National Educational Television
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National Educational Television (NET) was an American educational broadcast television network owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It operated from May 16, 1954, to October 4, 1970, and was succeeded by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which has memberships with many television stations that were formerly part of NET.
Country | United States |
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Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ford Foundation (1954–1970) Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967–1970) |
History | |
Founded | November 21, 1952 (71 years ago) (1952-11-21) in Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Launched | May 16, 1954 (1954-05-16) (as a network) |
Closed | October 4, 1970 (1970-10-04) (16 years, 4 months and 18 days) |
Replaced by | PBS |
Former names | Educational Television and Radio Center National Educational Television and Radio Center |
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) provided funds for cataloging the NET collection, and as part of an on-going preservation effort with the Library of Congress, over 10,000 digitized television programs from the non-commercial TV stations and producers spanning 20 years from 1952 to 1972 have been contributed to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.[1]