Public Broadcasting Act
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National Public Radio
- In National Public Radio: NPR’s first broadcast
Johnson signed the 1967 Public Broadcasting Act into law in order to support the “instructional, educational, and cultural purposes” of public television and radio broadcasting for the American people, especially “children and minorities.” For this reason, Congress created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which on February 26, 1970,…
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Public Broadcasting Service
- In Public Broadcasting Service
Following the creation of the Public Broadcasting Act (1967), the government-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was established, and in 1969 it founded the Public Broadcasting Service as a successor to NET. The PBS broadcast network debuted in 1970. In its initial years, PBS featured such acclaimed programming as the…
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Schenkkan
- In Robert Schenkkan
Johnson on the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
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television history in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: Educational TV
…catalyst and model for the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. The Public Broadcasting Act called for the creation of a Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This body was prohibited from owning stations or producing programs and was to function as a mechanism through which federal funds were distributed to educational…
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