No more PBS, Arkansas.

[hardcorestitch]

PBS will be leaving Arkansas on July 1 next year. The stations themselves will not be going away, but the PBS programming will be gone from those stations. Now Arkansans will have to hope that WKNO, WSIU, KOZK, KOZJ, OETA or LPB come in. While viewers in areas closer to the state line will have access via an out of state affiliate, areas like Little Rock will have to find something else to watch.

 

[Nayan]

Free article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/...e_code=1.8E8.9cET.kGMmAh4-AgWF&smid=url-share

 

[hardcorestitch]

Free article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/...e_code=1.8E8.9cET.kGMmAh4-AgWF&smid=url-share

So now there will be NO cartoons of ANY KIND on broadcast TV in Arkansas. Not even PBS. For shame. PBS Kids may be rivals to Disney, but the learning quality is out of this world.

The government’s a platypus.

 

[kanerf]

PBS has a streaming app if you cannot get the local stations.

 

[robinb]

That is super sad .

PBS has a streaming app if you cannot get the local stations.

That’s good to know. It’s a good option for folks with the means and ability to set it up on a device or smart TV. But, it’s not the same as getting the children’s programming right over the air. I can see how some folks will fall through the cracks and not know that it’s available, not know how to set it up and/or not be able to afford the device/TV to access it. Those kids, many from needy or migrant families which are the ones that need the early childhood programming the most, will miss out.

 

[BrianL]

It's a shame. As noted, as least some in Arkansas near me can still get the Memphis station but, then again, who knows how much longer that will last.