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The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) is Oklahoma's only statewide public television network. Established in 1953, OETA signed-on the air in 1956 to "make educational television available to all Oklahoma citizens on a coordinated statewide basis."
Today, OETA has grown to become The Oklahoma Network, educating, entertaining and enlightening 1.8 million weekly viewers throughout the entire state of Oklahoma, as well as southern Kansas, western Arkansas and the Texas panhandle. Winner of numerous state, regional and national awards including Emmys, Auroras, PBS, AP, Sigma Delta Chi, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, plus many others, OETA produces a week-night news program and more local documentary productions (including the award-winning "Gallery" and "Stateline" series) than any other TV station in the state. Since 1987, OETA has produced "The Lawrence Welk Show" weekly series and specials for national distribution on PBS stations. Now celebrating more than 50 years on TV, "The Lawrence Welk Show" has become the longest-running weekly series still in production and is the highest-rated weekly syndicated series on public television today.
OETA also leads the way in statewide digital television with four digital, high definition channels located in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Eufaula and Cheyenne. OETA's conversion to digital television will allow The Oklahoma Network to expand its future programming by offering even more choices for viewers across the state.
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