Public Broadcasting Service

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Public Broadcasting Service¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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

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“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.

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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.

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This is as severe an existential crisis for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio as anyone raised on a children’s programming diet of “Arthur,” “Sesame Street” and other public TV shows has seen in our lifetimes.

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Agency for International Development, which provides aid to impoverished nations around the world; shifting Justice Department resources toward prosecuting voter fraud, despite experts saying it is rare; dismantling “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives across government; and stripping federal funding from public media such as the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

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