America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) is the national membership organization that represents public television licensees in the United States, advocating for policies that support local public television service, system sustainability, and the public-interest mission of public media.
Federal appropriations for public broadcasting and CPB, FCC spectrum and broadcast regulation, retransmission consent and carriage policies, copyright and licensing issues affecting public media, funding and sustainability of local public TV stations, children’s and educational programming, accessibility and emergency communications
Primarily membership dues from public television stations, supplemented by grants and philanthropic contributions
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), major public television licensees such as WGBH (Boston) and WNET (New York), state public broadcasting entities
Non-profit trade association / membership organization
