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Public Broadcasting Timeline: 1960-1969
1960:
- Eastern Educational Network (EEN) incorporates December 1960.
- Donley F. Feddersen: Director, Television Programming, National Educational Television and Radio Center (1960-1964)
- William G. Harley: President, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1960-1975), Director, Joint Council on Educational Television (1960-1975)
- Patsy P. Layne: Begins work as an on-camera teacher with the Kentuckiana Educational Television network
- National Educational Television and Radio Center assimilates Broadcasting Foundation of America
- John S. Porter: Producer, instructional television programming, Rochester Area Educational Television Association (RAETA)
- Donald R. Quayle: general manager, WGBH radio (1960-1962)
- Oscar Reed: Managed Broadcast Television Consulting Department after purchase of Jansky & Bailey by Atlantic Research Corporation
- Robert M. Reed: program manager, WHA-TV (Madison, WI) (1960-1962)
- Ralph W. Steetle: Associate Dean and Director of Educational Media, Oregon State System of Higher Education (1960-1974)
- David C. Stewart: Director, JCET (1960-1966)
1961:
- Edwin G. Burrows helps in the creation of WGVR (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Dean W. Coston: Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary (Legislation), Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1961-1963)
- John C. Crabbe served as a regional consultant on a survey on the need for television channels in education under Title VII of National Defense Education Act
- Eastern Educational Network (EEN): contracts with the U.S. Office of Education to form the Northeastern Regional Instructional Television Library Project.
- Educational Radio Network is established
- George Geesey becomes first manager of WAMU-FM
- Joint Council on Educational Television changes name to Joint Council on Educational Broadcasting
- MPATI: operates through grant from Ford Foundation (1961-1963)
- Frank W. Norwood: Radio Network Acceptance Committee, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1961-1963)
- Warren F. Seibert: Director, International Seminar of Instructional Television, Purdue University
- WAMU (Washington, DC) begins
- John F. White: served as secretary and board member of the Educational Television for the Metropolitan Area (New York)
- Harold E. Wigren joins the staff of National Education Association (1961-1977)
- WNTA sold to the Educational Television for the Metropolitan Area - becomes WNDT (history of WNET)
- WTTW (Chicago, IL) becomes involved with the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI)
1962:
- Robert D.B. Carlisle: Producer, Executive Producer, WNDT (1962-1965)
- Edwin G. Cohen: Director of the National Instructional Television Library (1962-1965)
- Lee A. DuBridge: Chair, KCET Board of Directors (1962-1968)
- Educational Radio Network becomes part of the National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Educational Television Facilities Act is signed into law (May)
- Earle H. Gillis: Executive secretary, Ohio Educational Television Network Commission: 1962-1970
- Barton L. Griffith: Board of Directors, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1962-1966)
- Presley D. Holmes:
- Director of Broadcasting, WOUB (Athens, OH) (1962-1970)
- Research editor, NAEB Journal (1962-1968)
- Raymond D. Hurlbert: Television Board, National Association of Educational Broadcasters (1962-1963)
- National Instructional Television Library begins (predecessor of the Agency for Instructional Technology)
- James L. Loper: Vice President, Community Television of Southern California (1962-1963)
- Robert M. Reed:
- member of NAEB TV Planning and TV Advisory Committees (1962-1964)
- founded KHET-TV (Honolulu, HI) - general manager (1962-1969)
- Donald R. Quayle: director, Educational Radio Network (1962-1964)
- Jim Robertson: Vice President for Network Affairs, National Educational Television, (1962-1963)
- Warren F. Seibert: served on evaluation panels at U.S. Office of Education (1962-1972)
- WAMC (Albany, NY) carries a live hearing on FCC and program practices
- WOUB-TV (Athens, OH) begins
1963:
- Dean W. Coston: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1963-1966)
- Educational Radio Network is renamed Eastern Educational Radio Network
- Ford Foundation announces it would not be the sole backer of network services of the National Educational Television and Radio Center.
- John Gregory: General Manager, KPCS-FM (Pasadena, CA) (1963-1978)
- Instructional Television Fixed Service begins as a result of an FCC resolution which established a 2500-2690 mc band for educational uses
- James L. Loper: Assistant to President of KCET (1963-1965)
- MPATI: relies on membership fees (1963-1968)
- National Association of Educational Broadcasters creates the Educational Television Stations and the National Educational Radio divisions
- The National Association of Educational Broadcasters Tape Network becomes the National Educational Radio Network
- National Educational Television and Radio Center drops radio and instructional television services and changes name to National Educational Television
- NET Television, Inc. created out of previously held Ann Arbor assets (history of National Educational Television)
- Jim Robertson: Vice President and General Manager for Community Television of Southern California
- Duane G. Straub: Operations Manager/Lecturer, WOUB-TV (Ohio University) (1963-1965)
- John F. White: President, National Educational Television (1963-1969)
- WHYY begins broadcast of local shows in Delaware as TV 12
1964:
- Carnegie Commission on Educational Television is authorized
- C. Scott Fletcher: Consultant, Educational Television Stations division of NAEB; convened national meeting on long-range financing (formation of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television)
- Lee C. Frischknecht: Director of Field Services, National Educational Television (NET) (1964-1968)
- James D. Karayn, Jr.: Executive Producer, Washington Bureau chief, National Educational Television (NET) (1964-1971)
- KCET (Los Angeles, CA) begins
- Luke F. Lamb: Television Board of Directors, NAEB
- Patsy P. Layne: Joins first television teacher team in American Samoa
- James L. Loper: Director, Educational Services, KCET
- David S. Prowitt becomes Executive Producer at WNET (1964-1971)
- Donald R. Quayle: executive director, Eastern Educational Network (1964-1968)
- Jim Robertson: responsible for planning, equipping and constructing KCET (Los Angeles, CA)
1965:
- Edwin G. Burrows: Chair of the Board of National Educational Radio
- Henry J. Cauthen, Jr.: Director, South Carolina ETV (1965-1997)
- Edwin G. Cohen: Executive Director, National Center for School and College Television (1965-1968)
- Educational Television Stations/Program Service begins as predecessor to Public Television Library
- Donley F. Feddersen: Director, WTIU (Indiana University) (1965-1979)
- James Karayn, Jr: Executive producer, chief, National Educational Television's Washington bureau (1965-1971)
- James R. Killian: Chairman, Carnegie Commission on Educational Television (1965-1967)
- James L. Loper: Assistant general manager, KCET (1965-1966)
- Chalmers Marquis: Executive director, Educational Television Service (1965-1970)
- Donald R. McNeil: Chancellor, University Extension Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison: (1965-1968)
- Richard J. Meyer: Organized school television service in New York after the New York City Board of Education announced withdrawal of funds from Channel 13 (WNDT, New York)
- National Instructional Television Library becomes National Center for School and College Television (predecessor of the Agency for Instructional Technology)
- Arthur A. Paul: program manager, KUAT (Tucson, AZ) (1965-1968)
- Roger Smith begins career at WTTW (1965-1967)
- Duane G. Straub: Associate Director, Public Television Library, Public Broadcasting Service (1965-1975)
- Idea for a Western Educational Network is raised at a Western Radio and Television Conference
1966:
- Edwin G. Burrows: Manager, Executive Producer, WUOM/WGVR (1966, 1973-1982)
- Joint Council on Educational Broadcasting changes name to Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications
- Luke F. Lamb: Chair, Standing Network Committee and Network Committee, NAEB
- James L. Loper: Vice president and general manager, KCET
- Maryland Educational and Cultural Broadcasting Commission begins under state charter: history of Maryland Public Television
- National Citizens Committee for Public Television begins
- Frank W. Norwood: Program Associate, National Center for School and College Television (1966-1968)
- John S. Porter: President and General Manager, WXXI-TV (Rochester, NY) (1966-1969)
- Frederick M. Remley: Chaired Video Tape Recording Committee of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineering (SMPTE) (1966-1970)
- Elizabeth L. Young: Program Manager, WAMU (Washington, DC) (1966-1968)
1967:
- Edwin G. Burrows successfully lobbied for the inclusion of radio in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting is authorized in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
- Dean W. Coston: helps write the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
- John C. Crabbe: Vice President, Western Educational Network (1967-1968)
- Eastern Educational Network (EEN): began sharing programs via a live interconnection while maintaining the traditional tape exchange
- C. Scott Fletcher: Liaison officer between Educational Television Stations (ETS) and the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) (1967-1971)
- KTCA (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) begins
- Luke F. Lamb: President, Western Educational Network (WEN) (1967-1968)
- Public Broadcasting Act is signed into law
- Bill Reed: General Manager, KIXE (Redding, CA) (1967-1973)
- Jim Robertson: Director of Educational Broadcasting, WHA (Madison, WI) (1967-1970)
- Gerald Slater: Director of Operations, Public Broadcast Laboratory (1967-1969)
- Roger P. Smith: Producer of "Newsfront" at WNET (1967-1968)
- Western Educational Network begins
1968:
- Robert D.B. Carlisle: Director of Special Projects, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (1968-1970)
- Children's Television Workshop begins
- Edwin G. Cohen: Executive Director, National Instructional Television Center (1968-1973)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting begins
- John C. Crabbe: President, Western Educational Network (1968-1969)
- David M. Davis works for the Ford Foundation's Office of Public Broadcasting (1968-1974)
- Presley D. Holmes: Consultant, NAEB's National Project for the Improvement of Televised Instruction and its ITV Study, Title III, Public Broadcasting Act of 1968
- Raymond D. Hurlbert: President, National Association of Educational Television
- Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications (JCET) starts relying on outside funds, primarily from NASA
- James R. Killian: Director, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1968-1974)
- Luke F. Lamb: Director, Educational Communications, University Extension, University of Wisconsin (1968-1972)
- James L. Loper: President, Western Educational Network (1968-1970)
- Donald R. McNeil: Received the first Emmy given to a public television station (WHA-TV) for his series "Pretty Soon Runs Out"-- a forum on integration and race relations
- MPATI: ceases production and broadcasting, becoming a tape library (1968-1971)
- National Center for School and College Television (NCSCT) becomes National Instructional Television Center (predecessor of Agency for Instructional Technology)
- National Citizens Committee for Public Television changes name to National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting/National Citizens Committee for Public Broadcasting
- Frank W. Norwood: Secretary; Executive Director, Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications (1968-1982)
- Donald R. Quayle: networking consultant, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1968-1970)
- Jim Robertson: Chair, National Association of Educational Broadcasters' Board
- Ralph B. Rogers: Chair, KERA (Dallas, TX): (c.1968-1972)
- Frank E. Schooley: Board of Directors, Corporation of Public Broadcasting: only educational broadcaster
- Roger P. Smith: Producer, director and writer, WGBH (1968-1977)
1969:
- Children's Television Workshop premiers Sesame Street
- John C. Crabbe: consultant in public broadcasting (1969-1973)
- David L. Crippens: Producer, KBPS-TV (San Diego, CA) (1969-1971)
- John W. Macy: first president, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969-1972)
- David M. Davis: Officer in Charge, Ford Foundation's Office of Public Broadcasting (1969-1974)
- James Day becomes president of National Educational Television.
- Samuel C.O. Holt: directed Public Radio Study, commissioned by Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation (history of National Public Radio)
- James L. Loper:
- Executive vice president and general manager, KCET (1969-1971)
- Chairman of the Board, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1969-1972)
- Donald R. McNeil: Chancellor, University of Maine System: (1969-1975)
- Maryland Public Television goes on the air with six stations.
- May: Creation of the Committee for the Formation of the National Friends of Public Television (history of National Friends of Public Broadcasting)
- NET Television, Inc. distributes programs for PBS (1969-1973) (history of NET)
- Public Broadcasting Service begins
- Robert M. Reed: Executive Director, PBS Video (1969-1976)
- Gerald Slater: Project Specialist, Communications, Ford Foundation (1969-1970)
- David C. Stewart: Director of Special Projects, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1969-1972)
- WHA-TV (Madison, WI) receives Emmy
- Elizabeth L. Young:
- Producer of Public Affairs and Cultural Programs, WRVR (New York)
- Assistant to Al Hulsen, Director of Radio Activities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1969-1970: involved in the creation of National Public Radio
