Iowa Public Television

Iowa Public Television Foundation Announces
New Board Members

Bill Tubbs of Eldridge Selected for Three-Year Term on Network’s Foundation Board

(Johnston, Iowa) -- The Iowa Public Television Foundation is pleased to announce that Eldridge resident Bill Tubbs will serve a three-year term on the Iowa Public Television Foundation Board.

Tubbs is the publisher of the North Scott Press and the Wilton-Durant Advocate.

As a member of the Board, Tubbs will provide advice and counsel to the Iowa Public Television Foundation on issues related to fundraising, strategic planning, and other issues important to the Foundation. The Iowa Public Television Foundation oversees individual giving, major and planned giving, and corporate underwriting.

The Foundation is committed to the development, growth, and support of Iowa Public Television through the building of a strong statewide membership base, and through support from the state’s business community. More than 70,000 Iowans are members of Friends of Iowa Public Television, and nearly 90 percent of the cost of program production and acquisition comes from these members.

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Iowa Public Television is Iowa's statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa's stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than one million viewers a week turn to IPTV for programming that reflects a range of interests for Iowans in all demographic categories. Iowa Public Television stations include: Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak. IPTV-Digital stations include: Channel 11.1, Des Moines; Channel 12.1, Iowa City; Channel 21.1, Fort Dodge; Channel 24.1, Mason City; Channel 27.1, Sioux City; Channel 32.1, Waterloo; Channel 32.1, Council Bluffs; Channel 36.1, Red Oak; Channel 36.1, Davenport (coming soon).