Nashville Public Television Inc.
Nashville, TN Doing business as Nashville Public TV Council
- UEI
- DXPVNHW62UW9
- CAGE
- 39EQ7
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 161 Rains Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- Website
- wnpt.org
- Founded
- 1962
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Broadcasting
- SIC code
- 48 Communications
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State University | P22AC02288 | $50,000 | |
| Middle Tennessee State University | P22AC02288 | $50,000 | |
| Middle Tennessee State University | P22AC02288 | $50,000 |
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About the company
Nashville Public Television Inc., doing business as Nashville Public TV Council, is a Tennessee-based tax-exempt nonprofit that acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and documentary production grants, with no prime contract or grant awards in recent federal activity. The organization serves two distinct customer agencies — the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region — each anchoring three awards over the source data window.
Nashville Public TV's documented federal work centers on historical documentary production and broadcast distribution under subawards from Middle Tennessee State University. The three named sub-awards span civil rights and public history narratives: a January 2026 subaward to produce and broadcast a documentary on Tennessee's pivotal role in Civil War medicine and the founding of Meharry Medical College; a March 2025 subaward to produce "Homes of a Different Color: Old Jim Crow Meets the New Deal," a documentary on the Cumberland Homesteads and Haywood Farms Project and post-Civil War citizenship struggles; and a December 2023 subaward to produce, broadcast, and distribute a half-hour documentary on African American cemeteries as part of Nashville Public TV's Citizenship Project, with statewide distribution, online streaming, and DVD distribution to PBS stations.
The organization's federal footprint is modest and episodic. Six total awards over twenty-one years (combined obligated dollars of $2.8 million) reflect a sub-recipient posture concentrated in historical documentary work rather than a sustained prime relationship. Activity is sparse — one award in 2007, one in 2009, one in 2023, and two in 2025–2026 — with no indication of standing vehicles, IDIQs, or BPAs. The split between prime and sub awards is even at 50% each, though the three named sub-awards from Middle Tennessee State University represent the recent active pipeline.
Quick answers
Is Nashville Public Television Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Nashville Public Television Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through March 9, 2027.
What is Nashville Public Television Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Nashville Public Television Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is Ptfp-nashville public television, INC (4702N09127), from National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on October 1, 2009.
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