Adjusting with our Antennas
What was watched and the way it watcehd on TV has presented a significant impact on the medium's influcence over time. Join the lifelong television enthusiast identified as the frequency BAF in a journey through various decades of that medium where the reception came from the antenna. The episodes cover shows, genres, personalities and how not just antennas but how audiences have received them through the airwaves over time.
Produced by Benjamin Fronczek
Our Theme Song: Good Ol Days - 2024 Remaster by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
Adjusting with our Antennas
Television Goes Public
In this episode BAF explores how television took a different turn with more cultural, educational, and informative programs. The programming started as early as the 1950s but became part of a more formalized network that was funded and operated differently and officially classified as public television. The emergence of PBS brought Julia Child and Bob Ross, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street, Masterpiece Theatre and Great Performances, and other programs and specials that expanded viewers' horizons and experiences while watching television over the decades.
