------------------------------ From: New Liberation News Service <[log in to unmask]> Sun, 16 May 93 21:08:08 PDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Democracy&Futrue of Pub.Broadcasti /* Written 5:41 pm May 16, 1993 by [log in to unmask] in igc:media.issues */ /* ---------- "Democracy&Futrue of Pub.Broadcasti" ---------- */ NATIONAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT "DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING" 9/18/93 On September 18, 1993, a national conference will be held in San Francisco that will focus on the state and future of public broadcasting. The potential of interactive media, the expansion of cable and community access television and the use of satellite to reach new audiences has yet to be addressed by the public broadcasting system. The PBS system including NPR has become more and more synonymous with commercial television. It excludes from it's programming the many voices and visions that call out for exposure. The continued censorship of labor programming and award winning documentaries must be confronted on a national level with the development of a strategy for resolving this problem. This conference will look at the history of public broadcasting, the increasing monopolization of the media and how it effects democracy and what we can do to challenge the direction and goals of the present public broadcasting system. Speakers will be attending from throughout the US and we will have reports on anti-censorship democratic struggles within PBS from Chicago to Pittsburgh. INITIAL SPONSORS ACCOUNTABLE PUBLIC BROADCASTING PROJECT COMMITTEE TO SAVE KQED LABOR VIDEO PROJECT FOR INFORMATION CONTACT ACCOUNTABLE PUBLIC BROADCASTING PROJECT P.O.BOX 424518 SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94142 Phone (415)255-8689 Fax (415)695-1369 Internet: [log in to unmask] . ####################################################################### # Join the Progressive Jewish Mailing List (PJML) for an open # # discussion. Send the following message to # # [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]: # # SUB PJML <your first name> <your last name> # # Join the Progressive Jewish Activism List (PJAL) for a moderated # # discussion. Send the following message to [log in to unmask] or # # [log in to unmask] to receive an application: # # SUB PJAL <your first name> <your last name> # ####################################################################### Steve Carr [log in to unmask] Dept. of Radio-TV-Film 512/471-4071 20903 fax: 512/471-4077 University of Texas at Austin Austin TX 78712