Wayne Reid, the executive director of Alabama Public Television, speaks with a colleague at the Alabama Educational Television Commission meeting on July 29, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey Monday urged the AETC to move cautiously with a proposal to drop PBS programming on APT. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
Gov. Kay Ivey urged the governing board of Alabama Public Television (APT) Monday to move carefully with a proposal to disaffiliate PBS.
In a letter to the Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC), sent prior to a scheduled Tuesday meeting on the proposal, Ivey said the AETC should conduct a public survey on the prospect of disaffiliation and, if they proceed, prepare a plan for public review…