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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.
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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. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Robert F. Schenkkan · Also mentions: WUNC-TVSearch 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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- Public Broadcasting Icon and University Professor Robert F. Shenkkan
- The 1950s: UNC On The AirOur State An account of WUNC-TV's first years, when Schenkkan was its director.
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- Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1928-1980UNC-Chapel Hill University histories, exhibits, and research guides
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- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
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