KEET PBS Overhauls Broadcast Operations After Losing Federal Funding
Press release from KEET:
KEET PBS is undertaking a major transition in how it delivers television service to the North Coast, following the loss of critical Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding and rising costs associated with maintaining broadcast infrastructure and PBS programming.
To ensure long-term sustainability, KEET is moving to a new, cloud-based broadcast and transmission model in partnership with Public Media Management (PMM) and Transmission Services Group (TSG). This shift will modernize operations and reduce the burden of maintaining aging, costly equipment.
“This was not a change we made lightly,” said Amy Stem-Faulk, General Manager of KEET PBS. “The loss of federal funding, combined with increasing costs to deliver PBS programming and maintain our technical systems, made it clear that we had to adapt in order to continue serving our community.”
The transition allows KEET PBS to move away from a traditional, equipment-heavy broadcast model to a streamlined system managed by specialized partners. This reduces long-term costs and operational risk while helping ensure reliable service for viewers across the region.
For more than 50 years, KEET PBS has provided trusted educational programming, local content, and emergency information to the North Coast. However, the financial structure supporting public television has changed significantly, placing increased pressure on small, rural stations like KEET.
“Public television has always depended on community support, but that need is more critical now than ever,” Stem-Faulk said. “The reality is that producing and delivering PBS programming is expensive, and recent funding losses have made local support essential to maintaining the service people rely on.”
KEET is encouraging viewers who value PBS programming—from children’s educational shows to documentaries and local productions—to consider making a contribution.
Community members can support KEET PBS by visiting www.keet.org and clicking the “Donate” button.
“This transition is necessary, but it is not without cost,” Stem-Faulk added. “We are doing everything we can to operate efficiently and responsibly, but continued community support is essential to sustaining this service.”
KEET PBS will continue to provide uninterrupted service throughout the transition.
About KEET PBS
KEET PBS has served California’s North Coast since 1969, providing educational, cultural, and locally relevant programming to communities throughout the region.
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Sad what KEET has become, a shell of what it once was.
Sad what the USA has become, a shell of what it once was.
Who watches broadcast TV anymore ? Let it die. It’s life span was 1955-2020.
For the post 2K generation… it doesn’t fit on a cell phone.
Now the libs can pay for their own propaganda
Like Sesame Street? Get a grip.
You need to get out more. 🙂
When the ‘net goes down for whatever reason, or they live where cell phone towers can’t reach, people turn on their TVs and radios.
KEET had an antenna blow away which cost a lot to replace.
Loss of funding meant dropping Create and World from over-the-over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts.
Now due to funding cuts, KEET is dropping OTA broadcasts altogether. When the ‘net goes down, there won’t be any emergency OTA broadcasting.
Publicly funded broadcasting should not be propaganda tools for insane radicals. Good news!
Yes, those Ken Burns documentaries, nature programs, cooking, art, Masterpiece Theater, definitely all left-wing propaganda.
I think you just pointed out the reason for the disconnect. Right-wing voters aren’t attracted to such heady stuff. OTOH incendiary “news infotainment” and WWE seem to resonate with them.
Teaching kids to count and spell and be kind and share; pretty dang radical.
Yet here you are…
But we have plenty of money to bomb Iran and Palestine…
America’s got its priorities backward.
That said, it might be beneficial that pbs is looking at a different model.
I don’t know how much people on the coast watch conventional tv. But out here, where we cannot pick up over the air broadcasting, everything is streaming.
The younger generation has basically abandoned conventional tv.
PBS is available through streaming already. I see adverts for it. Maybe abandoning the old equipment and going to only streaming might be a change needed. A reflection of the times.
Locally oriented programs could be streamed via YouTube, as RHBB does now.
Funding for public broadcasting has always been a challenge. Removing federal funding will make that worse. Another model, like local advertising, might be an answer.
A couple of commercials, at the beginning and end of shows is tolerable. Successful local businesses, like Piersons, Miller Farms, and upscale hotels could foot the bill and viewers would likely not be turned off. Plus, YouTube offers compensation for views, which could help the coffers.
Right-wingers are why we can’t have nice things.
By their own admission; They were running an inefficient, outdated equipment heavy, unnecessarily expensive system, that would further burden the budget in the future.
They admit the new system will improve operations.
The reason people can’t have nice things is usually that they can’t afford them, for a multitude of reasons, including corruption, high taxes and squandered money.
Perfectly describes the MO of the left.
I’d say perfectly describes the MO of divisive people.
Yeah let’s talk about that .. we can start with defense spending broken down by each administration:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/u-s-defense-spending-by-president-1997-2027p/
If we’re going to start with anything, let’s start with hors d’oeuvres.
And appropriate apéritif to loosen the conversation, you are so very correct.
I’d say divisive people are the cause.
When you have one faction in society exploiting a brief period of political advantage to tear down and torch so many governmental and social institutions built by bipartisan efforts over the course of a hundred years or more … who’s being divisive, them or those who object?
Well, both. I think your observation is accurate about what’s happening. Divisiveness isn’t helping bring us together for a solution.
I agree, but how do we get these arsonists back into the family?
That’s what I mean by divisive. 🙂
We are all in the family; always have been; always will be. There is no us vs them separation; separation is an illusion. Our goals and destinations are the same. Families lead by example; through kindness and unconditional love. We are always at the beginning of something new which has not ever been before. How we get where we’re going matters to us all. All of us contribute our unique being toward setting the path to get there. Everybody needs reminding sometimes that Life goes on and on and on; an unstoppable force. There is no such thing as an immovable object. All circumstances will pass; nothing lasts forever.
Get my drift? 🙂
I understand the place you are coming from, and you’re not wrong. There are times when these outbursts need a stern rebuke however, mainly when allowing it to continue unchecked will lead to irreparable harm — hurting others, hurting self, burning the house down, etc.
I think it’s possible to sternly rebuke without dividing, without labeling, especially without name-calling, but by simply pointing out the error of the way, the consequences of the chosen path, kindly, with respect.
Agree, thank you for following thru on this convo
Likewise! Thank you for the impetus. Now I have to follow my words…not so easy sometimes. 🙂