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Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN)
Administrative History/Information:
- Representatives from WGBH (Boston, MA), WENH (Durham, NH), the Massachusetts and New Hampshire State Departments of Education, and the Ford Foundation met in 1959 to discuss ways to interconnect stations in the Northeast.
- Incorporated in December 1960 as the Eastern Educational Network (EEN)
- Region covered:
- New England
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Washington, DC
- In 1961, EEN contracted with the U.S. Office of Education to form the Northeastern Regional Instructional Television Library project.
- In 1967, EEN began sharing programs via live interconnection while maintaining the traditional tape exchange.
- Became the Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN) in 1970
- EEN began a distribution service called the Interregional Program Service (IPS) in 1980.
- In January 1992, EEN became American Program Service (APS), a program distribution service, based on the IPS, while keeping the name EEN for regional services.
- In 1999, American Program Service became American Public Television (APT)
- Website: www.aptvs.org
By Request
Blumenfeld, Yorick. "Public Broadcasting in Britain and America." Editorial Research Report, Vol. 11, No. 16 25 Oct 1972. Folder: 035
Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. 1966 Serials
Eastern Educational Network.
- "Demonstration of Decentralized Production and Regional Networking in Public Television." 1969. Folder: 707
- "Instructional Television." 1968. Folder: 700
Eastern Educational Network, et al. "Direct Interconnection of New York and Boston Educational Television Facilities via a Microwave Relay Network." 1962. Folder: 129
Eastern Educational Television Network. "Broad Stripes, Bright Stars: A Proposal for An Early American History Curriculum Project." Folder: 694
Rice, Jonathan. (Articles on KQED history) Focus 1979 - 1980. Folder: 381
