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''"NET" redirects here. For the PBS affiliate in Nebraska currently using the same acronym, see [[Nebraska ETV]]'' | ''"NET" redirects here. For the PBS affiliate in Nebraska currently using the same acronym, see [[Nebraska ETV]]'' | ||
=== Background === | ===Background=== | ||
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. | ||
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'''Note:''' The first four images are the regular variants. The fifth image is a ''Black Journal'' variant. The sixth and seventh images are the ''Mister Rogers'' variants, and the last image is the copyright version. | '''Note:''' The first four images are the regular variants. The fifth image is a ''Black Journal'' variant. The sixth and seventh images are the ''Mister Rogers'' variants, and the last image is the copyright version. | ||