"Future of Non-commercial TV"
Interview
By: John Macy
Date: December 8, 1969
Source: "Future of Non-commercial TV: Exclusive Interview with John Macy, Corporation for Public Broadcasting." U.S. News & World Report, December 8, 1969, 94–97.
About the Author: John Macy (1917–1986) graduated from Wesleyan University in 1938, and then began a lifelong career in public service. He worked for the War Department during and after World War II, then served in the Civil Service Commission and other government agencies. He was appointed the first president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1969 and served until 1972.
Introduction
Public broadcasting on television and radio in the United States in the mid-1960s consisted of about a hundred local stations with little public money and no national programming. In 1967, two major foundations moved to fill this leadership vacuum....
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