Bill Reed papers

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Bill Reed papers

1969-1991 (majority 1979-1991)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1605

William "Bill" Thomas Reed (1938-2020) helped create the PBS Elementary/Secondary Service, the PBS Adult Learning Service, the PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service, and the PBS National Narrowcast Service (later called the Business Channel) during the 1980s. He also created the PBS Home Video Project, an operation designed to market PBS videos to home viewers. Reed joined public station KIXE in Redding, CA in 1967 as KIXE's general manager. In 1974, he started working full time at PBS as director of station relations, and by 1978 had become the video marketing division's senior vice-president. Reed became senior vice president of education services in 1980. Returning to the local station level, he became president and general manager of KCPT in Kansas City, Missouri before retiring in 2005. The collection documents Reed's work with PBS with emphasis on PBS Video and educational services.

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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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PBS Video

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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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Reed, Bill, 1938-

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Broadcasting executive. General manger, KIXE 1967-1973; member, Board of Directors, PBS 1972-1974; senior vice president, video marketing devision, PBS 1980-1991; president and general manager, KCPT 1992- From the description of Bill Reed Papers, 1969-1991, and undated (bulk 1979-1991) (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33349008 ...

PBS Home Video.

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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...