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Texas PBS (https://www.texaspbs.org) is a non-profit association of the 10 Texas public television stations. The stations work together to sustain public media and produce content relevant to Texans.

Mission Texas PBS builds a vibrant public broadcasting platform throughout Texas by: • Cultivating financial resources for local affiliates, • Spearheading collaborations among stations, • Illuminating public issues through relevant program content, and • Advocating for policies that support robust public media. Public media, through its community-based programming and services, continues to be a unifying force in Texas culture, a lens through which we can view and understand our diverse nation and world. In 2018 — for the 15th consecutive year — the Roper Media poll shows that Americans view PBS stations as the most trusted organizations among all nationally known institutions.

Impact Every month over half of all Americans use public media. Public television has a monthly broadcast audience of 121.9 million people. Texas PBS stations reach more than 90 percent of Texans and potentially 25 million viewers, including multicultural and rural communities, families, kids, teachers and engaged Texans. (Source: Nielsen NTINPower October 2014 Total Day 6a-6a Reach US Persons 2+)

What is public media? Public broadcasting is local. Stations are locally licensed and governed, locally programmed, and locally staffed. In rural parts of Texas, public broadcasting is the only source of free local, national and international news, public affairs, and cultural programming. Public broadcasting supports lifelong learning for all Texans. Investments in children’s educational, cultural, public affairs and news programming, digital classroom resources, teacher training, and distance learning have made public broadcasting a leader in lifelong learning. Public broadcasting engages more than half of all Americans every month. 170 million Americans connect nationally through 368 public television stations including 12 stations in Texas, 934 public radio stations, hundreds of online services, and in-person events and activities(1). Public broadcasting is a great investment. Unlike public broadcasting systems throughout the world, America’s public broadcasters do not rely upon the government as their primary source of funding(2).

On average, federal funding amounts to less than 14 percent of a station’s budget, with the remaining 86 percent coming from local sources(3).

Texas PBS Stations There are 10 PBS Stations in Texas that serve all Texans. They are: ·Austin PBS, (Austin) https://www.klru.org ·Basin PBS (Midland/Odessa), https://www.basinpbs.org ·KAMU-TV (College Station/Bryan),https://www.kamutvfm.org/ ·KEDT-TV (Corpus Christi) https://www.kedt.org ·KERA (Dallas/Fort Worth) https://www.kera.org ·El Paso PBS (El Paso) https://www.kcos.org ·Houston Public Media (Houston) https://www.kuht.org ·Panhandle PBS (Amarillo) https://www.panhandlepbs.org ·Texas Tech Public Media (Lubbock) https://kttz.org ·KLRN (San Antonio), https://www.klrn.org

(1) SOURCE: http://valuepbs.org/communities/220-million.php (2) However, this federal support is critical seed money for local stations which leverage each federal dollar to raise over six more dollars from local sources in order to provide the American public with the highest quality programming and services. (3) SOURCE: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Public Broadcasting Revenue, September 2009'''