Public Broadcasting Service

American  

noun

1. a network of independent, noncommercial television stations that operate with public and government funding instead of with revenues from advertising. PBS

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Etymology

Origin of Public Broadcasting Service

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

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Public Broadcasting Service

I regret the difficulties this may have created for honest folk working at the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

The original object of the party’s ire was the Public Broadcasting Service, established two years after Congress established the CPB in 1967.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2025

Earlier, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service quoted police saying that three women and three men had died.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

He was on the board of the Public Broadcasting Service and its predecessor, National Educational Television, from 1973 to 1980, and was chairman from 1978 to 1980.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2023

To accommodate both amendments, the phrase "or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed" has been placed at the end of the new language, after "superstation."

From Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 by United States

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