Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 1952 - 2009
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The Public Broadcasting Service is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, PBS is an independently operated non-profit organization and is the most prominent provider of television programming to public television stations in the United States.
National Educational Television was owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Operating from May 16, 1954, to October 4, 1970, it was replaced on October 5, 1970, by its direct successor, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which continues in operation and has memberships with many television stations that were formerly part of NET.
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National Educational Television was owned by the Ford Foundation and later co-owned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Operating from May 16, 1954, to October 4, 1970, it was replaced on October 5, 1970, by its direct successor, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which continues in operation and has memberships with many television stations that were formerly part of NET.
© Public Broadcasting Service
(tags) pbs public broadcasting service net national educational television public television network id ident timeline montage history 1952 1962 1966 1968 1969 1970 1971 1984 1989 1992 1996 1998 2002 2009 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s