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Arkansas Educational Television Network is a state network of 6 simulcast public television stations covering the entire state of Arkansas, and parts of Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. A member of the Public Broadcasting Service, the state network is operated by the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, an agency of the Arkansas state government. Located adjacent to the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, AETN broadcasts from the R. Lee Reaves Center for Educational Telecommunications via AETN's thirteen-site microwave interconnection relay system around the state, which cover most of Arkansas, as well as parts of all surrounding states.
Approximately two-thirds of AETN's funding comes from state tax dollars to support the broadcast infrastructure and all services that are provided for educators and schools. More than ten percent comes from the federal government as a partial match of what is raised locally. Almost twenty percent comes from voluntary contributions from individual viewers and businesses.
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