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Public Broadcasting Timeline: 1960-1969
1960:
- Eastern Educational Network (EEN) incorporates December 1960.
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Donley F.
Feddersen: Director, Television Programming, National
Educational Television and Radio Center (1960-1964)
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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
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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)
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Oscar Reed:
Managed Broadcast Television Consulting Department after purchase of Jansky
& Bailey by Atlantic Research Corporation
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Robert M.
Reed: program manager, WHA-TV
(Madison, WI) (1960-1962)
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Ralph W.
Steetle: Associate Dean and Director of Educational Media, Oregon State
System of Higher Education (1960-1974)
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David C.
Stewart: Director, JCET
(1960-1966)
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1961:
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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)
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Educational
Radio Network becomes part of the National
Educational Television and Radio Center
-
Educational
Television Facilities Act is signed into law (May)
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Earle H.
Gillis: Executive secretary, Ohio Educational Television Network Commission:
1962-1970
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Barton
L. Griffith: Board of Directors, National
Association of Educational Broadcasters (1962-1966)
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Presley D.
Holmes:
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Director of Broadcasting, WOUB
(Athens, OH) (1962-1970)
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Research editor, NAEB Journal (1962-1968)
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Raymond
D. Hurlbert: Television Board, National
Association of Educational Broadcasters (1962-1963)
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National Instructional Television Library begins (predecessor of the Agency
for Instructional Technology)
- James L. Loper: Vice President, Community Television of Southern California (1962-1963)
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Robert M.
Reed:
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member of NAEB
TV Planning and TV Advisory Committees (1962-1964)
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founded KHET-TV (Honolulu, HI) - general manager (1962-1969)
- Donald R. Quayle: director, Educational Radio Network (1962-1964)
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Jim Robertson:
Vice President for Network Affairs, National
Educational Television, (1962-1963)
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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
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1963:
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1964:
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Carnegie Commission
on Educational Television is authorized
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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)
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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)
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KCET (Los
Angeles, CA) begins
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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
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David S.
Prowitt becomes Executive Producer at WNET
(1964-1971)
- Donald R. Quayle: executive director, Eastern Educational Network (1964-1968)
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Jim Robertson:
responsible for planning, equipping and constructing KCET
(Los Angeles, CA)
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1965:
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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)
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Educational
Television Stations/Program Service begins as predecessor to Public
Television Library
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Donley F.
Feddersen: Director, WTIU (Indiana University) (1965-1979)
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James Karayn,
Jr: Executive producer, chief, National
Educational Television's Washington bureau (1965-1971)
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James R.
Killian: Chairman, Carnegie
Commission on Educational Television (1965-1967)
- James L. Loper: Assistant general manager, KCET (1965-1966)
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Chalmers
Marquis: Executive director, Educational
Television Service (1965-1970)
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Donald R.
McNeil: Chancellor, University Extension Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
(1965-1968)
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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)
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National Instructional Television Library becomes National Center for School
and College Television (predecessor of the Agency
for Instructional Technology)
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Arthur A. Paul:
program manager, KUAT (Tucson, AZ) (1965-1968)
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Roger Smith
begins career at WTTW
(1965-1967)
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Duane G.
Straub: Associate Director, Public
Television Library, Public
Broadcasting Service (1965-1975)
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Idea for a Western
Educational Network is raised at a Western Radio and Television Conference
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1966:
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Edwin G.
Burrows: Manager, Executive Producer, WUOM/WGVR (1966, 1973-1982)
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Joint Council
on Educational Broadcasting changes name to Joint Council on Educational
Telecommunications
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Luke F. Lamb:
Chair, Standing Network Committee and Network Committee, NAEB
- James L. Loper: Vice president and general manager, KCET
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Maryland Educational and Cultural Broadcasting Commission begins under
state charter: history of Maryland
Public Television
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National
Citizens Committee for Public Television begins
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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)
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Frederick
M. Remley: Chaired Video Tape Recording Committee of the Society of
Motion Picture and Television Engineering (SMPTE) (1966-1970)
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Elizabeth
L. Young: Program Manager, WAMU
(Washington, DC) (1966-1968)
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1967:
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1968:
- Robert D.B. Carlisle: Director of Special Projects, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (1968-1970)
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Children's
Television Workshop begins
- Edwin G. Cohen: Executive Director, National Instructional Television Center (1968-1973)
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Corporation
for Public Broadcasting begins
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John C. Crabbe:
President, Western
Educational Network (1968-1969)
- David M. Davis works for the Ford Foundation's Office of Public Broadcasting (1968-1974)
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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
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Raymond
D. Hurlbert: President, National
Association of Educational Television
- Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications (JCET) starts relying on outside funds, primarily from NASA
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James R.
Killian: Director, Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (1968-1974)
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Luke F. Lamb:
Director, Educational Communications, University Extension, University
of Wisconsin (1968-1972)
- James L. Loper: President, Western Educational Network (1968-1970)
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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
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MPATI:
ceases production and broadcasting, becoming a tape library (1968-1971)
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National Center for School and College Television (NCSCT) becomes National
Instructional Television Center (predecessor of Agency
for Instructional Technology)
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National
Citizens Committee for Public Television changes name to National Citizens
Committee for Broadcasting/National Citizens Committee for Public Broadcasting
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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
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Ralph B.
Rogers: Chair, KERA (Dallas, TX): (c.1968-1972)
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Frank E.
Schooley: Board of Directors, Corporation
of Public Broadcasting: only educational broadcaster
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Roger P. Smith:
Producer, director and writer, WGBH
(1968-1977)
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1969:
- Children's Television Workshop premiers Sesame Street
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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)
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James Day becomes president of National
Educational Television.
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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:
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Donald R.
McNeil: Chancellor, University of Maine System: (1969-1975)
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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)
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NET Television, Inc. distributes programs for PBS
(1969-1973) (history of NET)
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Public Broadcasting
Service begins
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Robert M.
Reed: Executive Director, PBS
Video (1969-1976)
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Gerald Slater:
Project Specialist, Communications, Ford
Foundation (1969-1970)
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David C.
Stewart: Director of Special Projects, Corporation
for Public Broadcasting (1969-1972)
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WHA-TV (Madison,
WI) receives Emmy
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Elizabeth
L. Young:
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