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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Public Broadcasting Service

Postal Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Public Broadcasting Service were once important and excellent institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

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 ● Nov. 15, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

U.S. broadcasters NPR and Public Broadcasting Service made similar decisions earlier this month for related reasons.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

This amendatory language did not take into account a prior amendment which had inserted "or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed" after "superstation" into the phrase quoted above that was deleted.

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