PBS North Carolina

University of North Carolina Center for Public Media
TypeNon-commercial educational broadcast television network
BrandingPBS North Carolina
Country
United States
Availabilitystatewide North Carolina
TV stationsSee § Stations
TV transmitters12
Headquarters10 UNC-TV Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC
OwnerUniversity of North Carolina
Launch date
January 8, 1955; 69 years ago (1955-01-08)
Picture format
Affiliation(s)PBS, APT
NET (1955–1970)
Official website
www.pbsnc.org

The University of North Carolina Center for Public Media, branded on-air as PBS North Carolina or commonly PBS NC, is a public television network serving the state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina system, which holds the licenses for all but one of the thirteen PBS member television stations licensed in the state—WTVI (channel 42) in Charlotte is owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The broadcast signals of the twelve television stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The network's operations are located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham.