Alabama Public Television may drop PBS programming

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Alabama Public Television governing board to survey state on PBS attitudes | Alabama Reflector

The survey would be conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, a national survey research and strategic services company who has serviced several Republican candidates.

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Here is more on the current status on Alabama Public TV affiliation with PBS.

The Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) voted Tuesday to conduct a survey of public attitudes toward Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) programming, amid pushes from some commissioners to end APT’s affiliation with the network.

The vote came after a strong debate between commissioners over whether commissioning such a poll was appropriate or in-line with a letter from Gov. Kay Ivey last year about determining whether to continue the partnership.


“One of the things we discussed after we already decided to continue with PBS, is to further find out what people of Alabama want.And so what I have done is I have called — and in the letter it says a reputable poll— and so a reputable poll [company] that everyone has to do a survey of what Alabamians want in public television is McLaughlin,” Stephens said.

Stephens said he was following guidance from Gov. Kay Ivey. In a letter sent to the commission in November, the governor suggested conducting a public survey over “a sustained period of time” to determine public attitudes toward APT and its programming.