LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As it prepares to hit the milestone 60th year of serving the community here in the Natural State, Arkansas’s only statewide public television network has announced that it is realigning its mission.

They are doing so by rebranding and renewing their commitment to delivering even more local stories.

The decision was made on December 11, 2025, when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission voted to disaffiliate from PBS.

However, the change will not be effective until July 1, 2026.

“Arkansas TV is our promise that visual storytelling—centered on the people, places, and experiences of our state—remains at the core of everything we do,” Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said. “As we embrace our new identity as Arkansas TV, we are also making strategic decisio

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