American Public Television , which acquires programs that may be purchased by stations on a title-by-title basis. APT also maintains the largest source of free programming available to U. The National Educational Telecommunications Association NETA , which annually distributes about 2, hours of programming produced by public television stations, other entities and independent producers via satellite to stations nationwide.
Public radio stations also get their programming from a wide variety of sources: Each station typically produces nearly 40 percent of its own programming. Nearly a quarter is from NPR , including news and information, cultural and entertainment programming. You can find station information here: cpb-station-finder. Federal funding is essential to the funding mix that supports public broadcasting.
Public media is a public-private partnership in the best tradition of America's free enterprise system. Federal funds, distributed through CPB grants to local stations, provide critical seed money and basic operating support.
CPB, in addition to direct payment to public media stations, pays for the system's technical backbone, copyright and other fees, and makes major investments in national content from which all stations and the families they serve benefit. Specifically, the annual federal investment in public media assures universal access to public media's educational programming and public services for all Americans, as mandated by the Public Broadcasting Act of By law CPB is prohibited from producing or broadcasting programming.
The President of the United States appoints each board member, who, after confirmation by the U. Senate, serves a six-year term. The board, in turn, appoints the president and chief executive officer, who then names the other corporate officers.
Individual contributions are the largest source of revenue for public media entities, which primarily come through membership donations to local stations. CPB also supports local public media stations. In fact, by law, 95 percent of CPB's appropriation from the federal government goes to support local television and radio stations, programming, and improvements to the public broadcasting system.
Other sources of funding include state and local governments and educational institutions, philanthropic foundations and other non-profit organizations, private businesses, and private colleges and universities. CPB does not produce or broadcast programs. CPB awards grants to a variety of producers to create programs that air on public media stations.
Public media stations are operated by a variety of licensees including non-profit community organizations, public and private colleges and universities, local school districts and state governments. By law CPB does not own, operate or control any broadcast stations. More than 1, locally owned and operated public media stations receive support from CPB. You can find your station here. Contact your local station to find out when a program is scheduled to air. Revenue comes from these sources:. Additionally, Ohio Educational Telecommunications provides partial support for nighttime and weekend operations.
NETO , a c 3 nonprofit corporation. The board of directors is made up of 15 members. View the current board of directors members. PBS Western Reserve employs 10 full-time and four part-time staff members and engages the services of several freelance professionals for special projects.
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