Public Television

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Reference Shelf Materials

Reading Room

Adler, Richard and Walter S. Baer. The Electronic Box Office: Humanities and Arts on the Cable. New York: Praeger, 1974. BCAST REF PN 1992.8 .S9 A3

Agostino, Don and Jayne Zenaty. Home VCR Owners' Use of Television and Public Television: Viewing, Recording and Playback: A Report. 1980. NPBA REF PN 1992.95 .A36 1980

Association for Public Broadcasting. Educational Views. Washington, DC: Association for Public Broadcasting, 1990. NPBA REF HE 8700.8 .A8 1990

Avery, Robert K. and Robert Pepper. The Politics of Interconnection: A History of Public Television at the National Level. Washington, DC: National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 1979.

• NPBA REF HE 8700.8 .A85
• LAB Collection: 384.575 A (NAB Books)

Barsamian, David. The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2001. HE 8700.8 .B374 2001

Behrens, Steve, ed. A History of Public Broadcasting. Washington, DC: Current, 2000. HE 8689.6 .W5 2000

Blakely, Robert J. The People's Instrument: A Philosophy of Programming for Public Television. Washington, Public Affairs Press, 1971. BCAST PN 1992.8 .P8 B47

Boston Consulting Group. Strategies for Public Television in a Multi-Channel Environment. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1991. HE 8700.79 .U6 B68 1991

Burke, John E. The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Washington, DC: National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 1973. KF 2805 .Z9 B87

Carden, John. "A Conversation with Henry Loomis," Television Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Fall 1974): 37-44. Periodicals

Carnegie Commission on Educational Television. Public Television: A Program for Action. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.

• BCAST LC 6571 .C35
• 374.265 C (NAB Books)

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)

Cater, Douglass. Public Television: Toward Higher Ground. Report and Papers from the Aspen Institute Conference on Public Broadcasting. Dedham, MA: Aspen Institute Conference on Public Television, 3d., 1975. HE 8700.8 .A852 1975

Coase, R.H. and Edward W. Barrett. Educational TV: Who Should Pay? Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy, 1965. BCAST LB 1044.7 .C54

Collins, David. "The Shaky Marriage of Theatre and Television," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Spring 1979): 73-78. Periodicals

Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Office of Educational Activities. Patterns of Performance: Public Broadcasting and Education 1974-1976. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1977.

• BCAST LB 1044.8 .C37
• 371.335 P (NAB Books)

Day, James.  The Vanishing Vision: The Inside Story of Public Television. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1995. HE 8700.79 .U6 D39

Eastman, Susan Tyler, et al.

• Broadcast Programming: Strategies for Winning Television and Radio Audiences. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1981.
  • NPBA Collection: PN 1992.55 .E18
  • LAB Collection: PN 1992.55 .E18
• Broadcast/Cable Programming: Strategies and Practices. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1981.
  • NPBA Collection: PN 1992.55 .E18 1984
  • LAB Collection:
    • 791.455 E (NAB Books)
    • PN 1992.55 .E18 1985, 1989

Educational Broadcasting Review. 1968-1973. [Follows NAEB Journal. Followed by: Public Telecommunications Review] Periodicals

Eiselein, E.B. 1982 Native American Ascertainment: Three Reports on Serving Native American Broadcast Needs. Lincoln, NE: Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, 1982. HE 8689.7 .C55 E36

Grossman, Lawrence K.

• "Proposal for a Grand Alliance," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. III (Fall 1980): 7-14. Periodicals
• "Why Not the Best?" Television Quarterly, Vol. XIV, No. IV (Winter 1977-1978): 53-57. Periodicals

Jacobi, Frederick A. "Don't Write Off Public Television," Television Quarterly, Vol. XViii, No. II (Summer 1981): 47-56. Periodicals

Lee, S. Young. Status Report of Public Broadcasting 1980. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1981.

• NPBA REF HE 8689.8 .S7 1980
• LAB Collection: 384.574 C (NAB Books)

Lee, S. Young, et al. Public Television Licensees: Fiscal Year 1974. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1976. HE 8700.8 .P9

Macy, John W.

• "Is Anybody Watching," Television Quarterly, Vol. XI, No. 3 (Spring 1974): 44-47. Periodicals
• To Irrigate a Wasteland: The Struggle to Shape a Public Television System in the United States. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. HE 8700.8 .M33

Mahoney, Sheila, et al. "PACE - A Proposal for a Non-Profit Cable Network," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVII, No. 2 (Summer 1980): 55-62. Periodicals

Mayer, Martin. "Proposals and Prescriptions for Public Broadcasting," Television Quarterly, Vol. XVI, No. 1 (Spring 1979): 65-67. Periodicals

Moore, Richard O. "Public Television Programming and the Future: A Radical Approach," Television Quarterly, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (Fall 1976): 5-17. Periodicals

Public Telecommunications Review 1973-1980. [Follows: Educational Broadcasting Review] Periodicals

Statistical Research Inc. Public Television and Public Radio: Awareness, Viewing and Listening.... Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1982. HE 8689.8 .P82 1981

Twentieth Century Fund. Quality Time? The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Public Television. New York: The Twentieth Century Fund Press, 1993. HE 8700.79 .U6 S66 1993

By Request

Andersen, Kurt. "How Necessary is PBS?" Time, July 26, 1993, p. 75. Folder: 764

Brown, Les. "WNYC-TV Studies Leasing Air Time." The New York Times. June 22, 1979. Folder: 623

Buchanan, Christopher. "The Struggle for the Soul of Public Television: A Case Study in Decision Making." Dissertation/Thesis

Cater, Douglass. "The Politics of Public TV" Columbia Journalism Review, July/August 1972: 8-15. Folder: 046

Current. 1980-present. Serials

Cook, Bruce. "Public Television's Big Splash," American Film, Vol. 1, No. 3 (December 1975): pp. 7-13. Folder: 770

Corporation for Public Broadcasting and American Public Television Stations. Mosaic. Number 9, (September 1995). Folder: 758

Day, James.  "More Than Meets the Eye: America's Reticent Affairs with Public Television." 1990. on shelf

DeMartino, Nick. "Exploring the Public Air: The Programming Structure of Public Broadcasting." TeleVisions, Vol. 3, No. 3 (August/September 1975): 1+. Folder: 119

Doan, Richard K. "Public TV's Most Powerful Friend...May Also Qualify as Its Worst Enemy." TV Guide, September 15, 1973: 6-10. Folder: 120

Dorfman, Ron. "John Douglas Callaway is the Best There is, Yes!" The Chicagoan, August 1974. Folder: 123

Duggan, Ervin S. "Television in the Twenty-First Century: Where Does the Public Interest Lie?" Aspen Institute Conference on Public Broadcasting, February 3-4, 1992. Folder: 127

Duscha, Julia.   "Public TV: why still a stepchild?"  Columbia Journalism Review, November/December 1971: 8-14. Folder: 128

Eastern Educational Network. "Demonstration of Decentralized Production and Regional Networking in Public Television." 1969. Folder: 707

"Editorial re: Sesame Street." Educational/Industrial Broadcasting, June 1970: 44. Folder: 131

Educational Broadcasting Corporation. "Annual Report: WNET/13. National and Local Programming: July 1, 1975 - June 30, 1976." 1976. Folder: 548

Ellis, Donna and Jack Lyle. "The Audience of WQLN...." 1973. Folder: 140

Esplin, Fred C. "A Decade of Public Broadcasting, 1967-1977." 1978. [PN 1992.8]

Frank, Karen. "Angling for the Airwaves." Videography. November 1978. Folder: 624

Grossman, Lawrence K. "The Fall and Rise of Public Television" Remarks before the PBS 1982 Program Fair. Folder: 173

Kitman, Marvin. "Corporate Ax on Public TV." Newsday. August 28, 1984. Folder: 630

Koughan, Martin. "The Fall and Rise of Public Television." Channels, May/June 1983. Folder: 223

"KQED: Behind the Screen - An Examiner Special Report. San Francisco Examiner. July 22-23, 1990. Folder: 611:

• Armstrong, David. "Evolution of an Empire." July 22, 1990
• Armstrong, David. "Early Troubles, Early Triumphs." July 22, 1990
• "Public Television Closely Watched." July 22, 1990
• Armstrong, David. "Channel 32: A Station in Limbo." July 22, 1990
• Armstrong, David. "A Tale of Two Cities' Stations: Boston's WGBH is a Heavyweight in National Productions." July 23, 1990/ Critics rip S.F. Outlet for Lack of Original Programming. July 23, 1990
• Armstrong, David. "ITV: Using the Tube to Teach." July 23, 1990
• Armstrong, David. "Reformists Push to Rein in 'Commercialism'" July 24, 1990

Caption Center News. The Caption Center, WGBH Educational Foundation, 1997-1999. Serials

Loper, James L. and Thomas J. McDermott, Jr. "ETV Bargaining Management View." Reprinted from Broadcast and Bargaining: Labor Relations in Radio and Television, 1970: pp. 185-192. Folder: 780

MacNeil, Robert. "Is Anybody Watching?" Washingtonian Magazine, October 1973: 55-61ff. Folder: 703

National Association of Public Television Stations.

• Citizen Contact: A Workbook on Effective Communication Between Citizen and Government About Public Broadcasting. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Television Stations, 1984. On Shelf
• Lobbying from the Grassroots. Washington, DC: NAPTS, nd. Folder: 732
• State of the Stations: 1982-1983. Washington, DC: NAPTS, 1983. Folder: 733
• Working with Your Legislator. Washington, DC: NAPTS, nd. Folder: 729

O'Connor, John J.

• "What Rights for Independents?" The New York Times. May 20, 1979. Folder: 622
• "Will a 'Fourth Network' Work?" The New York Times, July 11, 1971. Folder: 761

Project Education Newsletter. Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 1992). Serials

Public Broadcasting Service. Public Television Library Catalog of Programs. January 1974. Folder: 740

The Public Broadcasting Report. 1980-1983. Serials

Public Television Outreach Alliance. "Outreach: Public Television at the Grass Roots." 1992. Folder: 728

Radosh, Ronald. "Love in the Cold War." Heterodoxy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1992): 15. Folder: 702.

Rockefeller, Sharon Pery. "Big Bird: Someone Didn't Do His Homework." Washington Post, April 25, 1992. Folder: 766

Schwarzwalder, John C. "Public Broadcasting Must Clean House." TV Guide. September 30, 1972 / Letters. TV Guide. November 4, 1972. Folder: 617

U.S. House. 96th Congress, 1st Session.

• H.R. 3333 "The Communications Act of 1979" March 29, 1979. Folder: 782
• H.R. 3333 "The Communications Act of 1979" Section-by-Section Analysis. April 1979. Folder: 783

WGBH Educational Foundation: National Center for Accessible Media. NCAM Media Access. 1995, 1997-1999. Serials

Related Collections in Other Repositories:

• Carnegie Commission on Educational Television
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Robert MacNeil Papers
• Harold B. McCarty Papers
• National Association of Educational Broadcasters Records
• National Educational Television Records
• Av Westin Papers
• WHA Archives

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