CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA

Seattle, Washington, 98122 United States

Mission Statement

Cascade PBS is a vibrant PBS member station serving Western Washington and Canada with quality informative, educational and entertaining content. We also operate KCTS 9 Yakima, Yakima’s public television station serving Central Washington. Our mission at Cascade PBS is to inspire a smarter world, and we express that mission through great storytelling that creates conversations. Cascade PBS provides compelling and meaningful programming to the public when and where they need it—on the air, online, and in person. We are leaders in identifying what is important to our community, and in developing and presenting relevant programming and events to meet those needs.

About This Cause

KCTS 9 first went on the air on Dec. 7, 1954, broadcasting from the campus of the University of Washington and using equipment donated by KING-TV owner Dorothy Bullitt. During the 1950s and 1960s, KCTS 9 primarily supplied classroom instructional programs used in Washington State's K–12 schools, plus National Educational Television programs. Outside of schoolrooms, KCTS 9's audience among the general public was somewhat limited, and most programming was in black-and-white until the mid-70s. In 1970, National Educational Television was absorbed into the newly created Public Broadcasting Service. Under PBS affiliation, KCTS 9 began offering a vastly enhanced scope of programming for the general public, including British programming. KCTS 9 became independent of the University of Washington in 1987. Cascade PBS is seen throughout southwestern British Columbia on local cable systems, as well as across Canada on the Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite providers, as well as on many other Canadian cable TV systems. KCTS 9 receives substantial financial support from its far-flung Canadian audience as well as from viewers in Washington State.

CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA
316 Broadway
Seattle, Washington 98122
United States
Phone 800-937-5287
Unique Identifier 911221895