Public Television Hearings; Testimony from NET and NAEB Representatives
Description:
This recording from the Congressional Public Television hearings opening comments from Senator John O. Pastore, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, and moves quickly on to testimony from John F. White, the president of National Educational Television (NET), who supports the proposed bill and emphasizes the importance of having a non-governmental agency (the Corportation for Public Broadcasting) administering between the producing stations and the government. Following is testimony from E. William Henry, director of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and Edwin G. Burrows, chairman of the board of directors of the NAEB, who also support the proposed bill. Following is testimony from Jack G. McBride, manager of KUON and chairman of the board of directors of the National Educational Television Stations Division of the NAEB. Public Television Hearings is a series of recordings of the government hearings about public television.
