Alabama Public Television is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations serving the US state of Alabama. It is operated by the Alabama Educational Television Commission, which holds the licenses for all 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 its own TV news and public affairs programming and broadcasts content produced by the state's universities for online education and course credit as well.
The network's offices and network operations center are located in Birmingham. Until 2011, APT also operated a studio in Montgomery (the state capital) for pledge drives and programs covering the state government; state budget cuts forced the network to close the studio. The AETC has operated a public radio station, WLRH 89.3 FM, in Huntsville, since 1977.
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