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When you get the go-ahead for educational television
who will deliver the picture?
"In the Hagerstown experiment, we found we could rely on the local Bell Telephone Company's facilities and know-how to put the highest quality
picture in our classrooms. ' ''°''ert F. Lesher-Coordinator of Washington County, Maryland,
Closed-Circuit Educational Television Project
In June, 1956, the Washington County. Maryland, School Board gave the go-ahead for the first countywide educational television system in the nation.
"We were prepared to handle the construction and operation of the studio and classroom facilities," said ETV Coordinator Bob Lesher, "but not to set up and maintain a multi-channel, closed-circuit transmission system that would connect them. This required equipment and technical know-how we didn't have on hand or have time to develop.
Servicing by Bell Telephone engineers assures trouble-free signal in Hagerstown schools at all times.
"The Bell Telephone people right here in Hagerstown had both. By securing television channels and equipment from them and using their trained personnel, we avoided construction, engineering and rightof-way problems. And we knew we could rely on the telephone company's service and maintenance and be assured of highest quality signal transmission."
The Hagerstown experiment, with Bell System engineers continuing to deliver the picture, has grown to a permanent network of six channels reaching 18,900 students in 44 schools.
Out of their experience with this and several other educational TV systems, the Bell Telephone System has developed a new. low-cost transmission service that meets the specific needs of educational television in school areas of every size. It's available through the Bell Telephone Company in your community. Call the Manager of the local office. He'll give you full information on this service and show you how it can be adapted to your ETV plans.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide— August, 1962
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