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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813178703321

Autore

Engelman Ralph

Titolo

Public radio and television in America : a political history / / Ralph Engelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c1996

ISBN

9781506339689

1506339689

9780803954069

0803954069

9781322418254

132241825X

9781452246611

1452246610

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 342 p.)

Disciplina

303.48330973

Soggetti

Public broadcasting - Political aspects - United States - History

Radio broadcasting - Political aspects - United States - History

Television and politics - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-319) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Key to Abbreviated Terms; Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Politics of Public Radio and Television; Part I - Prologue, 1914-1945; Chapter 2 - The Public Origins of American Broadcasting; Chapter 3 - The Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930s; Part II - Public Radio; Chapter 4 - Pacifica Radio: The Vision of Lewis K. Hill; Chapter 5 - The Spread of Community Radio and Pacifica's Institutional Crisis; Chapter 6 - National Public Radio: The Vision of William H. Siemering; Chapter 7 - Public Radio: From Supplemental to Primary Service

Part III - Public TelevisionChapter 8 - The Foundation Years; Chapter 9 - The Government Years; Chapter 10 - The Corporate Years; Part IV - Community Television; Chapter 11 - Public Access: The Vision of George Stoney; Chapter 12 - The Struggle Over the Future of Community TV; Part V - Conclusion; Chapter 13 - The Mystification of



the Public Sphere in the History of American Broadcasting; Chapter 14 - The Attack of the Right and the Future of Public Radio and Television; References; Transcript Compilations and Archives; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Engelman examines the origins, evolution and politics behind the development of the major noncommercial radio and television institutions in the United States - National Public Radio, Radio Pacifica and the Public Broadcasting Service.