Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. The CPB was created on
November 7,
1967 when President
Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. CPB initially collaborated with the pre-existing
National Educational Television network, but in
1969 decided to start its own network,
PBS. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting provides some funding for the
Public Broadcasting System and
National Public Radio.