A majority of public TV stations voted to create the National Forum for Public Television Executives (the CEO Forum) at a Convention of Stations in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 5, 1997.
The forum had been created in an extended process by a committee called the Core Working Group, initially appointed by America’s Public Television Stations (APTS).
The Case for Change (draft), May 1997
Questions & answers about the process of creating the Forum (“Countdown 97”), drafted by the Core Working Group, 1997
Charter (as amended) for the National Forum for Public Television Executives, Nov. 5, 1997
Convention of Stations Summary of Votes, Nov. 5, 1997
Participants: Core Working Group, Circle of Advisors, BMR Associates
Background documents of academic interest
Phase 1: Overview of Conclusions and Their Implications, October 1996
Phase 2: The Search for Paradigms, June 1997
Second Draft (superceded) Recommendations of Core Working Group, Sept. 5, 1997
Source: Countdown 97, the Core Working Group’s web site, now largely stored at this site.