Program

Public Programs: Special Projects

Period of Performance

10/1/1976 - 1/31/1977

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)


Talk Radio as a New Format for Public Programs in the Humanities

FAIN: GP-10275-76

Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ 08540-6819)
Charles Brackbill (Project Director: October 1976 to present)
Richard Gilbert (Co Project Director: October 1976 to January 1977)

To test the assumption that humanist scholars can bring the humanities to the adult public through participation in popular "talk radio" programs on commercial radio stations; to evaluate the current content and formats for such programs, and the mutual interest of scholars and talk jockeys in developing cooperation.