Jeane R. Young Papers

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Jeane R. Young Papers

1974-1979 and undated (majority 1975-1978)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/9314

Jeane Ridge Young (1930-2010) came to Washington as Director of Public Information for the Public Broadcasting Service during the network's formative years after serving as PR director for Memphis' public broadcasting affiliate. In 1977, she was appointed to the Television for Learning Project under the auspices of the Educative Awareness Project for the Public Broadcasting Service. This collection documents her involvement with this project as well as topics including underwriting in public television, the Children's Television Workshop, and the future of public television in the 1980s.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Gunn, Hartford N., Jr., 1927-1986

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Hartford N. Gunn, Jr., was the founding president of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Gunn was born in Port Washington, N.Y. in 1926. He graduated from Harvard University with an MBA in 1951. Shortly after graduating, he began working as the general manager of WBGH-TV in Boston; at that point, it was an FM radio station, and Gunn helped develop and expand its television service. He left WBGH in 1970 to become the first president of PBS. Although he was plagued by low budgets, he helped...

Young, Jeane R.

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Broadcast executive. Director, Television for Learning Project, PBS, 1978; Community relations director, WKNO, 1978-1979; Director of Public Affairs, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1979. From the description of Jeane R. Young papers, 1974-1979 (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49190121 ...

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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Young, Jeane R.

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Jeane R. Young started her career in public broadcasting in 1973 in the Public Broadcasting Service's Division of Public Records. In June 1978, she became director of the Television for Learning Project, a promotional project under the auspices of the Educative Awareness Project. In December 1978, she left PBS to join WKNO-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, as their community relations director. She continued work for the Television for Learning Project as a consultant. In 1979, she began wo...