John F. White

In 1955, White took the job as general manager of WQED in Pittsburgh, Penn. -- the nation's first "community-owned" TV station. WQED's mission was adult education, trying to fulfill the promise of a new mass medium. In 1958 he was hired as the president of the National Educational Television Center, the national organization above the at-the-time multiplying "educational" stations. There, White helped NET create original educational shows not just for adults, but children, too, including Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street, which survive today on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), which took over network operations for most public TV stations. White died April 22 at 87. From This is True for 24 April 2005 Suggestions for further reading: The Civil War: The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the ... by Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns, RICHARD BURNS Amazon Price: $10.88 Customer Review: Very good, it follows the video series very well. Using the book, the DVD and Google Earth I can get an excellent appreciation of what went on and where. I have marked most major sites and battles in google earth and referenced them to the book...   Antiques Roadshow Behind the Scenes: An Insider's Guide to PBS's #1 Weekly Show by Marsha Bemko Amazon Price: $11.55 Customer Review: I've never read a production book for any TV show or movie but I was impressed by the detail the author and show producer (Marsha Bemko) gives for one of my favorite PBS shows: Antiques Roadshow. Not only are there interesting stories about some of t...   Antiques Roadshow Primer : The Introductory Guide to Antiques and Collectible... by Carol Prisant Amazon Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This book had an easy and well organized format. It would be a helpful guide, especially for the beginning collector.   Antiques Roadshow Collectibles: The Complete Guide to Collecting 20th Century... by Carol Prisant Amazon Price: $13.57 Customer Review: I've enjoyed the Antiques Roadshow book and the descriptions which I will use for future reference.   Great Lodges of the National Parks: The Companion Book to the PBS Television ... by Christine Barnes Amazon Price: $35.00 Customer Review: I was thumbing through "O" magazine, March 2009 issue and there was Great Lodges of the National Parks as Sarah Vowell's "Books That Made a Difference". She's such a quirky historian/writer/commentator, that I was thrilled to see she agreed with ME t...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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