In 1919 professors at the University of Wisconsin started an novice radio station, turning into the first licensed radio station devoted to educational broadcasting. Soon after, entry to higher education was again expanded by way of the invention of the tv; giving birth to what was known as the telecourse. The University of Iowa began to experiment with television for educational purposes within the Thirties. It was not till the Fifties, when the FCC began to reserve television frequencies for academic purposes, that telecourses caught the eye of the general public. The worth of television for education was furthered by the institution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1967.
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