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Jerrold Sandler, key advocate for public radio funding, dies at 64
The man who led the campaign to make educational radio eligible for federal aid, Jerrold Sandler, died Feb. 24 [1995] at age ...Lawson, Grant depart PBS; program direction unclear
“When you basically cut the legs out under the gang that’s gotten you to this point, this has to mean something,” said a ...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 ...Commentaries from prison nixed, but —
NPR’s decisions to air, and then not to air, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death-row commentaries might yet take another turn. The network is committed ...Ervin Duggan hired from FCC to lead PBS
As PBS’s fourth president, FCC member Ervin S. Duggan, 54, will take the lead of public TV at a time when momentous ...At reunion, early leaders of public broadcasting express pride about past, concern for future
The man who put New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on the radio, reading the comics during a newspaper strike — M.S. “Morrie” ...Scholar comes from Right to diagnose public TV
A scholar working with the right-wing Heritage Foundation is looking into ways to improve public TV, privatizing it if necessary. Laurence Jarvik, ...ITVS taps first head: John Schott
The Independent Television Service, the organization established by Congress to distribute $6 million in production grants to independent television producers, has selected ...
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