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* It was founded to provide diversity in programming at a time when all television was [[broadcast]] (as opposed to today's [[coaxial cable]] or [[satellite]] transmission methods) and most communities received only three or four signals. Today most households subscribe to [[cable TV]] or have [[satellite dish|satellite dishes]] that receive tens or hundreds of signals, including varied educational and childrens' programs.

* Although PBS and its affiliated television stations receive substantial amounts of money, perhaps most of their money, from U.S. taxpayers via the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]], the stations also sollicitsolicit donations by methods some find annoying including ''pledge weeks'' or [[telethon|telethons]].

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