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Events that began in 1967 led the Ford Foundation to change its stance and push for a WNDT-NET merger. The newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting (created by an act of the United States Congress) initially supported NET's network role, while providing government funding for programming. But that move was followed two years later by ...
WNDT's call sign was changed to WNET on October 1, 1970, as the station and NET's merger was completed. [12] On October 5, PBS began network broadcasting. NET ceased to operate as a network from that point, although some NET-branded programming, such as NET Journal and NET Playhouse remained part of the PBS schedule (now produced by WNET) until ...
WNDT-CD (channel 14) is a Class A television station in New York City, affiliated with First Nations Experience (FNX). Owned by The WNET Group, it is sister to the city's two PBS member stations— Newark, New Jersey –licensed WNET (channel 13) and Garden City, New York –licensed WLIW (channel 21)—and Class A station WMBQ-CD (channel 46).
By ensuring National Educational Television's subordination to the Washington-based PBS through the merger of NET with New York City's WNDT (and including a $2 million Ford Foundation grant to bolster the station's local programming), Friendly reluctantly placated members of the Nixon administration who perceived NET as a propagandistic front ...
September 12, 1968. (September 12, 1968) –. March 7, 1973. (March 7, 1973) Soul! (also stylized in uppercase [1][2]) is a performance/ variety television program that showcased African American music, dance and literature in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [3] It was produced by New York City public television station WNDT (later rebranded as ...
Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company. 7 December 1895: Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company Limited is incorporated with initial stock capital of $50,000 at $100 per share, with 93 percent held by Bell Canada [5] March 24, 1896: The first general stockholders meeting. December 1899: Bell Telephone Company of Canada buys a cabling ...
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968 as Entercom Communications Corp., it is the second largest radio company in the United States, owning over 220 radio stations across 47 media markets. [3] In November 2017, the company merged with CBS Radio. The transaction was structured as an ...
Murugappa Group is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1900 by A. M. Murugappa Chettiar. [3][4] The Group has 29 businesses including 10 companies listed on the NSE and the BSE. [5][1] Headquartered in Chennai, the major companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal, Cholamandalam Financial Holdings, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance ...