East Tennessee PBS is a state network

State network

A State Network in the United States broadcasting industry is a term which refers to a miniature television network serving an entire state or multiple states...

 of two Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

 (PBS) member Public television stations serving the Knoxville and Tri-Cities

Tri-Cities, Tennessee

In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia...

 regions of East Tennessee

East Tennessee

East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the U.S. state of Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law. East Tennessee consists of 33 counties, 30 located within the Eastern Time Zone and three counties in the Central Time Zone, namely...

. Both channels air the same programs:

The network consists of:

• WETP-TV (digital 41, PSIP 2) Sneedville
  Sneedville, Tennessee
  Sneedville is a town in Hancock County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,387 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hancock County.- History :...
  
   (serving the Tri-Cities)
• WKOP-TV (digital 17, PSIP 15) Knoxville

WETP-TV was founded on March 15, 1967 as WSJK-TV (Sneedville-Johnson City

Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County...

-Knoxville), the first in a series of four stations that the Tennessee state board of education would establish over the next 12 years, the others being WLJT-TV

WLJT

WLJT-DT is the Public Broadcasting Service member station serving western and northwestern Tennessee on digital channel 47...

 in Martin

Martin, Tennessee

Martin is a city in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States. Martin is the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The population was 10,515 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Martin is located at ....

, WTCI-TV in Chattanooga, and WCTE-TV in Cookeville.