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Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's opinion of ranking the best presidents 02:31
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: John F. Kennedy
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, where he focused on the openness of the United States' space program to the media 06:37
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: John F. Kennedy
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on what he was trying to convey in his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech 02:21
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Criticism of TV
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on Joseph Kennedy and Edward R. Murrow's reaction to his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech 01:59
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Criticism of TV
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on arranging for Voice of America broadcasts on commercial stations during the Cuban Missile Crisis 05:48
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Cold War
On working with commercial stations during the Cuban Missile Crisis (continued); on American programming and the FCC's television policies; on his work with children's television and news; on working with the networks; on the legislation he worked to enact: the All Channel Act requiring a UHF tuner as well as a VHF tuner on all television set, the Aid To Educational Television. and the Communications Satellite Act 59:47
Interview: Newton N. Minow
On his and the FCC's role in public television; on leaving his position as FCC chairman; on his work on the board of Chicago's Channel 11 public television station 41:05
Interview: Newton N. Minow
FCC chair Newton Minow on his views and hopes for children's programming 01:46
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Genre: Children's Programming
FCC chair Newton Minow on meeting with RCA head David Sarnoff regarding the number of network-owned stations permitted and on the threatened antitrust action regarding RCA's development of color television 02:47
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Person: David Sarnoff
Newton Minow on his role as FCC chair, his views on American programming and the FCC's television policies; on his work with children's television and news; on working with the networks; on the legislation he worked to enact: the All Channel Act requiring a UHF tuner as well as a VHF tuner on all television set, the Aid To Educational Television. and the Communications Satellite Act; on his contributions to public television 57:33
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Industry Crossroads
On his role in the administration of PBS (after he left the FCC); on the importance of Presidential debates 03:52
Interview: Newton N. Minow
On his work in education; on his thoughts on the future of the television industry; on his opinion of the responsibilities of broadcasters; on television audiences; on some of the people he worked with in his career 51:06
Interview: Newton N. Minow
Former FCC chair Newton Minow on serving on CBS' board (starting in 1983) 04:27
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Person: Frank Stanton
Former FCC chair Newton Minow on serving on CBS' board (starting in 1983) 04:27
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Person: William S. Paley
Newton Minow on whether he still sees television as a "vast wasteland" in 1999 00:55
Interview: Newton N. Minow
Newton Minow on his opinion of the television industry and its failure to remain in the public interest 02:49
Interview: Newton N. Minow
Former FCC chair Newton Minow on serving on CBS' board (starting in 1983) 04:27
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Television Industry
Newton Minow on whether he still sees television as 1961's "vast wasteland" in 1999 00:55
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Criticism of TV
Newton Minow on his opinion of the television industry and its failure to remain in the public interest 02:49
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Television Industry
On some individuals he's known including Adlai Stevenson, Studs Terkel, his law partner Howard Trienens; on an incident at WTTW regarding producing Birds of the Iron Feather; Walter Cronkite, Walter Annenberg; on his publications; on his wife 59:29
Interview: Newton N. Minow
Newton Minow on an argument he had at public station WTTW in Chicago during the 1970 development of the first Black-produced television drama Birds of the Iron Feather, where Jesse Jackson and other Civil Rights leaders demanded an all-Black crew 02:22
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Show: Bird of the Iron Feather
Newton Minow on an argument he had at public station WTTW in Chicago during the 1970 development of the first Black-produced television drama B irds of the Iron Feather, where Jesse Jackson and other Civil Rights leaders demanded an all-Black crew 02:22
Interview: Newton N. Minow | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
On the death of business partner and best friend Bill Lee; On producing Not Necessarily the News and HBO's Comic Relief 16:03
Interview: John Moffitt
John Moffitt on casting Larry David and Michael Richards on Fridays 03:08
Interview: John Moffitt | Person: Larry David
John Moffitt on casting Larry David and Michael Richards on Fridays 03:08
Interview: John Moffitt | Person: Michael Richards
John Moffitt on Andy Kaufman's notorious surprise fight sketch on Fridays 06:08
Interview: John Moffitt | Person: Andy Kaufman