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9781566399135

Air Wars : The Fight to Reclaim Public Broadcasting

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  • ISBN13:

    9781566399135

  • ISBN10:

    1566399130

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-08-01
  • Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
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Summary

An inspirational true tale of triumph in public broadcasting retells the story of the grassroots movement that preserved the diversity of WQED in Pittsburgh. Reprint.

Author Biography

Jerold M. Starr, an activist and award-winning sociologist, is founder and executive director of Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Trouble in Three Rivers City: [WQED Debt Comes Due]
1(11)
Corporate Media's Threat to Democracy
12(12)
The Broken Promise of PBS
24(32)
The Battle to Reform WQED
56(22)
Old Wine in New Bottles: [Reproducing the Station Culture]
78(43)
What Am I Bid? [Stripping Assets at WQED]
121(41)
Round Two, the Battle over WQEX
162(24)
The Killing of WQEX and the Final Showdown
186(49)
Other Fronts: [Putting the Public into Public TV]
235(26)
Public Broadcasting in the Public Interest: [Toward a Democratic Alternative]
261(36)
Appendix: Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting 297(4)
Notes 301(18)
References 319(7)
Acknowledgments 326(2)
Index 328

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