Televisionaries In Their Own Words, Public Television's Founders Tell How It All Began

Winner of two national publishers' awards (for "content" & "best coffeetable book 1993"), this book is an extraordinary history of the birth of broadcasing in the U.S. & particularly the creation of noncommercial education/public television. Built on verbatim exerpts from individual personal interviews with 55 pioneers who started public TV stations & networks & brought about Congressional action to create the Corporation for Public Broadcasing & the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the book includes scores of anecdotes of early TV efforts, both commercial & noncommercial, many of which now seem amusingly primitive. The author--originally encouraged by the late Norman Cousins to write the book because of his own involvement in the field--knits together descriptions of dozens of local grassroots efforts, then relates these unpublished personal accounts to fundamental questions about the system still posed today. "The narrative makes for fascinating reading," says executive director of Academy of TV Arts & Sciences. Excellent gift book! Order from publisher or direct from author at 1340 San Cristobal Ave., #101, Port Charlotte, FL 33983; 813-627-3031.Robertson, Jim is the author of 'Televisionaries In Their Own Words, Public Television's Founders Tell How It All Began', published 1992 under ISBN 9780962797484 and ISBN 0962797480.