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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 nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Nature, Nova, Frontline, PBS News Hour, Washington Week, Masterpiece, American Experience, and children's programs such as ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Arthur, Curious George, The Magic School Bus'', and others. Certain stations also provide spi
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- PBS
- Television channel.logo
- PBS logo 2019.svg
- Television channel.logo_alt
- PBS logo, a three P-head followed by the "PBS" wordmark
- Television channel.logo_caption
- Logo used since November 4, 2019
- Television channel.headquarters
- Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
- Television channel.owner
- PBS's member public television stations
- Television channel.replaced
- National Educational Television (1952–1970)
- Television channel.affiliates
- List of member stations
- Television channel.webcast
- (US only)
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- Service(s)
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Prime Video Live TV, YouTube TV
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1955
- Location
- Arlington, United States
- Also known as
- PBS
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Revenue
- 558177775
- Official website
- www.pbs.org
- Image
- 2100 Crystal Dr, Arlington, VA April 2019.jpg
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- Commons category
- PBS (United States)
- inception
- 1969-11-03
- date of official opening
- 1970-10-05
- National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code
- A32
- social media followers
- 1510000
- official shop URL
- shop.pbs.org
- short name
- PBS
- donations
- 271289329
- total assets
- 654554638
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30 sectionsContents
- History
- Operations
- Programming
- PBS Kids
- Sports
- Governance
- Member stations
- Participating stations
- PBS networks
- Independent networks
- Visual identity
- Reception
- Critical response
- On-air fundraising
- Concerns and investigations
- Accusations of political/ideological bias
- Accusations during Tomlinson tenure
- Second Trump administration
- FCC underwriting investigation
- Executive Order 14290
- Rescissions Act of 2025
- Lawsuit with Pacific Arts
- Warning, Alert and Response Network (WARN)
- See also
- Similar public broadcasting services
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
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 nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Nature, Nova, Frontline, PBS News Hour, Washington Week, Masterpiece, American Experience, and children's programs such as ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Arthur, Curious George, The Magic School Bus, and others. Certain stations also provide spillover service to Canada.
PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, pledge drives, corporate sponsorships, and donations from both private foundations and individual citizens. From its founding in 1969 up until 2025, it also received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source. PBS has over 350 member television stations, many owned by educational institutions, nonprofit groups both independent or affiliated with one particular local public school district or collegiate educational institution, or entities owned by or related to state government.
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