Urge the Senate: Protect PBS Funding

Pioneer PBS is an award-winning, viewer-supported public television station dedicated to sharing local stories of the region with the world. 

Pioneer PBS is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) regional public television network in Minnesota, primarily serving more than a million people in rural areas and small towns in the southwest and west central portions of the state of Minnesota, northwestern Iowa, eastern South Dakota, southwestern North Dakota and beyond. For more than 58 years, Pioneer PBS has served its audience through a mix of local and national programs rich in cultural heritage, diversity and educational opportunities. Pioneer PBS is currently based in Granite Falls, Minnesota, with towers in Appleton, Worthington and Fergus Falls. Its original operations, based in western Minnesota at KWCM-Appleton, began in February of 1966, doing business as West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company. Now operations also run in KSMN-Worthington and K08QE-D Fergus Falls as well as with Appleton and Granite Falls.

Pioneer PBS is honored to be your television station—the only station in western Minnesota telling your stories and raising your voices into the media landscape. Our members help make what we do possible with their generous support. For more information about Pioneer PBS or to learn how you can help us support our mission, visit pioneer.org/support or call 800-726-3178.

Pioneer PBS brings the world to you and lifts your voices to the world. 

Our vision is to be a forward-thinking media and technology leader whose viewers are engaged and inspired to advance rural values of cooperation, resilience and innovation.

Pioneer PBS is committed to the values of: 

• Relevance,
• Localism,
• Family, 
• Diversity and Inclusion, 
• Equity, 
• Forward-Thinking, 
• Life-Long Learning, 
• Independence 
• and Quality

Our programming and services are focused on the needs of our viewers. We tell stories about our region and the richness of its people. We value family as a cornerstone of our work. We engage and tell the stories of the diverse rural region we serve. We believe in fairness and justice for all people. We aspire to provocative inspiration and technological innovation. We help viewers of all ages learn and grow. We strive to keep Pioneer PBS a balanced and independent media voice. We provide excellent programming of enduring value.