PBS Kids explained

PBS Kids
Formerly Known:PTV (1994–99)
Country:United States
Premiered: (PTV)
(as PBS Kids)
Channel:PBS

PBS Kids (stylized as PBS KIDS) is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by PBS in the United States. The target audience is children between the ages of 2 and 8.[1] PBS Kids brand programming is aired daily on most local PBS stations during a daytime block, typically scheduled in the morning hours, in addition to a separate 24/7 channel (sometimes called the PBS Kids Channel or PBS Kids 24/7). Both the block and 24/7 service are broadcast over the air, via cable and satellite providers and on streaming platforms. Select programming is also available internationally.[2]

History

PTV block

PBS had historically aired programs for children such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Reading Rainbow; prior to 1993, these programs aired under general PBS branding. In August 1993, PBS introduced new branding for their children's programs featuring the "P-Pals", animated characters shaped like the PBS "P-head" logo who encouraged skills such as gathering information, self-esteem, cooperation and achieving goals in specially-developed interstitials.

The framework for PBS Kids was established as part of PBS' "Ready to Learn" initiative, a project intended to facilitate access of early childhood educational programming to underprivileged children.[3] On July 11, 1994, PBS repackaged their existing children's educational programming as a new block titled "PTV", airing on 11 member stations at launch.[4] [5] In addition to scheduled educational programming, PTV also incorporated interstitial content with the P-Pals in their fictional world "PTV Park" for younger children. Older children were targeted with live-action and music video interstitials.

Apple Computer provided a $1.5 million grant to PTV and became its first national underwriter on June 26, 1995, as part of their "Bring Learning Home" corporate initiative.[6] A "Ready To Learn" grant unveiled on January 8, 1996, supported the development of Dragon Tales and Between the Lions, which premiered in 1999 and 2000, respectively, as well as their online activities and outreach efforts.[7] By September 1996, 95 PBS stations reaching three quarters of the United States were carrying the PTV service.[8] Starting on October 7, 1996, PBS packaged their programs for school-aged children into the block The Game, airing on 31 stations by the end of the year.

PBS Kids

On January 18, 1999, PBS announced that it would launch the PBS Kids Channel, meant to be the centerpiece of a larger initiative, in September.[9] On June 9, PBS revealed a wide rebranding of its children's programs and services, known as PBS Kids, at its annual meeting in San Francisco. PBS would also increase its children's programming budget by 25% and commit to two new series: Caillou and .[10]

The rebranding to "PBS Kids" first took effect on September 6, 1999, when PBS launched the 24-hour PBS Kids Channel.[11] The new PBS Kids branding elements began rolling out on PBS stations in October; PBS provided grants to stations who adopted the new branding early. Brand designers incorporated a thought bubble concept across the brand packaging, intended to associate "imagination, thinking and using your head" with PBS Kids. Included with the new on-air appearance was a bright green logo featuring iconic boy and girl mascot characters Dash and Dot. The PBS Kids website was relaunched with some new areas on February 1, 2000.[12]

The PBS Kids Channel was shut down on September 26, 2005, in favor of a new commercial cable and satellite joint venture channel, PBS Kids Sprout. However, the PBS Kids block continued on the PBS daytime schedule.

One year prior to the launch of PBS Kids Sprout, PBS developed PBS Kids Go!, a sub-brand of PBS Kids, which debuted in October 2004. This programming block was directed at the oldest subset of the existing PBS Kids demographic (generally ages 6 to 8). This spurred plans for a new 24/7 service, which PBS offered as a replacement early school-aged kids network by April 2006. The PBS Kids Go! Channel was intended to be launched in October 2006,[13] but was later cancelled before launch.[14] Amid 2011 research which revealed that the PBS Kids brand was more recognizable than PBS Kids Go!, and ratings which showed preschoolers and school-age children watching each other's shows, PBS Kids received another graphic redesign and the PBS Kids Go! branding was dissolved on October 7, 2013, coinciding with the debut of Peg + Cat.[15]

PBS revived the PBS Kids Channel on January 16, 2017, this time being structured as a multi-platform service with an online livestream of the channel on the PBS Kids website and video app, in addition to utilizing largely the same distribution methods that had been used for the original channel.[16] At the time of launch, no changes were made to the main PBS Kids block on PBS. The block is counter programmed from the channel, thus the same show would not be shown at the same time on the channel and block.[17] [18] [19]

In November 2020, PBS Kids, in association with the main PBS service, became the terrestrial television home of select specials from the Peanuts animated library, under a sub-licensing agreement with Apple TV+.[20] The agreement allowed both PBS and the PBS Kids Channel to air It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and A Charlie Brown Christmas over the air, once per year. After the 2021 holiday season, the agreement with PBS ended, and since then, the Peanuts specials have not aired on American broadcast television.[21]

On June 19, 2022, PBS Kids introduced a new brand identity by Lippincott; the rebranding incorporates aspects of the current PBS branding also developed by Lippincott, changing its logo to an electric blue circle with a tweaked version of the existing PBS Kids wordmark, set in green and white. The long-time PBS Kids mascot Dash was discontinued, but supplanted by a new system of customizable cartoon characters seen in promos, which have customizable facial features, skin tones, and disability aids to reflect a diverse youth audience and how they portray themselves.[22]

In February 2023, a major shift in program scheduling reduced the duration of the daytime PBS Kids block on local PBS stations significantly.[23] [24] Previously, the PBS Kids block encompassed a much larger portion of the daytime schedule, including both before- and after-school hours throughout the morning and afternoon. Many PBS stations had already begun transitioning to shorter morning blocks, but this change pushed nearly all stations to shorten their daytime children's schedules to morning hours only. PBS cited changes in viewing behaviors, and decided that it was advantageous to focus their children's programming in the mornings and cater to more general audiences in the afternoons, while continuing to grow their audience on the 24/7 kids service.[25]

Streaming and on-demand video

As online streaming began to increase in popularity, PBS launched the PBS Kids Go! video player on its website on September 8, 2008. This federally-funded, innovative video streaming platform featured video clips from a number of PBS Kids Go! shows which rotated on a weekly basis and linked to interactive online games.[26] The video player later expanded to include all PBS Kids programming, and the entire platform evolved into the PBS Kids Video app, which initially became publicly available for free on May 12, 2011.[27] The PBS Kids Video app is currently the primary source for free streaming of on-demand video clips and full episodes of PBS Kids programming. The app also features a free live stream of the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel.

On May 8, 2013, PBS Kids programming was added to the Roku streaming player.[28]

On July 1, 2016, Amazon Prime Video and PBS Distribution entered into a multi-year agreement which saw several PBS Kids series on other streaming services move to Amazon Prime Video.[29] The PBS Kids subscription allows families to stream nearly all PBS Kids programs currently broadcast on air; however, notable exceptions exist, namely Sesame Street, which streams on Max,[30] and Curious George, which streams on NBCUniversal's Peacock.[31] The PBS Kids add-on service also includes several retired series, such as Reading Rainbow, Kratts' Creatures, and It's a Big Big World.

On April 23, 2024, The Roku Channel added PBS Retro, a free ad-supported streaming channel,[32] which consists of retired PBS Kids programming, such as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Reading Rainbow.[33]

International distribution

A selection of PBS Kids brand programming is available outside of the United States through PBS Distribution, PBS International and GBH, who jointly offer a PBS Kids subscription channel and on-demand video services to international audiences.[34]

PBS Distribution partnered with MultiChoice to launch PBS Kids on May 22, 2019, on DStv and GOtv platforms across its Sub-Saharan Africa footprint.[35]

PBS Distribution partnered with Foxtel to launch PBS Kids on July 1, 2021, in Australia.[36] The channel was discontinued two years later on July 1, 2023.[37] [38]

Programming

For list of all PBS Kids programs, see List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids.

Programming blocks

Current

Former

Critical reception

PBS Kids programming has historically received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children. L.A. Story (a division of Blogspot) wrote, "Great for any little explorer!"[46] Rob Owen of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote, "Best children's entertainment available."[47] Valerie Williams of Scary Mommy wrote, "A wonderful gift." Steve Aquino of Forbes wrote, "Making learning accessible in the coronavirus age."[48]

24/7 Network

PBS Kids Channel
Type:Digital broadcast TV network (children's programming)
Country:United States, Sub-Saharan Africa
Area:Nationwide (via OTA digital television)
Headquarters:Crystal City, Virginia, U.S.
Founded: (original)
(revival)
Picture Format:480i (SDTV)

Owner:PBS
Launch Date: (original)
(revival)
Closed Date: (original)
Replaced By:PBS Kids Sprout (original)
Affiliates:List of affiliates
Webcast:PBS Kids Live TV

The PBS Kids Channel (also known as PBS Kids 24/7) is an American digital broadcast and online television network operated by the Public Broadcasting Service. The network features a broad mix of live action and animated children's programs distributed to PBS by independent companies and select member stations, which are designed for improving the early literacy, math, and social-emotional skills of young children ages 3 to 9.[49] Some PBS member stations, most notably KLCS in Los Angeles and WDCQ-TV in Bad Axe, Michigan, maintain their own locally programmed PBS Kids feed that is independent from the nationally sourced feed.

The PBS Kids Channel has had two iterations in the age of digital television; one which existed between 1999 and 2005, and the current version which was launched in 2017.

Network history

Original channel (1999-2005)

On September 6, 1999, PBS launched a 24-hour PBS Kids network in several markets, in conjunction with the overall introduction of the PBS Kids brand to provide a unified branding for the service's children's programming offerings. The separate network (referred to as the PBS Kids Channel in press materials) was available on high-tier subscription providers, and was also offered to PBS member stations for use on a "cablecast" service (a subscription-based local channel provided by the member station) or for use on the member station's free-to-air analog channel to provide a portion of the daytime PBS Kids programming on the station. Participating stations were required to pay an annual fee of $1,000 to use the feed. The channel was launched on over 30 PBS member stations with carriage methods ranging from a cable-only service, to a standard-definition digital subchannel, to analog simulcasts.[11] Additional affiliates would pick up the channel later throughout the fall and winter of 1999.

FCC requirements mandated satellite providers to set aside 4% of their available channel space for noncommercial educational and informational programming. With these providers limited to offering one such service per programmer, PBS had put forth PBS Kids as a prospective channel to fulfill this mandate.[50]

The channel was largely funded by satellite provider DirecTV. It was partly created to compete against the Nick Jr. block and its sister network Noggin; at the time, Noggin was co-owned by the Children's Television Workshop (the production company behind Sesame Street) and Nickelodeon.[51] Because the pay-TV rights to the Children's Television Workshop's programs were owned by Noggin, the channel did not broadcast CTW programming, including longtime PBS staple Sesame Street, though an exception was made with the CTW-produced Dragon Tales (which premiered on the same day as the launch of the PBS Kids Channel).

The channel was unsuccessful and had only reached 9 million households as of 2002, compared to Noggin's 23.3 million households at the time.[52] In the aftermath of DirecTV's decision not to renew its funding agreement with the channel, which ended in the third quarter of 2005,[53] PBS decided to shut down the network on September 26 of that year. The PBS Kids Channel was effectively supplanted on that date by PBS Kids Sprout, an advertiser-supported cable and satellite channel that PBS developed in a joint venture with Sesame Workshop, HIT Entertainment and Comcast (the latter of which later bought full control of the network via NBCUniversal).[54]

PBS gave local stations an option to sign on PBS Kids Sprout promoters, providing them cross-promotional and monetary benefits in exchange for giving up the ability to carry a competing preschool-targeted channel. For example, PBS member station WBGU-TV aired promotional spots for PBS Kids Sprout during their PBS Kids daytime block,[55] thereby forfeiting their eligibility to air a children's channel locally. 80 stations, making up about half of the member stations participants, signed up to be promoters; most of the remaining stations opted to develop independent children's programming services featuring programs distributed by PBS and through outside distributors such as American Public Television to fill space on digital subchannels that formerly served as PBS Kids Channel members. Many of the member stations that launched children's-focused subchannel or cable-only services reduced the amount of sourced programming from PBS Kids carried on their primary channel to a few hours of their weekday daytime schedules, in order to program more adult-targeted fare during the afternoon.

Canceled replacement

The closure of the PBS Kids Channel left many local PBS stations with a vacancy on their multicast digital channel offerings, during a time when digital and high-definition broadcasts were increasing reach and gaining popularity. In April 2006, PBS announced plans for a replacement 24-hour digital multicast network called the PBS Kids Go! Channel. This would expand upon the afternoon PBS Kids Go! block on PBS, with additional new content and reruns of returning programs, such as HIT Entertainment's Wishbone and Kratts' Creatures. Other exclusive content for this channel would include a one-hour Spanish-language block called "PBS Kids Vayan!" (Spanish for "Go!", which would air select shows in Spanish with English subtitles), an evening "Go! Family" block, and an educational "Go! Figure" school block.[56]

The PBS Kids Go! Channel was originally set to launch in October 2006. However, stations found that the sliding scale licensing fees were too high for what little exclusive programming they would have received, especially after spending additional funds for the PBS HD feed. With only one-third of PBS stations initially committing to carry the new network, the plans for the channel were ultimately withdrawn.[57]

Revived channel (2017-present)

On February 23, 2016, PBS announced that the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel would be revived after 11 years.[58] PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger stated that during PBS's partnership with Comcast in their operations of Sprout, PBS had discovered the valuable position in children's programming during prime time.[59]

Originally set for a fall 2016 relaunch, the PBS Kids Channel was ultimately relaunched on January 16, 2017. Structured as a multi-platform service, it was made available for distribution to digital subchannels of participating PBS member stations, initially launching on 73 member stations (counting those operated as subregional PBS member networks), with an additional 34 agreeing to begin carrying the network at a later date.[60] An online live stream of the PBS Kids Channel was also added to the PBS Kids website and video app upon the channel's debut, allowing viewers to toggle from the program being aired to a related educational game extending the interactivity introduced by Sesame Street. The free online livestream also allows viewers to access the 24/7 channel even in areas where some local PBS stations, such as WUFT in Gainesville, Florida and WEIU-TV in Charleston, Illinois, do not carry it on its subchannels. The PBS Kids Channel is also available on both DirecTV and DirecTV Stream on channel 288.[61]

The PBS Kids Channel is counterprogrammed from the PBS Kids block on PBS, so that the same program would not be shown on either simultaneously. It mainly features double-runs of existing series on PBS Kids' schedule (including some not carried on the primary channels of certain member stations); as such, no additional programs had to be acquired to help fill the channel's schedule. On April 21, 2017, the channel launched "PBS Kids Family Night," a weekly block on Friday evenings (with encore airings on Saturday and Sunday evenings) that showcase themed programming, premieres or special "movie-length" episodes of new and existing PBS Kids children's programs.[62]

Affiliates

Station Channel Operator Affiliation tenure
Local channel[63] Affiliation date
[64]

Alabama

WBIQ 10.2 January 16, 2017
WIIQ 41.2
WDIQ 2.2
WFIQ 36.2
WHIQ 25.2
WGIQ 43.2
WEIQ 42.2
WAIQ 26.2
WCIQ 7.2

Alaska

7.4 TBD
9.8

Arkansas

KETG 9.3 January 16, 2017
KETZ 12.3
KAFT 13.3
KTEJ 19.3
KETS 2.3
KEMV 6.3

Arizona

8.4 January 16, 2017
6.2 2003–2005 2005–2017

California

13.5 Redwood Empire Public Television, Inc. January 16, 2017
18.2 Valley Public Television, Inc.
Huntington Beach
KOCE-TV[65] 50.5 KOCE Foundation
58.2 2004–present
6.4 KVIE, Inc. January 16, 2017
15.4
San Jose
54.4 and 9.4
Comcast 192
Northern California Public Broadcasting[66] August 1, 2003 – January 15, 2017
Watsonville
25.4Comcast 192

Colorado

KRMA-TV 6.2 TBD
KRMU 20.2
KRMJ 18.2
KTSC 8.2
KRMZ 24.2

Connecticut

49.4 TBD
WEDY 65.4
WEDH 24.4 Connecticut Public Television
Norwich
WEDN 53.4

District of Columbia

26.3 Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association 2007– 2019 August 2019
32.2 January 16, 2017

Florida

30.5 January 16, 2017
7.5 WJCT, Inc.
2.4
42.3
24.3
56.4
11.4
23.4 TBD
3.2 Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting, Inc.
16.2 Currently

Georgia

APS
22
September 6, 1999 – 2005
Athens
8.4 Georgia Public Broadcasting January 16, 2017
18.4
29.4
28.4
25.4
14.4
9.4
Waycross
8.4
20.4

Hawaii

11.2 Hawaii Public Television July 1, 2003 October 1, 2005 January 16, 2017
10.2

Idaho

4.5 February 1, 2018
Coeur D'Alene
KCDT 26.5
KUID-TV 12.5
KISU-TV 10.5
KIPT 13.5

Illinois

8.5 TBD
19.5
11.4 Window to the World Communications January 16, 2017
Peoria[67] 47.2 Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation
Urbana
[68]
12.2

Indiana

30.4 .3

TIU Family (ended January 30, 2017)
January 30, 2017
39.2 Fort Wayne Public Television 2005Kids39 (2005-2017)January 16, 2017
20.2 TBD
34.3 Michiana Public Broadcasting
Vincennes
22.3 January 16, 2017

Iowa

KBIN-TV 32.4 current (all .2)
IPTV Learn
TBD
KQIN 36.4
KDIN-TV 11.4
KTIN 21.4
KIIN 12.4
KYIN 24.4
KHIN 36.4
KSIN-TV 27.4
KRIN 32.4

Kansas

KWKS 19.2 January 16, 2017
KDCK 21.2
KOOD 9.2
KSWK 3.2
11.2 Current
8.4 Kansas Public Telecommunications Service

Kentucky

25.4 January 16, 2017
53.4
54.4
23.4
35.4
46.4
15.4
35.4
38.4
21.4
31.4
52.4
29.4
22.4
29.4

Louisiana

KLPA-TV 25.2 January 16, 2017
WLPB-TV 27.2
KLPB-TV 24.2
KLTL-TV 24.2
KLTM-TV 13.2
12.4 Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation TBD
KLTS-TV 24.2 Louisiana Educational Television Authority January 16, 2017

Massachusetts

WGBX-TV[69] 44.4 January 16, 2017
WGBY-TV[70] 57.3

Maryland

WMPT 22.3 MPT Select
January 16, 2017
WMPB 67.3
WFPT 62.3
WWPB 31.3
WGPT 36.3
WCPB 28.3

Maine

WCBB 10.4 January 16, 2017
Biddeford
WMEA-TV 26.4
WMED-TV 13.4
Orono
WMEB-TV 12.4
WMEM-TV 10.4

Michigan

6.2 January 16, 2017
WCMV 27.2
Mount Pleasant
26.2
28.2 January 16, 2017 – April 23, 2018 [71]
Bad Axe
19.4 Current
56.2 Detroit Educational Television Foundation January 16, 2017
23.4
35.5 TBD
WGVK 52.5
13.2 January 16, 2017

Minnesota

KWCM-TV 10.5 TBD
9.3 Northern Minnesota Public Television January 16, 2017
KAWB 22.3
KCGE-DT 16.4
KTCA-TV 2.4
KSMN 20.5 West Central Minnesota Educational Television TBD

Mississippi

WMAH-TV 19.2 January 16, 2017
WMAE-TV 12.2
WMAU-TV 17.2
ColumbiaW45AA-D45.2
WMAO-TV 23.2
WMPN-TV 29.2
WMAW-TV 14.2
WMAB-TV 2.2
WMAV-TV 18.2

Missouri

KOZJ 26.2 January 16, 2017
21.2
19.4 Public TV 19, Inc.
6.4
9.2 St. Louis Regional Public Media, Inc.

Montana

16.2 January 16, 2017
KUSM-TV 9.2
KUHM-TV 10.2
KUKL-TV 46.2
KUFM-TV 11.2

Nebraska

KTNE-TV 13.4 March 1, 2017
KMNE-TV 7.4
KHNE-TV 29.4
KLNE-TV 3.4
KUON-TV 12.4
KRNE-TV 12.4
KXNE-TV 19.4
KPNE-TV 9.4
KYNE-TV 26.4

Nevada

10.3 January 16, 2017
5.3 Channel 5 Public Broadcasting

New Jersey

Newark
13.2 Educational Broadcasting Corporation January 16, 2017

New Mexico

5.2 January 16, 2017
22.3 TBD

New York

46.6 WSKG Public Telecommunications Council[72] February 1, 2017
WSKA 30.6
17.3 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association TBD
WNPI-DT 18.4 St. Lawrence Valley Educational TV Council, Inc. January 16, 2017
16.4
57.3 Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council
21.4 February 2017
Schenectady
17.4 WMHT Educational Telecommunications January 16, 2017
24.4 Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York

North Carolina

33.2 January 16, 2017
WUNW 27.3
WUNC-TV 4.2
WUNG-TV 58.2
WUND-TV 2.2
WUNK-TV 25.2
WUNM-TV 19.3
WUNE-TV 17.3
WUNU 31.2
WUNP-TV 36.3
WUNJ-TV 39.2
WUNL-TV 26.2

North Dakota

KBME-TV 3.4 January 16, 2017
KMDE 25.4
KDSE 9.4
KJRE 19.4
KFME 13.4
KSRE 6.4
KWSE 4.4

Ohio

Akron, OhioWNEO49
cable-only Ohio University
27.2 Current
25.5 Ideastream January 16, 2017
34.4
42.4
16.5
WPTO 14.3
30.2 Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio

Oklahoma

KWET 12.4 January 16, 2017
KOET 3.4
13.4
KOED-TV 11.4
Oklahoma City and Tulsa OETA Kids cable 2009–2013

Oregon

KOAB-TV 11.3 January 16, 2017
KOAC-TV 7.3
KEPB-TV 29.3
KTVR 13.3
10.3

Pennsylvania

3.4 January 16, 2017
12.3 WHYY Inc.
13.5 WQED Multimedia
44.2 Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association

Puerto Rico

40.2 Current January 16, 2017
WQTO 26.2

South Carolina

WEBA-TV 14.4 TBD
WJWJ-TV 16.4
WITV 7.4
WRLK-TV 35.4
WHMC 23.4
WJPM-TV 33.4
WNTV 29.4
WNEH 38.4
30.4
WRET-TV 49.4
WRJA-TV 27.4

South Dakota

KDSD-TV 16.4 January 16, 2017
KESD-TV 8.4
KPSD-TV 13.4
KQSD-TV 11.4
KZSD-TV 8.4
KTSD-TV 10.4
KBHE-TV 9.4
KCSD-TV 23.4
KUSD-TV 2.4

Tennessee

45.3 Greater Chattanooga Public Television January 2017
22.4 Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council TBD
15.2 January 16, 2017
Lexington
11.2 West Tennessee Public Television Council, Inc.
10.3 Mid-South Public Communications Foundation
8.3 Nashville Public Television, Inc. 2017–present June 30, 2017
2.2 East Tennessee PBS January 16, 2017

Texas

2.2 TBD
18.4 Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council January 16, 2017
Belton
46.2
12.3
13.2 North Texas Public Broadcasting
8.3
5.3
36.2 Permian Basin Public Telecommunications, Inc. July 6, 2020 [73]
9.3 Alamo Public Telecommunications Council April 1, 2017 [74]

Utah

7.3 March 7, 2017
KUEW 18.3

Virginia

15.3 Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association January 16, 2017
15.3

Virgin Islands

12.2 Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System January 16, 2017

Vermont

WETK 33.4 January 16, 2017
WVER 28.4
WVTB 20.4
WVTA 41.4

Washington

9.2 Cascade Public Media TBD
47.2
7.4 KSPS Public Television September 2017
(April 1, 2017, on cable)

Wisconsin

WPNE-TV 38.4 January 16, 2017
WHLA-TV 31.4
WHA-TV 21.4
WHWC-TV 28.4
WLEF-TV 36.4
WHRM-TV 20.4
10.3

West Virginia

WSWP-TV 9.3 January 16, 2017
WVPB-TV 33.3
WNPB-TV 24.3

Wyoming

6.3 TBD
KCWC-DT 4.3
Laramie (serves Cheyenne) KWYP-DT 8.3

External links

Notes and References

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  73. Web site: Basin PBS - It's finally HERE! The PBS 24/7 KIDS Channel is finally here on Basin PBS, channel 36.2! We're SO excited! If you're on an antenna, you'll need to rescan your television to receive the channel. If you're on cable or satellite, you'll need to call your provider and request the channel. Now your kids can watch and learn from the source most trusted by parents, 24/7! PBS KIDS #PBSKIDS | Facebook. www.facebook.com. September 20, 2021. January 18, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118022752/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBasinPBS%2Fphotos%2Fa.303609252998954%2F3772180446141800%2F. live.
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