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NJTV is a PBS member network serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority and operated by WNET.org, the latter being the parent company of New York City's flagship public television stations, Newark-licensed WNET (channel 13) and Garden City-licensed WLIW (channel 21). WNET.org runs NJTV through a subsidiary nonprofit organization, Public Media NJ. NJTV's operations are based in Englewood, New Jersey.〔Staff (undated) ("Home page" ). NJTV. Retrieved November 8, 2012. "NJTV, PO Box 5776, Englewood, NJ 07631".〕 Its anchor studio is located at Gateway Center in Newark.〔http://www.njtvonline.org/njtv-pressroom/2015/05/28/new-jersey-public-television-inaugurates-new-agnes-varis-njtv-studio-in-newark-with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/〕 Master control and some internal operations are based at WNET's studios in the Worldwide Plaza complex in Manhattan. NJTV airs PBS programming along with producing and broadcasting its own programs, mostly relating to issues in New Jersey. NJTV is the successor to New Jersey Network (NJN), the state-controlled public television and radio service. NJN ceased operations on June 30, 2011, with Public Media NJ taking control of the former NJN television stations the following day. ==Overview== The seeds which led to the eventual formation of NJTV were planted in 2008, when officials with the New Jersey Network asked the New Jersey Legislature for permission to explore the possibility of making NJN a community licensee owned by its fundraising arm, the NJN Foundation.〔Behrens, Steve (May 12, 2008). ("With Its State Aid Shrinking, NJN Asks for Independence" ). ''Current''.〕 However, on June 6, 2011, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who vowed to end state-funded public broadcasting upon taking office in 2010, announced an agreement to turn control of the NJN television network to WNET. As part of the deal, WNET.org created Public Media NJ as a separate New Jersey-based nonprofit to operate the stations.〔Press release (June 6, 2011). ("Gov. Christie Selects WNET for NJN Takeover" ). NJN (via WMGM-TV).〕 This is somewhat ironic, since NJN was created in part due to concerns WNET wasn't adequately serving the New Jersey side of its coverage area. Although WNET is licensed to Newark, for all intents and purposes it is a New York City station. Under the terms of the deal, Public Media NJ would operate the stations for a five-year period, with two additional five-year renewable options. The New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority would retain the licenses, while Public Media NJ would receive funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and all revenues related to the former NJN technical operations. The measure was defeated by the state Assembly on June 23. The state Senate, however, passed the resolution on June 27, allowing Public Media NJ to take over NJN's television operations as scheduled on July 1, 2011. All members of NJN automatically became members of NJTV. Caucus Educational Corporation, a nonprofit producer of New Jersey-focused public affairs programs, is under contract with Public Media NJ to provide original programming for NJTV. Caucus productions, ''Caucus: New Jersey'', ''New Jersey Capitol Report'' and ''One-on-One with Steve Adubato'' were inherited by NJTV from NJN. NJTV produces ''NJTV News'', which airs weeknights in the timeslots previously occupied by ''NJN News''. Veteran journalist Mary Alice Williams is the program's anchor. ''NJTV News'' is produced at the Agnes Varis studio in Gateway Center in Newark. On July 26, 2011, NJTV announced a partnership with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting (formerly the NJN Foundation) to jointly fund and create additional public affairs programming. NJTV and the Foundation merged in September 2012. 29-year New Jersey Network veteran Michael Aron, the system's news director at its closure and a former member of the Foundation's board, revived his former NJN programs ''Reporters Roundtable'' and ''On the Record'' on NJTV, and also appears on ''NJTV News'' as its chief political correspondent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NJTV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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