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| Type | Terrestrial state public broadcasting network |
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| Country | |
First air date | January 19, 1964 PPT network: 1974 |
Broadcast area | North Dakota, Northwest Minnesota, Eastern Montana, Southern Manitoba additional coverage in portions of northern South Dakota and southern Saskatchewan Canadian cable coverage in portions of Manitoba and northwestern Ontario |
| Owner | Prairie Public Broadcasting |
Key people | John E. Harris III, CEO |
Former names | North Central Educational Television |
| 9 full-power television stations, 3 translator stations | |
Sister public radio services | Prairie Public Radio (NPR) |
Callsign meaning | Second and third letters: see table below Educational |
| Affiliation(s) | PBS (1970–present), American Public Television |
Former affiliations | KFME: NET (1964–1970) |
Official website | www |
Prairie Public's television service is a state network of public television signals operated by Prairie Public Broadcasting. It comprises all of the PBS member stations in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
The state network is available via flagship station KFME in Fargo and eight satellite stations covering all of North Dakota, plus portions of Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota. It also has substantial viewership in portions of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Prairie Public is also available on most satellite and cable television outlets serving North Dakota and on Hulu.
Prairie Public is headquartered on 5th Street North in Fargo, with a satellite studio on North 15th Street in Bismarck.