WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s Public Television Stations, the association focused on “ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system” and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety and civic leadership to the American people, is putting the finishing touches on its 2024 Public Media Summit.
As APTS will celebrate its 45th anniversary at the event, it will also serve as the swan song for the organization’s President/CEO, Patrick Butler.
This year’s event is scheduled for February 26-28 at the Salamander Hotel in Washington D.C. from February 26-28, 2024. It is located adjacent to the former FCC headquarters in the Portals, a few blocks west of the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station.
The theme of the 2024 Summit is “Partners in Public Service,” and APTS says it will be celebrating the work members stations are doing with government agencies and other partners “to serve the American people in some truly extraordinary ways.”
Set to appear at the Summit are several nationally known politicians: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Senate Appropriations Vice Chair, will participate in a conversation with Margaret Hoover, Host of “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.”
Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) will also be in attendance.
Additionally, all five voting members of the FCC — Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, and Commissioners Brendan Carr, Geoffrey Starks, Nathan Simington and Anna Gómez, will offer “special messages” for Summit attendees.
The Summit agenda includes a review of the prospects for increased federal and State funding for public broadcasting, exploration of the technological innovations revolutionizing the public broadcasting business, and an assessment of progress in bringing greater diversity, equity and inclusion to member stations.
Review the full 2024 Public Media Summit agenda on the APTS website.
