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between 1961 and 1970. With funding from the

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, the network began broadcasting on six radio stations on April 3, 1961. A forerunner was formed in 1925 as the

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, then renamed the

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in 1934. In 1951 a grant from the

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enabled the network to become the "(NAEB) Tape Network", based at the

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. NAEB Tape Network became part of the National Educational Radio Network in 1963. As a result of the

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NERN became part of

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in 1970.

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NERN Creative Mind and Method Series
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History at U. Wisconsin
* Edwin G. Burrows helped to charter the NERN
His papers
at the

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