PBN

Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by Klieder Communications. PBC stations mainly air local programming, as well as some programming made by PBC themselves. Unlike other public broadcasting stations, PBC is a commercial TV network, and has affiliate stations rather than member stations.

History
PBC was founded in late 1988 by Ruel Jefferies, who was the CEO of Klieder Communications at the time. The network launched at 1:00 PM EST on January 1, 1989 with 3 affiliate stations: WPBC, WXOS, and '''KXIC. '''The network quickly gained many affiliates, and by the end of 1993, the network had 63 affiliate stations, with 6 of them being owned by PBC themselves.

In 2001, PBC lost many affiliates due to a problem at Klieder Communications. Almost 20 stations lost the affiliate to PBC.(some stations lost broadcast licenses altogether.) By the end of 2002, PBC had 74 affiliates, with 13 being owned by PBC.

In 2004, PBC had a major branding overhaul, this included new advertising, a new logo, and a new creative services team.

On September 29, 2016, PBC was off-air for one day due to technical difficulties.