How President Johnson set the stage for passage of the Public Broadcasting Act
Only eight months after LBJ called on lawmakers to support his bill creating CPB, the measure passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
View ArticleThe survival of public broadcasting’s legacy has long been part of its mission
The National Public Broadcasting Archives at the University of Maryland reflect an inherent dedication to preservation.
View ArticleRead this shockingly prescient 1970 mission statement for the precursor to...
In a previously unpublished grant application, NPR founding father Bill Siemering proposed a show on WBFO in Buffalo, N.Y., "growing out of the need for cross-cultural communication and capitalizing on...
View ArticleOur timeline chronicles the premieres, scandals and scuffles that made public...
From Guglielmo Marconi to Jarl Mohn, dive into our multimedia roundup of public media's milestones and lesser-known escapades.
View Article‘The World Is Yours’: How the travelogue shaped early public broadcasting
The globetrotting quality of public media is neither new nor politically neutral and has roots in the earliest days of American broadcasting.
View ArticleA DJ looks back on 50 years on jazz radio in the nation’s capital
Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he's still at it.
View ArticleIn 1970, riots and tear gas couldn’t sideline Ohio’s WOSU — but its...
“The tone of operations was business as usual in virtually every sense despite the strong waves of tear gas through the building."
View ArticleHow France’s national broadcaster bolstered U.S. public radio in its...
From the 1940s to the 1970s, dozens of U.S. public radio stations featured French cultural programming that "let us know that the French people like us and vice versa.”
View ArticleLooking back on the lesser-known histories of ‘Chicano Public Radio’
A group of bilingual radio stations founded in the late 1970s "helped distinguish Spanish-language and bilingual broadcasting as a form of advocacy."
View ArticleWith help from Peter Rabbit and fairy princesses, a pioneering educator...
During his 35 years at Indiana State Teachers College — now Indiana State University — Clarence "Doc" Morgan also trained scores of future broadcasters.
View ArticleNew exhibit takes visitors behind the scenes of Maryland Public Television’s...
Videos, photos and memorabilia from MPT's past programming are on display at the University of Maryland.
View ArticleHow the Works Progress Administration played a critical role in WNYC’s history
The New York station may not have survived the Great Depression without help from the federal government.
View ArticleAfter 50 years, NPR upholds public broadcasting’s founding values
NPR was incorporated Feb. 26, 1970, marking a new stage in the growth of a public media system rooted in education.
View ArticleHow public broadcasting overcame early setbacks to become a national institution
Public media's mission was clear early on, but an emphasis on high-quality programming was needed to earn widespread support.
View ArticleHow digging through archives brought the story of NPR’s ‘Founding Mothers’ to...
"Writing a biography of a person or place, much less four people and a place as storied as NPR, is not for the faint of heart."
View ArticleNew Deal docudramas provide ‘missing link’ in history of educational radio
In the 1930s, dramatized documentaries produced by the U.S. Office of Education went beyond factual content to foster a desire for civic engagement among listeners.
View ArticleDrive to survive: The ‘brightest and darkest time’ at NPR
Forty years ago, NPR was facing another financial challenge — one that threatened its very existence. The post Drive to survive: The ‘brightest and darkest time’ at NPR appeared first on Current.
View ArticleThe enduring and accessible legacy of ‘Vegetable Soup,’ a 1970s TV show that...
The show aimed "to help children learn to live together in appreciation of the common humanity of different peoples." The post The enduring and accessible legacy of ‘Vegetable Soup,’ a 1970s TV show...
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