Robert H. Ellis appointed General Manager. KAET receives its first area Emmy Award for 300 hours of local programming. 1965 Used transmitter is replaced with KAET's first new one.
Station is off the air for two months for installation.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is set into law and the Community Service Grant is invented. 1968 Studio color cameras purchased. KAET receives Arizona Education Association School Bell Award. 1973 KAET moves to Stauffer Hall B-Wing from the ASU Engineering Center. Trailer offices are left behind.