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.
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How ‘Sesame Street’ persuaded public television to act like a network
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To guarantee the show’s success, its creators had to win over a diverse group of educational broadcasters in the late ’60s.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How a CPB task force advanced a prescient vision for diversity in public radio
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In the late 1970s, the critiques by CPB’s Minority Task Force pushed NPR to increase minority employment and training programs and served as a case study in why racial diversity in decision-making bodies matters.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Colorado station builds vast archive of its history, helps others preserve theirs
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Established in 2000, Rocky Mountain Public Media’s archive grew from the volunteered work of more than 200 community members.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Under two visionary directors, New York’s WNYC became an incubator of pubmedia innovation
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Seymour N. Siegel and Morris S. Novik oversaw advances in technology and aired programs that faced social problems head on.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
How NPR’s Research, Archives & Data Strategy team is saving sounds of the past for the future
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NPR’s audio archive is not a history book, but history is “etched in the voices that gave these decades their vitality.”
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Threatening and threatened, voices of women have defined public radio
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From its origins, NPR emphasized contributions from women at a time when they were rarely heard in positions of authority in broadcasting.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Educating wasn’t enough for an early pioneer of noncommercial radio
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Judith Waller, an educational director for NBC radio, urged her colleagues to look to commercial broadcasters for ideas and collaborations.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Battered by political agendas, ‘The Wisconsin Idea’ lives on in public broadcasting
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A century-old progressive philosophy in the state has withstood decades of attacks from state leaders.
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
Roots of public broadcasting can be found in Wisconsin’s vision
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The progressive “Wisconsin Idea” gave purpose to early educational broadcasting.