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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Accept 2019 Champion of Public Broadcasting Award -
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A Celebration of Sesame Street 50th Anniversary at 2019 Summit
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APTS Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget
03/18/19
On March 18, 2019, America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) president and CEO Patrick Butler issued the following statement on President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget. -
Senator Susan Collins Accepts 2019 Champion of Public Broadcasting Award from America’s Public Television Stations
02/27/19
February 27, 2019, APTS today presented the Champion of Public Broadcasting Award to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). -
APTS Presents 2019 National Advocacy Award to Bohdan Zachary, General Manager of Milwaukee PBS
02/27/19
On February 27, 2019, APTS presented the 2019 National Advocacy Award to Bohdan Zachary, General Manager of Milwaukee PBS, for his leadership in demonstrating to Congress and the Federal Communications Commission the importance of locally-oriented and locally-managed programs to help consumers cope with new TV channel assignments in the aftermath of the broadcast spectrum auctions. -
APTS Presents 2019 Pillar of Public Service Award to Jack Galmiche, Nine Network of Public Media, St. Louis, MO
02/26/19
On February 26, 2019, APTS presented the Pillar of Public Service Award to Jack Galmiche, President and CEO of Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis, Missouri, honoring the station's civic leadership in organizing a community-wide dialog following the Ferguson race crisis, hosting a regional summit on climate change, highlighting the gap between employment skills and available jobs in the St. Louis market, and chronicling the history and culture of Missouri through hundreds of hours of locally-produced programming.
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2019 Public Media Summit
The APTS Public Media Summit is the largest annual gathering of public broadcasting general managers and community leaders who come together to explore issues that are vital to the future and mission of public service media.
The 2019 Public Media Summit will be held Monday, February 25, 2019 - Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at the Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown, 24th and M Streets NW, in Washington, D.C.