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Association of Independents in Radio (AIR) Bylaws
These bylaws were approved, Nov. 15, 1988, when AIR was incorporated as a nonprofit in New York. ARTICLE ONE: MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Membership A.I.R. shall ...Affinity Group Coalition, Mission and Principles, 2004
The Public Television Affinity Group Coalition adopted its statement of Mission and Principles in February 2004. RESOLUTION Whereas, representatives and staff of the Major ...Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future, 1998
Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters Final Report, Dec. 18, 1998 a.k.a. PIAC or the Gore Commission See PDF of full report; sections ...Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (nearly original)
Public Law 90-129, 90th Congress, November 7, 1967 (as amended to April 26, 1968) Enacted less than 10 months after the report of ...Pacifica Foundation By-laws, 1955
Pacifica began operation of its first and flagship station, KPFA in Berkeley, Calif., April 15, 1949. These are early bylaws of the ...Independent producers’ open letter to PBS, March 2012
Independent producer Kartemquin Films posted this petition online to arrange more favorable scheduling than Thursday nights for the indie showcases POV and Independent Lens. See also <Current coverage. ...Alvarado as he exits: ‘Change cannot be a complaint’
"... The architecture of public media has to be reimagined immediately or the millennials will build their own parallel universe separate from ...CPB will seek operator to develop American Archive; director leaves project
Having lost its digital projects fund last year, CPB lacks the money to develop the American Archive much further, according to Mark ...Moyers calls for a convention to remake system
Bill Moyers, in a speech to public TV program execs in Memphis Nov. 10 [2011], compared today’s public broadcasting system to the ...Bill Moyers’ full remarks at APT Fall Marketplace, Nov. 10, 2011
I can’t tell you how glad I am to be here. Or maybe I can. Last Friday, after filming in Washington for ...PBS Editorial Standards and Policies as of June 2011
The Public Broadcasting Service (“PBS”) is committed to serving the public interest by providing content of the highest quality that enriches the ...Fanning quotes Friendly: public TV’s greatest right is to ‘rock the boat’ with journalism
In 2011, as partisan critics attacked NPR, Frontline chief David Fanning urged public media to specialize in strong journalism. Fanning, who was accepting ...Public Media Association: NPR and APTS form ‘unified’ lobbying effort during NPR’s troubles, February 2011
Memos to public radio stations’ Authorized Representatives (AReps) from NPR and APTS about the Public Media Alliance, a new combined TV and ...CPB charters a single ombudsman
CPB’s website, as of February 2013, carries this document, “Revised February 1, 2011,” redefining the assignment of its ombudsman. Kenneth Tomlinson, past ...Leaders of Obama’s deficit panel advise: Drop CPB by 2015
Among the 58 possible federal budget savings recommended by the vice chairs of the president’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ...
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