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APTS Statement on the President’s FY 2025 Budget
03/11/24
APTS appreciates the President’s proposal to increase the federal investment in CPB and for his endorsement of public media’s mission as partners in public service.
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Senator Shelley Moore Capito Receives 2024 Champion of Public Broadcasting Award from America’s Public Television Stations
02/28/24
Senator Capito has been a long-time friend of public broadcasting and has been a supporter of our work for over two decades.
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Senator Tammy Baldwin Receives 2024 Champion of Public Broadcasting Award from America’s Public Television Stations
02/28/24
Senator Baldwin has been a stalwart and effective champion of public broadcasting in countless ways for decades.
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from America’s Public Television Stations
02/28/24
No organization has ever had a more passionate, committed and effective champion than public broadcasters have in Congressman Earl Blumenauer.
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APTS Presents 2024 National Advocacy Award to Kurt Mische, President and CEO of PBS Reno
02/28/24
Kurt Mische has been unusually influential in his advocacy for public television in Nevada and California.
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APTS Presents Champion of Public Broadcasting Award to Lonna Thompson
02/27/24
Lonna’s extraordinary contributions have been an invaluable asset to APTS and all public television stations across our country.
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APTS Presents 2024 Excellence in Innovation Award to Edward J. Ulman, President and CEO of Alaska Public Media
02/27/24
Under Ed’s determined leadership, Alaska Public Media is serving people who are almost impossible to reach.
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Patrick Butler’s Presidential Address at the 2024 Public Media Summit
02/26/24
On Monday, February 26, 2024, Butler, in his annual presidential address, called on public broadcasters to lead a restoration of civility in American life.
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Butler Urges Public TV Stations to Promote Civility in Public Discourse
02/26/24
APTS President and CEO Patrick Butler today called on public broadcasters to lead a restoration of civility in American life.
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Patrick Butler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from America’s Public Television Stations
02/26/24
Pat has been the dedicated and visionary leader and voice of our local public television stations in our nation’s capital for over a decade of growth.
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America’s Public Television Stations Present 2024 David J. Brugger Lay Leadership Award to Dorothy Pacella, Former Executive Director of Friends of Thirteen, Inc. at The WNET Group
02/26/24
No one has played a more effective role, over a longer period of time, marshalling grassroots support for the work of public television than Dorothy Pacella.
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APTS Presents 2024 Pillar of Public Service Award to Molly Phillips, Former Executive Director and General Manager of Iowa PBS
02/26/24
Over the course of a 34-year career at Iowa PBS, Molly Phillips has pursued public television’s public service missions in extraordinary ways.
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America’s Public Television Stations Elect Board Officers and Trustees
02/07/24
Read about the elections of the APTS board leaders and members.
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APTS Seeks to Partner with FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau To Test Disaster Alert Technology
12/18/23
APTS is urging the FCC to explore using television datacasting technologies to help fill wireless coverage gaps when cell service is interrupted during disasters.
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America’s Public Television Stations Elect Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to APTS Board of Trustees
11/14/23
Mr. Pai, who chaired the FCC from 2017 to 2021, is now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, a global investment firm.