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RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors

of the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences

to the Family and Friends of

DAVID H. PRYOR

 U.S. Member of Congress, 1966-1973

Arkansas Governor, 1975-1979

U.S. Senator, 1979-1997

CPB Board Member, 2006-2014

CPB Board Vice Chair, 2010-2011

CPB Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, 2019

We will long remember with gratitude David H. Pryor, a true statesman and public servant whose principled, effective leadership as a member of the CPB board strengthened our stewardship and governance on behalf of public media.

David Pryor served on the CPB Board from 2006-2014, including as its vice chair and as chair of its Corporate Governance Committee.

On the CPB board, just as he was in elective office, Senator Pryor was the voice of reason and wisdom. He fostered bipartisanship and civility as we addressed economic and political challenges impacting public media. His intellectual curiosity inspired his fellow board members and management alike and left a lasting mark on public media.

He helped establish the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, the outcome of a CPB initiative to salvage significant history recorded by public television stations that was being lost at an alarming rate as aging film and videotapes deteriorated in storage rooms across the country. Today, the Library of Congress and GBH (Boston) are the permanent stewards of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

In recognition for his numerous contributions to public media, David Pryor received CPB’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

The CPB Board of Directors marks Senator Pryor’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, including his wife, Barbara, and their sons, former Senator Mark Pryor, David Jr., and Scott, and his many friends.

RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors

of the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences

to the Family and Friends of

ROBERT “ROBIN” MACNEIL

 Host, Washington Week in Review, 1971-1974

Anchor, “The Robert MacNeil Report;” co-anchor, “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report” and

“The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” (1975-1995)

Co-recipient, with Jim Lehrer, CPB Ralph Lowell Medal, 1989
 

We will long remember with gratitude public media pioneer and journalistic icon Robert “Robin” MacNeil. Robin was the founding anchor of PBS’ daily evening news program, “The Robert MacNeil Report,” which set the standard for trusted, in-depth, objective journalism that set public media apart and was the forerunner to today’s ‘PBS NewsHour,’ a program that continues to exemplify journalistic excellence.

In his long and distinguished career, Robin covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 for NBC News; moderated PBS’ ‘Washington Week in Review’ from 1971-1974; won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 1973 Watergate hearings on PBS; and teamed up with Jim Lehrer to start ‘The Robert MacNeil Report’ in 1975. After serving 20 years on the program, renamed ‘The MacNeil/Lehrer Report’ and then expanded to the 60-minute ‘MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour,’ he retired from anchoring in 1995. He later contributed to PBS coverage of the September 11, 2001, attacks for PBS and hosted a PBS miniseries ‘America at a Crossroads’ in 2007.

Together with Jim Lehrer, Robin MacNeil was the recipient of many journalism and broadcasting awards, including CPB’s Ralph Lowell Medal.

The CPB Board of Directors marks Robin MacNeil’s leadership, professionalism, and commitment to journalistic integrity with deep respect and appreciation. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and his many friends.

RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors

of the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences

to the Family and Friends of

JOANNE CHURCH

 Pioneering Public Radio Thought Leader

Co-Author of Audience Ratings: A Primer for Non-Commercial Stations

President, Radio Research Consortium

We will long remember public radio researcher Joanne Church, who dedicated her professional life to strengthening public radio through research and the strategic use of audience metric that demonstrated the value and impact of public radio to sponsors, donors, supporters, and listeners.

Joanne and her husband Tom founded the Radio Research Consortium in Olney Maryland in 1981, with the goal of introducing audience research to public radio.

They educated public radio managers and programmers about audience metrics, helping public radio to better meet the needs of their audiences.

Joanne became president of RRC in 2005 and was a driving force in ensuring public radio had access to Arbitron and Nielsen ratings.

In 2009, Joanne received the Public Radio Regional Organization’s PRRO Award.

The CPB Board of Directors marks Joanne Church’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues.

RESOLUTION
PUBLIC SESSION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors

of the

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Expresses its Heartfelt Condolences

to the Family and Friends of

JAC VENZA

 Founder, New York Playhouse

Founding Executive Producer, Great Performances

Director of Cultural and Arts Programs, WNET/New York

CPB Ralph Lowell Award Recipient, 1997

We will long remember with gratitude Jac Venza, for making entertainment and culture part of public media’s mission and described in the New York Times as “probably the person most responsible for the performing arts being on American television.”

Mr. Venza was part of a core group of television producers who helped create National Educational Television, the precursor to PBS.

At NET, then WNET, Mr. Venza brought artistic and cultural programs to public television, including “NET Playhouse,” “Theater in America,” “Live From Lincoln Center,” “New York Playhouse” and “Great Performances.” He also imported popular BBC productions like “Brideshead Revisited.” Talented performers such as Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Steep made their first significant television performances in Mr. Venza’s productions.

Mr. Venza won 10 Primetime Emmys, and the programs he produced for WNET received a total of 57 Emmy nominations. Mr. Venza’s many awards include an International Emmy and a Governor’s Award, both for lifetime achievement, and the CPB Ralph Lowell Award.

The CPB Board of Directors marks Jac Venza’s leadership, vision, and extraordinary service to public media and the American public with deep respect and appreciation and offers our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

RESOLUTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

RESOLVED,

That the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting adopts the Goals and Objectives of the Corporation as attached.

RESOLUTION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thursday, June 6, 2024

unanimously

WHEREAS,

            CPB management has developed a request for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an advance appropriation in support of the public broadcasting system for FY 2028 and the public broadcasting interconnection system and other infrastructure for FY 2026; and

WHEREAS,

            CPB management has briefed the Board of Directors on a legislative request to shift interconnection operational costs from CPB’s System Support “6%” fund because the separate interconnection and infrastructure appropriation now funds both capital and operating costs of the television and radio interconnection systems; and

WHEREAS,

            The Board of Directors has been briefed on CPB’s proposed monetary and legislative requests, and CPB management has consulted with public broadcasting system members to ensure a broad spectrum of system needs for providing service was considered; and

WHEREAS,

            CPB seeks to comply with the confidentiality of the OMB annual budget process by not releasing its budget request figures publicly until the President has delivered his budget request to Congress.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,

            The Board of Directors authorizes CPB management to submit CPB’s general budget request for FY 2028, an interconnection system and infrastructure budget request for FY 2026, and a legislative request to OMB.