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Who Watches Nine PBS?

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Who Watches Nine PBS?

For more than 70 years, Nine PBS has been your public media station, proudly serving the greater St. Louis region. Our broadcast signal reaches 31 counties across Missouri and Illinois, and more than 300,000 people tune in weekly to enjoy FREE noncommercial television.

Online and in the community, our reach is even greater. Families across our region streamed PBS KIDS content, with more than 49.5 million views. And Viewers Like You also enjoyed Nine PBS content online, generating 13.7 million streams.

Who’s Watching? We’re Proud to Say—Everyone!

According to recent data*, Nine PBS viewers are of all ages, from all walks of life, and across the political spectrum. (*Nielsen, 2024)

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Did You Know?

PBS is a private, nonprofit corporation, founded in 1969, whose members are America’s public TV stations. They are noncommercial, educational licensees that operate more than 330 PBS member stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

PBS offers programming for a wide range of ages, interests, and genres. Each month, over 100 million people via television and more than 32 million people online explore the worlds of science, history, culture, great literature, and public affairs through PBS’s trusted content.