Week Three of #PubMedia50: Educational Television

A Month-long Celebration of the Public Broadcasting Act’s 50^thAnniversary

Two weeks ago we started our month-long commemoration of the 50^thanniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson on November 7, 1967. We’re joining in with other public broadcasters and organizations such as PBS, NPR, CPB and APTS to celebrate this momentous milestone in our history.

We learned so much from participating archives and we look forward to this coming week’s theme: Educational Television!

The goal of each challenge is to engage in community, discover histories, share those stories with the public, and start dialogues. Get the theme beforehand by contacting our Engagement and Use Manager, Ryn Marchese at ryn_marchese@wgbh.org, or check out our social pages on Mondays!

You can tune-in to the campaign by posting on Thursdays! We invite public broadcasting organizations, museums, archives, libraries, historians, public media fans, and other cultural organizations to personalize #PubMedia50 and share the stories in your own holdings and memories.

As for us, we’ll be posting content from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting every day. Don’t miss a beat and let us know what you think!

See you there!

Week 3 | Post content on November 16th (Th): Educational Television

What are some of your favorite series or programs? What are the earliest programs that your station produced? Who were some of the first producers at your station? Which early series are most representative of the formats and genres created during the early years of public broadcasting? Which ones are still pertinent? What records or content related to early educational programming do you maintain in your archives? How has educational television evolved since its formation? What series are most representative of early educational television in the United States?

To get started:

Example Tweets:

“We’re teaming up with @amarchivepub and #PubMedia50 stations to celebrate #PubMedia! Join in and share your history & content!”

“We’re joining @amarchivepub in celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act at #PubMedia50!”

Instagram/Facebook Post:

To commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the signing of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, we’ll be posting content to celebrate the history and preservation of public broadcasting! Teaming up with @amarchivepub, #PubMedia50 stations, academics, and community members we’ll have a new #PubMedia50 theme each week. Join the conversation by tagging your post with #PubMedia50.