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The '''Public Broadcasting Service''', known on-air as '''PBS''', is a publicly funded non-profit distribution service (founded on November 3, 1969) that serves a variety of television stations in the United States, as well as some areas of Mexico (a Spanish-speaking country) and Canada. PBS replaced its predecessor [[National Educational Television|NET]] on October 5, 1970. Some of the most prominent of their original member stations were [[KPBS]] in San Diego, [[WNET]] in New York, [[GBH]] in Boston, [[WQED]] in Pittsburgh, [[KQED]] in San Francisco, [[WTTW]] in Chicago, and [[KCET]] in Los Angeles. Currently, PBS has over 350 member stations, most of which are owned by educational institutions.