With the debut this week of new series Phoebe & Jay, the children’s programming division of PBS waves goodbye to an era where it could count on federal assistance for both programming and research.

“It’s happy music, it’s very heartwarming,” said Traci Wilkes, an Athens Fiddler Foundation board member. April 17 is the beginning of the Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion, bringing together all ages, not ...

Millions of children have grown up watching PBS Kids’ educational TV, geared toward 2- to 8-year-olds—from classics like “Sesame Street” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” to recently added shows like ...