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| Type | Non-commercial educational broadcast television network |
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| Branding | APT PBS |
| Country | United States |
First air date | January 7, 1955 |
Broadcast area | statewide Alabama |
| ERP | See table below |
| Owner | Government of Alabama |
| Parent | Alabama Educational Television Commission |
| See table below | |
| See table below | |
Sister Stations | WLRH-FM Huntsville |
Callsign meaning | See table below intelligence quotient |
| Affiliation(s) | .1: PBS (since 1970) .2: PBS Kids .3: Create .4: World |
Former affiliations | NET (1955–1970) |
Official website | www |
Alabama Public Television (APT) is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U.S. state of Alabama. It is operated by the Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC), an agency of the Alabama state government which holds the licenses for all of the PBS member stations licensed in the state. The broadcast signals of the nine stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. The network produces public affairs, cultural, natural history, and documentary programming; broadcast and online education programs for classroom use and teacher professional development; and electronic field trips serving K-12 students.
APT's offices and network operations center are located in Birmingham. The network also maintains studios adjacent to Patterson Field in the state capital of Montgomery, as well as a small secondary studio in the basement of the Alabama State House (not to be confused with the capitol building). APT also operated a studio in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library. The AETC has operated a single public radio station, WLRH (89.3 FM) in Huntsville, since 1977.