Blue Ridge PBS, founded in 1967, is the sole public multimedia enterprise serving 42% of the Commonwealth in addition to individuals in portions of three states. Through our over-the-air broadcast, cable channels and streaming channels, the station reaches southwestern, central and southside Virginia as well as bordering counties in Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina. As the region's storyteller, Blue Ridge PBS offers outstanding informational, educational and cultural programming, along with an award-winning local production team devoted to regional issues and interests. Thousands of schoolchildren and their teachers benefit from the station's educational programs that provide a safe, trusted environment for innovative on-air and online learning. 

Based in Roanoke, Va., Blue Ridge PBS is comprised of five broadcast channels: WBRA-TV (15.1), Blue Ridge PBS 2 (15.2), Blue Ridge PBS Kids (15.3), Blue Ridge PBS Create (15.4), and ECHO: Education. Community. Health. Opportunity (15.5).

In addition, Blue Ridge PBS has two streaming channels: Blue Ridge Streaming and ECHO.