PBS World

PBS World
Launched	New York and Boston: 2006 nationwide: 2007-08-15
Owned by	PBS, WNET, WGBH
Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States Available in 36% of homes
Sister channel(s)	PBS, Create, PBS Kids Sprout
Website	WORLDcompass.org
Availability
Terrestrial
Available as a digital subchannel on PBS stations in some areas	Check local listings for availability
Cable
Available on selected cable systems	Check local listings for availability

PBS World is a 24-hour United States over-the-air digital subchannel showing public TV non-fiction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentaries.^[1][2] Launched nationally in 2007 as PBS World, it has been rebranded as just "World."^[2] Originally distributed and marketed by PBS, World is now produced and distributed by Boston's WGBH, and New York City's WNET, and American Public Television.^[2]

Programs

Current programming and current reruns

• American Experience (1988-present seasons)
• Charlie Rose (1991-present reruns)
• Frontline
  • Frontline/World
• Global Voices
• History Detectives
• Independent Lens
• Nature
• Nightly Business Report
• NOVA (1974-present seasons)
  • NOVA scienceNOW
• PBS NewsHour
• Scientific American Frontiers
• The Tavis Smiley Show (2003-present seasons]]
• Deutsche Welle Journal
• Deutsche Welle European Journal
• Newsline (NHK)

Future programming

All part of PBS Kids includes:

• Sesame Street (1969-present seasons)
• ZOOM (1999) (1999-2005 seasons)
• ZOOM (1972) (1972-1978 seasons)
• Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (2006-2010 seasons)
• Reading Rainbow (1983-2006 seasons)
• Mister Rogers Neighborhood (1968-2001 seasons)
• Between the Lions (2001-2011 seasons)

Carried by

WORLD is carried by the following stations:^[3]

Station	City
Alaska Public Broadcasting
KAET	Phoenix, Arizona
KUAS (Arizona Public Media)	Tucson, Arizona
Arkansas Educational Television Network	Conway, Arkansas
KOCE-TV	Huntington Beach, California
KEET	Eureka, California
KIXE	Redding, California
WGCU	Fort Myers, Florida
WJCT	Jacksonville, Florida
WSRE	Pensacola, Florida
WUFT	Gainesville, Florida
WXEL-TV[4]	West Palm Beach, Florida
Georgia Public Broadcasting	Atlanta, Georgia
Idaho Public Television	Boise, Idaho
WILL	Urbana, Illinois
WMEC	Chatham, Illinois
WSIU	Carbondale, Illinois
WTVP	Peoria, Illinois
WIPB	Muncie, Indiana
WTIU	Bloomington, Indiana
Iowa Public Television	Johnston, Iowa
KOOD/Smoky Hills PTV	Bunker Hill, Kansas
WYES	Metairie, Louisiana
Maine Public Broadcasting Network	Bangor, Maine
WGBH	Boston, Massachusetts
WGBY	Springfield, Massachusetts
WKAR	East Lansing, Michigan
KETC	St. Louis, Missouri
Montana PBS	Bozeman, Montana
Nebraska ETV	Lincoln, Nebraska
KNME	Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thirteen/WNET	New York, New York
WCFE/Mountain Lake PBS	Plattsburgh, New York
WCNY	Syracuse, New York
WMHT Educational Telecommunication	Troy, New York
WXXI	Rochester, New York
WVIZ	Cleveland, Ohio
KSYS / Southern Oregon Public Television	Medford, Oregon
WHYY	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WPSU-TV	University Park, Pennsylvania
WQLN	Erie, Pennsylvania
South Carolina Educational Television	Columbia, South Carolina
South Dakota Public Broadcasting	Vermillion, South Dakota
WCTE	Cookeville, Tennessee
WETP / East Tennessee PBS	Knoxville, Tennessee
WLJT	Martin, Tennessee
KERA	Dallas, Texas
KLRN	San Antonio, Texas
KUED	Salt Lake City, Utah
Vermont Public Television	Colchester, Vermont
WBRA	Roanoke, Virginia
WHRO	Norfolk, Virginia
KSPS	Spokane, Washington
WMVS / Milwaukee Public Television	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wyoming PBS	Riverton, Wyoming
WNED[5]	Buffalo, New York

KFME Fargo , North Daota

References

1. ^ About WORLD TV
2. ^ ^{a b c} About WORLDcompass.org
3. ^ Where to watch WORLD TV
4. ^ http://www.wxel.org/tv_channels.html
5. ^ http://www.wned.org/pressroom/releases/tbTheWorld.asp

External links

• WORLDcompass.org