Edwin G. Burrows papers

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Edwin G. Burrows papers

1964-1988.

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Edwin G. Burrows (1917- 2011) managed the University of Michigan's radio stations WUOM and WVGR. He interviewed about 500 individuals for a cultural arts program titled The Eleventh Hour, including Alvin Ailey, Robert Bly, and Kurt Vonnegut. Burrows helped charter National Educational Radio (NER), the National Association of Educational Broadcasters' radio division. He was chairman and a member of the board of network advisors for the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Burrows was also one of those responsible for the inclusion of radio in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. He retired in 1982. The materials in this collection concern national goals for educational radio and the relations between radio and television within the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.

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Burrows, E. G. (Edwin Gladding), 1917-

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Radio station director and National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB) chairman. From the description of Papers. 1964-1988. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 29883336 Edwin Gladding Burrows was born on July 23, 1917 in Dallas, Texas to Millar and Irene Gladding Burrows. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1938 and a M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1940. His first marriage to Gwen Lemon ended in divorce in 1972. He...

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WGUR (Radio station : Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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