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Encyclopedia > William F. Baker

Dr. William F. Baker has been the Chief Executive of the Educational Broadcasting Corporation since 1987. The EBC is the parent company of PBS station's WLIW and flagship PBS station WNET/Thirteen. Baker recieved his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D degrees from Case Western Reserve University. On October 2005 Baker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... WLIW is a Long Island PBS affiliate that serves the New York City area. ... WNET (Thirteen/WNET) is an American television station licensed by the FCC to serve Newark, New Jersey. ... Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It was formed in 1967 by the federation of Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1880 by philanthropist Leonard Case Jr. ... The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...


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  • WNET Official Biography
  • "Dr. William F. Baker, Chief Executive of Educational Broadcasting Corporation, to Be Inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences" September 27, 2005 Forbes
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