Public Broadcasting System
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| Country | United States |
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| Founded | June 23, 1970 by Hartford N. Gunn Jr. |
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| Headquarters | Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Owner | Independent |
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Launch date
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October 5, 1970 |
| Affiliates | List of member stations |
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Official website
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www |
| Replaced | National Educational Television (1952–1970) |
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, PBS is an independently operated non-profit organization and is the most prominent provider of television programming to public television stations in the United States, distributing series such as Keeping Up Appearances, BBC World News, NOVA scienceNOW, NOVA, Dragon Tales, PBS NewsHour, Walking with Dinosaurs, Masterpiece, Nature, American Masters, Frontline, and Antiques Roadshow.
PBS is funded by member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, government agencies, corporations, foundations and individual citizens. All proposed funding is subjected to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source.
Since the mid-2000s, Roper polls commissioned by PBS have consistently placed the service as the most-trusted national institution in the United States. However, PBS is not responsible for all programming carried on public television stations, a large proportion of which (including most specials aired during pledge drives) come from affiliates, including such member stations as WGBH, WETA-TV, WNET, WTTW National Productions), American Public Television and independent producers. This arbitrary distinction is a frequent source of viewer confusion.
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