National Educational Television

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nonprofit organization television network

National Educational Television was a U.S. nonprofit educational television network that operated from the 1950s to 1970 and laid the groundwork for what became the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
National Educational Television and Radio Center 1
National Educational Television, Inc. 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nonprofit organization ⓘ
television network ⓘ
abbreviation NETRC ⓘ
affiliationType network of affiliated local stations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Educational Television ⓘ
surface form: National Educational Television and Radio Center
broadcastArea United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
broadcastFormat analog television ⓘ
ceasedOperationsReason reorganization of U.S. public television into PBS ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1970 ⓘ
distributionModel syndication to member stations ⓘ
distributionTechnology microwave and coaxial cable interconnection ⓘ
fundingSource Corporation for Public Broadcasting ⓘ
Ford Foundation ⓘ
genre educational television ⓘ
governance board of directors ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1952 ⓘ
industry television broadcasting ⓘ
influenced development of public broadcasting in the United States ⓘ
laidGroundworkFor PBS ⓘ
surface form: Public Broadcasting Service
language English ⓘ
legalForm nonprofit corporation ⓘ
mission to provide educational and cultural television programming ⓘ
networkType interconnected network of member stations ⓘ
nonprofitStatus nonprofit ⓘ
notableProgram Black Journal ⓘ
Firing Line ⓘ
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ
surface form: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

NET Journal ⓘ
The Great American Dream Machine ⓘ
operatedBy National Educational Television self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Educational Television, Inc.
operationalPeriod 1950s–1970 ⓘ
ownershipStructure noncommercial ⓘ
predecessor Educational Television and Radio Center ⓘ
primaryContentType noncommercial programming ⓘ
primaryMedium television ⓘ
programmingFocus cultural programming ⓘ
educational programming ⓘ
public affairs programming ⓘ
regulatoryContext noncommercial educational television ⓘ
roleInHistory precursor to PBS ⓘ
serviceType over-the-air broadcasting ⓘ
shortName NET ⓘ
stateOfHeadquarters New York ⓘ
successor PBS ⓘ
surface form: Public Broadcasting Service
targetAudience general public ⓘ
students ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Educational Television → alsoKnownAs → National Educational Television ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Small World Enterprises → collaboratedWith → National Educational Television ⓘ
National Educational Television → operatedBy → National Educational Television self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Educational Television, Inc.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood → originalNetwork → National Educational Television ⓘ
Sesame Street → originalNetwork → National Educational Television ⓘ
The French Chef → originalNetwork → National Educational Television ⓘ
Won't You Be My Neighbor? → originalNetwork → National Educational Television ⓘ
PBS → predecessor → National Educational Television ⓘ