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Pacifica Foundation By-Laws, 1999
These are the bylaws of the governing body of Pacifica Radio, originally adopted Sept. 30, 1961, with revisions through Feb. 28, 1999. ...Bylaws of National Public Radio Inc., 1999
These bylaws include all amendments through Jan. 20, 1999. See also original NPR bylaws from 1970. ARTICLE I – OFFICES 1.1 Principal Office. ...An Age of Kings: an import becomes public TV’s first hit
It was public TV's first unqualified national success, a smash hit. Before Masterpiece Theatre, American Playhouse or Hollywood Television Theatre, there was ...“The Public Interest Standard in Television Broadcasting”
In 1998, the Clinton administration’s so-called Gore Commission reviewed the “public interest” basis of federal broadcasting law as part of its report ...FCC Notice on DBS Public Interest Obligations, November 1998
Before the FCC 98-307 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Implementation of Section 25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection ...Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Educational Applicants, 1998
In 1998, the FCC addressed a longtime gap in its set of procedures with this rulemaking proposal. See the resulting April 2000 ...Show me a better deal than public TV
Two years after the CPB funding crisis began to subside, public TV’s assigned public-policy representative, the president of America’s Public Television Stations ...Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) Bylaws, 1998
These are the bylaws of APTS, as of June 1998, a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation that represents public TV in Washington. ...Fred Friendly: ‘a tough man but, my God, full of ideas’
Fred W. Friendly, the legendary CBS News producer who tried to bring innovation to public TV in the 1960s and later developed ...FCC notice to WTTW of fines for underwriting violations, 1997
In 1997, the FCC fined Chicago public TV station WTTW for violating commission standards for underwriting credits (Current coverage). More than two years ...After all we’ve done, think how much more we can do
In his keynote address at the PBS Annual Meeting, June 22, 1997, David McCullough celebrated the value of history, the joy of ...PTV Weekend proposal by Lawrence Grossman, 1997
In May 1997, former PBS President Lawrence K. Grossman put forth results of a study backed by the Markle Foundation. He proposed ...KQED made its mark by making programs
San Francisco’s KQED-TV remains one of the most-watched public TV stations in the country, but, in the 1980s and ’90s it suffered under ...‘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 ...A ragtime pianist shows public TV how to have fun
Max Morath reminded America about a largely forgotten part of its musical legacy, but beyond that achievement of mass education, the musician also ...
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