February 2nd, 1999: Noggin launches as the newest purely preschooler/elementary schooler channel. Of course we'd still have the Nick Jr. programming block, but an entire channel that's JUST for the little kiddos? At the time, unheard of! Not even Disney had that yet (mind you, this was at least....13ish years before Disney Junior and about 6 years before Universal Kids [formerly PBS Kids Sprout]. So talk about a trail blazer!).