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Electronic Field Trip Broadcast Stations
Electronic Field Trips are available live to registered schools by satellite and online video streaming. In addition, many PBS, educational and cable stations throughout the country broadcast the program. Click on a state below to see the broadcast information for that state. For more information, please call Colonial Williamsburg's Education Outreach Department at 1-800-761-8331.
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Alabama
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Alabama Public Television | Birmingham | AL | X | Statewide |
Arizona
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Chandler Educational Television (CET) | Chandler | AZ | X | Edu Cable access channel for Chandler and Gilbert, AZ | |
| Know 99 Televison | Phoenix | AZ | X | Phoenix area, Tempe, Glendale, Avondale | |
| UA Channel/Arizona Public Media | Tucson | AZ | X | X | Cable: Comcast-Tucson; Cable: Cox-Tucson, Sierra Vista & Bisbee |
Arkansas
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| AETN Arkansas Ed TV Network | Conway | AR | X | X | Statewide |
California
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Catholic Telemedia Network | Menlo Park | CA | X | Catholic schools in San Francisco Bay area | |
| CMAP(Community Media Access Partnership) | Gilroy | CA | X | Gilroy, Hollister, San Juan Bautista cities | |
| KMST | Salinas | CA | X | Monterey County cable subscribers | |
| KOCE-TV | Huntington Beach | CA | X | Los Angeles; Inyo, Kern East, LA, Orange, Riverside East, Riverside West, San Bernardino and Ventura counties | |
| KQED | San Francisco | CA | X | Alameda, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey,Napa, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano West & Sonoma counties | |
| METV-Merced County Office of Education | Merced | CA | X | Central California region | |
| Napa Public Access Television | Napa | CA | X | Napa County | |
| Sacramento Ed. Cable Consort. | Sacramento | CA | X | Sacramento County; | |
| San Diego C.O.E. ITV | San Diego | CA | X | Channel 16 San Diego County | |
| Santa Clara C.O.E. | San Jose | CA | X | Santa Clara County | |
| Time Warner Cable | Palm Desert | CA | X | Coachella-Palm Desert/Palm Springs area |
Colorado
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Rocky Mountain PBS | Denver | CO | X | Statewide coverage & surrounding states | |
| School District 11 Channel,Comcast Cable Ch 16 | Colorado Springs | CO | X | X | Comcast Cable viewing area Colorado Springs City Limits= 89,000 subscribers |
Connecticut
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Nutmeg Public Access TV, Inc. | Plainville | CT | X | X | Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Plainville, New Britain |
Florida
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| BECON/ WPPB-TV 63/4 ITFS Channels/Broward Ed Comm | Ft. Lauderdale | FL | X | X | Channel 25 Broward County Community |
| EDTV-Manatee School District | Bradenton | FL | X | Manatee County only | |
| Florida Education Channel | Chipley | FL | X | Statewide coverage; Dish Network Satellite #61.5, Channel 9418 | |
| Florida Knowledge Network | Tallahassee | FL | X | Statewide coverage | |
| Lee County School District Community Cable Access | Ft. Meyers | FL | X | X | Broadcast only within school district |
| Monroe County School District-Keys Schools TV | Key West | FL | X | X | Monroe County |
| OCSD ITV | Shalimar | FL | X | Okaloosa School district only | |
| St. Lucie Education Channel | Ft. Pierce | FL | X | X | Comcast in St. Lucie County |
| T.E.N. - The Education Network | Boynton Beach | FL | X | X | Palm Beach County Schools |
| Tampa Educational Cable Consortium | Tampa | FL | X | Tampa & Hillsborough County, FL | |
| The Education Channel, Cable 20 | Naples | FL | X | X | Naples,Golden Gate, Immokalee, Everglades & Marco Island |
| WLX265 Bay District Schools | Panama City | FL | X | X | Bay County only Schools and homes |
| WPDS-TV 14 Pinellas Co Schools | Largo | FL | X | Pinellas County |
Georgia
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| GCPS-TV Gwinnette Public Schools Television | Suwanee | GA | X | Gwinnett County |
Hawaii
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Teleschool,Hawaii State Department of Education | Honolulu | HI | X | Statewide coverage Channel 56 |
Idaho
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Cable One | Idaho Falls | ID | X | Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Rexburg |
Indiana
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| CHTV-21 Carmel High School | Carmel | IN | X | X | Carmel, Indiana community cable customers |
| CIRT - IPS Telecommunications Ctr | Indianapolis | IN | X | Closed Circuit to IPS schools. | |
| FWCS LTV on Comcast 54-Verizon 24 | Ft. Wayne | IN | X | X | Allen County |
Kansas
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Shawnee Mission Schools Ch 2 Time Warner | Shawnee Mission | KS | X | X | TW Cable, Ch 2 Indian Creek Tech Center |
| Time Warner Cable Channel 2 (gov. access) | Overland Park | KS | X | X | Johnson County, KS |
| Wichita Public Schools Cable TV | Wichita | KS | X | X | Citywide throughout Wichita, Kansas |
Kentucky
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| KET | Lexington | KY | X | Statewide coverage (KET 4 ED Digital); Repeated the following 3 Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. ET |
Maine
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| MPBN: Maine Public Broadcasting Network | Bangor | ME | X | Statewide |
Maryland
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Howard County Public Schools-Channel 72& 42 | Ellicott City | MD | X | X | Howard County; CH 72 Comcast & CH 42 Verizon |
| MPT-Maryland Public Television | Owings Mills | MD | X | Statewide | |
| The Education Channel/Baltimore County | Towson | MD | X | Baltimore Co. Comcast |
Massachusetts
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Fitchburg Access Television/FATV | Fitchburg | MA | X | X | Fitchburg, MA (Peg)/Fitchburg State College |
| New Bedford Cable Access | New Bedford | MA | X | Local cable access for New Bedford, MA. |
Michigan
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Oakland Schools TV Network(OSTN) | Waterford | MI | X | X | Oakland County |
| Utica Community Schools | Sterling Heights | MI | X | X | Local CATV-Sterling Heights, Shelby Twp, Utica |
| Wayne RESA | Wayne | MI | X | X | Michigan |
| WFUM Michigan TV-28 | Flint | MI | X | X | Southeastern Lower Michigan- Flint (see #89 above) |
| WGVU | Grand Rapids | MI | X | SW Michigan, Grand Rapids & greater surrounding areas: Allegan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ottawa, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties | |
| WKAR Television | East Lansing | MI | X | X | Lansing & greater surrounding areas: Clinton, Shiawassee, & Ingram Counties.Portions of Gratiot, Saginaw,Genesee, Livingston, Jackson, Calhoun, Ionia & Eaton Counties (mid Michigan) |
| WNMU-TV | Marquette | MI | X | Upper MI & greater surrounding areas:Marquette; Florence County, WI; Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft counties, MI |
Minnesota
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Minneapolis Public Schools | Minneapolis | MN | X | X | Minneapolis Metro |
| SPNN | St. Paul | MN | X | X | City of St Paul, MN |
| Town Square Television | Inver Grove Heights | MN | X | Northern Dakota County, Cities of St. Paul, West St. Paul, Mendota, Mendota Heights, Inver Grove, Sunfish Lake and Lylydole |
Missouri
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| CSD - Coop. School Districts/Channel 22 | St. Louis | MO | X | X | October 16th broadcast only at 9 a.m. Central Time.Channel 22-through Charter Cable |
Nebraska
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| 5 City TV | Lincoln | NE | X | Lincoln, NE city limits |
Nevada
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| KNPB-Channel 5 | Reno | NV | X | Reno & greater surrounding areas:Alpine, El Dorado East, Lassen & Mono co, CA; Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Esmerelda, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, & Washoe co, NV | |
| Vegas PBS-KLVX Communications Group | Las Vegas | NV | X | Clark County School District |
New Jersey
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| NJN Public TV | Trenton | NJ | X | New Jersey statewide; Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Deleware, and Philadelphia counties in PA; New Castle County, DE; Orange, Rockland, Westcheser, Bronx, New York, Kings, Queens, and Nassau counties, NY; Fairfield county, CT |
New York
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Catholic Telecommunications Network | Brooklyn | NY | X | X | Brooklyn & Queens, NY |
| Erie 2- Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES | Fredonia | NY | X | BOCES wide | |
| WMHT | Troy | NY | X | Berkshire County; MA; Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren & Washington Counties, NY; Bennington County, VT | |
| WPBS-TV | Watertown | NY | X | Northern NY & Eastern Ontario, Canada |
North Carolina
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Metro Channel 7, Time Warner Cable | Kannapolis | NC | X | X | Concord, Kannapolis, China Grove, Landis, Mt. Pleasant, Harrisburg, Salisbury |
| UNC Charlotte Cable TV-Channel 22 | Charlotte | NC | X | Greater Charlotte area |
North Dakota
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Prairie Public Broadcasting | Fargo | ND | X | North Dakota,N.W. Minnesota, Manitoba Province-Canada;Airing live on digital channel, repeating on analogue channel |
Ohio
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| CET | Cincinnati | OH | X | Southwest Ohio:Cincinnati & greater surrounding areas: Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland & Union co, IN; Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Owen, Pendleton & Robertson, KY; Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland & Warren, OH | |
| eTech Ohio Commission | Columbus | OH | X | X | Statewide (Ohio)-provides feed to other stations |
| WGTE/PBS of NW Ohio | Toledo | OH | X | NW Ohio | |
| WVIZ/PBS Ideastream | Cleveland | OH | X | X | NE Ohio ITFS A-3 (Channel 28 Akron School District & Channel 22 CMSD-TV,Cleveland); repeated over-the-air 4-5 pm the Thursday following the live broadcast date. For distance learning information, call 216-916-6352. |
Oklahoma
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| OETA-KETA | Oklahoma City | OK | X | Statewide; All EFTs will be rebroadcast the Wednesday following the live broadcast from 10:30-11:30 am CT. |
Oregon
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| North Clackamas School District/NC 12 | Milwaukie | OR | X | North Clackamas County wide coverage | |
| Southern Oregon Ed Service Dist-SOESD-TV | Medford | OR | X | Jackson, Josephine & Klamath counties |
Pennsylvania
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Comcast-Carlisle Ch14, Chambersburg Ch 21 | Shippensburg | PA | X | X | Cumberland, Franklin & Perry Counties in PA & Cascade, MD |
| CTV-13 Armstrong | Meadville | PA | X | Crawford County: Meadville & Grove City | |
| PSTV Channel 52 School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | X | Philadelphia | |
| WLVT PBS 39 | Bethlehem | PA | X | Pike, Monroe, Carbon, Northampton, Lehigh Counties | |
| WVIA TV/FM | Pittston | PA | X | Scranton/Wilkes Barre/Williamsport DMA: Bradford, Coubon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawann, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Wayne & Wyoming Counties, PA |
South Carolina
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| South Carolina ETV/ITV | Columbia | SC | X | X | Statewide coverage;open circuit to all at 1:00 p.m.& closed circuit to all schools K-12 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. |
South Dakota
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| South Dakota Department of Education | Pierre | SD | X | X | Statewide coverage via DDN network |
Texas
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Dallas ISD-Dallas Schools Television | Dallas | TX | X | Dallas ISD | |
| Education Service Center Region 20 | San Antonio | TX | X | X | Regional videoconference network |
| Houston PBS-KUHT | Houston | TX | X | X | Houston and 60 mile radius; Digital Channel 8.2 Comcast 323, Digital 8.1 & Analog 8.0 both repeat Friday 2:00 p.m. |
| KEDT-TV Channel 16 | Corpus Christi | TX | X | Coastal Bend Region of South Texas-Kieberg,Nueces, San Patricio, Refugio & Jim Wells Counties; Portions of Port Lavaca, Guliad, Bee, Live Oak, Juval, Brooks & Kennedy Counties | |
| KLRN-TV | San Antonio | TX | X | San Antonio & greater surrounding areas | |
| KNCT | Killeen | TX | X | Not available December 11, 2008. Waco & greater surrounding areas: Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Falls, Lampasa, Leon, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson & San Saba, TX | |
| Region X Education Service Center | Richardson | TX | X | Regional- Private Video conference network |
Utah
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| KUED PBS | Salt Lake City | UT | X | Statewide coverage; KUEN Educational-1 week delay 1 pm MT |
Vermont
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| CATV | White River Junction | VT | X | Hanover, Lebanon, Canaan, Enfield and Plainfield, NH & Norwich, Hartford and Hartland, VT | |
| Rutland Educational Access Television | Rutland | VT | X | Rutland County, 15,000 households |
Virgin Islands
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| VI Public Television WTJX Channel 12 | St. Thomas | VI | X | Virgin Islands |
Virginia
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Blue Ridge PBS | Roanoke | VA | X | WBRA-TV/DT in Roanoke-SW VA;KMSY-TV/DT in Marion-NW NC,NE TN,SO WV;WSBN-TV/DT in Norton-NE TN,SE KY,SW VA | |
| Fairfax Co Public Schools | Annandale | VA | X | X | Fairfax County- Cox Communications Ch 11 |
| PWCS-TV Channel 21/Prince William Co Schools | Manassas | VA | X | Prince Willliam County Cable Subscribers | |
| WCVE Richmond PBS | Richmond | VA | X | Richmond-Petersburg & greater surrounding areas | |
| WHRO | Norfolk | VA | X | X | Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News & greater surrounding areas: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Northamton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, NC; Accomack, Chesapeake City, Gloucester, Hampton City, Isle of Wight, James City, mathews, Norfolk City, Northampton, Newport News City, portsmouth City, Southampton, Suffolk City, Surry, Virginia Beach, York co, VA |
| WHTJ Charlottesville PBS | Charlottesville | VA | X | Central Virginia Area (Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Madison counties) | |
| WVPT | Harrisonburg | VA | X | Harrisonburg & greater surrounding areas: Augusta & Rockingham Counties, VA; Pendleton Co, WV. |
Washington
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Comcast, TVETC Channels 27 & 997 | Vancouver | WA | X | Clark County, WA | |
| SPS-TV; Seattle Public Schools TV | Seattle | WA | X | Seattle, WA only |
West Virginia
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| West Va Pub. Broadcasting | Morgantown | WV | X | Statewide coverage, overlapping parts of KY, MD, PA, OH. VA |
Wisconsin
| Broadcaster | City | State | 10 am Eastern Time |
1 pm Eastern Time |
Note: |
| Northern Lights Network-CESA #11-ITV | Turtle Lake | WI | X | X | Rural communities of Northwest WI: Burnett, Washburn, Polk, Barron, St. Croix, Plerce, Dunn & Pepin counties |
| Oshkosh Community Media Services | Oshkosh | WI | X | City of Oshkosh, WI | |
| Wisconsin Public Television Network | Madison | WI | X | Statewide (Wisconsin) |