Author: Karen Everhart
Having ‘done the job,’ Carlson will depart CPB
Richard Carlson, a Republican credited with defending public broadcasting from attacks by members of his party, announced Jan. 24 that he will ...‘It just feels like hearts coming out of my head’
What do viewers and listeners have to say about public broadcasting’s purposes? You can work backward from their letters and calls to ...Station coffers gain from advances in the pledging arts
For the second year in a row, spring pledge revenues are up for public broadcasting stations around the country.The gains are a ...Job description: watch your step, make magic
PBS’s chief program executive is a high-profile job that comes with a salary cap, a heavy workload and no excess of resources. ...House leader demands a plan; Senate backs higher numbers
Having emerged from the first 100 days of the 104th Congress with most of its advance funding intact, public broadcasting is entering ...‘Tell them Newt asked you to help’
Fundraising pitches by House Speaker Newt Gingrich drew unprecedented media coverage and helped to boost March pledge receipts at WPBA, Atlanta, home-town ...Pressler stocking up on ammunition
An inquiry by Sen. Larry Pressler last week put public broadcasters on notice that they face hostile scrutiny during Senate consideration of ...Orlando Bagwell: History-teller takes his craft into new realm
In many ways, Orlando Bagwell’s work announced his arrival as a notable creative talent years ago, when he and a handful of ...Goal for Ready to Learn: engage kids and parents
On July 11, PBS begins beaming its long-anticipated Ready to Learn service to 11 pilot stations, embarking on what planners acknowledge will ...FDR defenders enlist TV critics to refute Holocaust film
Weeks before the debut of an American Experience film on the U.S. response to the Holocaust, defenders of President Franklin Roosevelt undertook a quiet ...With ‘Tales of the City,” public TV earns extremes of scorn and praise
With issues of censorship, decency and sexual mores swirling around it, 'Tales of the City' generated quite a few tales of its ...Does public TV get a big enough piece of Barney?
While earning the adulation of the nation's toddlers, the six-foot dinosaur with his own PBS show has received an adverse response from ...Review finds factual flaws in ‘The Liberators’
After a seven-month investigation of the factual accuracy of ”Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II,” WNET announced Sept. 7, ...Twentieth Century Fund panel seeks more federal aid for PTV, but would halt CPB grants ...
With the warning that public television must “reinvent itself” if it is to “meet the needs of the American public in the ...Advocates of free time for candidates are many — those who try it are few
Though the 1988 campaign prompted many calls for television networks to let candidates talk directly to the voters, candidates again this season ...
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