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National Forum for Public Television Executives: Q&A on creation
As public TV’s Core Working Group worked to build consensus around creation of the Forum in 1997, it published this Q&A, both ...National Forum for Public Television Executives
A majority of public TV stations voted to create the National Forum for Public Television Executives (the CEO Forum) at a Convention ...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 ...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. ...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 ...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 ...Knives sharpened for renewed assault on CPB
Bills to defund public broadcasting, or at least any radio network that fired Juan Williams, are beginning to seem like a real ...Schiller discusses Juan Williams affair in remarks to NPR Board
NPR President Vivian Schiller’s remarks near the end of NPR Board meeting, Nov. 12, 2010. Over the last three weeks, I’ve heard from ...Schiller apologizes to pubradio colleagues for handling of Williams firing
NPR President Vivian Schiller dispatched this apology Sunday evening, Oct. 24 [2010], six days after the network set off a pre-election political ...
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