National Educational Television
television network
National Educational Television (NET) was a United States educational broadcast television network that was owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
.svg){kind=logo} NET logo from April 1960 to November 1964 and again from June 1967 to October 1970 | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Founded | November 21, 1952 in Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
| Owner | Ford Foundation (1954–1970) Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967–1970) |
Launch date | May 16, 1954 (as a network) |
| Dissolved | October 4, 1970 (16 years, 4 months and 18 days) |
Former names | Eductional Television and Radio Center National Educational Television and Radio Center |
| Replaced by | Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
Operating from May 16, 1954 to October 4, 1970, its direct replacement, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), continues in operation and has memberships with many television stations that were formerly part of NET.[1]
Programs
change- Actor's Choice
- BBC Play of the Month
- Bird of the Iron Feather
- Black Journal
- Creative Persons
- Dusty's Treehouse
- Evening at Pops
- Experiment
- Festival
- Festival of Arts
- Firing Line
- The Forsyte Saga
- The French Chef
- The Friendly Giant
- ITV Play of the Week
- Jazz Casual
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Lincoln Center/Stage 5
- The Magic Roundabout
- Men of Our Time
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- NET Festival
- NET Journal
- NET Opera Theater
- NET Playhouse
- New York Television Theatre
- News in Perspective
- The Open Mind
- Our World
- Petra the Cat
- The Play of the Week
- Play for Today
- Playwright at Work
- Public Broadcast Laboratory
- Serata a Pops
- Sesame Street
- Soul!
- Theatre 625
- Thirteen Against Fate
- The Toy That Grew Up
- Victoria Regina
- The Victorians
- Washington Week
- The Wednesday Play
- What's New?
References
change- ↑ "Ford Foundation Activities in Noncommercial Broadcasting, 1951-1976". Ford Foundation. 2009. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
