WNET (New York, NY)

Administrative History/Information:

• Bremer Broadcasting Corporation applied for and received a permit to construct a station (WATV) to serve Newark, NJ (1946)
• Atlantic Television Corporation, successor to Bremer, transfered station WATV to National Telefilm Associates, renaming station to WNTA (1958)
• FCC approved transfer of WNTA to Educational Television for the Metropolitan Area (ETMA). Station renamed WNDT (New Directions in Television) (1961)
• WNDT merged with National Educational Television to become WNET/Thirteen (1970)

Related Collections:

• Robert D.B. Carlisle Papers
• James Day Papers
• Joseph S. Iseman Papers
• National Friends of Public Broadcasting (NFPB)
• Jim Robertson Papers - Interviews
  • James Armsey
  • Norman Cousins
  • Arthur Hungerford
  • James Macandrew
  • Newton Minow
  • John F. White
• WNET Collection Archives

Reference Shelf Materials

Reading Room

Adler, Richard and Walter S. Baer. Aspen Notebook: Cable and Continuing Education. New York: Praeger, 1973. BCAST REF LC 6574 .A34

Blakely, Robert J. The People's Instrument: A Philosophy of Programming for Public Television. Washington, Public Affairs Press, 1971. BCAST PN 1992.8 .P8 B47

Breitbart, Eric. "Scenes from an Unhappy Marriage: WNET/13 and Independent Filmmakers," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (Summer 1980): 25-32. Periodicals

Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Office of Educational Activities. Patterns of Performance: Public Broadcasting and Education 1974-1976. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1977.

• BCAST LB 1044.8 .C37
• 371.335 P (NAB Books)

Goodman, Walter. "The View from Channel 13: A Reply to Eric Breitbart," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (Summer 1980): 33. Periodicals

Jacobi, Frederick A. "Don't Write Off Public Television," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVIII, No. II (Summer 1981): 47-56. Periodicals

By Request

Brown, Les. "Fate of the City's Broadcasting System is in Doubt. The New York Times. June 1, 1976. Folder: 620

Buckley, Priscilla L. "National Educational TV: Drygulched at Channel 13." National Review. Folder: 627

"Chamberlin to be No. 2 at Channel 13." The New York Times. August 19, 1970. Folder: 625

Cook, Bruce. "Public Television's Big Splash," American Film, Vol. 1, No. 3 (December 1975): pp. 7-13. Folder: 770

Doan, Richard K. "Public TV's Most Powerful Friend...May Also Qualify as Its Worst Enemy." TV Guide, September 15, 1973: 6-10. Folder: 120

Duscha, Julia.   "Public TV: why still a stepchild?"  Columbia Journalism Review, November/December 1971: 8-14. Folder: 128

Ferderber, Skip. "TV Blooms at the Top of the Dial." Flighttime, 1975. Folder: 148

Kitman, Marvin. "The Blacking Out of Ch. 21" Newsday. May 11, 1987. Folder: 619

Lyle, Jack and Donna Ellis. "A General Analysis of the Audience of Public Broadcasting in the New York Area." October 1972. Folder: 534

Thirteen: The First Twenty Years, 1962-1982. 1982. Folder: 626

Ward, Derrick. "WNET, Newspaper Fight Illiteracy" Current June 7, 1989 Serials

WNET.

• "1974-1975 Program Proposals." 1975. Folder: 505
• "1975-1976 Program Proposals." 1976. Folder: 506
• "1976-1977 Program Proposals." 1977. Folder: 507
• "1977-78 SPC IV Program Proposals." 1978. Folder: 508
• Thirteen: The First Twenty Years. 1982. Folder: 509

Related Collection(s) in Other Repositories:

• Perry Miller Adato Papers

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