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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 ...
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 ...
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).
The early history of television in the United States, particularly between 1956 and 1986, was dominated by the Big Three television networks: the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The term fourth television network was used within the industry during this ...
Given the merger of the two networks to create The CW (as well as the eventual launch of MyNetworkTV and the proliferation of digital subchannels), the scope of the realignment caused the largest single shakeup in American broadcast television since the Fox/New World Communications alliance of 1994, which preceded the subsequent launches of UPN ...
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 ...
WLIW (channel 21) is a secondary PBS member television station licensed to Garden City, New York, United States, serving the New York City television market.It is owned by The WNET Group alongside the area's primary PBS member, Newark, New Jersey–licensed WNET (channel 13); two Class A stations, WNDT-CD (channel 14) and WMBQ-CD (channel 46, which shares spectrum with WLIW); and WLIW-FM (88.3 ...