Marlowe Froke papers, 1950-1991.
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Pennsylvania state university
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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....
WPSX-TV (Television station : University Park, Pa.)
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WPSU-FM began by offering educational programming in 1953 as WDFM, changing its call letters to WPSU in 1984. It began airing National Public Radio programming in 1986. In 1994, WPSU-FM became a full-time national public radio outlet and joined WPSX-TV to form Penn State Public Broadcasting (PSPB). WPSX-TV was founded in 1965. Penn State Public Broadcasting consolidated its call letters to WPSU-TV/FM in 2005. From the description of WPSX-TV, WPSU-FM, and Penn State Broadcasting recor...
Froke, Marlowe
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Marlowe Froke came to the Pennsylvania State University in 1959 as an associate professor of journalism. Mr. Froke was named director of broadcasting in 1964 and established WPSX-TV, the university's public television station. In 1981, Froke was named director and general manager of the University's Division of Learning and Telecommunications Services. He retired in 1991 from the College of Journalism and Communications as Associate Professor and General Manager, WPSX-TV, Emeritus. F...
