Who We Are
Cascade Public Media is the Cascade region's independent, nonprofit news and public television service. Our mission is to inform and inspire our community to make the world a better place.

We began broadcasting on TV as KCTS in Seattle back in 1954, and have seen numerous changes in the decades since. In 2015, we welcomed the Crosscut news staff onto our team. Today, we share PBS and local TV programming as well as our award-winning local news and investigations under the unified name Cascade PBS. 

We’re supported by more than 100,000 members in the Western U.S. and Canada. Our signal is also carried on KYVE 47 to serve Yakima and central Washington.

What we do
Cascade PBS is the Northwest’s home for quality television, trusted journalism, and memorable live events.We inspire and inform audiences with a diverse array of celebrated shows, including global dramas (like Masterpiece and Call the Midwife); award-winning documentaries (Ken Burns films, American Experience, American Masters); science and nature (NOVA, Nature); cultural history (Finding Your Roots, Antiques Roadshow), kids programming (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Molly of Denali) and news (PBS News Hour, Frontline, Amanpour & Co.). We also produce a growing collection of local shows, such as Mossback’s Northwest, Nick on the Rocks, Out & Back with Alison Mariella Désir, The Nosh with Rachel Belle, Black Arts Legacies and The Newsfeed.

Our newsroom gives audiences the facts and analysis they need to participate in important conversations about our communities.

We host numerous in-person events (many at our new home on First Hill), including forums, discussions, film screenings, and the renowned Cascade PBS Ideas Festival.