WNET Local Programming, 1962-1983
This subseries concerns local programming produced by WNET/Channel 13 after the merger of WNDT with NET in 1970. In addition to program information, it contains Image Magazine (the WNET program guide), and records of bias complaints from viewers and the station’s response. Some specific programs featured in this subseries are: The 51st State, The Adams Chronicles, and Non-Fiction Television. Of special note is a videotape of and information about an unaired satire of the Nixon presidency called, The Politics—and Comedy of Woody Allen, and a record of Channel 13’s first broadcast in September of 1962 with a speech by Edward R. Murrow. Materials include correspondence, memos, press materials, and clippings and are arranged alphabetically by program title.
Dates
- 1962-1983
Use and Access to Collection
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Extent
1.0 Linear Feet
Library Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives
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