Public broadcasters go on offense; TV, radio station managers lobby against Republican threats to federal funding.

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 1994 by McAvoy, Kim

TV, radio station managers lobby against Republican threats to federal funding Public broadcasting isn't going to roll over. Public television and radio executives have launched a major grass-roots campaign to fend off threats from new congressional leaders to abolish their federal funding and privatize public broadcasting.

And the chief of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has organized a task force with leaders of other key public broadcasting entities, including the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, America's Public Television Stations and Public Radio International. Executives met last week to begin devising their strategy. Meanwhile, station managers are calling on their members of Congress at home, and a...

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