Educational Television Stations
Encyclopedia
Educational Television Stations was a division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters
(NAEB), created at the association's 1963 convention in the United States
. The new division had the following responsibilities:
Educational Television Stations merged with the newly reorganized Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) in 1973.
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
The National Association of Educational Broadcasters was founded as the Association of College University Broadcasting Stations on November 12, 1925....
(NAEB), created at the association's 1963 convention in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The new division had the following responsibilities:
- Activation and development of new educational televisionEducational televisionEducational television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that is often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access ...
stations. - Representation of stations before government and private agencies.
- Compilation of data regarding fund-raising activities.
- Facilitating personnel training and placement programs.
- Holding regional and national conferences
- Establishment of an educational television (ETV) program library service – formed the Educational Television Stations Program Service in 1965
Educational Television Stations merged with the newly reorganized Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) in 1973.