JACK MITCHELL!•!Warning: •!Worked in public radio for 30+ years •!AND STILL BELIEVES IN IT! !Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting The world after World War I Concentration of Media Goal to seek money rather than truth Power of Media Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! Loss of faith in human rationality •!The War!•!FREUD!Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! Radio for positive ends •! Serve community needs •! “The public interest, convenience, and necessity” •! Service over profit Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! What is public interest? •! Inform •! Entertain •! Educate •! SocializePublic Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! In the United States Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! 9XM/WHA •! Inform •! Educate •! Entertain •! Socialize!Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! 9XM 1917 •! NBC 1926 •! CBS 1928 •! Communications Act of 1934 •! Large Clear Channel Stations Profit and Public Service!Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting British Broadcasting Corp. License Fee Profit versus Public Service Monopoly!•! John Reith •! National Identity •! Education •! Information •! Entertainment!Public Service Community & Public BroadcastingPublic Service Community & Public Broadcasting Post World War II 1946 The Third Programme Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting Post World War II 1949 Pacifica Radio KPFA in Berkeley Subscriber supported Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting Lewis Hill Pacifist ACLU Radio Announcer Peace through dialogue Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting Radio without listeners Radio for its own sake Radio for the artists Radio for self expression Just like The Third Programme . !Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting!•! From dialogue •! To personal expression •! To identity group expression Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! Ford Foundation •! NET •! The Great Society •! The Carnegie Commission •! Excise Tax on Receivers Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting •! Carnegie Report •! “Public” Television •! Community Rhetoric •! Decentralized System •! Bedrock of localism Public Service Community & Public Broadcasting 1967 Public Television Act •! CPB •! Multiple Funding Sources •! Production Centers •!
View Full Document
Unlocking...