A key element in understanding the nature of the public broadcasting industry in this country is knowing how the Public Broadcasting Service came to be. A memo-by-memo account of the policies, principles, and strategies that resulted in the establishment of PBS is presented. (Author/HB)

The matching grant aspect of the new Federal appropriation legislation for public broadcasting is a further affirmation of the importance of station volunteer groups. Although these groups are helpful, necessary, and a true embodiment of the meaning of "public" broadcasting, tension occurs between them and station management. Some of the reasons…

Addresses the three most frequently asked questions about exploring the use of public-access television: (1) How does one get started? (2) What are the obstacles? (3) What are the pitfalls (and tips) in producing a show? Optimistically concludes to beware of skeptics and go ahead. (JK)

Discusses the development of the "Woman Alive!" specials for the 1977 public television season. (ER)

This article explores the possibilities of upgrading PTV station leadership.'' (Editor)

KETC-TV, St. Louis, describes how to promote station membership by holding events at the station for the viewing audience. (AK)

This is the first installment in a series of three treating the legislative and political origins of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. (Editor)

The Director of Programing at San Francisco's educational television station, KQED, discusses his station's Newsroom," an attempt to provide in depth coverage of local news. The article is adapted from remarks delivered at the Kettering Conference on Public Television in Racine, Wisconsin, June, 1969. (LS)

A look at two methods for raising funds locally for public television--the auction and the station membership. (AK)

The advantages of publicly financed educational television are discussed. (CK)

Comments on public broadcasting taken from the radio scripts of the famous cartoonist and self-appointed political sage, who believes educational television to be a network which is mainly the voice of those who despise the average guy and encourage his kids to despise him." (Author/LS)

The executive director of the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting writes a sarcastic but incisive response to the criticisms of educational television raised by Al Capp in the preceding article. (LS)

"Reports on the region-wide communicating power of TV in Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula." (Editor)