public television

NOUN

not-for-profit television

Synonyms

WEAK

PTV educational television noncommercial television public TV

Example Sentences

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But Child, a Pasadena, Calif., native who landed her first cooking show on Boston public television in 1963, was the true pioneer.

From The Wall Street Journal

"She's feeling a bit of pain in the left foot and left knee, but I'm feeling positive," he told the Austrian public television station.

From Barron's

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

A passenger on the second train, bound for the city of Huelva, who gave only her first name Montse, told Spanish public television the train, "with a jolt, came to a complete stop, and everything went dark".

From Barron's

MTV News once seemed like the dream, but he always much preferred the loose, happy talk of public television’s Huell Howser.

From Los Angeles Times