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- ↑ "ThinkTV, CET form Public Media Connect Inc". Cincinnati Business Courier. Cincinnati, Ohio: American City Business Journals. 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "About CET". CETConnect. Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
CET's legal name is Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation
- ↑ "ThinkTV and CET to Form New Regional Company Public Media Connect, Inc" (Press release). Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation and Greater Dayton Public Television. 2009-05-08. Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- ↑ Kiesewetter, John (2010-07-19). "Merger cuts CET jobs". The Cincinnati Enquirer . Gannett Company . Retrieved 2010-07-20.
Five full-time positions, including both master control operators, have been eliminated by CET. ... Starting last weekend, CET's signal was being sent from Dayton to the station here, and then to the Fairview Heights tower and Time Warner cable, employees say.