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1961
- The North Dakota Legislature appropriates $50,000 for educational television.
1963
- KFME signs on as the first educational television station in North Dakota.
- Twenty-three school systems participate in North Central Council for School Television.
- Clair Tettemer is hired as general manager, the first employee.
1965
- KFME begins production of its first program, a 60-hour English Literature course for Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.
1967
- KFME begins broadcasting programs in color via videotape, becoming one of a handful of educational stations to have color videotape facilities.
- The local Prairie Public Television production "Children of the Dark" wins awards from the Broadcast Industry Conference and the Institute for Education through Television and Radio.
- The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 is signed by President Johnson, creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1968
- The Western North Dakota Public Television Association is formed.
1969
- The North Dakota Educational Broadcasting Council is established.
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KFME's first staff included (clockwise from left) Dr. Clair Tettemer, general manager; Mrs. Marvin Koeplin, bookkeeper; Bonnie Vastag, promotion director; and Mary Winistorfer, secretary; 1964
Fred Rogers and Josie Carey in 1954 on the set of "The Children's Corner," an award-winning series they co-created.
1969 - This Prairie Public Television fund drive was broadcast from what had been the old Moorhead Post Office - now The Rourke Art Gallersy Museum.
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