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Bylaws of Independent Television Service Inc.
Following up on 1988 legislation that they had lobbied for, independent producers and their advocates incorporated ITVS in 1969 [see Articles of ...The Voters’ Channel: A Feasibility Study, 1990
The Markle Foundation, then a major backer of public TV, proposed in 1990 that PBS develop the Voters’ Channel, a project planned ...Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing, 1983
The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (TCAF) delivered its recommendations to Congress on Oct. 1, 1983, after extensive research, ...Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing, 1983
The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (TCAF) delivered its recommendations to Congress on Oct. 1, 1983, after extensive research, ...CPB budget allocation formula,1981
Congress limited CPB’s discretion in spending the federal appropriation. The corporation’s authorizing law imposes a budget allocation formula that divides the appropriation ...A Public Trust, Carnegie II’s report, 1979
Preface to A Public Trust In 1977, 10 years after the original Carnegie Commission recomended federal aid to public television, the Carnegie Corporation of ...Nixon Administration Public Broadcasting Papers, Summary of 1973
In 1973, CPB negotiated an agreement with the PBS defining the relationship between the two organizations with respect to program control, operation ...Nixon Administration Public Broadcasting Papers, Summary of 1974
Nineteen seventy-four was marked by Richard Nixon’s departure from the White House and Whitehead’s resignation as OTP Director. Shortly before resigning the ...Nixon Administration Public Broadcasting Papers, Summary of 1969
When Richard Nixon took office in January 1969, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was in its infancy and the Office of ...Nixon Administration Public Broadcasting Papers, Summary of 1972
Nineteen seventy-two saw President Richard Nixon veto funding for public broadcasting. In the wake of Nixon’s veto, Frank Pace Jr. and John ...Nixon Administration Public Broadcasting Papers, Summary of 1970
The Nixon Administration continued to develop its position on public broadcasting in 1970. While doing so, it proposed a new three-year authorization ...Carnegie II’s preface to ‘A Public Trust’
In 1977, 10 years after the original Carnegie Commission recommended federal aid to public television, the Carnegie Corporation of New York created a ...Carnegie II: Findings, recommendations and membership
In 1977, a decade after the first Carnegie Commission endorsed federal aid to noncommercial TV, the Carnegie Corporation of New York created ...FCC v. Pacifica Foundation et al., 1978
438 U.S. 726 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT ...Nixon’s FCC chair, Dean Burch, supports matching federal aid
Statement of Dean Burch, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Senate Committee on Commerce on ...
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