America’s public television stations are committed to three essential public service missions: education, public safety and community connections.
Public television educates people of all ages with lifelong learning programs and services, partners with local public safety officials to help save lives, and shines a light on the people, places, history and stories that are the fabric of their communities and connect communities to address their most pressing local issues. As the last locally-controlled media in America, reaching nearly 99 percent of the American people, public television stations are uniquely positioned to provide these services — not only on television but in the classroom, online, as part of the emergency response network and in the community.