The show aimed “to help children learn to live together in appreciation of the common humanity of different peoples.”
Programs/Content
‘Eyes on the Prize’ producer Henry Hampton reflects on how to serve ‘a nation immersed in turmoil’
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“We must help rebuild … the faith that most Americans have always had in their future and their ability to share in the American dream,” the filmmaker said in a 1992 keynote at the PBS Annual Meeting.
History of public media
After 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
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NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How the Works Progress Administration played a critical role in WNYC’s history
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The New York station may not have survived the Great Depression without help from the federal government.
History of public media
New exhibit takes visitors behind the scenes of Maryland Public Television’s 50-year history
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Videos, photos and memorabilia from MPT’s past programming are on display at the University of Maryland.
About Public Media
Current Crossword: ‘Tribute’
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We can’t tell you much about our latest crossword, other than: Give it a try!
History of public media
With help from Peter Rabbit and fairy princesses, a pioneering educator showed how radio could teach
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During his 35 years at Indiana State Teachers College — now Indiana State University — Clarence “Doc” Morgan also trained scores of future broadcasters.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Looking back on the lesser-known histories of ‘Chicano Public Radio’
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A group of bilingual radio stations founded in the late 1970s “helped distinguish Spanish-language and bilingual broadcasting as a form of advocacy.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How France’s national broadcaster bolstered U.S. public radio in its formative years
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From the 1940s to the 1970s, dozens of U.S. public radio stations featured French cultural programming that “let us know that the French people like us and vice versa.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
In 1970, riots and tear gas couldn’t sideline Ohio’s WOSU — but its licensee’s president did
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“The tone of operations was business as usual in virtually every sense despite the strong waves of tear gas through the building.”
About Public Media
Try our first pubmedia-themed crossword puzzle
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Look out, Will Shortz, there’s a new puzzle master in town.
A DJ looks back on 50 years on jazz radio in the nation’s capital
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Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he’s still at it.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
‘The World Is Yours’: How the travelogue shaped early public broadcasting
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The globetrotting quality of public media is neither new nor politically neutral and has roots in the earliest days of American broadcasting.
History of public media
Read this shockingly prescient 1970 mission statement for the precursor to NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’
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In a previously unpublished grant application, NPR founding father Bill Siemering proposed a show on WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y., “growing out of the need for cross-cultural communication and capitalizing on the unique characteristics of public radio.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
The survival of public broadcasting’s legacy has long been part of its mission
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The National Public Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland reflect an inherent dedication to preservation.
History of public media
How President Johnson set the stage for passage of the Public Broadcasting Act
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Only eight months after LBJ called on lawmakers to support his bill creating CPB, the measure passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
History of public media
Early gay radio group donates collection to public broadcasting archives
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Gays & Lesbians in Public Radio, which was active from the late 1980s to the mid-’90s, was a small but dedicated group.
About Public Media
Drop the stuffy presentation style for classical radio and the format will thrive
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To the Editors,
I read Ben Mook’s Feb. 11 piece about the de-commercialization of classical radio with a mixture of sadness and muted happiness. The fact that the attrition has slowed is indeed a positive, but the stubborn misconception that classical music cannot be a successful commercial radio format is simply wrong and quite depressing. The problem lies not in the music — for, indeed, properly programmed classical music on the radio has been, and can be, commercially viable — but in the music-academy approach to presentation that dooms any attempt to draw in new listeners. Classical music can be day-parted and made accessible, probably more so than almost any other genre of music.
Public Media Policybase
CPB appropriations by year
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This is CPB’s account of its history of annual appropriations since its founding in more than 40 years ago. Figures shown represent millions of dollars (for example, $5.0 = $5 million). More recent figures may be posted by CPB. Fiscal Year
Admin. Request
House Allocation
Senate Allocation
Appropriation
1969
$9.0
(b)
$6.0
$5.0
1970
$15.0
(b)
$15.0
$15.0
1971
$22.0
(b)
$27.0
$23.0
1972
$35.0
$35.0
$35.0
$35.0
1973
$45.0
$45.0
$45.0
$35.0
1974
$45.0
(b)
$55.0
$50.0
1975
$60.0
$60.0
$65.0
$62.0
1976
$70.0
$78.5
$78.5
$78.5
TQ (a)
$17.0
$17.5
$17.5
$17.5
1977
$70.0
$96.7
$103.0
$103.0
1978
$80.0
$107.1
$121.1
$119.2
1979
$90.0
$120.2
$140.0
$120.2
1980
$120.0
$145.0
$172.0
$152.0
1981
$162.0
$162.0
$162.0
$162.0
1982
$172.0
$172.0
$172.0
$172.0
1983
$172.0
$172.0
$172.0
$137.0
1984
$110.0
$110.0
$130.0
$137.5
1985
$85.0
$130.0
$130.0
$150.5
1986
$75.0
$130.0
$130.0
$159.5
1987
$186.0
(b)
$238.0
$200.0
1988
$214.0
(b)
$214.0
$214.0
1989
$214.0
$214.0
$238.0
$228.0
1990
$214.0
$238.0
$248.0
$229.4
1991
$214.0
(b)
$245.0
$245.0
1992
$242.1
$242.1
$260.0
$251.1
1993
$259.6
$259.6
$275.0
$259.6
1994
$260.0
$253.3
$284.0
$275.0
1995
$275.0
$271.6
$310.0
$285.6
1996
$292.6
$292.6
$320.0
$275.0
1997
$292.6
(b)
$330.0
$260.0
1998
$296.4
$240.0
$260.0
$250.0
1999
$275.0
$250.0
$250.0
$250.0
2000
$325.0
$300.0
$300.0
$300.0
2001
$340.0
$340.0
$340.0
$340.0
2002
$350.0
$340.0
$350.0
$350.0
2003
$365.0
$365.0
$365.0
$362.8
2004
(c)
$365.0
$395.0
$377.8
2005
(c)
$380.0
$395.0
$386.8
2006
(c) (d)
$335.0
$400.0
$396.0
2007
(c) (d)
$400.0
$400.0
$400.0
2008
(c) (d)
$400.0
$400.0
$393.0
2009
(c) (d)
none
$400.0
$400.0
2010
(c) (d)
$420.0
$420.0
$420.0
2011
(c)
$430.0
$430.0
$429.1
2012
$440.0
$440.0
$450.0
$444.1
2013
$460.0
$460.0
$460.0
$445.0
2014
$451.0
none
$445.0
$445.0
Notes
(a) Transition Quarter funding, during which federal budget year changed from July to September.
History of public media
At 90, pubradio pioneer upholds a literary tradition
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Decades ago, Karl Schmidt occupied himself by staging elaborate award-winning works of theater for radio broadcast. At 90, he’s still weaving compelling stories on the air, but he’s down to a troupe of just one actor — himself.