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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Nebraska Public Media is the statewide network of [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] and NPR affiliates in Nebraska. It was previously known as Nebraska ETV until 2004 and as Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) from 2004 to May 15, 2021. In 1976, Nebraska Public Media (then Nebraska ETV) was infamously involved in a dispute with [[NBC National IDs|NBC]] regarding their trapezoid "N" logo introduced in 1976, which was identical to Nebraska ETV's logo except for the coloring.<ref>1</ref> | Nebraska Public Media is the statewide network of [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] and NPR affiliates in Nebraska. It was previously known as Nebraska ETV until 2004 and as Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) from 2004 to May 15, 2021. In 1976, Nebraska Public Media (then Nebraska ETV) was infamously involved in a dispute with [[NBC National IDs|NBC]] regarding their trapezoid "N" logo introduced in 1976, which was identical to Nebraska ETV's logo except for the coloring.<ref>1</ref> The dispute ended out of court with NBC giving Nebraska ETV between $25,000 and $60,000 to keep the logo and for ETV to design a new one; even so, the fact of the matter is that much more comical due to the original Nebraska ETV logo only costing $100 to design. | ||
Prior to 1980, Nebraska Public Media-produced programs were identified by in-credit text. | Prior to 1980, Nebraska Public Media-produced programs were identified by in-credit text. | ||
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===4th Logo (January 1, 1991-2004 | ===4th Logo (January 1, 1991- December 2004)=== | ||
'''Nickname:''' "The Red N III", "The Cordovan N II", "The Nebraska N IV" | '''Nickname:''' "The Red N III", "The Cordovan N II", "The Nebraska N IV" | ||
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'''Variants:''' There was an alternate station identifier that went as NET¹. | '''Variants:''' There was an alternate station identifier that went as NET¹ to differentiate between alternate channels. Other varieties seen on station lists included another tag line reading “Nebraska’s PBS and NPR Stations”, with the PBS logo sometimes inserted into the line. | ||
'''Editor’s Note:''' Design was completed and announced in the last quarter of 2004 to prepare viewers of the rebrand. The logo was shown in announcement bumpers but not officially used until January 2005. | '''Editor’s Note:''' Design was completed and announced in the last quarter of 2004 to prepare viewers of the rebrand. The logo was shown in announcement bumpers but not officially used until January 2005. | ||