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The National
Educational Telecommunications Association
is a professional association
that serves public television licensees and educational
entities in
all 50 states, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. We connect people
and ideas, by providing quality programming,
educational resources,
professional
development, management support, and national representation.
NETA's history: 1997 - present
SECA: NETA's predecessor organization
1967 - 1997
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Membership
The nonprofit NETA corporation is a membership
organization with 95
members representing 97 public
broadcasting
licensees in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
View a map of
NETA Members
See list of NETA corporate
information documents at left.
Membership in NETA brings benefits:
professional development for member
staff people, the NETA
program service
and education center,
program distribution to every public
television station in the US,
national representation, and information support
across a network of peers.
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Governance
NETA is governed by a board of directors
composed of the general manager or
designee from each member
licensee and an elected representative from each of the seven
professional councils and one elected
representative from the affiliate members. NETA's
unique board structure gives each member's concerns
an equal hearing. In the aggregate, NETA's board represents almost half of the public television licensees.
(FY
2013 NETA Board press release)
| Board Chair |
Becky Magura, WCTE/Cookeville,
Tennessee |
| Vice Chair |
Shae Hopkins, KET/Lexington,
Kentucky |
| Secretary |
Eric Hyyppa, MontanaPBS/Bozeman,
Montana |
| Treasurer |
Jack Galmiche, Nine Network
/ St. Louis, Missouri |
Members at large
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Joe Bruns, WETA /
Arlington, Virginia
JoAnn Urofsky, WUSF/Tampa, Florida |
| Past Chair |
John Harris, Prairie Public Broadcasting,
Fargo, North Dakota |
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Representation
Members of the NETA board of directors and staff represent the interests of NETA members
on all public
broadcasting boards and committees.
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Other Activities & Services
NETA also administers other activities, organizations, and consortia in support of the public
broadcasting
industry:
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The
NETA Business Center saves
licensee staff time and money by handling payroll, employee benefits,
audit preparation,
and CPB-AFR filing. Their services are available to any public media
organization.
(Business Center Web)
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NETA Consulting,
formed in
2003, provides executive search, management services and more to public
broadcasting. The
company, headed by Judy (Stone) Weaver and Eric C. Smith, has a roster of
veteran
consultants. (Link to NETA Consulting)
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The
Organization of State
Broadcasting Executives
(OSBE), formally organized in 1986, is an interstate
collaborative composed of CEOs of public television agencies licensed to individual
states, working on
common concerns, and pooling resources for the common good.
(Link to OSBE)
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The Public Television
Affinity Group Coalition (AGC) is, as its name
implies, an association of groups
working together to advance public television service.
The Small Station Association, the Major Market
Group, the Beta group (which represents stations in
overlapped markets), OSBE and NETA are Coalition
members. The Joint Licensee group, the University
Licensees group and representatives
of APTS, CPB, and
PBS take part as well. (PTV-AGC Web)
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NETA is
headquartered in Columbia, SC. Come visit. |
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