World (TV channel)
| World | |
|---|---|
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| Launched |
New York City & Boston: 2006 Nationwide: 2007 |
| Owned by |
American Public Television, PBS, WNET, WGBH Educational Foundation National Educational Telecommunications Association |
| Slogan | Brave. New. Real. |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | United States: available in 61.58% of homes[1] |
| Sister channel(s) | Create |
| Website | WorldChannel.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 |
World (previously PBS World) is a United States over-the-air digital subchannel showing public TV non-fiction, science, nature, news, public affairs and documentaries.[2][3][3] It is contributed to by the Public Broadcasting Service, WGBH-TV, WNET, and NETA and administered by American Public Television.[3]
Programs
Current programming and current reruns
- AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
- America ReFramed
- American Experience
- Charlie Rose
- Closer To Truth
- Frontline
- Frontline/World
- Global Voices
- History Detectives
- Independent Lens
- Deutsche Welle Journal
- Nature
- Newsline (NHK)
- Nightly Business Report
- NOVA
- NOVA scienceNOW
- Pacific Heartbeat
- PBS NewsHour
- POV
- The Aspen Institute Presents
- The Tavis Smiley Show
- WORLD exclusive
- Your Voice, Your Story
Stations may also choose to place their own programming, such as local government hearings and events, on their subchannel at local discretion. PBS coverage of Presidential speeches and addresses are also offered regularly as part of the World schedule.
Affiliates
World is carried by the following stations:[4]
References
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