This report examines the involvement of the Commonwealth of Virginia in both the support and governing of public television stations. There are seven such stations in the state, operated by four educational television entities; each of these corporations is controlled by a board of directors made up of citizens from the particular area served by…

The role of state organizations in instructional television programming, program selection, production, and distribution are discussed and the overall management, funding, and cost forecasting for ITV are explored. Instructional television in Virginia, as discussed in this paper, is defined as the presentation via video format of information to be…

Uses made of telemedia by various governmental agencies in Virginia in carrying out their functions are reviewed, and potentials for use offered by current technology are explored. The predominant uses for radio and television by those state agencies that have used telemedia are to distribute public service announcements (PSA's). Scripts, slides,…

This report describes the Virginia Public Telecommunications Council, an agency formed to manage and coordinate the Commonwealth's investments in and uses of all kinds of telecommunications services, facilities, processes, capacities, and products. In this respect they act as professional consultant, liaison officer, approval authority, planner,…