Connecticut Public Television
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| Founded | October 1, 1962 |
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| Registration no. | CRR00000000000173297 |
| Purpose | Public Broadcasting for Connecticut |
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Key people
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Jerry Franklin (CEO) Meg Sakellarides Mokoski (CFO) |
| Subsidiaries | CPTV Learning Lab |
| Website | www |
Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) is the PBS member network for the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is owned by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, who also owns the state's National Public Radio member, Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR). Together, the television and radio stations make up the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network. CPBN is the state's only locally owned media organization producing TV, radio, print and Internet content for distribution to Connecticut's wide-ranging and diverse communities. The broadcasting company is led by Jerry Franklin, President of CPTV. The organizational structure of CPTV also includes a Board of Trustees.
The network's first station, WEDH in Hartford, signed on in 1962, airing broadcasts in "black and white" at the Trinity College Library. It was the fourth educational television station in New England, following WGBH-TV in Boston, WENH-TV in Durham, New Hampshire (now part of New Hampshire Public Television), and WCBB in Augusta, Maine (now part of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network). Originally a member of National Educational Television, it joined PBS in 1969. Originally known as Connecticut Educational Television, it became Connecticut Public Television in 1984.
CPTV remained based on rented space at Trinity College until selling its headquarters back to the school for $10 million in 2002. In 2004, CPTV moved to a state-of-the-art facility on Asylum Avenue in the Asylum Hill neighborhood of Hartford. The infrastructure of CPTV was eventually upgraded through a partnership with Sony Systems Integration Center (SIC), which enabled the delivery of HD quality telecommunications to subscribers. In the 1990s, a "volunteer of the week" program was offered.
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