NET - National Educational Television

I remember NET well. Where U grew up the one NET television station was on the air only part time, often off air for long stretches of the afternoon and late evening. I don't believe they broadcast much after 10PM on weeknights. It was somewhat borderline experimental, as was its successor network, PBS, but while PBS found itself (so to speak) NET never did. They lacked the funds and the high quality programming.

Also, while literally educational they didn't always make learning fun. In my elementary school we often had a big TV set wheeled into the classroom to learn French from a show called The 21 Inch Classroom. It was not, as a rule, kid friendly, and most children (the ones I knew) resented even a teacher's suggestion to watch something on NET, which was "tantamount" to homework by another name.

Also, NET was, to the best of my recollection, always black and white. I don't believe they had the funds to broadcasr in color.