Membership

Membership

Since its creation in 1979, America's Public Television Stations (APTS) has represented the nation’s public television stations. APTS was founded by the stations in order for them to have a representative voice in Washington DC – an organization that would work to ensure that the stations’ interests were served in advocating to Congress, the FCC and other federal agencies. In addition to this important advocacy mission, APTS has also been a proponent of sound business strategies critical to the future of public television.

APTS member stations pay annual service fees to support the work of the organization. The organization’s annual goal is to include all CPB-qualified licensees as members.

APTS members play a leading role in developing our legislative agenda and regulatory policies. APTS seeks member input to set our platform on topics such as spectrum repacking, wireless devices, CPB reauthorization and digital carriage agreements.

APTS continues its commitment to keeping stations and their boards involved in every level of advocacy, including funding opportunities and coalition initiatives. Through this website, APTS hopes to greatly increase the accessibility and quality of our consultations and communications with our member stations.

APTS Member Benefits and Resources

In its role as the primary advocacy organization for public television, APTS is in constant touch with lawmakers and regulatory policy heads and keeps you informed through a variety of channels including a website, social media, newsletters and alerts. APTS also provides valuable services that can be integral to your station’s current operations and future planning. Below is brief listing of valuable resources and benefits, almost all of which are of no cost to members:

Organizations other than public television stations who are interested in supporting the APTS mission may join the Associate Membership Program.

To become an APTS Member, please contact:
Emil Mara
Vice President, Finance, Administration and Membership
202.654.4201
emara@apts.org

APTS Member Stations
(stations are listed alphabetically by state)

Alabama Public Television

Alaska Public Media (Anchorage, AK)

KTOO (Juneau, AK) 

KUAC (Fairbanks, AK)            

Arkansas PBS

Arizona PBS (Phoenix, AZ)

Arizona Public Media (Tucson, AZ)

KCET (Los Angeles, CA)

KPBS (San Diego, CA)

KQED Public Media (San Francisco, CA)

Northern California Public Media (Rohnert Park, CA)

PBS KVIE (Sacramento, CA)

PBS SoCal KCET(Los Angeles, CA)

PBS 12 (Denver, CO)

Rocky Mountain Public Media (Denver, CO)

Connecticut Public                             

WHUT  (Washington, DC)

South Florida PBS WPBT  (Miami, FL)

South Florida PBS WXEL (West Palm Beach, FL)

WEDU PBS (Tampa, FL)

WFSU Public Media (Tallahassee, FL)

WGCU Public Media  (Fort Myers, FL)

WUCF TV  (Orlando, FL)

WUFT (Gainesville, FL)

WABE (Atlanta, GA)

PBS Hawaii

Iowa PBS                                        

Idaho Public Television

Illinois Public Media  (Urbana, IL)

WQPT PBS (Moline, IL)

WTTW Chicago (Chicago, IL)

WTVP   (Peoria, IL)

Indiana Public Media/WTIU   (Bloomington, IN)

PBS Fort Wayne (Ft. Wayne, IN)

PBS Michiana - WNIT  (Elkhart, IN)

WFYI Public Media (Indianapolis, IN)

KTWU (Topeka, KS)                                 

KET – The Kentucky Network              

Louisiana Public Broadcasting                                  

WYES PBS (New Orleans, LA)

GBH   (Boston, MA)

WGBY  (Springfield, MA)

Maryland Public Television                                  

Maine Public

Delta College Public Media (WDCQ/ WDCP) (University Center, MI)

Detroit Public Television (WTVS) (Detroit, MI)

WCMU Public Media  (Mt. Pleasant, MI)

WGVU Public Media  (Grand Rapids, MI)

WKAR Public Media (East Lansing, MI)

WNMU-TV (Marquette, MI)

Lakeland PBS (Bemidji, MN)

Pioneer PBS (Appleton, MN)

Twin Cities PBS

PBS North (WDSE • WRPT)  (Duluth, MN)

Kansas City PBS   (Kansas City, MO)

KMOS (Warrensburg, MO)

Nine PBS  (St. Louis, MO)

Ozarks Public Television (Springfield, MO)

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

MontanaPBS

PBS Charlotte (Charlotte, NC)

PBS North Carolina (Research Triangle Park, NC)

Prairie Public (Fargo, ND)

KUON (Lincoln, NE)

Nebraska Network

 

New Hampshire PBS                            

NJ PBS (Newark, NJ)  

KENW PBS New Mexico (Portales, NM)       

KRWG Public Media (Las Cruces, NM)

New Mexico PBS  (Albuquerque, NM)

PBS Reno  (Reno, NV)

Vegas PBS (Las Vegas, NV)

Buffalo Toronto Public Media (Buffalo, NY)

Mountain Lake PBS (Plattsburgh, NY)

The WNET Group  (New York, NY)

WLIW21 (New York, NY)

WMHT  (Schenectady, NY)

WPBS-TV  (Watertown, NY)

WSKG (Binghamton, NY)

WXXI Public Media (Rochester, NY)

CET (Cincinnati, OH)

ideastream Public Media (Cleveland, OH)

PBS Western Reserve (Kent, OH)

WBGU PBS (Bowling Green, OH)

WGTE (Toledo, OH)

WOSU Public Media  (Columbus, OH)

WOUB Public Media (Athens, OH)

OETA

RSU Public Television (Claremore, OK)

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Lehigh Valley Public Media  (Bethlehem, PA)

WHYY  (Philadelphia, PA)

WITF, Inc.  (Harrisburg, PA)

WPSU Penn State  (University Park, PA)

WQLN PBS NPR (Erie, PA)

WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

WVIA  (Pittson, PA)

Rhode Island PBS  (Providence, RI)

South Carolina ETV                                                    

South Dakota Public Broadcasting

East Tennessee PBS

Nashville Public Television                             

WCTE Central TN - PBS (Cookeville, TN)

West TN PBS  (Martin, TN)

WKNO  (Memphis, TN)

WTCI PBS (Chattanooga, TN)

Austin PBS (Austin, TX)

Houston Public Media

KEDT (Corpus Christi, TX) 

KERA (Dallas, TX)

KLRN  (San Antonio, TX)

Panhandle PBS (Amarillo, TX)      

Texas Tech Public Media (Lubbock, TX)

Utah Education Network/KUEN  (Salt Lake City, UT)                           

Blue Ridge PBS (Roanoke, VA)

VPM (Richmond, VA)

WETA  (Arlington, VA)

WHRO Public Media  (Norfolk, VA)

Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System  (St. Thomas, VI)

Vermont Public  

Cascade PBS (Seattle, WA)

KBTC (Tacoma, WA)

KSPS PBS  (Spokane, WA)

Northwest Public Broadcasting (Pullman, WA)

Milwaukee PBS (Milwaukee, WI)

PBS Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (Madison, WI)

West Virginia Public Broadcasting (Charleston, WV)

WyomingPBS (Riverton,WY)