Scheduled to appear before the Subcommittee on April 11 were John Gardner, Secretary of HEW; Roger Stevens, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Rosel Hyde, Chairman of the FCC; and Ralph Paiewonsky, Governor of the Virgin Islands. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) The National Educational Television network interconnected some 70 affiliate stations for a series of special broadcasts of taped highlights of the Senate Communications Subcommittee hearings on the Magnuson bill for public television. The public television bill, proposed by Senator Warren Magnusson (D - WA) calls for the establishment and funding of a non-profit educational broadcasting corporation, allocation of additional funds for the construction of educational television facilities, and authorization for the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to conduct a comprehensive study of instructional and educational television. The Subcommittee, chaired by Senator John Pastore (D - RI), held the hearings April 11 through the 14th and April 25 through the 28th. NET presented hour-long summaries of each day's proceedings. The Senate Communications Subcommittee Hearings were produced by NET through the facilities of its Washington DC affiliate, WETA-TV. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
