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Signing of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Signing of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967

The act established a federal framework and funding mechanism for noncommercial broadcasting that enabled the later development of PBS and NPR and expanded public educational media in the United States.

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