Educational television stations -- New York (State) -- Rochester

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This collection consists of the papers of Harold S. Hacker, Director of the Rochester Public Library from 1954 to 1978 and the "father of WXXI", the first noncommercial public broadcasting television station in the Rochester area. The materials date between 1929 and 2004. The papers are comprised of Harold Hacker's personal and professional correspondence, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, publications, and awards.

Abstract The records of the Rochester Area Educational Television Association (RAETA), which date between the years 1951 and 1979, describe the organization's efforts to establish an educational television station in Rochester, New York. The collection includes committee, trustee, and membership records, program guides, FCC court dockets, board minutes, and correspondence. The fight to obtain Channel 13 is well-documented, as is RAETA's subsequent decision to withdraw their petition as it became...

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This sub-collection consists of the papers collected during William J. Pearce's time as General Manager of WXXI, Rochester, New York. The materials date between 1935 to 1999, with the bulk of materials dating between 1970 and 1996. The papers are comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, financial records, and programming notes.

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The William J. Pearce papers consist of materials related to Pearce’s career in educational television. The papers, which date from the 1950s to the 1990s, also include Pearce’s military service, his involvement with the Philosophers’ Club, his long history in public television, and his passion for Native American culture, which can be seen in his work with the Friends of Ganondagan and the Native American Public Telecommunications. Pearce is the recipient of two Peabody Awards.