The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Frontline, Nova, PBS News Hour, Masterpiece, Sesame Street, This Old House and American Experience.
PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, pledge drives, and donations from both private foundations and individual citizens. All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source.
Quotes about PBS
- PBS is proud of the noncommercial educational programming we provide to all Americans through our member stations. [...] We work diligently to comply with the FCC's underwriting regulations and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that to the Commission.
- Paula A. Kerger, president of PBS
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