Public Broadcasting Service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Public Broadcasting Service
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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He pointed out that he had worked to continue government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, protested the cancellation of the Nickelodeon series about two Black brothers, “My Brother and Me,” picketed conservative “hate radio” programs and sent out a fax to 8,000 supporters asking them to rally CBS to bring back the family drama “Under One Roof.”
From Los Angeles Times
Postal Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Public Broadcasting Service were once important and excellent institutions.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said it is dissolving the 58-year-old nonprofit umbrella organization that oversaw government funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.
I regret the difficulties this may have created for honest folk working at the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.
The private, nonprofit corporation provided funding to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, but the bulk of its money was funneled to local stations around the country and other grantees.
From Salon
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