PBS Kids

PBS Kids is the branding used for nationally-distributed children's programming carried by the U.S. public television network PBS. The brand encompasses a daytime block of children's programming carried daily by most PBS member stations, a 24-hour channel carried on the digital subchannels of PBS member stations (sometimes called the PBS Kids Channel or PBS Kids 24/7), and its accompanying digital platforms.

PBS Kids

Network	PBS
Launched	July 11, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-07-11) (PTV) September 6, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-06) (as PBS Kids)
Country of origin	United States
Formerly known as	PTV (1994–99)
Official website	pbskids.org

PBS Kids programming typically targets children between the ages of 2 and 8,^[1] with a focus on live-action and animated series featuring educational and informative (E/I) components; some of its programs were developed under grants with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of PBS and CPB's "Ready-to-Learn" initiative. From 2004 to 2013, a late-afternoon sub-block known as PBS Kids Go! broadcast programming targeting elementary school-aged viewers 6 to 8; the brand was discontinued in 2013 to focus more on the main PBS Kids brand.

PBS Kids was first introduced in 1999, succeeding a precursor—PTV—which was first introduced in 1994 on selected PBS stations as a blanket branding for the network's array of existing children's programming (such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street). The introduction of PBS Kids coincided with a larger investment into children's programming by the organization, and a PBS Kids channel that would be distributed via a mixture of cable, satellite, and digital terrestrial television platforms. However, the channel proved unsuccessful.

From 2005 to 2013, PBS partnered with Comcast, HIT Entertainment, and Sesame Workshop to operate an ad-supported cable network known as PBS Kids Sprout; Comcast would later acquire the network outright in 2013 via its NBCUniversal division. PBS Kids would later relaunch its 24-hour channel in 2017, operating via digital terrestrial television and streaming.

The PBS Kids block originally ran throughout the morning and afternoon on the network's national schedule; in February 2023, the block was cut from 13 to 8 hours per-day, citing shifts towards PBS Kids' digital platforms, as well as member stations who had cut back on the block to schedule more afternoon programming targeting adult viewers.

History

PTV block

PBS had historically aired programs for children such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Reading Rainbow; prior to 1993, these programs aired under general PBS branding. In August 1993, PBS introduced new branding for their children's programs featuring the "P-Pals", animated characters shaped like the PBS "P-head" logo who encouraged skills such as gathering information, self-esteem, cooperation and achieving goals in specially-developed interstitials.

The framework for PBS Kids was established as part of PBS' "Ready to Learn" initiative, a project intended to facilitate access of early childhood educational programming to underprivileged children.^[2] On July 11, 1994, PBS repackaged their existing children's educational programming as a new block titled "PTV", airing on 11 member stations at launch.^[3][4] In addition to scheduled educational programming, PTV also incorporated interstitial content with the P-Pals in their fictional world "PTV Park" for younger children.^[3] Older children were targeted with live-action and music video interstitials.^[3]

Apple Computer provided a $1.5 million grant to PTV and became its first national underwriter on June 26, 1995, as part of their "Bring Learning Home" corporate initiative.^[5] A "Ready To Learn" grant unveiled on January 8, 1996, supported the development of Dragon Tales and Between the Lions, which premiered in 1999 and 2000, respectively, as well as their online activities and outreach efforts.^[6] By September 1996, 95 PBS stations reaching three quarters of the United States were carrying the PTV service.^[7] Starting on October 7, 1996, PBS packaged their programs for school-aged children into the block The Game, airing on 31 stations by the end of the year.

PBS Kids

On January 18, 1999, PBS announced that it would launch the PBS Kids Channel, meant to be the centerpiece of a larger initiative, in September.^[8] On June 9, PBS revealed a wide rebranding of its children's programs and services, known as PBS Kids, at its annual meeting in San Francisco. PBS would also increase its children's programming budget by 25% and commit to two new series: Caillou and Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series.^[9]

The rebranding to "PBS Kids" first took effect on September 6, 1999, when PBS launched the 24-hour PBS Kids Channel.^[10] The new PBS Kids branding elements began rolling out on PBS stations in October; PBS provided grants to stations who adopted the new branding early. Brand designers incorporated a thought bubble concept across the brand packaging, intended to associate "imagination, thinking and using your head" with PBS Kids.^[10] Included with the new on-air appearance was a bright green logo featuring iconic boy and girl mascot characters Dash and Dot. The PBS Kids website was relaunched with some new areas on February 1, 2000.^[11]

The PBS Kids Channel was unsuccessful; in 2005, PBS entered into a commercial joint venture with Comcast,s HIT Entertainment, Sesame Workshop to launch a replacement known as PBS Kids Sprout, which would be a 24-hour channel targeting a preschool audience.^[12][13][13] In the early-2010s, the partners sold their stakes in Sprout to Comcast (via subsidiary NBCUniversal), who assumed full ownership of the channel in 2013.^[14][15][16]

In October 2004, PBS Kids launched a late-afternoon sub-block known as PBS Kids Go!; this block featured programming directed at school-aged children within oldest subset of the existing PBS Kids demographic (generally ages 6 to 8). PBS had also planned to launch a dedicated PBS Kids Go! channel as a digital network in October 2006, but was later cancelled before launch.^[17][18] In October 2013, PBS Kids Go! was discontinued as part of a rebranding of the PBS Kids block, citing market research finding that the PBS Kids brand was more recognizable than PBS Kids Go!, and that a number of programs across both brands were being viewed widely by both preschool and school-aged viewers—making the need for a second block redundant.^[19]

PBS revived the PBS Kids Channel on January 16, 2017, this time being structured as an over-the-top and digital multicast television network with an online livestream of the channel on the PBS Kids website and video app, in addition to utilizing largely the same distribution methods that had been used for the original channel.^[20] At the time of launch, no changes were made to the main PBS Kids block on PBS. The block is counter programmed from the channel, thus the same show would not be shown at the same time on the channel and block.^[21][22][23]

In November 2020, PBS Kids, in association with the main PBS service, became the terrestrial television home of select specials from the Peanuts animated library, under a sub-licensing agreement with Apple TV+.^[24] The agreement allowed both PBS and the PBS Kids Channel to air It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and A Charlie Brown Christmas over the air, once per year. After the 2021 holiday season, the agreement with PBS ended, and since then, the Peanuts specials have not aired on American broadcast television.^[25]

On July 19, 2022, PBS Kids introduced a new brand identity by Lippincott; the rebranding incorporates aspects of the current PBS branding also developed by Lippincott, changing its logo to an electric blue circle with a tweaked version of the existing PBS Kids wordmark (which was maintained in order to preserve brand recognition for younger viewers), set in green and white. The Dash mascot was discontinued, but supplanted by a new system of customizable cartoon characters seen in promos. The characters have customizable facial features, skin tones, and disability aids to reflect a diverse youth audience and how they portray themselves.^[26]

In February 2023, a major shift in program scheduling reduced the duration of the daytime PBS Kids block on local PBS stations significantly.^[27][28] Previously, the PBS Kids block encompassed a much larger portion of the daytime schedule, with the national schedule consisting of 13 hours of programming both before- and after-school hours throughout the morning and afternoon. The cuts would reduce its duration to eight hours. Many PBS stations had already begun transitioning to shorter morning blocks, but this change pushed nearly all stations to shorten their daytime children's schedules to morning hours only. PBS cited changes in viewing behaviors, and decided that it was advantageous to focus their children's programming in the mornings and cater to more general audiences in the afternoons, while continuing to grow their audience on the 24/7 kids service.^[29]

Streaming and on-demand video

As online streaming began to increase in popularity, PBS launched the PBS Kids Go! video player on its website on September 8, 2008. This federally-funded, innovative video streaming platform featured video clips from a number of PBS Kids Go! shows which rotated on a weekly basis and linked to interactive online games.^[30] The video player later expanded to include all PBS Kids programming, and the entire platform evolved into the PBS Kids Video app, which initially became publicly available for free on May 12, 2011.^[31] The PBS Kids Video app is currently the primary source for free streaming of on-demand video clips and full episodes of PBS Kids programming. The app also features a free live stream of the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel.

On May 8, 2013, PBS Kids programming was added to the Roku streaming player.^[32]

On July 1, 2016, Amazon Prime Video and PBS Distribution entered into a multi-year agreement which saw several PBS Kids series on other streaming services move to Amazon Prime Video.^[33] The PBS Kids subscription allows families to stream nearly all PBS Kids programs currently broadcast on air; however, notable exceptions exist, namely Sesame Street, which streams on Max,^[34] and Curious George, which streams on NBCUniversal's Peacock.^[35] The PBS Kids add-on service also includes several retired series, such as Reading Rainbow, Kratts' Creatures, and It's a Big Big World.

On April 23, 2024, The Roku Channel added PBS Retro, a free ad-supported streaming channel,^[36] which consists of retired PBS Kids programming, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Reading Rainbow.^[37]

International distribution

A selection of PBS Kids brand programming is available outside of the United States through PBS Distribution, PBS International and GBH, who jointly offer a PBS Kids subscription channel and on-demand video services to international audiences.^[38]

PBS Distribution partnered with MultiChoice to launch PBS Kids on May 22, 2019, on DStv and GOtv platforms across its Sub-Saharan Africa footprint.^[39]

PBS Distribution partnered with Foxtel to launch PBS Kids on July 1, 2021, in Australia.^[40] The channel was discontinued two years later on July 1, 2023.^[41][42]

Programming

For list of all PBS Kids programs, see List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids.

Programming blocks

Current

• PBS Kids Family Night (April 21, 2017^[43] – present) – an evening programming block airing encores of PBS Kids movies and specials, and themed mini-marathons, typically from 7 to 9 pm on Saturdays and Sundays^[44] (formerly also on Fridays^[45]). Exclusive to the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel.

Former

• The Game (October 7, 1996 – September 6, 1999) – an afternoon programming block aimed at children ages 6 to 8. Aired on PTV.^[46]
• PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch (September 30, 2000 – September 5, 2004) – a Saturday morning block consisting of six animated series produced by the Canadian animation studio, Nelvana Limited.^[47]
• PBS Kids Go! (October 11, 2004 – October 7, 2013) – an afternoon programming block aimed at children ages 6 to 8.^[18][19]
• PBS Kids Preschool Block (September 4, 2006 – October 7, 2013) – a morning programming block aimed at preschoolers.^[48][49]

Critical reception

PBS Kids programming has historically received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children. L.A. Story (a division of Blogspot) wrote, "Great for any little explorer!"^[50] Rob Owen of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote, "Best children's entertainment available".^[51] Valerie Williams of Scary Mommy wrote, "A wonderful gift".^[52] Steve Aquino of Forbes wrote, "Making learning accessible in the coronavirus age".^[53]

24/7 network

PBS Kids Channel

Type	Digital broadcast TV network (children's programming)
Country	United States, Sub-Saharan Africa
Broadcast area	Nationwide (via OTA digital television)
Affiliates	List of affiliates
Headquarters	Crystal City, Virginia, U.S.
Programming
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (some affiliates transmit PBS Kids programming in 1080i 16:9 and 720p 16:9)
Ownership
Owner	PBS
History
Founded	January 18, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-01-18) (original) February 23, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-23) (revival)
Launched	September 6, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-06) (original) January 16, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-16) (revival)
Closed	September 26, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-26) (original)
Replaced by	PBS Kids Sprout (original)
Links
Webcast	PBS Kids Live TV
Website	pbskids.org

The PBS Kids Channel (also known as PBS Kids 24/7) is an American digital broadcast and online television network operated by the Public Broadcasting Service. The network features a broad mix of live action and animated children's programs distributed to PBS by independent companies and select member stations, which are designed for improving the early literacy, math, and social-emotional skills of young children ages 3 to 9.^[54] Some PBS member stations, most notably KLCS in Los Angeles and WDCQ-TV in Bad Axe, Michigan, maintain their own locally programmed PBS Kids feed that is independent from the nationally sourced feed.

The PBS Kids Channel has had two iterations in the age of digital television; one which existed between 1999 and 2005, and the current version which was launched in 2017.

Network history

Original channel (1999-2005)

On September 6, 1999, PBS launched a 24-hour PBS Kids network in several markets, in conjunction with the overall introduction of the PBS Kids brand to provide a unified branding for the service's children's programming offerings. The separate network (referred to as the PBS Kids Channel in press materials) was available on high-tier subscription providers, and was also offered to PBS member stations for use on a "cablecast" service (a subscription-based local channel provided by the member station) or for use on the member station's free-to-air analog channel to provide a portion of the daytime PBS Kids programming on the station. Participating stations were required to pay an annual fee of $1,000 to use the feed. The channel was launched on over 30 PBS member stations with carriage methods ranging from a cable-only service, to a standard-definition digital subchannel, to analog simulcasts.^[10] Additional affiliates would pick up the channel later throughout the fall and winter of 1999.^{[citation needed]}

FCC requirements mandated satellite providers to set aside 4% of their available channel space for noncommercial educational and informational programming. With these providers limited to offering one such service per programmer, PBS had put forth PBS Kids as a prospective channel to fulfill this mandate.^[55]

The channel was largely funded by satellite provider DirecTV.^[56] It was partly created to compete against the Nick Jr. block and its sister network Noggin; at the time, Noggin was co-owned by the Children's Television Workshop (the production company behind Sesame Street) and Nickelodeon.^[10][57] Because the pay-TV rights to the Children's Television Workshop's programs were owned by Noggin, the channel did not broadcast CTW programming, including longtime PBS staple Sesame Street, though an exception was made with the CTW-produced Dragon Tales (which premiered on the same day as the launch of the PBS Kids Channel).^{[citation needed]}

The channel was unsuccessful and had only reached 9 million households as of 2002, compared to Noggin's 23.3 million households at the time.^[58] In the aftermath of DirecTV's decision not to renew its funding agreement with the channel, which ended in the third quarter of 2005,^[56] PBS decided to shut down the network on September 26 of that year.^{[failed verification]} The PBS Kids Channel was effectively supplanted on that date by PBS Kids Sprout, an advertiser-supported cable and satellite channel that PBS developed in a joint venture with Sesame Workshop, HIT Entertainment and Comcast (the latter of which later bought full control of the network via NBCUniversal).^[59]

PBS gave local stations an option to sign on PBS Kids Sprout promoters, providing them cross-promotional and monetary benefits in exchange for giving up the ability to carry a competing preschool-targeted channel. For example, PBS member station WBGU-TV aired promotional spots for PBS Kids Sprout during their PBS Kids daytime block,^[60] thereby forfeiting their eligibility to air a children's channel locally. 80 stations, making up about half of the member stations participants, signed up to be promoters; most of the remaining stations opted to develop independent children's programming services featuring programs distributed by PBS and through outside distributors such as American Public Television to fill space on digital subchannels that formerly served as PBS Kids Channel members.^[17] Many of the member stations that launched children's-focused subchannel or cable-only services reduced the amount of sourced programming from PBS Kids carried on their primary channel to a few hours of their weekday daytime schedules, in order to program more adult-targeted fare during the afternoon.^[17]

Canceled replacement

The closure of the PBS Kids Channel left many local PBS stations with a vacancy on their multicast digital channel offerings, during a time when digital and high-definition broadcasts were increasing reach and gaining popularity. In April 2006, PBS announced plans for a replacement 24-hour digital multicast network called the PBS Kids Go! Channel. This would expand upon the afternoon PBS Kids Go! block on PBS, with additional new content and reruns of returning programs, such as HIT Entertainment's Wishbone and Kratts' Creatures. Other exclusive content for this channel would include a one-hour Spanish-language block called "PBS Kids Vayan!" (Spanish for "Go!", which would air select shows in Spanish with English subtitles), an evening "Go! Family" block, and an educational "Go! Figure" school block.^[61][18]

The PBS Kids Go! Channel was originally set to launch in October 2006. However, stations found that the sliding scale licensing fees were too high for what little exclusive programming they would have received, especially after spending additional funds for the PBS HD feed. With only one-third of PBS stations initially committing to carry the new network, the plans for the channel were ultimately withdrawn.^[62]

Revived channel (2017-present)

On February 23, 2016, PBS announced that the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel would be revived after 11 years.^[63] PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger stated that during PBS's partnership with Comcast in their operations of Sprout, PBS had discovered the valuable position in children's programming during prime time.^[64]

Originally set for a fall 2016 relaunch, the PBS Kids Channel was ultimately relaunched on January 16, 2017.^[23] Structured as a multi-platform service, it was made available for distribution to digital subchannels of participating PBS member stations, initially launching on 73 member stations (counting those operated as subregional PBS member networks), with an additional 34 agreeing to begin carrying the network at a later date.^[65] An online live stream of the PBS Kids Channel was also added to the PBS Kids website and video app upon the channel's debut, allowing viewers to toggle from the program being aired to a related educational game extending the interactivity introduced by Sesame Street. The free online livestream also allows viewers to access the 24/7 channel even in areas where some local PBS stations, such as WUFT in Gainesville, Florida and WEIU-TV in Charleston, Illinois, do not carry it on its subchannels. The PBS Kids Channel is also available on both DirecTV and DirecTV Stream on channel 288.^[66]

The PBS Kids Channel is counterprogrammed from the PBS Kids block on PBS, so that the same program would not be shown on either simultaneously. It mainly features double-runs of existing series on PBS Kids' schedule (including some not carried on the primary channels of certain member stations); as such, no additional programs had to be acquired to help fill the channel's schedule.^[21] On April 21, 2017, the channel launched "PBS Kids Family Night," a weekly block on Friday evenings (with encore airings on Saturday and Sunday evenings) that showcase themed programming, premieres or special "movie-length" episodes of new and existing PBS Kids children's programs.^{[54][23][21][67]}

Affiliates

City of license/ market	Station	Channel	Operator	Affiliation tenure (original network)	Local channel[68]	Affiliation date (revived network)[69]
Alabama
Birmingham	WBIQ	10.2	Alabama Public Television			January 16, 2017
Demopolis	WIIQ	41.2
Dozier	WDIQ	2.2
Florence	WFIQ	36.2
Huntsville	WHIQ	25.2
Louisville	WGIQ	43.2
Mobile	WEIQ	42.2
Montgomery	WAIQ	26.2
Mount Cheaha	WCIQ	7.2
Alaska
Anchorage	KAKM	7.4	Alaska Public Telecommunications			TBD
Fairbanks	KUAC-TV	9.8	University of Alaska Fairbanks
Arkansas
Arkadelphia	KETG	9.3	Arkansas Educational Television Network			January 16, 2017
El Dorado	KETZ	12.3
Fayetteville	KAFT	13.3
Jonesboro	KTEJ	19.3
Little Rock	KETS	2.3
Mountain View	KEMV	6.3
Arizona
Phoenix	KAET	8.4	Arizona State University			January 16, 2017
Tucson	KUAT-TV	6.2	Arizona Public Media	2003–2005	2005–2017
California
Eureka	KEET	13.5	Redwood Empire Public Television, Inc.			January 16, 2017
Fresno	KVPT	18.2	Valley Public Television, Inc.
Huntington Beach (serves Los Angeles)	KOCE-TV[70]	50.5	KOCE Foundation
Los Angeles	KLCS	58.2	Los Angeles Unified School District		2004–present
Sacramento	KVIE	6.4	KVIE, Inc.			January 16, 2017
San Diego	KPBS	15.4	San Diego State University
San Jose (San Francisco)	KQEH and KQED	54.4 and 9.4 Comcast 192	Northern California Public Broadcasting[17][71]		August 1, 2003 – January 15, 2017
Watsonville (serves the Monterey Bay area)	KQET	25.4 Comcast 192
Colorado
Denver	KRMA-TV	6.2	Rocky Mountain PBS			TBD
Durango	KRMU	20.2
Grand Junction	KRMJ	18.2
Pueblo	KTSC	8.2
Steamboat Springs	KRMZ	24.2
Connecticut
Bridgeport	WEDW	49.4	LocusPoint Networks			TBD
New Haven	WEDY	65.4
Hartford	WEDH	24.4			Connecticut Public Television
Norwich (serves eastern Connecticut, including New London)	WEDN	53.4
District of Columbia
Washington	WETA-TV	26.3	Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association		2007–[17] 2019	August 2019
	WHUT-TV	32.2	Howard University			January 16, 2017
Florida
Fort Myers	WGCU	30.5	Florida Gulf Coast University			January 16, 2017
Jacksonville	WJCT	7.5	WJCT, Inc.
Miami	WPBT	2.4	South Florida PBS
West Palm Beach	WXEL-TV	42.3
Orlando	WUCF-TV	24.3	University of Central Florida
Panama City	WFSG	56.4	Florida State University
Tallahassee	WFSU-TV	11.4
Pensacola	WSRE	23.4	Pensacola Junior College			TBD
Tampa-St. Petersburg	WEDU	3.2	Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting, Inc.
	WEDQ	16.2	University of South Florida		Currently
Georgia
Atlanta	APS (evenings)[10]	22 (cable-only)	Atlanta Public Schools	September 6, 1999 – 2005
Athens (Atlanta)	WGTV	8.4	Georgia Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Chatsworth	WNGH-TV	18.4
Cochran	WMUM-TV	29.4
Columbus	WJSP-TV	28.4
Dawson	WACS-TV	25.4
Pelham	WABW-TV	14.4
Savannah	WVAN-TV	9.4
Waycross (serves Valdosta and Brunswick)	WXGA-TV	8.4
Wrens	WCES-TV	20.4
Hawaii
Honolulu	KHET	11.2	Hawaii Public Television	July 1, 2003	October 1, 2005	January 16, 2017
Wailuku (serves Maui)	KMEB	10.2
Idaho
Boise	KAID	4.5	Idaho State Department of Education			February 1, 2018
Coeur D'Alene (part of the Spokane, Washington market)	KCDT	26.5
Moscow	KUID-TV	12.5
Pocatello	KISU-TV	10.5
Twin Falls	KIPT	13.5
Illinois
Carbondale	WSIU-TV	8.5	Southern Illinois University			TBD
Olney	WUSI-TV	19.5
Chicago	WTTW	11.4	Window to the World Communications			January 16, 2017
Peoria[72]	WTVP	47.2	Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation
Urbana (Springfield)[73]	WILL-TV	12.2	University of Illinois
Indiana
Bloomington	WTIU	30.4	Indiana University		.3 (12:00–6:00 p.m.) TIU Family (ended January 30, 2017)	January 30, 2017
Fort Wayne	WFWA	39.2	Fort Wayne Public Television	2005	Kids39 (2005-2017)	January 16, 2017
Indianapolis	WFYI	20.2	Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting			TBD
South Bend	WNIT	34.3	Michiana Public Broadcasting
Vincennes (serves Southwestern Indiana including Evansville and Terre Haute)	WVUT	22.3	Vincennes University			January 16, 2017
Iowa
Council Bluffs	KBIN-TV	32.4	Iowa Public Television		current (all .2) IPTV Learn (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)	TBD
Davenport	KQIN	36.4
Des Moines	KDIN-TV	11.4
Fort Dodge	KTIN	21.4
Iowa City	KIIN	12.4
Mason City	KYIN	24.4
Red Oak	KHIN	36.4
Sioux City	KSIN-TV	27.4
Waterloo	KRIN	32.4
Kansas
Colby	KWKS	19.2	Smoky Hills Public Television			January 16, 2017
Dodge City	KDCK	21.2
Hays	KOOD	9.2
Lakin	KSWK	3.2
Topeka	KTWU	11.2	Washburn University		Current
Hutchinson/Wichita	KPTS	8.4	Kansas Public Telecommunications Service
Kentucky
Ashland	WKAS	25.4	Kentucky Authority for Educational Television			January 16, 2017
Bowling Green	WKGB-TV	53.4
Covington	WCVN-TV	54.4
Elizabethtown	WKZT-TV	23.4
Hazard	WKHA	35.4
Lexington	WKLE	46.4
Louisville	WKPC-TV	15.4
Madisonville	WKMA-TV	35.4
Morehead	WKMR	38.4
Murray	WKMU	21.4
Owensboro	WKOH	31.4
Owenton	WKON	52.4
Paducah	WKPD	29.4
Pikeville	WKPI-TV	22.4
Somerset	WKSO-TV	29.4
Louisiana
Alexandria	KLPA-TV	25.2	Louisiana Educational Television Authority			January 16, 2017
Baton Rouge	WLPB-TV	27.2
Lafayette	KLPB-TV	24.2
Lake Charles	KLTL-TV	24.2
Monroe	KLTM-TV	13.2
New Orleans	WYES-TV	12.4	Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation			TBD
Shreveport	KLTS-TV	24.2	Louisiana Educational Television Authority			January 16, 2017
Massachusetts
Boston	WGBX-TV[74]	44.4	WGBH Educational Foundation			January 16, 2017
Springfield	WGBY-TV[75]	57.3
Maryland
Annapolis	WMPT	22.3	Maryland Public Television	MPT Select (daytime hours only)[17]	January 16, 2017
Baltimore	WMPB	67.3
Frederick	WFPT	62.3
Hagerstown	WWPB	31.3
Oakland	WGPT	36.3
Salisbury	WCPB	28.3
Maine
Augusta	WCBB	10.4	Maine Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Biddeford (Portland)	WMEA-TV	26.4
Calais	WMED-TV	13.4
Orono (Bangor)	WMEB-TV	12.4
Presque Isle	WMEM-TV	10.4
Michigan
Alpena	WCML	6.2	Central Michigan University			January 16, 2017
Cadillac	WCMV	27.2
Mount Pleasant (part of the Bay City/Saginaw/Midland market)	WCMU-TV	26.2
Flint	WCMZ-TV	28.2				January 16, 2017 – April 23, 2018 [76]
Bad Axe (serves Flint, Saginaw and Bay City)	WDCQ-TV	19.4	Delta College		Current
Detroit	WTVS	56.2	Detroit Educational Television Foundation			January 16, 2017
East Lansing	WKAR-TV	23.4	Michigan State University
Grand Rapids	WGVU-TV	35.5	Grand Valley State University			TBD
Kalamazoo	WGVK	52.5
Marquette	WNMU	13.2	Northern Michigan University			January 16, 2017
Minnesota
Appleton	KWCM-TV	10.5	West Central Minnesota Educational Television			TBD
Bemidji	KAWE	9.3	Northern Minnesota Public Television			January 16, 2017
Brainerd	KAWB	22.3
Crookston	KCGE-DT	16.4	Prairie Public Television
St. Paul	KTCA-TV	2.4	Twin Cities PBS
Worthington	KSMN	20.5	West Central Minnesota Educational Television			TBD
Mississippi
Biloxi	WMAH-TV	19.2	Mississippi Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Booneville	WMAE-TV	12.2
Bude	WMAU-TV	17.2
Columbia	W45AA-D	45.2
Greenwood	WMAO-TV	23.2
Jackson	WMPN-TV	29.2
Meridian	WMAW-TV	14.2
Mississippi State	WMAB-TV	2.2
Oxford	WMAV-TV	18.2
Missouri
Joplin	KOZJ	26.2	Missouri State University			January 16, 2017
Springfield	KOZK	21.2
Kansas City	KCPT	19.4	Public TV 19, Inc.
Sedalia	KMOS-TV	6.4	University of Central Missouri
St. Louis	KETC	9.2	St. Louis Regional Public Media, Inc.
Montana
Billings	KBGS-TV	16.2	Montana State University			January 16, 2017
Bozeman	KUSM-TV	9.2
Helena	KUHM-TV	10.2
Kalispell	KUKL-TV	46.2
Missoula	KUFM-TV	11.2
Nebraska
Alliance	KTNE-TV	13.4	Nebraska Educational Telecommunications			March 1, 2017
Bassett	KMNE-TV	7.4
Hastings	KHNE-TV	29.4
Lexington	KLNE-TV	3.4
Lincoln	KUON-TV	12.4
Merriman	KRNE-TV	12.4
Norfolk	KXNE-TV	19.4
North Platte	KPNE-TV	9.4
Omaha	KYNE-TV	26.4
Nevada
Las Vegas	KLVX	10.3	Clark County School District			January 16, 2017
Reno	KNPB	5.3	Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
New Jersey
Newark (New York City)	WNET	13.2	Educational Broadcasting Corporation			January 16, 2017
New Mexico
Albuquerque	KNME-TV	5.2	University of New Mexico			January 16, 2017
Las Cruces	KRWG-TV	22.3	University of New Mexico			TBD
New York
Binghamton	WSKG-TV	46.6	WSKG Public Telecommunications Council[77]			February 1, 2017
Corning	WSKA	30.6
Buffalo	WNED-TV	17.3	Western New York Public Broadcasting Association			TBD
Norwood	WNPI-DT	18.4	St. Lawrence Valley Educational TV Council, Inc.			January 16, 2017
Watertown	WPBS-TV	16.4
Plattsburgh	WCFE-TV	57.3	Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council
Rochester	WXXI-TV	21.4	WXXI Public Broadcasting Council			February 2017
Schenectady (Albany)	WMHT	17.4	WMHT Educational Telecommunications			January 16, 2017
Syracuse	WCNY-TV	24.4	Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York
North Carolina
Asheville	WUNF-TV	33.2	University of North Carolina			January 16, 2017
Canton	WUNW	27.3
Chapel Hill	WUNC-TV	4.2
Concord	WUNG-TV	58.2
Edenton	WUND-TV	2.2
Greenville	WUNK-TV	25.2
Jacksonville	WUNM-TV	19.3
Linville	WUNE-TV	17.3
Lumberton	WUNU	31.2
Roanoke Rapids	WUNP-TV	36.3
Wilmington	WUNJ-TV	39.2
Winston-Salem	WUNL-TV	26.2
North Dakota
Bismarck	KBME-TV	3.4	Prairie Public Television			January 16, 2017
Devils Lake	KMDE	25.4
Dickinson	KDSE	9.4
Ellendale	KJRE	19.4
Fargo	KFME	13.4
Minot	KSRE	6.4
Williston	KWSE	4.4
Ohio
Akron, Ohio	WNEO	49
Athens	OU Telecomm. Center	cable-only	Ohio University[10]	September 6, 1999–present (mornings and weekends)
Bowling Green	WBGU-TV	27.2	Bowling Green State University		Current
Cleveland	WVIZ	25.5	Ideastream			January 16, 2017
Columbus	WOSU-TV	34.4	WOSU Public Media
Portsmouth	WPBO-TV	42.4
Dayton	WPTD	16.5	Public Media Connect
Oxford	WPTO	14.3
Toledo	WGTE-TV	30.2	Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Oklahoma
Cheyenne	KWET	12.4	Oklahoma Educational Television Authority[17]	.4 (2006–2009) OETA OKLA .2 (daytime: 2009–2013) .4 (2013–2017)		January 16, 2017
Eufaula	KOET	3.4
Oklahoma City	KETA-TV	13.4
Tulsa	KOED-TV	11.4
Oklahoma City and Tulsa	OETA Kids	cable			2009–2013
Oregon
Bend	KOAB-TV	11.3	Oregon Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Corvallis	KOAC-TV	7.3
Eugene	KEPB-TV	29.3
La Grande	KTVR	13.3
Portland	KOPB-TV	10.3
Pennsylvania
Clearfield	WPSU-TV	3.4	Penn State Public Media			January 16, 2017
Philadelphia	WHYY	12.3	WHYY Inc.
Pittsburgh	WQED	13.5	WQED Multimedia
Scranton	WVIA-TV	44.2	Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association
Puerto Rico
Fajardo	WMTJ	40.2	Ana G. Méndez University		Current	January 16, 2017
Ponce	WQTO	26.2
South Carolina
Allendale	WEBA-TV	14.4	South Carolina Educational Television			TBD
Beaufort	WJWJ-TV	16.4
Charleston	WITV	7.4
Columbia	WRLK-TV	35.4
Conway	WHMC	23.4
Florence	WJPM-TV	33.4
Greenville	WNTV	29.4
Greenwood	WNEH	38.4
Rock Hill	WNSC-TV	30.4
Spartanburg	WRET-TV	49.4
Sumter	WRJA-TV	27.4
South Dakota
Aberdeen	KDSD-TV	16.4	South Dakota Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Brookings	KESD-TV	8.4
Eagle Butte	KPSD-TV	13.4
Lowry	KQSD-TV	11.4
Martin	KZSD-TV	8.4
Pierre	KTSD-TV	10.4
Rapid City	KBHE-TV	9.4
Sioux Falls	KCSD-TV	23.4
Vermillion	KUSD-TV	2.4
Tennessee
Chattanooga	WTCI	45.3	Greater Chattanooga Public Television			January 2017
Cookeville	WCTE	22.4	Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council			TBD
Knoxville	WKOP-TV	15.2	East Tennessee PBS			January 16, 2017
Lexington (Jackson)	WLJT-DT	11.2	West Tennessee Public Television Council, Inc.
Memphis	WKNO	10.3	Mid-South Public Communications Foundation
Nashville	WNPT-TV	8.3	Nashville Public Television, Inc.		2017–present	June 30, 2017
Sneedville	WETP-TV	2.2	East Tennessee PBS			January 16, 2017
Texas
Amarillo	KACV-TV	2.2	Amarillo College			TBD
Austin	KLRU	18.4	Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council			January 16, 2017
Belton (Waco)	KNCT	46.2	Central Texas College
College Station	KAMU-TV	12.3	Texas A&M University
Dallas	KERA-TV	13.2	North Texas Public Broadcasting
Houston	KUHT	8.3	University of Houston
Lubbock	KTTZ-TV	5.3	Texas Tech University
Odessa	KPBT-TV	36.2	Permian Basin Public Telecommunications, Inc.			July 6, 2020 [78]
San Antonio	KLRN	9.3	Alamo Public Telecommunications Council			April 1, 2017 [79]
Utah
Salt Lake City	KUED	7.3	University of Utah			March 7, 2017
St. George	KUEW	18.3
Virginia
Hampton-Norfolk	WHRO-TV	15.3	Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association			January 16, 2017
Roanoke	WBRA-TV	15.3	Blue Ridge PBS
Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie	WTJX-TV	12.2	Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System			January 16, 2017
Vermont
Burlington	WETK	33.4	Vermont PBS			January 16, 2017
Rutland	WVER	28.4
St. Johnsbury	WVTB	20.4
Windsor	WVTA	41.4
Washington
Seattle	KCTS-TV	9.2	Cascade Public Media			TBD
Yakima	KYVE	47.2
Spokane	KSPS-TV	7.4	KSPS Public Television			September 2017 (April 1, 2017, on cable)
Wisconsin
Green Bay	WPNE-TV	38.4	PBS Wisconsin			January 16, 2017
La Crosse	WHLA-TV	31.4
Madison	WHA-TV	21.4
Menomonie	WHWC-TV	28.4
Park Falls	WLEF-TV	36.4
Wausau	WHRM-TV	20.4
Milwaukee	WMVS	10.3	Milwaukee PBS Milwaukee Area Technical College
West Virginia
Grandview	WSWP-TV	9.3	West Virginia Public Broadcasting			January 16, 2017
Huntington	WVPB-TV	33.3
Morgantown	WNPB-TV	24.3
Wyoming
Casper	KPTW	6.3	Central Wyoming College			TBD
Lander	KCWC-DT	4.3
Laramie (serves Cheyenne)	KWYP-DT	8.3

Notes

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External links

• Media related to PBS Kids at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website