For more than 50 years, PBS has been a trusted, educational source for millions of Americans — especially children. Formed in ...

In 1969, Rogers testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications — chaired by Sen. John Pastore — to oppose huge cuts in funding to public broadcasting proposed by the Nixon ...

“In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to ...

In a classic moment in Senate subcommittee history, Fred Rogers in 1969 helped secure funding for public television by describing his show, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and reciting the ...

America was divided, tense and angry in 1969, when Fred Rogers faced a U.S. Senate subcommittee poised to grant President Richard Nixon his requests for deep budget cuts for public broadcasting.

A young Fred Rogers, known as Mister Rogers from the PBS show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications in 1969 defending PBS.

In times of tumult, turning to Mister Rogers for advice and comfort is practically an American tradition. With the news breaking late last week that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting planned ...

The powerful words of the late Fred Rogers have gone viral following the Senate’s vote in favor of a bill that will cut federal funding to public broadcast networks PBS and NPR. On Wednesday ...

At that point, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood had only been on the air for one year. When Rogers went before the Senate, funding for public television was looking bleak.