Local Public is the result of the Local Streaming Initiative, which was a group effort to build the modern streaming infrastructure and apps that local PBS stations need to remain viable in the post-broadcast age.
The effort was led by Cascade PBS, with help (and funding) from our founding partners and the PBS Major Market Group.
Founding Sponsors
The following stations helped fund the construction of the Local Public platform, and are represented on our advisory board (which helps to steer the project):
Cascade PBS
KPBS
KVIE
Nashville PBS
OPB
PBS Charlotte
Rocky Mountain PBS
WETA
WHRO
WHYY
Streaming stations
The following stations are currently (or will soon be) streaming on the Local Public platform:
System partners
The Programming Service provides programming support for over 50 local PBS stations across the country covering 51% of US TV Households. Their team of programmers enrich our PBS catalog with deep metadata (genres, vibes, locale and more).The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is one of the nation's leading service organizations strengthening and amplifying public media's education mission. NETA programmers enrich our catalog data, and will curate programming collections.An alliance of five distinct national organizations, who bring the authentic stories and diverse perspectives of America’s multicultural communities to public media and its digital platforms. NMCA programmers enrich our catalog data, and will curate programming collections. Groups include: Latino Public Broadcasting, Black Public Media, Vision Maker Media, Pacific Islanders in Communications and the Center for Asian American MediaCommunity Development Partnership (CDP) is an independent public benefit corporation working on behalf of more than 230 public radio and television stations to share data across the system, analyze fundraising performance, and develop best practices. Local Public offers turn-key data integration with CDP.
Technical partners
Oxagile is Local Public's primary app technology partnerApisod is Local Public's primary data services providerRecombee provides AI-powered personalization services for Local PublicLocal Public is built atop highly scalable Amazon Web Services infrastructure
