Public Broadcasting Service

:PBS redirects here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation).

Organizational structure

PBS stations are commonly operated by non-profit organizations or universities in their community of license. In some states, PBS stations throughout the entire state may be organized into a single regional "subnetwork". Unlike the CBC-SRC state broadcaster in Canada, PBS does not directly own any of the stations that broadcast its programming. This is partly due to the origins of the PBS stations themselves, and partly due to historical license issues.

Related Topics:
Non-profit - Universities - CBC - SRC - Canada

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In the modern broadcast marketplace, this organizational structure is considered outmoded by some media critics. A common restructuring proposal is to reorganize the network so that each state would have one PBS affiliate which broadcast state-wide. However, this proposal is controversial, as it would reduce local community input into PBS programming.

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