The New York Times columnist likened the billionaire Tesla CEO to infamous mass murderers in history on “PBS Newshour” as he blasted the cuts to USAID under Musk’s leadership of the ...

The suit from the service that airs “Sesame Street,” Ken Burns documentaries and the “PBS NewsHour” for free to millions of American homes, said that Congress has repeatedly protected PBS ...

The nation's public television service is challenging a May 1 executive order. PBS has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration challenging his executive order targeting ...

Josh Shepperd is under contract to co-author an update of the history of public broadcasting for Current, public media's trade journal, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Josh is not a ...

In 1967, Democratic U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, authorizing the distribution of federal funds to public television and radio stations across the country.

The bold transition to a full hour — as The MacNeil / Lehrer NewsHour — came in 1983. But providing an alternative to commercial networks was what Robin and Jim saw themselves doing from the beginning ...

NEW YORK — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast ... Report" and then, in 1983, was expanded to an hour and renamed the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour." ...

Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93. A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil ...

MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the ... The broadcast became the “MacNeil-Lehrer Report” and then, in 1983, was expanded to an hour and ...

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The ... Report" and then, in 1983, was expanded to an hour and renamed the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour." The nation's first ...

MacNeil was the creator and first anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” in the 1970s; his friend, the late Jim Lehrer, eventually became co-anchor of the show with MacNeil starting in 1983.