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American Broadcasting System

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American Broadcasting System
TypeTerrestrial public broadcasting television network
BrandingABS Television
Country
United States
First air date
May 19, 1926; 100 years ago (1926-05-19)
SloganN/A
HeadquartersABS Building, New York, USA
Broadcast area
Nationwide
OwnerGovernment of the United States
Test card
Test Card F
Picture format
2140p (4K)
LanguageEnglish
ReplacedN/A

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The Columbia Broadcasting System is an American public broadcasting network and the flagship property of the ABS Corporation, itself division of the Government of the United States. ABS 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. PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, pledge drives, corporate sponsorships, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 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. 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.

Affiliate(s)

List of ABS member stations
City or region served State/Dist. /Terr. Station or regional/statewide network Channel Notes
Statewide Alabama Alabama Public Television xx.1
Statewide Alaska Alaska Public Media (KAKM) xx.1
Fairbanks KUAC-TV 9
Statewide Alberta Alberta Public Broadcasting xx.1
Pago Pago American Samoa KVZK-TV 7
Phoenix Arizona Arizona PBS (KAET) 8
Tucson AZPM (KUAT-TV and KUAS-TV) 6 and 27
Statewide Arkansas Arkansas PBS xx.1
Statewide British Columbia Knowledge Public Television
ChicoRedding California KIXE-TV 9
Eureka KEET 13
Fresno Valley PBS (KVPT) 18
Los Angeles PBS SoCal (KOCE-TV and KCET) 50 and 28
KLCS 58
Monterey KQET 25 [lower-alpha 1]
Sacramento KVIE 6
San Bernardino KVCR-DT 24
San Diego KPBS 15
San Francisco KQED and KQEH 9 and 54
Northern California Public Media (KRCB) 22
Statewide Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS xx.1
Denver KBDI-TV 12
Statewide Connecticut Connecticut Public Television xx.1
Seaford Delaware WDPB 64 [lower-alpha 2]
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia WETA-TV 26
WHUT-TV 32
Fort Myers Florida WGCU 30
Gainesville WUFT 5
Jacksonville WJCT 7
Miami South Florida PBS (WPBT) 2
WLRN-TV 17
Orlando WUCF-TV 24
Panama City WFSG 56 [lower-alpha 3]
Pensacola WSRE 23
Tallahassee WFSU-TV 11
Tampa WEDU and WEDQ 3.1 and 3.4
West Palm Beach South Florida PBS (WXEL-TV) 42
Statewide Georgia Georgia Public Broadcasting xx.1
Atlanta WABE-TV 30
Hagåtña Guam PBS Guam (KGTF) 12
Statewide Hawaii PBS Hawai'i (KHET and KMEB) 11 and 10
Statewide Idaho Idaho Public Television xx.1
Carbondale Illinois WSIU-TV and WUSI-TV 8 and 16
ChampaignSpringfield Illinois Public Media (WILL-TV) 12
Chicago WTTW 11
Jacksonville WSEC 14
Macomb WMEC 22 [lower-alpha 4]
Moline WQPT-TV 24
Peoria WTVP 47
Quincy WQEC 27 [lower-alpha 4]
Bloomington Indiana WTIU 30
Evansville WNIN 9
Fort Wayne Fort Wayne PBS (WFWA) 39
Gary Lakeshore PBS (WYIN) 56
Indianapolis WFYI 20
Muncie Ball State PBS (WIPB) 49
South Bend Michiana PBS (WNIT) 34
Terre Haute Vincennes PBS (WVUT) 22
Statewide Iowa Iowa PBS xx.1
HaysDodge City Kansas Smoky Hills PBS xx.1
Topeka KTWU 11
Wichita PBS Kansas (KPTS) 8
Statewide Kentucky Kentucky Educational Television xx.1
Bowling Green WKU PBS (WKYU-TV) 24
Statewide Louisiana Louisiana Public Broadcasting xx.1
New Orleans WYES-TV 12
Statewide Maine Maine Public Broadcasting Network xx.1
Statewide Manitoba Manitoba Public Media xx.1
Statewide Maryland Maryland Public Television xx.1
Boston Massachusetts GBH (WGBH-TV and WGBX-TV) 2 and 44
Springfield New England Public Media (WGBY-TV) 57
Detroit Michigan Detroit PBS (WTVS) 56
East Lansing WKAR-TV 23
Flint Delta College Public Media (WDCQ-TV) 19
Grand RapidsKalamazoo WGVU Public Media xx.1
Marquette WNMU 13
Mount Pleasant CMU Public Television xx.1
Appleton Minnesota Pioneer PBS xx.1
BemidjiBrainerd Lakeland PBS xx.1
Duluth PBS North xx.1
MinneapolisSaint Paul Twin Cities PBS (KTCA-TV and KTCI) 2.1 and 2.3
Rochester KSMQ-TV 15
Statewide Mississippi Mississippi Public Broadcasting xx.1
SpringfieldJoplin Missouri Ozarks Public Television xx.1
Jefferson City KMOS-TV 6
Kansas City Kansas City PBS (KCPT) 19
St. Louis KETC 9
Statewide Montana Montana PBS xx.1
Statewide Nebraska Nebraska Public Media xx.1
Las Vegas Nevada Vegas PBS (KLVX) 10
Reno PBS Reno (KNPB) 5
Statewide Newfoundland Newfoundland PBS xx.1
Statewide New Hampshire New Hampshire PBS xx.1
Statewide New Jersey NJ PBS xx.1
AlbuquerqueSanta Fe New Mexico New Mexico PBS (KNME-TV and KNMD-TV) 5
Las Cruces KRWG-TV 22
Portales KENW 3
Albany New York WMHT 17
Binghamton WSKG-TV 46
Buffalo Buffalo Toronto Public Media (WNED-TV) 17
Elmira WSKA 30 [lower-alpha 5]
Long Island WLIW 21
New York City WNET 13
Plattsburgh Mountain Lake PBS (WCFE-TV) 57
Rochester WXXI-TV 21
Syracuse WCNY-TV 24
WatertownNorwood WPBS-TV and WNPI-DT 16 and 18
Statewide North Carolina PBS North Carolina xx.1
Charlotte PBS Charlotte (WTVI) 42
Statewide North Dakota Prairie Public Television xx.1
AkronYoungstown Ohio PBS Western Reserve (WNEO and WEAO) 45 and 49
Athens WOUB-TV and WOUC-TV 20 and 44
Bowling Green WBGU-TV 27
Cincinnati WCET 48
Columbus WOSU-TV 34
Cleveland Ideastream Public Media (WVIZ) 25
Dayton Think TV (WPTD and WPTO) 14 and 16
Toledo WGTE-TV 30
Statewide Oklahoma Oklahoma Educational Television Authority xx.1
Statewide Ontario Ontario Public Television xx.1
Statewide Oregon Oregon Public Broadcasting xx.1
Medford Southern Oregon PBS xx.1
San Juan Puerto Rico Sistema TV (WMTJ and WQTO) 40 and 26
Allentown Pennsylvania WLVT-TV and WPPT 39 and 35
Erie WQLN 54
Harrisburg WITF-TV 33
Philadelphia WHYY-TV 12
Pittsburgh WQED 13
Scranton WVIA-TV 44
State CollegeJohnstown WPSU-TV 3
Statewide Quebec PBS Quebec
Providence Rhode Island Ocean State Media (WSBE-TV) 36
Statewide South Carolina South Carolina Educational Television xx.1
Statewide South Dakota South Dakota Public Broadcasting xx.1
Chattanooga Tennessee WTCI 45
Jackson West TN PBS (WLJT) 11
KnoxvilleJohnson City East Tennessee PBS (WETP-TV and WKOP) 15 and 2
Memphis WKNO 10
Nashville Nashville PBS (WNPT) 8
WCTE 22
Amarillo Texas Panhandle PBS (KACV-TV) 2
Austin Austin PBS (KLRU) 18
BryanCollege Station KAMU-TV 12
Corpus Christi KEDT 16
DallasFort Worth KERA-TV 13
El Paso PBS El Paso (KCOS) 13
Harlingen PBS Rio Grande Valley (KCWT-CD) 21.4
Houston Houston Public Media (KUHT) 8
Lubbock Texas Tech Public Media (KTTZ-TV) 5
MidlandOdessa Basin PBS (KPBT-TV) 36
San Antonio KLRN 9
Statewide Utah PBS Utah xx.1
Charlotte Amalie U.S. Virgin Islands WTJX-TV 12
Statewide Vermont Vermont Public xx.1
Norfolk Virginia WHRO-TV 15
Richmond VPM PBS (WCVE-TV) 23
Roanoke Blue Ridge PBS (WBRA-TV) 15
Southwest VA PBS Appalachia Virginia Cable/streaming only
Pullman Washington Northwest Public Broadcasting (KWSU-TV) 10
Richland Northwest Public Broadcasting (KTNW) 31
Seattle Cascade PBS (KCTS-TV) 9
TacomaCentralia KBTC-TV and KCKA 28 and 15
Spokane KSPS-TV 7
Yakima Cascade PBS (KYVE) 47 [lower-alpha 6]
Statewide West Virginia West Virginia Public Broadcasting xx.1
Statewide Wisconsin PBS Wisconsin xx.1
Milwaukee Milwaukee PBS (WMVS and WMVT) 10 and 36
Statewide Wyoming Wyoming PBS xx.1

Trivia

List of ABS member stations
City State/Dist. /Terr. Station Channel Notes
Alabama
Alaska
Alberta
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Manitoba
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Ontario
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington D.C.

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