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July 10, 2002

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Witnesses testified before the House Energy and Commerce committee about the state of public television and the future of public television… read more

Witnesses testified before the House Energy and Commerce committee about the state of public television and the future of public television programming and services. Among the issues they addressed were the transition from an analog to digital signal, private use of digital signals for transmission or revenue purposes, digital carriage of public broadcasting by cable companies, and present and future programming content. close

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Joe Barton U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Charles Bass U.S. Representative [R] New Hampshire

Sherrod Brown U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
Richard Burr U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
Robert Coonrod President Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Barbara Cubin U.S. Representative [R] Wyoming
Tom Davis III U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
Eliot Engel U.S. Representative [D] New York
Anna G. Eshoo U.S. Representative [D] California
Gene Green U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Jane Harman U.S. Representative [D] California
Kevin Klose President National Public Radio
Andrea Lafferty Executive Director Traditional Values Coalition
John Lawson President and CEO Association of Public Television Stations
Bill Luther U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota
Edward J. Markey U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Karen McCarthy U.S. Representative [D] Missouri
Patricia Mitchell President and CEO PBS
Chip Pickering Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Mississippi
Tom Sawyer U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
John M. Shimkus U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Cliff Stearns U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Bart Stupak U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Billy Tauzin II U.S. Representative [R] Louisiana
Lee Terry U.S. Representative [R] Nebraska
Fred Upton U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Laura R. Walker President and CEO New York Public Radio
Michael S. Willner Chief Executive Officer Progress and Freedom Foundation

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance

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Program ID:: 171107-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jul 11, 2002 | 5:37am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Aug 28, 2002 | 3:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Jul 11, 2002 | 5:37am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 13, 2002 | 1:58pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Aug 27, 2002 | 2:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Aug 28, 2002 | 3:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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