For 14 years, the industry joke goes, National Educational Television has been little more than a pony-express system, delivering its programs by stages. Beginning next week, NET will leave the ...

In 1951, as chair of the Joint Committee on Educational Television, the St. Louis businessman envisioned that TV could be “the most powerful instrument for education ever invented.” The committee ...

National Educational Television was born on May 16, 1954 and was a non-profit effort to bring educational programs to the masses. The network was not sustainable as such and was transformed into ...

That same year, a precursor to PBS called National Educational Television, backed by the Ford Foundation, was born. There were many other interesting educational projects in these early days.

The show debuted nationally on Feb. 19, 1968, on National Education Television, or NET. The network would eventually become Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS. "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" was ...

National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970 Subject of Rep. Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015 Paul O'Dwyer, Irish American, 1907 - 1998 Lester Maddox, American, 1915 - 2003 Caption This ...

National Educational Television was born on May 16, 1954 and was a non-profit effort to bring educational programs to the masses. The network was not sustainable as such and was transformed into ...