Austin PBS (KLRU-TV) is Central Texas's community-licensed PBS member station and the producer of Austin City Limits, broadcasting from the Austin Media Center on Austin Community College's Highland campus.
Austin PBS, the on-air brand of KLRU-TV (channel 18), is the PBS member station for Austin and Central Texas, owned by the Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council, a community licensee. The station signed on in 1979 as a satellite of San Antonio's KLRN and became an independent station in 1986. In 2022 it moved into the Austin Media Center, a 45,000 square foot facility on the Austin Community College Highland campus.
Austin PBS produces the national music series Austin City Limits along with local news, public affairs, arts and education programming for broadcast, streaming and digital platforms, alongside PBS, PBS Kids and Create services. Its education and community engagement work reaches families and schools across the region.
The station employs about 80 people across content production, engineering and broadcast operations, membership and major gifts, underwriting, marketing, education and administration. Openings are posted on its Paylocity careers board, with internships listed separately, and recruiting questions go to recruiting@klru.org.
