1971

• Masterpiece Theatre debuts.
• Kentucky Higher Education Consortium established.
• Friends of KET incorporated.

1973

• KET broadcasts Watergate hearings.

1974

• KET’s Comment on Kentucky premieres with host Al Smith.

1975

• KET’s first GED series begins national distribution.
• KET expands broadcasting to seven days a week.

1976

• The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (later NewsHour) premieres.
• Universe & I becomes KET’s first nationally distributed ITV series.