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NET (National Educational Television) was a former major educational and public TV network, founded in early 1952 and incorporated in November of that year. Among their original affiliates were [[WNET]] 13 New York, [[KCET]] 28 Los Angeles, [[GBH|WGBH]] 2 Boston, [[WQED]] 13 Pittsburgh, [[WETA]] 26 Washington D.C., [[KUHT]] 8 Houston, [[KERA-TV|KERA]] 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth, [[WYES]] 12 New Orleans, and various others. Originating from The Educational Television and Radio Center from 1952-1959, and later The National Educational Television and Radio Center from 1959 to 1962, when the radio portion was dropped. [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] succeeded NET in 1970, due to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation pulling its funding. It merged with WNDT to become the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the parent company of WNET, in 1972. | NET (National Educational Television) was a former major educational and public TV network, founded in early 1952 and incorporated in November of that year. Among their original affiliates were [[WNET]] 13 New York, [[KCET]] 28 Los Angeles, [[GBH|WGBH]] 2 Boston, [[WQED]] 13 Pittsburgh, [[WETA]] 26 Washington D.C., [[KUHT]] 8 Houston, [[KERA-TV|KERA]] 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth, [[WYES]] 12 New Orleans, and various others. Originating from The Educational Television and Radio Center from 1952-1959, and later The National Educational Television and Radio Center from 1959 to 1962, when the radio portion was dropped. [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] succeeded NET in 1970, due to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation pulling its funding. It merged with WNDT to become the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the parent company of WNET, in 1972. | ||
===1st Logo ( | ===1st Logo (1954-1955)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On ''Parents and Dr. Spock'', over the ending theme, a male announcer says, "From WQED, First in community television." After the WQED credit fades out, he then says, "This is National Educational Television." | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On ''Parents and Dr. Spock'', over the ending theme, a male announcer says, "From WQED, First in community television." After the WQED credit fades out, he then says, "This is National Educational Television." | ||
'''Availability:''' This logo appears on ''Window Watchers'' and showed up three times on ''Because of You: 50 Years of Channel 9''. Also seen on ''Parents and Dr. Spock''. | '''Availability:''' This logo appears on ''Window Watchers'' and showed up three times on ''Because of You: 50 Years of Channel 9''. Also seen on ''Parents and Dr. Spock'' and ''Children's Corner''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is an exciting look back at the very early years of what would become PBS, despite being ordinary. It was back when it was a limited service for distributing educational films produced by local stations nationally. | '''Editor's Note:''' This logo is an exciting look back at the very early years of what would become PBS, despite being ordinary. It was back when it was a limited service for distributing educational films produced by local stations nationally. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Just an announcer saying "This is National Educational Television." The still variant uses a different announcer. Another variant features the announcer saying "Educational Television and Radio Center" when the ETRC card pops up, for both opening and closing variants. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Just an announcer saying "This is National Educational Television." The still variant uses a different announcer. Another variant features the announcer saying "Educational Television and Radio Center" when the ETRC card pops up, for both opening and closing variants. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. The animated variant can be seen on most programs from 1955-early 1958 on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. This also appeared on the 50th anniversary special for KVIE in Sacramento. The still variant can be found on ''The Born Criminal'', ''The Exceptional Child: Blind'', and ''On The Shoulder Of Giants''. The variant with the announcer saying "Educational Television and Radio Center" can be spotted on ''Religions of Man''. The inverted variant appears on KUHT-TV's ''Mexicana''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' One of the first NET logos to feature animation, albeit limited. | '''Editor's Note:''' One of the first NET logos to feature animation, albeit limited. | ||
===3rd Logo (October 24, 1957- | ===3rd Logo (October 24, 1957-1959)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, we see a white circle with "'''NET'''" in the Futura Bold font written in black. | '''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, we see a white circle with "'''NET'''" in the Futura Bold font written in black. | ||
''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*A variant where the background is black, and the circle is black with a white outline, exists. | |||
*An opening variant exists on ''Decision: The Constitution in Action'', with no announcer. | |||
*On ''Ordeal by Fire: Comet of Fire'', the closing theme of the episode is played as the credits fade into the logo. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Just an announcer saying, "This is National Educational Television." | '''Music/Sounds:''' Just an announcer saying, "This is National Educational Television." | ||
'''Availability:''' This logo appears on ''Search for America'', ''Community of the Condemned'', ''The Exceptional Child'', ''The Criminal Man'', ''Sense of Poetry'', and ''Ordeal by Fire''. The inverted variant appears on ''From Capitol Hill''. The opening variant appears on ''Decision: The Constitution in Action''. This logo can also be seen on ''Discovery at the Brookfield Zoo'', formerly available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives website. | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. This logo appears on ''Search for America'', ''Community of the Condemned'', ''Sing Hi, Sing Lo'', ''The Exceptional Child'', episodes 10-28 of ''The Criminal Man'', ''Sense of Poetry'', and ''Ordeal by Fire''. The inverted variant appears on ''From Capitol Hill''. The opening variant appears on ''Decision: The Constitution in Action''. This logo can also be seen on ''Discovery at the Brookfield Zoo'', formerly available for viewing on the Museum of Broadcast Communications Archives website. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the program, along with the announcer saying. “This is National Educational Television.” | '''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the program, along with the announcer saying. “This is National Educational Television.” | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Ten For Survival''. The inverted variant appears on | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on ''Ten For Survival''. The inverted variant appears on ''The Subject is Jazz: Swing''. Both productions are in collaboration with NBC. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo appears to have been used for NBC co-productions since all of its appearances (as discovered so far) have been on such. | '''Editor's Note:''' This logo appears to have been used for NBC co-productions since all of its appearances (as discovered so far) have been on such. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the program. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the program. | ||
'''Availability:''' This was recently rediscovered on an episode of ''The Subject is Jazz'', titled “Performance”. It is currently unknown if this logo appeared on any other program. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. This was recently rediscovered on an episode of ''The Subject is Jazz'', titled “Performance”. It is currently unknown if this logo appeared on any other program. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is an oddity, as this logo's existence was practically unknown until Kennedy Center Education Digital Learning uploaded ''The Subject is Jazz: Performance'' on October 29, 2018. Its similarity to the NBC "Chimes" logo may or may not be a coincidence, as ''The Subject is Jazz'' was a co-production with NBC. | |||
===6th Logo (October 1959-November 20, 1960)=== | |||
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'''Nicknames:''' "NET in a House", "The NET House" | '''Nicknames:''' "NET in a House", "The NET House" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, we see an early version of the NET House logo, which is a black house with the letters "'''NET'''" inside and an antenna on the roof. Unlike other house logos, the "T" isn't connected to the roof. | '''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|gray|gray}} background, we see an early version of the NET House logo, which is a black house with the letters "'''NET'''" inside in a wide font and an antenna on the roof. Unlike other house logos, the "T" isn't connected to the roof. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' An announcer says either "This is National Educational Television" or "This is N-E-T, National Educational Television." | '''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' An announcer says either "This is National Educational Television" or "This is N-E-T, National Educational Television." | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Rare. It appears on ''That Free Men May Live'', ''Aaron Copland Meets the Soviet Composers'', and ''The American Mind''. The logo can also be seen on episodes 101-106, 108, and 203 on ''Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt'', available for viewing on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. It can also be seen on ''Anatomy of a Revolution''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''': An introduction of the iconic house motif, marking the start of | '''Editor's Note:''': An introduction of the iconic house motif, marking the start of NET's recognizable association with said logo/motif. However, this is most likely a prototype/placeholder logo as the design does seem rough. | ||
===7th Logo (April 17, 1960- | ===7th Logo (April 17, 1960-November 1964)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Until October 1962, an announcer (Edward R. Murrow) said, "This is National Educational Television." | '''Music/Sounds:''' Until October 1962, an announcer (Edward R. Murrow) said, "This is National Educational Television." | ||
* An alternate version of the logo featured the announcer saying, "This is N-E-T, National Educational Television." It is unknown what year this began being used, but it outlived its predecessor, being used until | * A rare version of the logo had background smooth and colored entirely {{Font color|dimgray|dark gray}}. | ||
* An alternate version of the logo featured the announcer saying, "This is N-E-T, National Educational Television." It is unknown what year this began being used, but it outlived its predecessor, being used until November 1964, when it was replaced with the "Dancing Birdcage" logo. | |||
* Another variant has a V/O which says, "This is N-E-T, the National Educational Television network." | * Another variant has a V/O which says, "This is N-E-T, the National Educational Television network." | ||
* An inverted variant appears on a 1960s episode of ''Perspectives''. In the same episode, an opening variant (also inverted) appears with the text reading "NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION presents PERSPECTIVES", replacing the NET House logo while the static background is retained. | * An inverted variant appears on a 1960s episode of ''Perspectives''. In the same episode, an opening variant (also inverted) appears with the text reading "NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION presents PERSPECTIVES", replacing the NET House logo while the static background is retained. | ||
*There is a extremely rare variant | *There is a extremely rare opening variant with the announcer saying "Produced for the National Educational Television and Radio Center". | ||
'''Availability:''' Common, appeared on most AAPB programs by NET during the period. The smooth variant first appeared on ''Conversation with Dean Rusk'' and last appeared on ''Of Broccoli and Pelicans and Celery and Seals''. This logo also appears on ''Pathfinders''. | |||
=== | '''Editor's Note:''' An introduction of the iconic house motif, marking the start of the most recognizable NET logo. While it is not as widely remembered as the later logos and future PBS logos, this is one of the first to be recognized more widely than the previous logos. | ||
===8th Logo (''What's New?'' Variant) (1961-1970)=== | |||
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=== | ===9th Logo (''Perspectives'' variant) (1962)=== | ||
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=== | ===10th logo (November 1964-June 1967)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. This can also be seen on over 45+ programs available for viewing on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. The tail end can be seen early on in ''Mr. Soul!''. | '''Availability:''' Common. This can also be seen on over 45+ programs available for viewing on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. The tail end can be seen early on in ''Mr. Soul!''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' | '''Editor's Note:''' One of the most recognizable NET logos, only rivaling the 1960-1964 house logo and the latter house logo. | ||
===12th logo ( | ===12th logo (June 1967-November? 1970)=== | ||
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