WETA (Washington, DC)

Administrative History/Information:

• Founded 1953
• Merged with National Public Affairs Center for Television: 1973
• serves Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia
• produces local and national television and radio programs
• places special emphasis on programs that reflect Washington DC's role as:
  • major metropolitan area
  • Nation's capital
  • "world-class center for cultural life and international affairs"
• Website: http://www.weta.org/

Related Collections:

• James Day Papers
• James Karayn, Jr Papers
• Jim Robertson Papers-Interviews:
  • Elizabeth Campbell
  • William (Bill) McCarter
  • Donald Taverner

Reference Shelf Materials

Reading Room

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

Cater, Douglass and Michael J. Nyhan, eds. The Future of Public Broadcasting. New York: Praeger, 1976.

• BCAST HE 8700.8 .F87
• 384.574 C (NAB Books)

Lyle, Jack. The People Look at Public Television 1974. Washington, DC: Office of Communication Research, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1974. HE 8700.8 .L93

By Request

Friedman, John S. "WETA: Behind Closed Doors, Part Two - The Horowitz Affair / WETA Board Votes to Investigate Management. Washington Journalism Review. April/May 1979: 17, 19-20. Folder: 618

Lyle, Jack.

• Public Radio and its Subscribers in the Washington, DC Area. November 1972. Folder: 536
• "Viewers of Public Affairs Programs on WETA-TV: Spring 1973." Winter 1974Folder: 533

Lyle, Jack and Donna Ellis. "A General Analysis of the Audience of WETA-TV." October 1972. Folder: 535

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

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

Thiemann, David. "The Spirit of 26." Washingtonian. Folder: 442

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