Money Quote by Jonathan Taplin

The current public television and radio system in the United States, while it's better than nothing, that's about the best you can say about…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

Consumers can choose from hundreds of channels today, including dozens for kids. At a time of dwindling resources, we don't need to be subsidizing…

— Mark McKinnon

Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be…

— Reed Hundt

American families want high-quality children's television programming. Unfortunately, due to outdated rules, broadcasters are hamstrung from meeting market demand.

— Michael O'Rielly

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons.

— Bill Moyers

Importantly, while PBS is subject to some of the Commission's Kid Vid rules, its business model is designed around community programming, and its efforts…

— Michael O'Rielly

If television encouraged us to work as much as it encourages us to do everything else, we could better afford to buy more of…

— Cullen Hightower

I just am a huge fan of PBS. They've taken great risks from great shows.

— Kim Raver

I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which is superior…

— Edward R. Murrow

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

— Silvio Scaglia

Lawmakers have good reason to want a healthy broadcast industry. Broadcast TV stations provide more than 186,000 jobs on an annual basis, which directly…

— Gordon Smith

The programs on Public Broadcasting help promote our state to the world and educate our people.

— Jim Justice