KUAC TV adds children's programming channel

June 5, 2017

KUAC TV will add a new channel broadcasting educational children’s programming 24 hours a day starting Monday, June 5.

The free service, available on Channel 9.5, ensures that PBS KIDS’ high-quality content is available to all children and caregivers on a platform and at a time that works for them, including primetime, weekends and other out-of-school times when they are most likely to tune in.

A 2016 Maru/Matchbox survey of parents with children ages 2-6 found TV viewing is one of the top ways that families spend time together. Eighty-nine percent of the parents reported that they watch TV together as a family. Seventy-four percent favored anytime access to educational programming, and 37 percent ranked PBS KIDS as the best use of family screen time.

KUAC is one of 108 PBS licensees expected to launch the PBS KIDS channel on TV by the end of the year, making it available to 90 percent of U.S. TV households.