Frank W. Norwood

Frank Norwood entered public radio in the late 1940s as a volunteer performer, writer and producer at WNYE and WNYC while he was attending Queens College. Later, as a graduate student, he taught broadcasting courses and was involved in radio and televisino production at the University of Missouri and Ohio State. He then worked at KSLH, the St. Louis Public Schools radio station, and spent eight years at SN Diego State University as a teacher of broadcasting and as manager of KPBS-FM. From 1968 to 1982, Norwood worked as Executive Director of the Joint Council of Educational Telecommunications (JCET). Throughout his career with JCET, Norwood distinguished himself as an independent consultant on telecommunications, cable and satellite issues.

In this interview, Frank Norwood talks about radio and television in all the places he worked and in other places as well. He also adds a variety of anecdotes to the history of public broadcasting and speculates about the future.

Further information about Frank Norwood can be found in The Papers of Frank W. Norwood

Topics

• Joint Council on Educational Telecommunications (JCET)
• KPBS-FM
• KSLH
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• public radio
• WNYC

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