Smithsonian Productions.

"Smithsonian Productions was a division of the Smithsonian Institution that created and managed electronic media. It was dedicated to sharing the vast world of the Smithsonian with millions in the United States and abroad through quality television documentaries, radio programming, home video, and educational media products. Smithsonian Productions collaborated with major national and international organizations, private corporations, and broadcast networks. These partnerships brought additional resources to each production and, together with successful marketing strategies, enable Smithsonian programming to be viewed on television, heard on radio, purchased in museum and other retail shops, and seen on the World Wide Web"--from the Smithsonian Institution website.

From the description of Black radio : telling it like it was, circa 1920s-1997, bulk 1991-1995. (Indiana University Archives of African American Music & Culture). WorldCat record id: 696806192

From the guide to the Black Radio : Telling It Like It Was, circa 1920s-1997, bulk 1991-1995, (Indiana University, Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc)

Smithsonian Productions was first established as the Office of Telecommunications in 1976. Before that time, the Office of Public Information, then the Office of Public Affairs coordinated productions. In 1996 it became Smithsonian Productions, reporting to the Smithsonian Press. In 1998 Smithsonian Productions again assumed independent status. The office was the video, audio and multimedia production center for the Smithsonian Institution. Its Directors have been Nazaret Cherkezian, 1976-1986, and, after a vacancy in 1987, Paul B. Johnson, 1988-2002. The office was abolished in February 2002.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Agency History. Record 226870