‘PBS News Weekend’ Abruptly Canceled After Public Media Funding Cuts

PBS News Weekend has ended following federal budget cuts. Starting this weekend, PBS is shifting to pre-recorded, ...
Los Angeles Times

6 ways public broadcasting will improve your life. And that’s a promise

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Community-supported media has had a tough year with the defunding of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, created by ...
The Hill

Arkansas will become first state to end PBS affiliation

CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’ statewide public television network will end its affiliation with PBS starting in July 2026, the Arkansas Educational Television Commission announced this week.
Southwest Times Record

Arkansas becomes first state to drop PBS membership, plans new network

Arkansas will become the first state in the country to drop its affiliation with PBS after the Arkansas Educational Television Commission voted Dec. 11, 2025, to end its contract with the national ...
The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
Fast Company

Arkansas drops PBS, citing costs and loss of federal funding

The fallout from the Trump administration’s dramatic cuts to American public media is only just beginning. The governing group that oversees public educational TV in Arkansas voted on Thursday to ...
Los Angeles Times

As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, a PBS documentary fetes an artist who’s easy to celebrate

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, an event so eagerly anticipated that for him not to do so would seem ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas commission votes to cut ties with PBS, rebrand stations as Arkansas TV

Arkansas is the first state to announce it will sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service after funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was cut to PBS stations nationwide last ...
4029tv

Arkansas TV to focus on state stories with new kids and history series after PBS split

The channel known as Arkansas PBS will no longer be able to broadcast PBS programs starting July 1, 2026, thanks to federal budget cuts signed into law earlier this year.This means Arkansans will not ...
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Arkansas PBS to drop PBS programs after federal cuts

The channel known as Arkansas PBS will no longer be able to broadcast PBS programs starting July 1, 2026, thanks to federal budget cuts signed into law earlier this year. Watch: Congressman confronts ...
Ars Technica

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum. The request came from the Center for ...