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Robert F. Schenkkan Sr.
Robert F. Schenkkan completed an M.A. in drama at UNC in 1947 and taught at the university. In January 1955 he was asked to put WUNC-TV, the tenth public broadcasting station, on the air.
Source: Dignity Memorial: Robert F. Schenkkan obituary
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- Robert F. Schenkkan becomes director of the university's educational television venture After the FCC granted the Consolidated University of North Carolina an educational television license, Schenkkan became director of the new venture, which went on the air as WUNC-TV from the Communication Center in Chapel Hill on January 8, 1955.Search the index · UNC Libraries: Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1928-1980
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- WUNC radio and television Libraries, museums and media · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
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- Background context: Public Broadcasting Icon and University Professor Robert F. Shenkkan Other source
- Background context: The 1950s: UNC On The Air Our State An account of WUNC-TV's first years, when Schenkkan was its director.
- Search beyond the index: Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1928-1980 UNC-Chapel Hill
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