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

Example Sentences

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

The private, nonprofit corporation provided funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, but the bulk of its money was funneled to local stations around the country and other grantees.

From Salon

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

“This Corporation will assist stations and producers who aim for the best in broadcasting good music, in broadcasting exciting plays, and in broadcasting reports on the whole fascinating range of human activity,” Johnson remarked, as he approved the nonprofit that would birth National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.

From Slate

Vullo is likely to figure prominently in Supreme Court rulings in a slew of those cases in the coming months and years, including those involving law firms, universities and the Public Broadcasting Service.

From Salon