The Temporary Commission on Alternative Financing for Public Telecommunications (TCAF) delivered its recommendations to Congress on Oct. 1, 1983, after extensive research, including an Advertising Demonstration Program at a number of public TV stations. Documents below: Letter of transmittal Membership … Continue reading
This is the PBS Board’s governing document as amended Feb. 6, 2000. For comparison, see also the original PBS bylaws of 1969. Article I Name The Corporation shall be known as the PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE (PBS). Article II Offices 2.1 … Continue reading
Five months after the conflict developed between Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and its public radio station, WFDD, the faculty’s Senate Ad Hoc Committee on WFDD released this report Feb. 2, 2000. See also coverage in Current and case study on … Continue reading
Undated document supplied by NPR, January 2000. No Commercial Obligations or Influence NPR is an independent, nonprofit organization that carries no on-air advertising. One of the ways NPR helps fund its programming and general operations is by seeking underwriting support … Continue reading
FCC members approved the proposed sale of WQED’s second station, WQEX, in a split vote. See also the text of the order, Dec. 15, 1999.William Kennard and Gloria Tristani (Democrats) Michael Powell and Harold Furchtgott-Roth (Republicans) Susan Ness (Democrat) … Continue reading
On Dec. 15, 1999, the FCC approved a swap/sale deal that would have enabled Pittsburgh public TV station WQED to sell its second channel, WQEX, to raise capital and pay longstanding debts. (The deal fell through Jan. 18, 2000, when … Continue reading
“Credibility is the currency of our programming. … To maintain a credible public service programming effort, we must assure its credibility by: … Assuring that this policy, once in place, can be implemented free from undue external pressures, whether from political, financial or other sources …” Continue reading