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Comment: I think possibly notable, but could use more WP:SIGCOV. I think the strongest sources are the Current ones. Many others are brief mentions or primary. grapesurgeon (talk) 11:28, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
Jerrold "Jerry" Sandler (died February 24, 1995) was an American public broadcasting advocate and executive.[1] He advocated for the inclusion of educational radio in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, helping establish the federal framework that later supported National Public Radio and the wider public radio system in the United States.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Sandler was associated with educational radio before the creation of National Public Radio.[3] He worked as program director at WUOM, the educational radio station at the University of Michigan.[3] In 1967, he was executive director of National Educational Radio, a division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.[3][4]
In that role, Sandler helped lead a campaign to make educational radio eligible for federal support at a time when federal public broadcasting legislation was focused primarily on television.[1][2] The Carnegie Corporation later described Sandler as public radio's main champion during the legislative campaign and stated that he organized the campaign on behalf of radio.[3]
Sandler also oversaw The Hidden Medium, a 1967 report that made the case for educational radio as a national public service.[3] The report was part of the effort to show that radio deserved support alongside public television.[3][2]
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967
[edit]The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and became a central piece of federal support for public broadcasting in the United States.[2][5] Early versions of the legislation were centered on public television.[2][5] Sandler and other educational radio advocates worked to ensure that radio was included in the final legislation.[1][2][5]
Public broadcasting historian William J. Behrens wrote that Sandler, as executive director of the National Educational Radio division of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, "spearheaded the effort to add radio" to the legislation.[6] Current reported that Sandler led the campaign to make educational radio eligible for federal aid and quoted public broadcasting historian John Witherspoon describing him as "probably the key guy" in ensuring that radio was included.[1]
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting identifies Sandler as executive director of the National Educational Radio Network and records his testimony during Senate hearings on the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.[4]
Later work
[edit]Sandler later served as executive director of the national Reading Is Fundamental program.[7] Smithsonian Institution Archives identifies him in that role in a portrait record.[7] He was also later associated with WQPT in the Quad Cities public television market.[8]
Sandler died on February 24, 1995, at age 64.[1] According to Current, he died following an apparent heart attack after cancer surgery in Moline, Illinois.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jerrold Sandler, key advocate for public radio funding, dies at 64". Current. March 6, 1995. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Radio gets in on the Act". Current. March 28, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Evolution and Challenges of National Public Radio (PDF) (Report). Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2006. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- 1 2 "NER Washington forum; Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, part four". American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "The 50th Anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act". Michigan Public. November 7, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ↑ Behrens, William J. A History of Public Broadcasting (PDF). Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- 1 2 "Portrait of Jerrold "Jerry" Sandler". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Quad Cities WVIK veterans recall highlights of public radio as NPR turns 50". QuadCities.com. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
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