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Program 618: The Rise and Fall of Public Broadcasting

John W. Macy, Jr., former president of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, gives a step-by-step account of the process by which public broadcasting was established, flourished, and was finally brought to its present enfeebled state. Featuring Harry S. Ashmore, John Brademas, Thomas E. Cronin, John Hanessian, Jr., Robert M. Hutchins, and Rexford G. Tugwell. Broadcasting and the First Amendment IX. [Jan. 31?] Feb. 16, 1973. [CSDI program number 618; UCSB tape number A8243/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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