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Corporation For Public Broadcasting

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in accordance with the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. The corporation promotes public telecommunications services for the American people and funds over 1,000 public television and radio stations nationwide using an annual appropriation from Congress, as well as funding producers, educators and technology specialists for the development of new public television and radio programming and new media. It promotes public telecommunications services for the American people and is the largest single source of funding for public television and radio programming. Most funded television programs are distributed through the Public Broadcasting Service and funded radio programs are distributed primarily through National Public Radio and Public Radio International. Public Broadcasting was the first to distribute television and radio programs by satellite, and the first to use closed captioning and descriptive video. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is based in Washington, D.C.

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