# I just found out we now get PBS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247 "2011-11-08T04:55:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247/21 "2011-11-11T22:32:44Z")

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I still remember not getting PBS over the air in my hometown in the middle of the USA–25 years ago. Having access to _Frontline_ and\* NewsHour \*is pretty special, really.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247/22 "2011-12-15T03:37:45Z")

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Frontline, the Ken Burns documentaries, and the Antiques Roadshow all make this channel well worth watching for me. Like BBC4 or TG4, it has lots of gems.

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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247/23 "2011-12-15T06:26:27Z")

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I don’t know if it’s just my local PBS station or what but it seems like every time I turn it on it’s showing either “Celtic Thunder” or “Celtic Woman.” Or some Riverdance clone. I think I’d rather have the Irish PBS feed, ironically.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247/24 "2011-12-15T14:11:25Z")

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> [@Erdosain](#):
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> I don’t know if it’s just my local PBS station or what but it seems like every time I turn it on it’s showing either “Celtic Thunder” or “Celtic Woman.” Or some Riverdance clone.

They’re in pledge season again.

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**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-we-now-get-pbs/602247/25 "2011-12-15T14:20:01Z")

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> [@Bytegeist](#):
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> I wonder if they’re going to bug you for donations during Pledge Weeks.

If they are anything like my PBS station (WETA) you will soon get a call, and then a letter, then some more letters, then maybe some more calls, followed by some letters, explaining that you are stealing if you watch PBS without donating.

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