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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created on November 7, 1967, when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.The new organization initially collaborated with the National Educational Television network—which would be replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Underwriting credit pods must appear at the end of the program and may appear at the beginning. In news and public affairs programs, and in all programs on PBS since 2009, underwriting credits must be included in both places. The end underwriting pod can be either before or after the program's production credits; if an underwriting pod is ...
All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source. [15] PBS has over 350 member television stations, [16] many owned by educational institutions, nonprofit groups both independent or affiliated with one particular local public school district or collegiate ...
PBS' incorporation coincided with the merger of NET's New York City station, Newark, New Jersey-licensed WNDT (which became WNET), into National Educational Television, the impetus of which was to continue receiving funding by Ford and the CPB. PBS also took over the rights to certain programs that originated on NET prior to its ...
On July 30, 2017, PBS Kids and WGBH announced that Ruff Ruffman along with his two assistants Blossom and Chet will be making a comeback in a new digital series called The Ruff Ruffman Show, where they answer questions from real kids, take on challenges and learns the value of perseverance—all while modeling science inquiry skills. The ...
The Woodwright's Shop was an American traditional woodworking show hosted by master carpenter Roy Underhill and airing on television network PBS. It is one of the longest running how-to shows on PBS, with 36 13-episode seasons produced. The show debuted as a local program in 1979, and the show went national in 1980.
ITVS was established through legislation by the United States Congress in 1988, [5] [6] “to expand the diversity and innovativeness of programming available to public broadcasting,” [7] and began funding new programming via production licensing agreements [8] in 1990. From 2005-2010, it expanded its reach through the creation of the Global ...
Elinor (voiced by Markeda McKay) – A white bunny girl with an inquisitive nature and a sweet personality. Ari (voiced by Wyatt White in season 1, and Athan Giazitzidis in season 2) – A funny, imaginative light brown bat boy who lives in a hollow boulder, and is one of Elinor's best friends.