The Merrillville-based affiliate PBS said inflation has pinched household budgets and resulted in a nationwide decline in charitable giving. The public broadcaster that has been on the air in ...

Public radio and television stations are known for two things: high-quality programming and pledge drives. One provides listening and viewing options to commercial networks and a maze of cable ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A 24-hour emergency pledge drive is underway at PBS Kansas (KPTS). The station is going live until Thursday, following federal funding cuts that will leave the station $1.2 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Supporters of public television came together this week to raise nearly $60,000 for PBS Kansas during a 24-hour emergency pledge drive, following the loss of federal funding, ...

The emergency pledge drive to help out PBS Kansas ended Thursday morning, and I’d like to take a moment to thank all of you — including many of my regular readers — for stepping up to help preserve ...

Among the clips resurrected from my childhood by YouTube, none stirs what Portuguese speakers refer to as saudade as much as the signoff for Boston’s public television stations. It features stills of ...

HOLLYWOOD, July 12 -- Why does PBS toss its highest-profile programming, such as last year's "Masterpiece Theatre" remake of "The Forsyte Saga," into brutally competitive sweeps ratings periods? To ...

Come boom times and bust, March is Pledge Drive time at KUHT/Channel 8, where this year the usual necessities of fundraising are complicated by the ongoing slog toward the digital changeover in June ...

finds his station suffering the plight of many PBS stations across the country: sorely behind in fund-raising. For that reason, he has set a goal of $350,000 -- about $80,000 higher than usual -- for ...