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Carnegie Commission
on the Future of
Public Broadcasting
Reference Materials
Administrative History/Information:
- Representatives from the boards of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and National Public Radio (NPR) and concerned citizens approached the Carnegie Corporation in 1976 to request a new study of public broadcasting
- Major issues for the commission:
- Growth of public broadcasting since 1967
- Support for creative programming
- Public participation
- New technologies including the expectation of satellite interconnection by 1979
- Funding levels and sources
- Organizational structure
- Long-range questions
- Members included:
- William McGill, Chair
- Henry Cauthen
- Peggy Charren
- Bill Cosby
- John Gardner
- Alex Haley
- Kenneth Mason
- Bill Moyers
- Beverly Sills
- Commission met from 1977 to 1978 and published its findings and recommendations in A Public Trust in 1979.
- Public Broadcasting PolicyBase Documents:
Reading Room
Carnegie Task Force. "Carnegie Commission II." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May/June 1977): 9-17. Periodicals
Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting. A Public Trust: The Report of the Carnegie Commission on the Future of Public Broadcasting. New York: Bantam Books, 1979.
- BCAST HE 8700.8 .C37 1979
- 384.574 C (NAB Books)
"Changing Goals in a Changing World," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Spring 1979): 55-64. Periodicals
Hughes, Joseph D. "Heat Shield or Crucible?: A Blueprint for Carnegie II." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 5, No. 6 (November/December 1977): 14-36. Periodicals
Mason, Kenneth. "On the Mission of Public Broadcasting." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May/June 1979): 6-9. Periodicals
Mason, Kenneth. "On the Mission of Public Broadcasting." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (May/June 1979): 6-9. Periodicals
Mayer, Martin. "Proposals and Prescriptions for Public Broadcasting," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Spring 1979): 65-72. Periodicals
Rice, Michael. "What Should Public Television Be?" Newsday, June 7, 1979. Folder: 658
"Second Look: Comments from Carnegie II." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 7, No. 5 (September/October 1979): 56-62. Periodicals
White, Stephen. "Carnegie II: A Look Back and Ahead." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July/August 1977): 6-10. Periodicals
By Request
Hughes, Joseph D. "Heat Shield or Crucible?: A Blueprint for Carnegie II." Public Telecommunications Review, Vol. 5, No. 6 (November/December 1977): 14-36. Folder: 205
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