(This page and the sections that follow are dedicated to the memory of William Rice of Howell, NJ. William's numerous contributions in the way of content, video and knowledge helped make these pages as impressive as they are.)
PLEASE NOTE - Many AIT Classic Programs can be order directly from AIT - here is the link: http://www.ait.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=11&osCsid=45c29923da089397c84fcb6002c56c51
AIT (National Instructional Television) which produced many shows airing on TVO and PBS comprised of many State Educational Contributions - below are the logos of the networks that aided
(Maryland ITV is now defunct)
(I have information from a representative
of EFC; he explained that, prior to founding EFC in 1976, those mavens of Northern
Virginia worked out of local public television station WNVT. (That station still
exists, in the guise of "MHz Networks.") That is why programs such
as "Inside/Out" and "Bread & Butterflies" were labeled
as "produced by WNVT, Northern Virginia Educational Television."
Another contributor to AIT consortia shows of the 70s was KETC in St. Louis.
This was the station that introduced "The Letter People" to TV three
decades ago.
WVIZ Cleveland and CET/Cincinnati
AIT produced several shows - some are listed below - click on the logo for more info:
Soon to be adding the following:
Teletales
Up Close & Natural
Using Maps, Globes and Charts
Well, Well, Well (with Slim Goodbody)
PLEASE NOTE - Many AIT Classic Programs can be order directly from AIT - here is the link: http://www.ait.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=11&osCsid=45c29923da089397c84fcb6002c56c51
Thanks to Robert R. I have been provided a list of other PBS shows that aired in this era. At this time I only have the names of the shows, but no further details (15 minutes unless noted). Here are the list of shows: Umbrella, Gather Around, Environments, Song Bag, Word Shop, Butterflies, Art Starts, About Safety, Making Music, Stories, Let's Sing, Explorers, Truly American, Draw Man, Wordsmith, Art Cart, Bioscope, Raisin' Up, Of Nature, Music & Me, In Harmony, Search, Eat Well, Stories, Why in the World, Life Around Us (30 min), Medix (30 min), Naturalists (30 min), Freestyle (30 min), Tarheels (30 min), Footsteps (30 min), Feeling Free (30 min)
The writer and producer of many of these shows was Thom Eberhardt:
Not all shows made it to air - here's an image from a program that was shelved:
Other credits to Thom Eberhardt include:
Humanities through the Arts (1978)
ThinkAbout (1979)
Understanding Human Behavoir (1981)
Here is a scan of a book from 1967. The writes of the book The National Center for School and College Television, was the pre-cursor to what would give way to AIT around 1973.
A big thank you to William Rice who provided all the footage and written content for this page.