Public television, a program for action: the report and recommendations of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television.

xi, 254 pages illustrations, map 22 cm ; LC: LC6571; PN1992.33; Dewey: 371.33/58 ; OCLC: 2584230 ; blue and red cloth ; in dustjacket ; "Noncommercial television of diversity and excellence, a new public television, is the subject of this widely discussed report of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television. Fifteen distinguished Americans, after a year of intensive study, recommend far-reaching changes in noncommercial television to bring into being an ambitious system of public television, designed for the general viewer. The commission's own report is supplemented by a n umber of papers prepared for the commission's consideration. As public debate on far-reaching issues continues, this authoritative and centrally important report of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television makes exciting reading for businessmen, broadcasters, public officials, students, teachers, and for every American interested in the riches of learning, culture, arts, and entertainment that an expanded noncommercial program service might provide." ; stain on inside bottom of dustjacket ; G/G.…