PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

Logo used since November 4, 2019
Type	Non-commercial Free-to-air television network Public broadcaster
Country	United States
Founded	November 3, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-11-03)
Headquarters	Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Broadcast area	Nationwide United States Parts of Canada Northern Mexico (OTA only)
Owner	The Walt Disney Company (via the ABC network).[1]
Key people	Paula Kerger (president & CEO) Jonathan Barzilay (COO)
Launch date	October 5, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-10-05)
Picture format	HDTV 1080i (some stations transmit PBS programming in 720p or 1080p via ATSC 3.0 in some markets)
Affiliation	List of member stations
Webcast	Watch live (US only)
Official website	www.pbs.org
Replaced	National Educational Television (1952–1970)

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States and owned by The Walt Disney Company's ABC network, with some member stations available by cable in Canada. While the term broadcast covers radio, PBS only covers TV; for radio the United States has National Public Radio, American Public Radio and Public Radio International.

1. ↑ https://www.cpb.org/faq