The National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) was a US organization of broadcasters with aims to share or coordinate educational programmes. It was founded as the Association of college and University Broadcasting Stations (ACUBS) in 1925 as a result of ''Fourth National Radio Conference'', held by the

U.S. Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for busin ...

.Saettler, L. P. (1990). The evolution of American educational technology. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1990. It was primarily a "program idea exchange" with 25 members that occasionally attempted to rebroadcast programs shared between them. The original constitution for the organization read: ::"Believing that radio is in its very nature one of the most important factors in our national and international welfare, we, the representatives of the institutions of higher learning, engaged in educational broadcasting, do associate ourselves together to promote, by mutual cooperation and united effort, the dissemination of knowledge to the end that both the technical and educational feature of broadcasting may be extended to all."Original Constitution of Association of College and University Broadcasting Stations ACUBS held its first annual conference July 1 and 2 1930 in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

joining with the Institution of Education by Radio. In September 1934, the organization rewrote its constitution, and changed its name from the Association of College University Broadcasting Stations (ACUBS) to the "National Association of Educational Broadcasters." In 1938, NAEB persuaded the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

to reserve five radio channels for educational broadcasting. In 1945 the FCC reserved five of the 40 channels in new high-frequency band for

Non-commercial educational A non-commercial educational station (NCE station) is a radio station or television station that does not accept on-air advertisements (TV ads or radio ads), as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and was or ...

stations. There were initially planned to be AM services; however, they eventually manifested as FM ones. NAEB merged with the Association of Education by Radio-Television in 1956. It was reorganized in 1963 with two new divisions,

Educational Television Stations Educational Television Stations was a division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), created at the association's 1963 convention in the United States. The new division had the following responsibilities: * Activation and ...

and National Educational Radio. These divisions lasted until 1973, when they were diminished. Their roles were taken over by

Public Broadcasting Service The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educati ...

(PBS) and

Association of Public Radio Stations The Association of Public Radio Stations was a radio network in the United States from 1973 to 1977. It was formed on May 24, 1973, becoming the main public radio representative to federal agencies and Congress. In 1977 it merged with National Pub ...

(APRS) respectively.Engelman, R. (1996). Public radio and television in America a political history. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. The APRS became the "Washington lobby and public relations arm of CPB-qualified radio stations." The APRS merged with

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...

(NPR) in 1977, which allowed NPR to provide "leadership of a full-fledged membership organization providing member stations with training, program promotion and management, and representing the interests of public radio stations before Congress, the FCC and other regulatory organizations."Soundscapes: The Evolution and Challenges of National Public Radio. (Fall 2006). Carnegie Results Before this merger, NPR was "largely a production and distribution center," so the merger was influential in making NPR what it is today. Until it folded in 1981, NAEB was public broadcasting's primary voice, forum and program distributor.

References

External links

National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) audio tapes
as well as the papers of Executive directo
Robert A. Mott
and researcher and membe
Warren F. Seibert
can be found at the

University of Maryland Libraries The University of Maryland Libraries is the largest university library in the Washington, D.C. - Baltimore area. The university's library system includes eight libraries: six are located on the College Park campus, while the Severn Library, an of ...

.
Public Radio's First Program Distribution Network Born at WNYC
{{Authority control Public broadcasting in the United States 1925 establishments in the United States 1981 disestablishments in the United States Radio organizations in the United States Television organizations in the United States Educational broadcasting

See also

References

Further reading

External links