I am a better human because of public television − a medium that the market would never support through advertising and that deserves federal funding. The things PBS taught me are exactly the things ...

The speech was about the vital need to protect public services like PBS, NPR, and their local affiliates, because of they value they bring to communities—especially children. His words are as powerful ...

I am one of the original PBS kids. I was born in 1970, and thanks to three older siblings, I discovered “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and Sesame Street” on WYES-TV in New Orleans before I could walk.

Growing up in the 1980s, I watched three shows religiously: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company and Sesame Street − all on Channel 48. I was a PBS kid, and many years later, when I had ...