BBC, American Style

(This Is A Sequel To "ITV, American Style")

Soon After USTV Goes On The Air, An Non-Commercial Television Network Was Planned

& In The Year 1952 "National Public Television" Was On The Air

With An Mix Of Entertainment & Educational Programs, NPT Was An Perfect Rival to the "USTV" Network

After 1952, several NPT Regional Networks begin transmission one network at a time, they were made by the very same companies who made some of the programs that were seen on NPT

New York City-NYPB (New York Public Broadcasting)-New York Public Television
New England:
Eastern New England (pretty much Metro Boston, SE Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands, southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island)-EPB (Eastern Public Broadcasting)-Eastern Public Television
Western New England (Connecticut and Western Massachusetts)-WPB (Western Public Broadcasting)-Western Public Television
Vermont/Northern & Central New Hampshire-CPB (Central Public Broadcasting)-Central Public Television
Maine-MPB (Maine Public Broadcasting)-Maine Public Television
Great Lakes-LPB (Lakes Public Broadcasting)-Lakes Public Television
Middle Atlantic-MAPB (Mid-Atlantic Public Broadcasting)-Mid-Atlantic Public Television
Southeast-SEPB (SouthEastern Public Broadcasting)-SouthEastern Public Television
Northern Plains-NPPB (Northern Plains Public Broadcasting)-Northern Plains Public Television
Southwest-SWPB (SouthWestern Public Broadcasting)-SouthWestern Public Television
Rocky Mountain-MPB (Mountain Public Television)-Mountain Public Television
West Coast-WCPB (West Coast Public Television)-West Coast Public Television

With The Growth Of 12 Regional Channels The Main "NPT" Channel Became "Channel One"

In 1953, NPT Also Joined Forces With ABC To Form The Public News Service "PNS"

In 1969 NPT Started An Second National Network Entitled "NET" (National Educational Television)
As An Result, "Channel One" Became "APT" (American Public Television)

In July 4, 1976 To celebrate The USA's 200th Birthday, NPT Creates It's First Cable Network Called "C-SPAN"

In July 10, 1978 PNS Become WNS (World News Service) With The 10:00 PM Premiere Of "World News Tonight With Frank Reynolds"

And As Of 1978 NPT Has:

National Public Television

2 National Networks
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NPT/Channel One/APT (1952- )
NET (1969- )

12 Regional Networks
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New York City-NYPB-New York Public Television
New England:
Eastern New England (pretty much Metro Boston, SE Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands, southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island)-EPB-Eastern Public Television
Western New England (Connecticut and Western Massachusetts)-WPB-Western Public Television
Vermont/Northern & Central New Hampshire-CPB-Central Public Television
Maine-MPB-Maine Public Television
Great Lakes-LPB-Lakes Public Television
Middle Atlantic-MAPB-Mid-Atlantic Public Television
Southeast-SEPB-SouthEastern Public Television
Northern Plains-NPPB-Northern Plains Public Television
Southwest-SWPB-SouthWestern Public Television
Rocky Mountain-MPB-Mountain Public Television
West Coast-WCPB-West Coast Public Television

1 National News Service
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Public News Service/World News Service-ABC (1953- )

1 Cable Network
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C-SPAN (1976- )
 
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Interesting.

So I'm assuming that the different "Public Television" channels are the regional programmes produced by the various companies?

Also, you don't need a generic "National Public Television" thing in there. The first channel could be called, IMO, something either like "American Public Television" or "Channel One". You could even reuse the "National Educational Television" (or "NET" for short) name and have the channels named NET1 and NET2. Or, even better - have ABC and NPT merge under the ABC name, but as a non-commercial public broadcaster (NET could be used for the second channel, and "ABC Television" for the first channel; or ABC1 for the first channel and ABC2 for the second channel). In that scenario, "ABC News" would be used for the news division; however, you do not need to go OTL with the name of the newscast. For example, how about making the flagship newscast at 10:00 PM? Or, try another name for "World News Tonight" - for example, the "Daily News" (calque from the German Tagesschau, meaning "Daily Review"), "Today Tonight", etc.

From here, you could have some possibilities. For example, if the usage of satellite to transmit television programming is as per OTL, you could have an earlier version of C-SPAN operated by NPT.

Just my 2 cents.
 
What effect might this have on sports broadcasting? I'm not an expert on the early history, but having more competition earlier must've made easier the national broadcast of less popular sports like basketball and football. Clearly they'd make time for baseball, but add in hockey and that's a lot of air time devoted to several different sports.

Of course the seasons are staggered. But maybe budgeting is a problem? Or maybe they just choose not to pick up broadcasts of these less popular games. Just wondering. If this has any effect at all it could lead to a longer dominance for baseball.
 
Interesting.

So I'm assuming that the different "Public Television" channels are the regional programmes produced by the various companies?

Also, you don't need a generic "National Public Television" thing in there. The first channel could be called, IMO, something either like "American Public Television" or "Channel One". You could even reuse the "National Educational Television" (or "NET" for short) name and have the channels named NET1 and NET2. Or, even better - have ABC and NPT merge under the ABC name, but as a non-commercial public broadcaster (NET could be used for the second channel, and "ABC Television" for the first channel; or ABC1 for the first channel and ABC2 for the second channel). In that scenario, "ABC News" would be used for the news division; however, you do not need to go OTL with the name of the newscast. For example, how about making the flagship newscast at 10:00 PM? Or, try another name for "World News Tonight" - for example, the "Daily News" (calque from the German Tagesschau, meaning "Daily Review"), "Today Tonight", etc.

From here, you could have some possibilities. For example, if the usage of satellite to transmit television programming is as per OTL, you could have an earlier version of C-SPAN operated by NPT.

Just my 2 cents.

1. Yes (the different "Public Television" channels are the regional programmes produced by the various companies)

2. See Above For Some Changes
 
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