History & Origin

The NLCC was established in 1975 at Los Angeles public television station KCET to serve a community need for Latino programming. Known then as the Latino Consortium, its primary activity was syndicating Latino programming to public television stations throughout the country. In the fall of 1991, after a two year transition planning process, the NLCC became an autonomous nonprofit organization.

In the sixteen years prior to its incorporation, the NLCC established itself as a recognized presence in public television and as the single largest supplier of Latino programming for public television. Since its inception, it has packaged and distributed more than 600 hours of Latino themed programming to PBS stations, most as part of two former series--PRESENTE! and VISTAS.