36 (Basin PBS)
San Antonio – KLRN 9
PBS Utah
• Richfield – KUES 19
• Salt Lake City – KUED 7
• St. George – KUEW 18
Vermont Public
• Burlington – WETK 33
• Rutland – WVER 28
• St. Johnsbury – WVTB 20
• Windsor – WVTA 41
Norfolk – WHRO-TV 15
Blue Ridge Public Television –
• Roanoke – WBRA-TV 15 (Blue Ridge PBS)
• Bristol – PBS Appalachia Virginia (PBS Appalachia Virginia)
Virginia Public Media
• Richmond – WCVE-TV 23
• Charlottesville – WHTJ 41
• Staunton (Harrisonburg) – WVPT 51.1
• Richmond – WCVW 57
• New Market – WVPY 51.2
Northwest Public Television
• Pullman – KWSU-TV 10
• Richland – KTNW 31
Seattle – KCTS-TV 9 (Cascade PBS)
• Yakima – KYVE 47
Spokane – KSPS-TV 7
Tacoma – KBTC-TV 28
• Centralia – KCKA 15
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
• Grandview (Bluefield-Beckley) – WSWP-TV 9
• Huntington – WVPB-TV 33
• Morgantown – WNPB-TV 24
Milwaukee – WMVS 10 / WMVT 36 (Milwaukee PBS)
PBS Wisconsin
• Green Bay (Appleton/Northeast Wisconsin) – WPNE-TV 38
• La Crosse – WHLA-TV 31
• Madison – WHA-TV 21
• Menomonie (Eau Claire) – WHWC-TV 28
• Park Falls – WLEF-TV 36
• Wausau – WHRM-TV 20
Wyoming PBS
• Casper – KPTW 6
• Lander (Riverton) – KCWC-DT 4
• Laramie (Cheyenne) – KWYP-DT 8
State Media Matrix Typology: Independent Public (IP)
Ownership and governance
PBS is a non-profit organization whose highest governing body is a board of directors composed of 27 members. The members are appointed by the PBS member stations. PBS has 350 member television stations.
Source of funding and budget
PBS is funded through a combination of several sources, including member stations dues, donations from private companies and individuals, sales of broadcast rights as well as state funding channeled via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private entity that disburses Congress funding to public media across the U.S. The funding model of PBS is anchored in diversity, with none of the sources of financing being dominant, which is said to ensure the station’s sustainability and independence from external players.
In 2020, PBS had a total income of nearly US$ 700m. The following year, its total income totaled some US$ 657m, according to a company financial report. In 2022, PBS had a total budget of US$ 669m, with member assessments representing the largest contribution with US$ 203m, according to a company report. In 2023, PBS’ budget increased to US$ 711m, member assessment accounting forUS$ 211m of that total. PBS spent the largest amount of funds on content and promotion, some US$ 405m out of a total expenditure of US$ 634m, according to data provided by the company.
Editorial independence
No rules are imposed by the American government on PBS. The station has not been accused of political interference in its programming, and no evidence has been found to date.
PBS has an internal set of rules that establish its editorial independence known as PBS Editorial Standards and Practices.
PBS has a PBS Public Editor, an office that receives comments and feedback from the general public and has a mission to address the issues raised by the public with the PBS’ management.
July 2024