Newton N. Minow, who was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1960s and famously decried the state of American television as a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday at age 97.
The Public Communications Act of 1968 opened the door for the first time to public broadcasters, such as PBS and the network of radio stations that air programs produced by NPR. More
This special collection from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting includes materials that feature Minow including interviews, panels, testimonies, events and profiles from a wide range of series including The Prospect of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt, North Carolina Now, PBS NewsHour, and The MacNeil / Lehrer Report.
We are grateful for his service and advocacy.
