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Alternative Radio (Aust.) PO Box 780 Morwell Victoria 3848 Australia tel. 61-3-5134-8556 mob. 61-413-597-828 inquiries@araustralia.org |
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The Carnegie Commission Report, the founding document for public broadcasting, unambiguously declared that the US should have a non-commercial TV and radio system that offered programming that "should be a forum for debate and controversy" and "provide a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard." The same year as the Carnegie Report was issued, 1967, Congress passed the Public Broadcasting Act. It was the last major piece of Great Society legislation to be enacted. TV and radio in subsequent decades have evolved in directions away from their founding principles.
Robert McChesney is one of the foremost experts on issues of media and democracy. He is professor of communications at the University of Illinois. He writes extensively on broadcasting history and media policy. He's the author of the award-winning book Rich Media, Poor Democracy.
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