Albert Hulsen

As the first Director of Radio Activities at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Albert Hulsen is best known to the public radio community as the person who told stations how much staff and airtime was needed to receive financial assistance for CPB and the services of the new-formed National Public Radio (NPR) live line programming service. He also established the criteria for CPB grants. Mr. Hulsen's career also includes periods as a producer of educational radio programs in Upper New York State and Columbus, Ohio; as Program Director of WGBH, Boston, and WRVR, New York; as Manager of WFCR, Amherst; and as head of programming for NPR. At the time of the interview, he was General Manager of WGUC, Cincinnatti, Ohio.

Currently, Albert Hulsen is the editor of the Pacific Islands Development Program, President and general manager emeritus, Hawaii Public Radio. He also serves as U.S. delegate to meetings of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, the European Broadcasting Union, and Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association. He edits the "Pacific Islands Report," providing daily reporting from and about the Pacific Islands via Internet, print and radio.

In this interview, Hulsen discusses the development of the public radio system. He talkes about his own role in the establishment of NPR and the development of CPB radio policies, and he discusses the people and events that influenced his views on the future of public radio.

Topics

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
• Eastern Radio Network (ERN)
• educational radio
• National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB)
• National Educational Radio (NER)
• National Public Radio (NPR)
• public radio
• WGBH (Boston, MA)

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