Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservation Task Force, an initiative of the Library of Congress.
The enduring and accessible legacy of ‘Vegetable Soup,’ a 1970s TV show that embraced cultural ...
The show aimed "to help children learn to live together in appreciation of the common humanity of different peoples."How a Chicana-run community radio station changed the ‘cultural soundscape’ of public broadcasting
"Chicanas who stepped up to the microphone for the first time were not only hearing their own voices audibly broadcasted over public ...Drive to survive: The ‘brightest and darkest time’ at NPR
Forty years ago, NPR was facing another financial challenge — one that threatened its very existence.New Deal docudramas provide ‘missing link’ in history of educational radio
In the 1930s, dramatized documentaries produced by the U.S. Office of Education went beyond factual content to foster a desire for civic ...How digging through archives brought the story of NPR’s ‘Founding Mothers’ to life
"Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for ...How public broadcasting overcame early setbacks to become a national institution
Public media's mission was clear early on, but an emphasis on high-quality programming was needed to earn widespread support.After 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.How the Works Progress Administration played a critical role in WNYC’s history
The New York station may not have survived the Great Depression without help from the federal government.With help from Peter Rabbit and fairy princesses, a pioneering educator showed how radio could ...
During his 35 years at Indiana State Teachers College — now Indiana State University — Clarence "Doc" Morgan also trained scores of ...After 50 years on TV, has Sesame Street been gentrified?
To one viewer and parent, competitive pressures and fading institutional knowledge have compromised the show's "gritty urban utopianism."
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