America's Public Television Stations (APTS) is the nonprofit membership organization that represents the nation's public television licensees before Congress, the FCC and the Administration, based in Arlington, Virginia, with its advocacy affiliate APTS Action.
America's Public Television Stations (APTS) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1979 to represent public television licensees on federal legislative, regulatory and related matters in Washington. Its offices are at 1225 S. Clark Street in Arlington, Virginia. Its members are public television stations, a system of 158 licensees operating 356 stations that reaches more than 97 percent of Americans, and an associate membership category is open to other organizations.
APTS works to ensure a strong and financially sound public television system so that stations can deliver public safety, education and community connection services, with a shared mission of serving everyone, everywhere, every day for free. Members help set public television's legislative agenda, and the organization's affiliate, APTS Action, Inc., promotes the legislative and regulatory interests of noncommercial television stations through direct advocacy and grassroots and grasstops campaigns. APTS hosts the annual Public Media Summit in Washington and publishes policy and research for its members.
The organization is led by president and CEO Kate Riley with a staff of about fourteen covering government relations, policy, communications, membership, events, administration and information technology. It is an equal opportunity employer and posts openings on its employment page.
