Former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow, who famously described network TV as a “vast wasteland,” has died
FILE - Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears before the House Antitrust Subcommittee which is probing newspaper competition, March 13, 1963, Washington. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a"vast wasteland," died Saturday, May 6, 2023. He was 97CHICAGO — — Newton N.
Minow laid down his famous challenge to TV executives on May 9, 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, urging them to sit down and watch their station for a full day,"without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you." Minow became the first government official to get a George Foster Peabody award for excellence in broadcasting. The New York Times critic Jack Gould wrote,"At long last there is a man in Washington who proposes to champion the interests of the public in TV matters and is not timid about ruffling the industry's most august feathers. Tonight some broadcasters were trying to find dark explanations for Mr. Minow's attitude. In this matter the viewer possibly can be a little helpful; Mr.
In a September 2006 interview on National Public Radio, Minow recalled telling Kennedy that such satellites were"more important than sending a man into space. ... Communications satellites will send ideas into space, and ideas live longer than people." On July 10, 1962, Minow was one of the officials making statements on the first live trans-Atlantic television program, a demonstration of AT&T's Telstar satellite.
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Newton Minow, Former FCC Chief Who Declared Network TV a ‘Vast Wasteland,’ Dies at 97Newton N. Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission chief, died May 6 at his home in Chicago, after suffering from a heart attack. He was 97. Minow’s death was confirmed by the Asso…
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Newton Minow, Public TV Advocate and Former FCC Chief, Dies at 97Minow, who was appointed as FCC chief by President John F. Kennedy, championed quality in television and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
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Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97Former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow, who famously described network TV as a “vast wasteland,” has died. Minow's daughter, Nell Minow, confirmed that her father died Saturday at home in Chicago, surrounded by loved ones. Although the Chicago attorney held his FCC post for just two years in the early 1960s, Minow left a lasting stamp on the industry — promoting public television and working to televise presidential campaign debates. He was 97.
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Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97Former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow, who famously described network TV as a “vast wasteland,” has died
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Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97Newton N. Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission chief who in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a “vast wasteland,” died Saturday at his Chicago home. He was 97.
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Ex-FCC chief, public TV advocate Newton Minow dead at 97Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a 'vast wasteland,' died Saturday. He was 97.
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