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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''National Educational Television''' ('''NET''') was an American educational and public television 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, [[KQED]] 9 San Francisco, [[WQED]] 13 Pittsburgh, [[WETA]] 26 Washington D.C., [[KUHT]] 8 Houston, [[KERA-TV|KERA]] 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth, and [[WYES]] 12 New Orleans. It was originally named The Educational Television and Radio Center, a name it used until 1959, when it was renamed The National Educational Television and Radio Center; the radio portion was dropped in 1962. [[ | '''National Educational Television''' ('''NET''') was an American educational and public television 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, [[KQED]] 9 San Francisco, [[WQED]] 13 Pittsburgh, [[WETA]] 26 Washington D.C., [[KUHT]] 8 Houston, [[KERA-TV|KERA]] 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth, and [[WYES]] 12 New Orleans. It was originally named The Educational Television and Radio Center, a name it used until 1959, when it was renamed The National Educational Television and Radio Center; the radio portion was dropped in 1962. [[PBS]] succeeded NET in 1970, the result of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation having pulled funding for NET. It merged with WNDT to become the Educational Broadcasting Corporation, the parent company of WNET, in 1972. | ||
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'''Availability:''' 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''. | '''Availability:''' 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''. | ||
'''Legacy:''' 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 [[ | '''Legacy:''' 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)=== | ===8th Logo (''What's New?'' Variant) (1961-1970)=== | ||
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*The B&W 1967 logo made an appearance on the VHS release of ''Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers'', but has been cut from TV rebroadcasts of the documentary since 2003. | *The B&W 1967 logo made an appearance on the VHS release of ''Our Neighbor, Fred Rogers'', but has been cut from TV rebroadcasts of the documentary since 2003. | ||
*It can be seen on several shows available for viewing at The Paley Center for Media, including the series premiere episodes of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (1967 version, B&W), ''Black Journal'' (1967 version, color), and ''Sesame Street'' (1968 version, color). | *It can be seen on several shows available for viewing at The Paley Center for Media, including the series premiere episodes of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' (1967 version, B&W), ''Black Journal'' (1967 version, color), and ''Sesame Street'' (1968 version, color). | ||
*Though the videocassette release of the ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' episode "Death of a Goldfish" plasters the standard version of the 1968 logo with the 1971 [[ | *Though the videocassette release of the ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' episode "Death of a Goldfish" plasters the standard version of the 1968 logo with the 1971 [[PBS]] logo, the show's in-credit variant remains. | ||
*The 1968 opening and closing versions can also be seen on the ''Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2'' DVD set on the test pilot episode. | *The 1968 opening and closing versions can also be seen on the ''Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2'' DVD set on the test pilot episode. | ||
*The 1968 closing version can be found on a handful of 1969-70 ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' episodes on Twitch (most plaster it with the 1971 PBS logo), as well as early on in the documentary ''Mr. Soul!''. | *The 1968 closing version can be found on a handful of 1969-70 ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' episodes on Twitch (most plaster it with the 1971 PBS logo), as well as early on in the documentary ''Mr. Soul!''. | ||