Philanthropy-funded audio program distributor in the US, forerunner to NPR
The National Educational Radio Network (NERN) was a means of distributing radio programs in the United States between 1961 and 1970. With funding from the Ford Foundation (who also funded the National Educational Television and Radio Center (who later spun off its radio assets)), the network began broadcasting on six radio stations on April 3, 1961.[1]
Prior to the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the NERN had commissioned a study by Herman W. Land to assess the history of and future possibilities for educational radio. The publication and circulation of this study helped to jumpstart lobbying to include radio in the act, which was ultimately successful.[3]
References
↑Michael P. McCauley, NPR: The Trials and Triumphs of National Public Radio (Columbia University Press, 2005) p. 17
↑Seattler, Paul (2004). The evolution of American educational technology. Information Age Publishing Inc. pp.217ff. ISBN1-59311-139-8.
