CPB seminar on children's television : San Diego, February 1977 : speech (document)

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CPB seminar on children's television : San Diego, February 1977 : speech (document)

Cox speaks about the value of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." He writes about why children understand Mister Rogers and why many adults find him dull.

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Rogers, Fred, 1928-2003

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Fred Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), also known as Mister Rogers, was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001. Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Rogers earned a bachelor's degree in music from Rollins College in 1951. He began his television career at NBC in New York, returning to Pittsburgh in 1953 to work for children's programming at NET (later PBS) television station WQED. He graduated from Pittsb...

San Diego (Calif.)

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Cox, Basil.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Founded in 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is the steward of the U.S. federal government’s investment in public broadcasting and the nation’s largest single source of funding for public radio, television, and related services. CPB distributes funding to locally-owned public radio and television stations and ensures universal access to non-commercial-high quality content and telecommunications services. The CPB does not own or operate any television or radio broadcasting netwo...