Tag: PBS
Moyers a flash point in balance talks led by CPB
CPB has revived debate within public TV about balance and fairness in public affairs programs, citing specifically Bill Moyers’ dual roles of host and ...Friday nights, PBS has balance on its mind
PBS has initiated fast-track development of a new 10 p.m. public affairs series to supplement its two-hour Friday night block. The half-hour ...PBS loses biggest underwriter as it considers 30-second credits
ExxonMobil will stop underwriting Masterpiece Theatre after spring 2004, the oil company announced Dec. 13. It has spent more than $250 million on MT and ...Knocking God’s party: Moyers, PBS hear from angry conservatives
Bill Moyers came out swinging three days after the Nov. 5 midterm elections, and the target of his jabs—America’s right wing—came swinging ...‘What we try to do . . . is say something new’
“The best of American television can be traced to this one man,” said NovaExecutive Producer Paula Apsell, referring to her boss and the ...Twin ITVS goals: capturing diversity on videotape, getting it seen
Last year was a good year for the Independent Television Service. ITVS had weathered its first 10 years as a funder and ...Boxer KO’s naturalist in contest for May 14
Programmers at PBS and at a key group of stations put themselves on a collision course when they scheduled two different programs ...University of North Carolina Television Q&A on equity in CPB and PBS formulas
UNC-TV released this Q&A to explain its request for changes in the formulas for CPB grants and PBS dues that it took ...Families try homesteading for spring Frontier House
A diverse group of Americans placed in a remote and inhospitable locale must overcome physical challenges and psychological stress for a chance ...Securing the union, pumping up the volume, bowling in a league
From the opening moments of its 2001 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PBS drew on the city’s role in U.S. history and a ...The Declaration of Interdependence, 2001
Facing the first major station struggle of her 16 months as PBS president — over the perennial public TV issue of common ...Spending goals, slowdown prompt 60 layoffs at PBS
Anticipating the rollout of a new strategic plan and budget proposal, PBS laid off 60 employees March 15. Although the 9 percent cutback of ...Forum urges strong role for public TV in education
If the National Forum for Public Television Executives has its way, public TV will: raise an additional $200 million a year by loosening ...Stations’ Forum petition seeks to reorganize PBS, October 2000
The National Forum for Public Television Executives, meeting in Dallas Oct. 2-4, 2000, agreed upon the following petition to put before the ...Several chefs prepare new drama menu for PBS
After years of charges that PBS has ignored American drama in favor of British imports, the tides are turning. This fall will ...
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