Prairie Public Broadcasting provides quality radio, television, and public media services that educate, involve, and inspire the people of the prairie region.
Prairie Public Broadcasting is committed to respect for the individual and our audience, to lifelong learning, civil discourse, and our regional identity. Those who work at Prairie Public Broadcasting take pride in our programming and our service, expressing it through honesty and accuracy, a strong work ethic, teamwork, workplace diversity, effective stewardship of gifts and talents, and good humor.
Prairie Public Broadcasting offers a window on the world through national and regional television and radio programming; creates a forum for the most important issues facing our region with locally produced, topical programming; partners with others to foster education for all ages; and utilizes digital technology and web services to expand those valued services.
Beginning with a single television transmitter in Fargo, Prairie Public Broadcasting has grown to become the premier broadcaster of public television and radio services throughout the prairie region.
History
Prairie Public has been serving the people of the prairie region since 1964.
Prairie Public reaches households in North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, and parts of South Dakota, Montana, and Manitoba* with four 24-hour, unique television broadcast program channels and an emergency broadcast system.
Households with television sets that use a rooftop antenna and are digital capable or have a digital converter box can access all the channels listed below.
Cable subscribers may access all or some of the channels, depending on whether their cable provider carries the channels.
Prairie Public’s roots, rock and jazz featuring “Into the Music” with Mike Olson and “World Café,” plus two hours of NPR’s “Morning Edition” on weekdays and “Sound Opinions,” “Mountain Stage,” and “Acoustic Café” on the weekends.
Prairie Public’s roots, rock and jazz featuring “Into the Music” with Mike Olson and “World Café.” Also includes “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” “Marketplace,” and interviews and discussion on “Main Street.”
Williston FM1: KPPW / 88.7 FM / 10.5 kw FM2: KPPR / 89.5 FM / 5 kw
* = Translator Station
Community
Prairie Public hosts community events with teachers, children, families, veterans, legislators, non-profits, and corporations.
Showcase
Beyond our over-the-air broadcasts, our region’s stories are also shared through our website, YouTube channel, and on social media.
Connect with us
Membership
Listener and viewer support allows us to provide wholesome programs for children, worldwide travel adventures, first-rate theater performances, thought-provoking documentaries, exhilarating drama, and local news and productions that reflect the people of the prairie region, plus quality PBS and NPR programming. It's everything you expect from your region-wide public media network.
Prairie Public is listener and viewer-supported public media, which means this belongs to you!
Learn more about the ways you can support Prairie Public.
