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Public Radio and Television in America

A Political History
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Engelman examines the origins, evolution and politics behind the development of the major noncommercial radio and television institutions in the United States - Nat ional Public Radio, Radio Pacifica and the Public Broadcasti ng Service. '
Introduction The Politics of Public Radio and Television PART ONE: PROLOGUE, 1914-1945 The Public Origins of American Broadcasting The Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930s PART TWO: PUBLIC RADIO Pacifica Radio The Vision of Lewis K Hill The Spread of Community Radio and Pacifica's Institutional Crisis National Public Radio The Vision of William H Siemering Public Radio From Supplemental to Primary Service PART THREE: PUBLIC TELEVISION The Foundation Years The Government Years The Corporate Years PART FOUR: COMMUNITY TELEVISION Public Access The Vision of George Stoney The Struggle over the Future of Community TV PART FIVE: CONCLUSION The Mystification of the Public Sphere in the History of American Broadcasting The Attack of the Right and the Future of Public Radio and Television
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