In response to Leon Kaplan's Jan. 2 opinion piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, I defend the commission's Dec. 11, 2025, decision to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, 2026, and rebrand as ...

Rotarians in Little Rock heard the case for ditching PBS in favor of a locally curated lineup, a move Wing said will stave ...

Arkansas’ decision to sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service “came as a shock to us,” a PBS executive wrote in an email Wednesday to Woody Freeman, chairman of the Arkansas Educational ...

Arkansas PBS, the statewide network operated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, announced Thursday that it will drop PBS programming and change its name to Arkansas TV. The current PBS ...

CONWAY, Ark. — Fifty-nine years ago, Arkansas PBS made its debut, but next year, that chapter will come to a close. Arkansas PBS will be rebranding to Arkansas TV. "We now have the ability to bring in ...

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Arkansas has become the first state to end its affiliation with PBS following cuts to public television by the Trump administration, citing an unaffordable multi-million annual fee for the national ...

CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas’s statewide public television network will change its name to Arkansas TV and will not renew its contract with PBS, effective July 1, 2026. On Dec. 11, Arkansas TV, ...

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...

An Arkansas Educational Television commissioner is taking issue with the commission's decision to sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service. "I believe there were many considerations not ...