public television

NOUN

not-for-profit television

Synonyms

WEAK

PTV educational television noncommercial television public TV

Example Sentences

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The film will air on public television stations beginning Wednesday through June 9, with PBS SoCal airing it on June 8 and 9, and it will be available on digital platforms June 10.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

She popularized yoga via public television in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The sector, which previously accounted for nearly three percent of GDP, now accounts for only one percent, Mali Tourism Minister Mamou Daffe said in July on public television.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

A trio of Bob Ross paintings sold for more than $600,000 in a Los Angeles charity auction Monday to help support public television programming that is struggling after government funding was slashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell