by Dave Edwards
For 35 years, Dave Edwards served as Executive Director and General Manager for WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, Chairman of the NPR Board of Directors, and has held board positions on the Station Resource Group, Public Radio In Mid-America and the University Station Alliance. He has also served as Chairman of the Radio Research Consortium Board of Directors and a member of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Board of Directors. He is the winner of the U:SA Madison Hodges Innovator Award for Public Media Advancement. He now provides consulting services to public media stations and non-profits organizations.
The University of Wisconsin begins voice broadcasting with radio station 9XM, forerunner of WHA, under an experimental license.
Read how FM radio was created in the United States
Read about the allocation of channels for public broadcasting.
Read President Kennedy’s statement about support for public television.
Watch an episode from Julia Child’s first season on TV
Read more about the Carnegie Commission’s findings.
Read the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
Read more about PBS and its mission.
Listen to the first broadcast of All Things Considered
Read about President Ford’s decision to help fund public broadcasting
Listen to a segment from the first Morning Edition
Here is how the New York Times reported on the financial crisis.
Read the Washington Post’s coverage of the CPB loan that saved NPR.
Coverage of Susan Stamberg’s departure from All Things Considered
Dave Edwards is elected to the NPR Board of Directors and serves two years as Board chair.
Read more about the departure of Schiller amidst NPR controversy.
Jarl Mohn is widely credited with stabilizing NPR following the controversies
From Foster Child To Media Titan: The Incredible Life Journey of Jarl Mohn
The FCC Chair has concerns over NPR and PBS broadcasts which he says could be violating federal law.
President Trump and his supporters have called for the total defunding of public broadcasting.
Public media supporters have formed an organization to keep listeners informed of the latest on federal funding. Learn more HERE.
History of Public Media Resources
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Knight Foundation White Paper on Public Broadcasting
Book: Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting
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