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