PBS Content Policy Committee

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PBS Content Policy Committee
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PBS Committee Structure
Executive Committee
Member Services
Audit
Finance Budget
Nominating Governance
Business
Investment
Education
Content Policy
Technology Distribution
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Committee Members

• PBS Board Content Policy Committee
• Jerrold F. Wareham, WVIZ/Cleveland, Chair
• John E. Porter, Esq., Washington, DC
• Mary Anne Alhadeff, Maine Public Broadcasting
• José Lozano, Huntington Beach, CA
• Deborah Onslow, WMHT/Schenectady, NY
• Fred DeMarco, CPB, Ex-officio

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Role of the Committee

• The Content Policy Committee is charged with
  providing oversight and policy direction for
  PBSs programming services, including online
  services and promotion. The Committee is
  expected to recommend general program policies to
  the Board but will not make specific programming
  or scheduling decisions.

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Responsibilities of the Committee

• Review and approve annual program and content
  mission, plans and objectives
• Review and approve the standards to be used in
  evaluating the performance of PBS programming and
  content services
• Review and approve PBS annual promotion plans

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Responsibilities of the Committee

• Review and make recommendation on the annual NPS
  assessment
• Conduct, with the assistance of an independent
  research firm, an annual Programming Services
  evaluation
• Provide policy oversight for funding and
  administration
• Protect the independence and editorial integrity
  of the CPE

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CPC Purview

• National Program Service
• Promotion
• Online
• PBS PLUS
• SIP
• Digital Channels
• Standards and Practices

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Board Members Advisors

• PBS Board Content Policy Committee
• Jerrold F. Wareham, WVIZ/Cleveland, Chair
• John E. Porter, Esq., Washington, DC
• Mary Anne Alhadeff, Maine Public Broadcasting
• Jose Lozano, Huntington Beach, CA
• Deborah Onslow, Schenectady, NY
• Fred DeMarco, CPB ex-officio
• Programming Services Committee
• Mary Anne Alhadeff, Maine Public Broadcasting
• Katherine Anderson, Board Member, CPB
• Luca Bentivoglio, Executive Director, Latino
  Public Broadcasting
• Shirley Casados, Director of Programming
  Production, KNME
• Margaret Drain, Vice President for National
  Programming, WGBH
• Al Jerome, President CEO, KCET/Hollywood
• Cara Muertes, Executive Producer/POV
• Dan Miller, Executive Director, Iowa PTV

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Board Members Advisors

• The Group of 6/20 Programmers
• Jack Gibson, WPBT/Miami
• Kevin Harris, The Harris Group
• David Rubinsohn, WHYY/Philadelphia
• Mike Seymour, The Programming Service/Tampa
• Dan Soles, WTTW/Chicago
• Bill Young, KERA/Dallas
• Ron Bachman, WGBH/Boston
• Joe Campbell, KAET/Phoenix
• BaBette Davidson, WMFE/Orlando
• Chad Davis, WETA/Washington, DC
• Chris Fennimore, WQED/Pittsburgh
• Dan Gaitens, WTVS/Detroit
• Jennifer Hunt-Dempsey, Georgia Public
  Broadcasting
• Tom Holter, TPT//St. Paul
• Ken Lawrence, KUHT/Houston

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Board Members Advisors

• Kids Advisory Group
• Steve Baker, WGBH/Boston
• Babette Davidson, The Programming Service/Tampa
• Karen Fritz, WETA/Washington, DC
• Tom Holter, TPT/St. Paul
• Tom Keck, WITF/Harrisburg
• Ron Pisaneschi, Idaho Public Television
• Diena Simmons, KBYU/Provo
• Dan Soles, WTTW/Chicago
• Ann Sunwell, TPT//St. Paul
• Bill Young, KERA/Dallas
• PBS/NPR NewsBrief Advisory Committee
• Steve Baker, Director of Creative Services,
  WGBH/Boston
• Regina Berry, Traffic Manager, WTVI/Charlotte
• Don Boswell, General Manager, WNED/Buffalo
• Michael Bridgeman, Director of Promotion
  Design, Wisconsin PTV

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Board Members Advisors

• Pledge Advisory Group
• Andre Butts, New Jersey Network
• Joe Campbell, KAET/Phoenix
• Pat Callahan, WETA/Washington, DC
• Rudy Casillas, KUAT/Tucson
• Garry Denny, WHA/Madison
• Mary Ann Donohue, WNET/NY
• Scott Dwyer, KQED/San Francisco
• T.J. Lubinsky, Independent Producer, Pittsburgh
• Kurt Mendelsohn, KQED/San Francisco
• Sue Richmond, WETA/Washington, DC
• Mike Seymour, The Programming Service/Tampa
• Dan Soles, WTTW/Chicago
• Linda Taggart, Maryland Public Television
• Keith York, KPBS/San Diego
• Bill Young, KERA/Dallas

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Board Members Advisors

• Ready To Learn Station Advisory Council
• Lynne Blinkenberg, Wisconsin PTV
• Lenora Brown, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Slavica Bubic, Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Holly Downs, WILL/Urbana
• Tracie Klosterman, Nebraska Educational
  Telecommunications
• Maria Lopez, WMTJ/Puerto Rico
• Michelle McVicker, Nashville Public Television
• Calesta Schmitt, WVIA/
• Chris Seifert, Montana PBS
• Kathy Smith, WGTE/Toledo
• Candace Thompson, KLVX/Las Vegas
• Pat VanWagoner, New Hampshire PTV

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Board Members Advisors

• Public Square Advisory Committee
• Henry Becton, WGBH/Boston
• Jeff Bieber, WETA/Washington, DC
• Roger Bingham, University of California, San
  Diego
• Jeffrey I. Cole, Ph.D., UCLA Center for
  Communication Policy
• Beth Courtney, Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Walter Cronkite, Journalist
• Mollie Doyle
• Skip Gates, Harvard University
• David Gergen, Kennedy School of Government ,
  Harvard University
• J. C. Herz, Author
• James Hoge, Council on Foreign Relations
• Alberto Ibarguen, The Miami Herald and Chairman
  of the Board, PBS
• David Ignatius, The Washington Post
• Al Jerome, KCET/Hollywood

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CPC 04 Activities YTD

• January Review scope and NPS funding challenges
• February Dialog at GM Planning Meeting
• March Share Planning Meeting presentations
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• comments on challenges
• - Recommend NPS assessment
• April May System consultation comment/dialog
• June - Review system feedback
• - PBS Board action on FY05 budget NPS
  assessment

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National Program Service

• Stabilize funding for 2 to 3 years
• Establish transparent evaluation criteria
• Redirect efforts to fundamental change
• to process for identifying/meeting needs and
  funding programs

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CPC Future Agenda

• Standards and Practices
• Digital Channels
• Online
• NPS/PBS PLUS/SIP research, evaluation,
  restructuring

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PBS Content Policy Committee