PBS Kids Website Relaunches

Posted on February 2, 2000

The PBS Kids website has relaunched with a comprehensive backstage look at PBS Kids show characters and engaging educational activities. PBS Kids is the most popular area of the 85,000-page PBS.org website.

The redesigned PBS Kids site will enable kids to write stories, respond to other kids, tell jokes and discover answers to puzzling questions. Site visitors can also access the official websites and related activities for PBS Kids television programs, including Arthur, Dragon Tales, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Noddy, Teletubbies, Zoboomafoo and Zoom.

With the relaunch, PBS Kids will feature new areas providing information about kid-related content available through local PBS stations: "In Your Town" and "What's New?" When users click on these areas they can see local station information and links to local station websites. In the coming months, these links will expand to include information about local PBS Kids show character appearances, children's fairs, and birthday clubs. The "What's New?" area will feature a newspaper-style page with articles about new activities on the website, as well as stories written by children from across the country.

"The relaunched PBS Kids site empowers kids to make smart choices by helping them to think critically about media," said Michelle Miller, editor of PBS Kids Online. "At the same time, innovative content from PBS' national producers and local stations enables visitors from 2-14 to have fun creating their own PBS Kids experience."

PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., is a private, nonprofit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 346 public television stations. BS serves nearly 100 million people each week. PBS Online features more than 85,000 pages of content, as well as companion websites for more than 400 PBS programs and specials.