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JACK TRACY
ROOM 320
2-x-H NBC TELEVISION NETWORK NEWS
June 14, i960
TWO NEW NBC -TV PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES --ONE PROBING VITAL QUESTIONS OF DAY, OTHER TO STIMULATE NATIONWIDE DEBATES ON ISSUES OF DEMOCRACY-ANNOUNCED BY ROBERT E. KINTNER
Programs Created and Developed by Irving Gitlin
Two new series of public affairs television programs - one probing in depth the vital questions of the dayj the other designed to stimulate simultaneous nationwide debates on the great issues of American democracy — will be presented on the NBC Television Network next season, it was announced today by Robert E. Kintner, President of the National Broadcasting Company.
The two new series, representing a dramatic new concept in public affairs programming, were outlined by Mr. Kintner, as follows:
Six full-hour, prime-time actuality reports, title and subjects to be announced, on issues which affect or threaten the survival of the United States in the free world - "issues which, " according to Nr. Kintner, because of their deep-rooted controversy, have not yet been subjected to television analysis in depth. "
"America's Future," a series of Saturday night live forums in which two outstanding leaders in public life, with conflicting views, each week will enter into debate before a moderator on a cardinal issue, while simultaneous meetings on that issue will be held around
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