Where to Watch PBS Kids Over the Air: Channels by Market
PBS Kids is PBS’s children’s programming brand. Many PBS member stations run the 24-hour PBS Kids channel on a subchannel. Local TV stations carry it on a digital subchannel, so you can watch it free with an antenna.
82 stations carry PBS Kids over the air in 74 TV markets across 30 states. Find yours below; the channel number is what your TV shows after a channel scan.
PBS Kids schedule
PBS Kids, run by PBS, posts its programming schedule online: PBS Kids schedule ↗. PBS lists PBS Kids programming through each local PBS station's schedule, so pick your station there. Your local station carries the network on the channel listed below for your market, so the shows air on that channel number.
PBS Kids channels by market
| State | TV market | Channel | Station | City of license |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | 9.5 | KUAC-TV | Fairbanks, AK |
| Arizona | Phoenix (Prescott), AZ | 8.4 | KAET | Phoenix, AZ |
| California | Fresno-Visalia, CA | 18.2 | KVPT | Fresno, CA |
| California | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA | 6.4 | KVIE | Sacramento, CA |
| California | San Diego, CA | 15.4 | KPBS | San Diego, CA |
| Delaware | Philadelphia, PA | 64.3 | WDPB | Seaford, DE |
| Delaware | Philadelphia, PA | 12.3 | WHYY-TV | Wilmington, DE |
| District of Columbia | Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD) | 26.3 | WETA-TV | Washington, DC |
| District of Columbia | Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD) | 32.2 | WHUT-TV | Washington, DC |
| Florida | Ft. Myers-Naples, FL | 30.5 | WGCU | Fort Myers, FL |
| Florida | Jacksonville, FL | 7.3 | WJCT | Jacksonville, FL |
| Florida | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 2.4 | WPBT | Miami, FL |
| Florida | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL | 24.3 | WUCF-TV | Orlando, FL |
| Florida | Tampa-St Petersburg-Sarasota, FL | 3.5 | WEDU | Tampa, FL |
| Illinois | Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, IL | 12.2 | WILL-TV | Urbana, IL |
| Illinois | Chicago, IL | 11.4 | WTTW | Chicago, IL |
| Illinois | Peoria-Bloomington, IL | 47.2 | WTVP | Peoria, IL |
| Indiana | Evansville, IN | 9.2 | WNIN | Evansville, IN |
| Indiana | Ft. Wayne, IN | 39.2 | WFWA | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | 20.2 | WFYI | Indianapolis, IN |
| Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | 30.4 | WTIU | Bloomington, IN |
| Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | 30.5 | WTIU | Bloomington, IN |
| Indiana | South Bend-Elkhart, IN | 34.3 | WNIT | South Bend, IN |
| Kansas | Wichita-Hutchinson, KS Plus | 8.4 | KPTS | Hutchinson, KS |
| Kentucky | Louisville, KY | 68.4 | WKMJ-TV | Louisville, KY |
| Kentucky | Louisville, KY | 15.4 | WKPC-TV | Louisville, KY |
| Kentucky | Paducah, KY-Cape Girardeau, MO-Harrisburg, IL | 29.4 | WKPD | Paducah, KY |
| Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | 12.4 | WYES-TV | New Orleans, LA |
| Massachusetts | Boston, MA (Manchester, NH) | 44.4 | WGBX-TV | Boston, MA |
| Massachusetts | Springfield-Holyoke, MA | 57.3 | WGBY-TV | Springfield, MA |
| Michigan | Detroit, MI | 56.2 | WTVS | Detroit, MI |
| Michigan | Lansing, MI | 23.4 | WKAR-TV | East Lansing, MI |
| Michigan | Marquette, MI | 13.2 | WNMU | Marquette, MI |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 2.4 | KTCA-TV | St. Paul, MN |
| Minnesota | Rochester, MN-Mason City, IA-Austin, MN | 15.4 | KSMQ-TV | Austin, MN |
| Missouri | Columbia-Jefferson City, MO | 6.4 | KMOS-TV | Sedalia, MO |
| Missouri | Kansas City, KS-MO | 19.4 | KCPT | Kansas City, MO |
| Missouri | St. Louis, MO | 9.2 | KETC | St. Louis, MO |
| Montana | Helena, MT | 10.2 | KUHM-TV | Helena, MT |
| Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | 10.3 | KLVX | Las Vegas, NV |
| Nevada | Reno, NV | 5.3 | KNPB | Reno, NV |
| New Jersey | New York, NY | 13.2 | WNET | Newark, NJ |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM | 3.3 | KENW | Portales, NM |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM | 5.2 | KNME-TV | Albuquerque, NM |
| New Mexico | El Paso, TX (Las Cruces, NM) | 22.3 | KRWG-TV | Las Cruces, NM |
| New York | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 17.4 | WMHT | Schenectady, NY |
| New York | Buffalo, NY | 17.3 | WNED-TV | Buffalo, NY |
| New York | Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY | 57.3 | WCFE-TV | Plattsburgh, NY |
| New York | Rochester, NY | 21.4 | WXXI-TV | Rochester, NY |
| New York | Syracuse, NY | 24.4 | WCNY-TV | Syracuse, NY |
| Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | 14.3 | WPTO | Oxford, OH |
| Ohio | Cleveland-Akron (Canton), OH | 25.5 | WVIZ | Cleveland, OH |
| Ohio | Columbus, OH | 34.4 | WOSU-TV | Columbus, OH |
| Ohio | Dayton, OH | 16.5 | WPTD | Dayton, OH |
| Ohio | Lima, OH | 27.2 | WBGU-TV | Bowling Green, OH |
| Ohio | Toledo, OH | 30.2 | WGTE-TV | Toledo, OH |
| Pennsylvania | Erie, PA | 54.4 | WQLN | Erie, PA |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA | 33.2 | WITF-TV | Harrisburg, PA |
| Pennsylvania | Johnstown-Altoona-State College, PA | 3.4 | WPSU-TV | Clearfield, PA |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | 13.5 | WQED | Pittsburgh, PA |
| South Carolina | Charlotte, NC | 30.4 | WNSC-TV | Rock Hill, SC |
| Tennessee | Chattanooga, TN | 45.3 | WTCI | Chattanooga, TN |
| Tennessee | Jackson, TN | 11.2 | WLJT | Lexington, TN |
| Tennessee | Memphis, TN | 10.3 | WKNO | Memphis, TN |
| Tennessee | Nashville, TN | 22.4 | WCTE | Cookeville, TN |
| Tennessee | Nashville, TN | 8.3 | WNPT | Nashville, TN |
| Texas | Austin, TX | 18.4 | KLRU | Austin, TX |
| Texas | El Paso, TX (Las Cruces, NM) | 13.3 | KCOS | El Paso, TX |
| Texas | Houston, TX | 8.3 | KUHT | Houston, TX |
| Texas | Lubbock, TX | 5.3 | KTTZ-TV | Lubbock, TX |
| Texas | Odessa-Midland, TX | 36.2 | KPBT-TV | Odessa, TX |
| Texas | San Antonio, TX | 9.3 | KLRN | San Antonio, TX |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands | 12.2 | WTJX-TV | Charlotte Amalie, VI |
| Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 9.1 | KUEN | Ogden, UT |
| Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 41.4 | WHTJ | Charlottesville, VA |
| Virginia | Harrisonburg, VA | 51.4 | WVPT | Staunton, VA |
| Virginia | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA | 15.3 | WHRO-TV | Hampton-norfolk, VA |
| Virginia | Richmond-Petersburg, VA | 23.4 | WCVE-TV | Richmond, VA |
| Virginia | Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA | 15.3 | WBRA-TV | Roanoke, VA |
| Washington | Spokane, WA | 7.4 | KSPS-TV | Spokane, WA |
| Washington | Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA | 31.2 | KTNW | Richland, WA |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | 10.3 | WMVS | Milwaukee, WI |
Lineups change when stations add or swap networks; if a channel has moved, run a new channel scan on your TV. All digital TV networks