Kentucky Educational Television (KET)
KET is the commonwealth's public television network, and is the largest PBS network in the nation. KET took the air in 1968 after a generous gift from Ashland Oil founder Paul Blazer. In addition to the PBS schedule, KET now airs programming aimed at local audiences and educational series used by some colleges in Kentucky as telecourses.
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