Arkansas PBS, ADE Team Up on Summer Learning Program
Arkansas PBS and the Arkansas Department of Education have partnered to create “Rise and Shine,” an educational program designed to reinforce learning over the summer for K-5 students, especially those who were significantly challenged by the pandemic. read more >
Farm Bureau, Arkansas PBS Put Spotlight on Ag in ‘Good Roots’
Arkansas PBS will celebrate the state’s largest industry, agriculture, and the people it touches in a new partnership with Arkansas Farm Bureau of Little Rock. read more >
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The Education of Courtney Pledger
Arkansas PBS, now far more than the state’s educational TV network, claimed a basket of recent accolades after taking a crucial role during the pandemic: broadcasting a remote curriculum to the state’s children while continuing to evolve into a multiplatform conduit for telling Arkansas stories. read more >
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French Hill, Joyce Elliott Spar Over Tax Cuts, Health Care
Republican Rep. French Hill and Democratic challenger Joyce Elliott clashed over President Donald's Trump's tax cuts and the federal health overhaul Monday as the two met up for their only debate in a tight Arkansas congressional race. read more >
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$5.18M From COVID Fund Will Finance Arkansas PBS Broadcast Expansion
Arkansas PBS, the state’s educational television network, has had $5.18 million in Arkansas coronavirus relief money earmarked for it to expand its broadcast TV coverage to pockets of the state that are now out of range. read more >
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Arkansas PBS Earns $20K in Funding
Arkansas PBS recently won a 100-day challenge, earning $20,000 for programming expenses from the Susan Howarth Foundation. read more >
Arkansas PBS Tackles Race, Police Brutality and Outrage
Arkansas PBS is planning special public affairs programming on race relations starting Friday evening on the state public network’s flagship “Arkansas Week.” read more >
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With Captive Audience, Arkansas PBS Sees Viewership Boom
Arkansas PBS is reporting dramatic viewership increases on the state's educational television network and online during the coronavirus pandemic as Arkansans find the Conway-based public media hub "increasingly at the center of their lives." read more >
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Arkansas PBS Foundation Adds 4 to Board
The Arkansas PBS Foundation Board has four new board members, including Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Director Chris Jones. read more >
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Arkansas PBS to Air Lessons For Pre-K Through 8th Grade
The newly rebranded Arkansas PBS, the state’s public television network, is taking a new role in teaching pre-kindergarten through 8th-grade pupils remotely while schools are ordered closed in the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
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Arkansans to Ask, Experts to Answer
With questions flying about the coronavirus pandemic, its local effects and the latest in what Arkansans can do, Arkansas PBS plans to supply answers from health experts at 7 p.m. Thursday in a special live broadcast, "Arkansans Ask: COVID-19." read more >
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Ryall Takes Public TV Award for Lobbying Efforts
Marty Ryall of Arkansas PBS has claimed a national award for effective lobbying on behalf of public television. read more >
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AETN, Now Arkansas PBS, Looks to Turn Corner
While pushing its traditional TV role into the digital age, Arkansas PBS, until recently the Arkansas Educational Television Network, is also at a crossroads of identity. read more >
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