Alabama Public Television governing board to survey state on PBS attitudes

By: Andrea Tinker

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 774

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) voted Tuesday to conduct a survey of public attitudes toward Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) programming, amid pushes from some commissioners to end APT’s affiliation with the network.

The vote came after a strong debate between commissioners over whether commissioning such a poll was appropriate or in-line with a letter from Gov. Kay Ivey last year about determining whether to continue the partnership.

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