Courtney Pledger

Arkansas PBS & Department of Education Team Up for Summer Learning Program Executive Director & CEO of Arkansas PBS, Courtney Pledger   Courtney Pledger is the executive director & CEO of Arkansas PBS, the statewide public media network serving Arkansas’…

Cynthia E. Nance of Fayetteville has been appointed by Governor Hutchinson to the Arkansas PBS Commission. Arkansas PBS, the only statewide public media network, delivers daily, essential, local, award-winning productions and programs aimed at sharing Arkansas and the world with…

Arkansas PBS and Arkansas Farm Bureau are partnering on new programming, highlighting community and agricultural life in the Natural State. In a new monthly series entitled “Good Roots,” the organizations will examine rural community life and agribusiness, looking at the…

Starting Monday, Sept. 28, the Arkansas PBS Foundation will have a new chief executive officer. Marge Betley has been named the foundation’s new CEO by the board of directors. According to board president Dr. S. Lynne Rich, the board conducted…

Two new members have recently joined the Arkansas PBS Commission. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a series of appointments on Thursday, June 18, including the Arkansas PBS appointments. Hutchinson appointed Anne Canada and Ann Clemmer as the two new members and…

While all public school districts around Arkansas will be closed on Tuesday and remain that way through March 20, there’s still a need for students to be educated. PBS and Arkansas PBS are among the organizations stepping up to fill…

The head of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) has been named to the national Public Broadcasting Network (PBS) board of directors. Courtney Pledger was elected, along with four other individuals, as a professional director for the PBS board. Pledger…