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Public Broadcasting Service
Type
Country
FoundedNovember 3, 1969; 54 years ago (1969-11-03)
HeadquartersArlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Broadcast area
  • Nationwide United States
  • Parts of Canada
  • Northern Mexico (OTA only)
OwnerPBS's member public television stations[1]
Key people
Launch date
October 5, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-10-05)
Picture format
AffiliationList of member stations
WebcastWatch live (US only)
Official website
www.pbs.org Edit this at Wikidata
ReplacedNational Educational Television (1952–1970)

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. While the term broadcast covers radio, PBS only covers TV; for radio the United States has National Public Radio, American Public Radio and Public Radio International.

PBS shows

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Primetime

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Daytime/children

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  1. https://www.cpb.org/faq