Closed Captioning

Lakeland PBS certifies that the local programming it produces and supplies to member stations of the Minnesota Public Television Association, along with any other broadcast station, complies with the caption quality rules as set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. Further, Lakeland PBS strives to comply with best practices inherent within the FCC captioning guidelines.

It should also be noted that because of the fact that Lakeland PBS is a small rural station with limited resources, the FCC does not require us to caption our local content unless it is distributed and carried by other stations that require captions. Programs like Lakeland News that are broadcast only by Lakeland PBS are exempt from closed captioning requirements. That said, serving ALL our citizens is extremely important to us. To better serve people who are deaf and hard of hearing, we are voluntarily captioning Lakeland News and certain other local programs that are not being distributed to and broadcast by other stations. Funding assistance for live closed captioning of Lakeland News is provided by the Minnesota Department of Commerce – Telecommunications Access of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Human Services Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.