Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This Is NPR: The First Forty Years. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. 2010. ISBN 978-0811872539. Slotten, Hugh Richard (2009). The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0803954076. Stewart, David (1999). The PBS Companion: A History of Public Television. New York: TV Books.
Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) involves radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing, and commercial financing, and claim to avoid both political interference and commercial influence.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was created on November 7, 1967, when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.The new organization initially collaborated with the National Educational Television network—which would be replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Carr, 46, explained that his specific concern is related to corporate underwriting announcements broadcast by NPR and PBS member stations, which may violate rules prohibiting public broadcasters ...
The main law that Carr alleged NPR and PBS to be breaking is Section 399B of the Communications Act. This section prohibits NPR and PBS stations from airing commercials on behalf of "for-profit ...
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching an investigation into NPR and PBS over their alleged “airing of commercials.” “I am concerned that NPR and PBS ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. American public television network This article is about the American broadcaster. For other uses, see PBS (disambiguation). "Public Broadcasting Service" redirects here. For other uses, see Public broadcasting service (disambiguation). Television channel Public Broadcasting Service Logo ...
In a statement, the CPB president said that there is "no viable substitute for federal funding" that could help the CPB provide free public programming.