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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


Etymology

Origin of Public Broadcasting Service

First recorded in 1965–70

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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 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

In 1981 she moved to Washington, where she started a nearly decade-long run as the news director for the Public Broadcasting Service.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2023

There was no mention of the phrase "or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed" in that second amendment.

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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