Educational Television Stations was a division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), created at the association's 1963 convention in the

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. The new division had the following responsibilities: * Activation and development of new

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stations. * Representation of stations before government and private agencies. * Compilation of data regarding fund-raising activities. * Facilitating personnel training and placement programs. * Holding regional and national conferences * Establishment of an educational television (ETV) program library service – formed the Educational Television Stations Program Service in 1965 Educational Television Stations merged with the newly reorganized

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(PBS) in 1973.

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