public television

NOUN

not-for-profit television

Synonyms

WEAK

PTV educational television noncommercial television public TV

Example Sentences

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Struggling with headaches and insomnia, she found her voice on public television, and created a daily ritual for millions of stay-at-home moms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

For a long time public television was the sole entry port for British shows, and it still waves that Union Jack.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

Polish public television TVP said 15 people have died in mines this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

A trio of Bob Ross paintings sold for more than $600,000 in a Los Angeles charity auction Monday to help support public television programming that is struggling after government funding was slashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

But it’s not all that useful for, say, a group of people trying to spark a literacy epidemic with a small budget and one hour of programming on public television.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell