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
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. It is contributed to by the Public Broadcasting Service, WGBH-TV, WNET, and NETA and administered by American Public Television.

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
• DW News
• 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:

Station	City
Alabama Public Television
Alaska Public Broadcasting
KAET (Arizona PBS)	Phoenix, Arizona
KUAS (Arizona Public Media)	Tucson, Arizona
Arkansas Educational Television Network
KOCE-TV	Huntington Beach, California
KEET	Eureka, California
KIXE	Redding, California
KQED	San Francisco, California
WGCU	Fort Myers, Florida
WJCT	Jacksonville, Florida
WSRE	Pensacola, Florida
WUFT	Gainesville, Florida
WXEL-TV	West Palm Beach, Florida
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Idaho Public Television
WILL	Urbana, Illinois
WMEC/WQEC/WSEC (Network Knowledge)	Macomb / Quincy / Springfield, Illinois
WSIU	Carbondale, Illinois
WTVP	Peoria, Illinois
WIPB	Muncie, Indiana
WTIU	Bloomington, Indiana
Iowa Public Television
KOOD/Smoky Hills PTV	Western Kansas
WKMJ-DT3	Louisville, Kentucky
WYES	New Orleans, Louisiana
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
WGBH	Boston, Massachusetts
WGBY	Springfield, Massachusetts
WTVS	Detroit, Michigan
WKAR	East Lansing, Michigan
KWCM	Appleton/Worthington, Minnesota
KETC	St. Louis, Missouri
Montana PBS
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications
KNME	Albuquerque, New Mexico
WNED	Buffalo, New York / Toronto, Ontario
WLIW	Garden City, New York/New York City
WCFE/Mountain Lake PBS	Plattsburgh, New York
WCNY	Syracuse, New York
WMHT Educational Telecommunication	Troy, New York
WXXI	Rochester, New York
Prairie Public Television
WVIZ	Cleveland, Ohio
KSYS / Southern Oregon Public Television	Medford, Oregon
WHYY	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
WQED	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WPSU-TV	University Park, Pennsylvania
WQLN	Erie, Pennsylvania
South Carolina Educational Television
South Dakota Public Broadcasting
WCTE	Cookeville, Tennessee
East Tennessee PBS	Knoxville / Tri-Cities, Tennessee
WLJT	Martin, Tennessee
KERA	Dallas, Texas
KLRN	San Antonio, Texas
KUED	Salt Lake City, Utah
Vermont Public Television
WBRA	Roanoke, Virginia
WHRO	Norfolk, Virginia
KSPS	Spokane, Washington
WMVS / Milwaukee Public Television	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wyoming PBS
WUCF-TV	Orlando, Florida
WTTW	Chicago, Illinois
KVIE	Sacramento, California

External links

• WORLD Channel Official Website