New Jersey Network
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Collection Summary
The New Jersey Network (NJN) collection showcases thousands of programs and segments covering over five decades of New Jersey public television. Thanks to ongoing contributions, the collection continues to expand and will eventually include approximately 25,000 items.
Historically one of the largest producers of local content in public broadcasting, New Jersey public television has a rich and diverse history. Programs in the collection cover New Jersey public, governmental, cultural, and historic affairs, such as gubernatorial and senate debates, and coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. More than 1,600 of the programs available online are from New Jersey Nightly News, This thirty-minute series, acclaimed for its in-depth local news coverage and reporting, is one of the few daily news programs to air on public television.
The collection also showcases more than 150 episodes available online from Images/Imágenes, an Emmy Award-winning series created to educate viewers on the history, needs, achievements, and culture of diverse Hispanic/Latino communities. Originally titled Mi Casa Su Casa, the series was broadcast from 1972 to 2011 and revived in 2019, making it one of the longest-running Latino programs on the air. Other noteworthy series in the collection are State of the Arts, a weekly local program featuring New Jersey’s creative personalities, and Due Process, an Emmy Award-winning legal public affairs program. Additional series include Public Affairs, On the Record, Around and About New Jersey, Made in New Jersey, New Jersey Outdoors, and New Jersey Tonight. The collection also contains raw footage of many New Jersey locations and landmarks.
Collection Background
New Jersey Network (NJN) was a network of public radio and television stations serving residents of the state of New Jersey and surrounding areas from 1981 to 2011. WNJT, the first of four New Jersey PBS stations that eventually made up NJN, went on the air in 1971, followed in 1972 by WNJS, and in 1973 by WNJN and WNJB. The state-owned stations were operated by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (NJPBA), first under the name New Jersey Public Television and later as New Jersey Network, or NJN.
Following a restructuring in 2011, NJN relaunched as NJTV. In 2021, the network rebranded as NJ PBS. The NJPBA began contributing programming to the AAPB in 2014.
