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Public Broadcasting Timeline: 1950-1959
- Ad Hoc Joint Committee of Educational Television forms (October)
- Second Allerton House Conference on Educational Broadcasting at the University of Illinois
- John C. Crabbe:
- President, Association of Education by Radio-Television (AERT) (1950-1953)
- Participant, Western Radio Television Conference (1950-1953)
- William G. Harley: Program coordinator, Ford-National Association of Educational Broadcasters Adult Education Radio Project (1950-1952)
- Ford Foundation becomes both educational radio and educational television's greatest benefactor
- FCC grants Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council (LICBC) permission to operate its own radio station, WGBH
1951:
- Department of Audio-Visual Instruction (DAVI) establishes Archives and History Committee and an Archives Library. (history of AECT)
- Association of Educational Radio appends "Television" to its name
- C. Scott Fletcher: President, Fund for Adult Education, Ford Foundation (1951-1961)
- JCET persuades the FCC to reserve 209 noncommercial television channels
- National Educational Radio Network begins
- Frank E. Schooley: Treasurer, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1951-1954)
- Ralph W. Steetle: Executive Director, Joint Committee on Educational Television (1951-1960)
- WGBH-FM debuts
1952:
- Federal Communications Commission reserves 242 television channels for noncommercial broadcasters
- Fund for Adult Education creates the Educational Television and Radio Center
- David C. Stewart, with grants from the Ford Foundation, worked in Washington to help start new educational television stations by reserving channels
1953:
- Alabama Educational Television Commission is founded
- Kenneth Christiansen: Educational television consultant, Southern Regional Education Board (SERB) (1953-1956)
- James Day: President and General Manager, KQED (San Francisco, CA) (1953-1969)
- Raymond D. Hurlbert: President, Alabama Educational Television Commission (1953-1955)
- Jansky & Bailey is incorporated
- KUHT (Houston, TX) begins
- James L. Loper: Assistant and Acting Director of the Bureau of Broadcasting, Arizona State University (1953-1959)
- John C. Schwarzwalder:
- Established nation's first educational television station, KUHT (Houston, TX)
- Administered Department of Radio and Television, University of Houston (1953-1956)
- Developed and produced most of programs on KUHT
- WETA (Washington, DC) begins
- Local Chicago educational and cultural organizations join together to promote a non- commercial channel (early WTTW (Chicago, IL) history)
1954:
- KQED (San Francisco, CA) begins
- Educational Television and Radio Center moves to Ann Arbor, MI with Harry K. Newburn as president; also begins programming
- Joseph S. Iseman is involved with public television enterprises in the greater New York City area as partner in the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison (1954-1980)
- Jim Robertson: Director of Programming, WTTW (Chicago, IL) (1954-1959)
- WHYY-FM (Philadelphia, PA/Wilmington, DE) begins
- WIUC changes call letters to WILL-FM
- WNYC-TV (New York, NY) begins
- WHA-TV (Madison, WI) begins
- WOI-TV (Ames, IA) begins
- WQED (Pittsburgh, PA) begins
1955:
- Edwin G. Cohen: Head of the National Educational Television Film Service (NET Film Service) (1955-1958)
- John C. Crabbe: One of the first Program Associates at the Educational Television and Radio Center, Ann Arbor
- Barton L. Griffith: Director of Distribution and Station Relations, Educational Television and Radio Center: (1955-1957)
- Raymond D. Hurlbert: General Manager, Alabama Educational Television Network
- Joint Committee on Educational Television changes name to Joint Council on Educational Television
- Delta-Sierra Educational Television Corporation and Northern California Educational Television merged to form Central California Educational Television (CCET) - history of KVIE
- Chalmers Marquis: producer/director, director of programming, WTTW (1955-1964)
- Frank W. Norwood: Assistant to Keith Tyler, director of the Institute for Education by Radio-Television, Ohio State University (1955-1956)
- David C. Stewart: Production consultant, JCET (1955-1960)
- Albany Medical College starts two-way radio conferences: beginning of WAMC (Albany, NY)
- WGBH-TV (Boston, MA) begins
- John F. White: General Manager, WQED (Pittsburgh, PA) (1955-1958)
- WOI-FM begins stereo broadcasts
- WTTW (Chicago, IL)'s first program "Report to the Teachers" begins
1956:
- Association of Educational Radio-Television merges with National Association of Educational Broadcasters
- Kenneth Christiansen: Program Coordinator, Educational Television and Radio Center (1956-1959)
- David M. Davis: Station Manager, WGBH-TV (Boston, MA) (1956-1967)
- Donley F. Feddersen: NET liaison and consultant to NBC for the NBC-NET Educational Television Project (1956-1958)
- John C. Schwarzwalder: Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Twin City Area Educational Television Corporation (1956-1976)
- Warren F. Seibert: various positions at Purdue University (1956-1963):
- TV Program Research Consultant
- Head, Instructional Media Research
- University of Illinois dedicates WILL-TV (Urbana, IL)
- Working with Chicago's Board of Education, WTTW (Chicago, IL) becomes the first station to televise college courses for credit via "TV College"
1957:
- Elizabeth Campbell: President, Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA) (1957-1971)
- Frank W. Norwood: Program director, general manager, KEBS-FM (San Diego, CA) (1957-1966)
- WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA/Wilmington, DE) begins
- KOAC-TV (Corvallis, OR) begins
- WOUB-AM (Athens, OH) begins
1958:
- Jack M. Burke: Manager, KSAC (Manhattan, KS) (1958-c.1992)
- Edwin G. Cohen: Program Associate, Educational Television and Radio Center (1958-1962)
- John C. Crabbe: General Manager, KVIE (Stockton, CA) (1958-1969)
- Educational Television and Radio Center moves to NY and changes name to National Educational Television and Radio Center (NETRC)
- KVIE (Stockton, CA) begins
- Arthur A. Paul: production intern and announcer, WTTW (Chicago, IL) (1958-1960)
- Frederick M. Remley: Technical Director of Broadcasting, University of Michigan (1958-1988)
- WAMC-FM (Albany, NY) begins
- John F. White:
- President, National Educational Television and Radio Center (1958-1963)
- tried unsuccessfully to bring educational television to the New York City area (1958-1963)
- FCC approves transfer of WATV to National Telefilm Associates, renaming station to WNTA (early history of WNET)
1959:
- Kenneth Christiansen: General Manager, WUFT (Gainesville, FL) (1959-1979)
- Representatives from WGBH (Boston, MA), WENH (Durham, NH), the Massachusetts and New Hampshire State Departments of Education and the Ford Foundation meet to discuss interconnecting stations in the Northeast. Beginnings of the Eastern Educational Network.
- Burt Harrison, while working as Station Manager for KWSU (Pullman, WA), serves on various boards (1959-1976):
- National Association of Educational Broadcasters
- National Educational Radio
- Association of Public Radio Stations
- Jansky & Bailey becomes subsidiary of Atlantic Research Corporation
- Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction begins
- Frederick M. Remley: joined Video Tape Engineering Committee of the National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Jim Robertson: Director of Station Relations, National Educational Television and Radio Center (1959-1962)
- Harold E. Wigren serves as coordinator of CINE (Council on International Non-theatrical Events) (1959-1965)
