1994 Event "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS 1994 Event Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS 1992 Event "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah 1990 Event PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War 1987 Event "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS 1984 Event Fred Rogers of PBS' "Mr Rogers? Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution 1980 Event Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS 1976 Event MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS 1973 Event 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 1973 Event WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Event WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 Event KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event PBS becomes a network 1970 Event WFYI TV channel 20 in Indianapolis, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 Event KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Event KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV 1969 Event WMPB TV channel 67 in Baltimore, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Event WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 Event WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event WDCO TV channel 15 in Cochran, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCAE TV channel 50 in St. John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) 1967 Event KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast 1967 Event WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network 1967 Event WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast 1966 Event KTNE TV channel 13 in Alliance, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KLOC (now KCSO) channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast 1965 Event WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, Ohio (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, California (PBS) begins 1964 Event WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WMEB TV channel 12 in Orono, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WNTV TV channel 29 in Greenville, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WGSF TV channel 28 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast 1961 Event WXGeorgia TV channel 8 in Waycross, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Event KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1960 Event KRET TV channel 23 in Richardson, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Event KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WEDU TV channel 3 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KOAC TV channel 7 in Corvallis, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event KTCA TV channel 2 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins 1956 Event WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KQED TV channel 9 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting 1954 Event WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WNDT (now WNET) TV channel 13 in New York-Newark, New York (PBS) begins 1942 Birthday Garrison Keillor, born in Minnesota, PBS radio personality, Prairie Home Companion
