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PUBLIC  BROADCASTING  IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A  CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH  LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC  BROADCASTING IN THE...

PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING 

IN 1949, WILBUR SCHRAMM ORGANIZED A 
CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS, WHICH 
LAID THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING IN THE UNITED STATES. FROM 
THAT BEGINNING, GREW BOTH NATIONAL 
PUBLIC RADIO (NPR) AND THE PUBLIC BROAD- 
CASTING SERVICE (PBS) 
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
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