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November 1 , 1954
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''Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission''
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NET (1954-1970)
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('''NET''') is a statewide
Public Broadcasting network of
Radio and
Television stations in the state of
Nebraska , based out of
Lincoln . The network is operated by the '''Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission''', which owns the license for all but one station in the network. The license of the network's flagship station, '''KUON-TV''' in Lincoln, is owned by the
University Of Nebraska-Lincoln .
The network is headquartered in the Terry M. Carpenter Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Center in downtown Lincoln, and also operates a studio in
Omaha .
Nebraska was one of the first states in the nation to begin the groundwork for educational broadcasting. The
University Of Nebraska successfully applied to have channel 18 in Lincoln allocated for educational use in
1951 .
However, in
1954 ,
John Fetzer , owner of
KOLN-TV , offered to donate his station's old channel location on channel 12 (it had recently moved to channel 10) to NU. This allowed UNL to use more signal at less cost. UNL quickly jumped at this proposal, and KUON-TV went on the air on
November 1 from KOLN-TV's studios. It was operated in trust for NU until
1956 . In
1960 , the Nebraska Council for Educational Television was created by six school districts in Nebraska. By 1961, 5 VHF and 3 UHF channels were allocated for educational use in Nebraska --the largest set ever approved for educational use in a single state. In
1963 , the state legislature, per a committee's recommendation, approved plans for a statewide educational television network under the control of the Nebraska Educational Television Commission. A deal was quickly reached in which Lincoln's KUON-TV would remain under the ownership of UNL, but serve as the new network's flagship.
In
1965 , KLNE-TV in
Lexington became the first station in the new network, followed a few months later by KYNE-TV in Omaha. The network grew quickly; six stations signed on from
1966 to
1968 to complete the network. It began a full seven-day schedule in
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In 1975,
NBC unveiled a new logo that was an exact copy of the Nebraska ETV logo. The commission sued NBC for trademark infringement, a suit which generated national attention. In an out-of-court settlement, NBC donated a color mobile unit and other equipment totaling over $800,000. NBC paid an additional $55,000 to reimburse the commission for the costs of eliminating the old logo from all advertising. Nebraska ETV's new logo was unveiled in
1976 .
The Educational Television Commission had its mission broadened to radio in
1984 , but it was
1989 before it could begin the groundwork for building a radio network. That year, Lincoln's NPR member station, KUCV (on the air since
1974 ), was transfered from
Union College to UNL.
In
1990 , public radio stations opened in Alliance, Lexington, Columbus, Norfolk and Hastings. North Platte, Bassett, Merriman and Chadron followed in
1991 . The entire Nebraska Public Radio Network (NPRN) was formally dedicated on October 8 in a special ceremony, broadcasted live on NPRN and NETV.
The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Facilities Corporation was established to facilitate lease/purchase of the GTE SpaceNet 3 transponder.
A
CPB study, ''Study of School use of Television and Video'', found ''Reading Rainbow'' to be the most used and viewed children's television program in America during the 1990-1991 school year.
There are nine full-power analog broadcast stations in the network:
The network also has 14 low-power repeater signals.
NET Radio is governed by the NET Commission and the NET Foundation for Radio Board. It is comprised of all of the NPR member stations in the state except for KIOS in Omaha.
There are nine full-power stations in the network:
The network also has five low-power repeater signals.
The digital channels of NET's main stations are multiplexed:
