WTVI PBS Charlotte signed on the air on August 27, 1965. “Your PBS Charlotte” reaches more than 1.1 million households across 13 counties in the central Piedmont region. PBS Charlotte is licensed by Central Piedmont Community College and offers high quality, noncommercial, educational programs. PBS Charlotte also actively supports local education, highlights local cultural events and promotes citizenship across all electronic media platforms to serve the public interest and further the mission of its parent institution, Central Piedmont Community College. WTVI currently offers high quality, noncommercial, educational programs and services ranging from award-winning children’s programming to groundbreaking documentaries, from original performances to informative local public service programming. Today, WTVI reaches more than 380,000 households in both North and South Carolina with three broadcast channels (WTVI-HD, Create and MHz Worldview) in addition to a cable educational channel and web services.