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The original documents are located in Box D34, folder "Dedication of ETV Station, Grand
Valley State College, February 23, 1973" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press
Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Remarks at dedication of ETV Station at Grand Valley State College 2/23/73.
Maffire Copy
The dedication of this educational television station is a major event--a major
event not only here in Allendale but in Michig an, and not only in Michigan but in
the Nation.
I say that because the Grand Rapids Area was one of the last major population
centers to be given the benefits of educational television.
It may interest you to know, incidentally, that the $465,000 Federal ETV
grant made to Grand Valley State Colleges in fiscal 1971 was the largest educational
TV grant ever made to a Michigan applicant.
We need this station. We need educational TV. We need an alternative voice
to commercial television. The non-commercial television stations can do a job the
commercial stations simply cannot do. The reason, of course, is that the non-commercial
stations have a different motivation. They are not profit-oriented. And so they can
use their prime time to present
the kind of programs which are not popular in the broad sense but are sorely
needed in an educational sense. That, in sum, is the role and purpose of educational
television. And this new
ETV station at Allendale is one of the major building
blocks in the achievement of that purpose.
Before I left Washington Friday noon I talked with the acting director of the
Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program, and he underscored one thing in
connection with the Grand Valley State Colleges ETV program. "We have a great deal
of confidence in that group," he said. And so do I.
Educational television existed before the Federal Government got into the act.
But with enactment of the Educational Television Facilities Act of 1962, ETV was
stimulated and speeded up o The first grant for an ETV station was approved August 29,
1963. Educational radio stations became eligible for aid in 1967. Sinde the
LIBRARY
inception of the educational broadcasting assistance programs, the Federal Government
Digitized from Box D34 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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has made grants totalling $68 million plus, including $64.26 million to TV and the
rest to radio.
There were 76 educati onal television stations
on the air in 1962. The ETV
Facilities Act has helped to activate 133 new educational television stations. The
Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program has provided
154 grants to ETV stations
and 79 grants to educational radio stations. The program has helped five
ETV
stations in Michigan
go on the air, including this one. In
addition, the Federal Government has given Michigan
stations three expansion
and improvement grants.
Since the inception of the program, the Federal Government has spent roughly
$2.6 million in Michigan-$2.4 million plus for ETV and $187,000 for educational radio.
Of course, we are all aware that Grand Valley State Colleges has an application
pending now for an additional grant. Hopefully, those funds will be forthcoming in
fiscal 1974.
In the last fiscal year alone, great strides were made in educational broadcasting
in Michigan. The Government made "'ve grants to Michigan stati ons-two for ETV and
three for educational radio.
We need to move ahead. We must do more. We must accelerat the development of
ETV
and make sure that it reaches all
those who
can benefit from it. And
today I
am most happy to be having a hand in dedicating one of the finest
facilities of its kind in the Nation. the ETV station here at Grand Valley State
Colleges. Good luck and Godspeed.
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Remarks at dedication of ETV Station at Grand Valley State College 2/23/73.
a affice Copy
The dedication of this educational television station is a major event--a major
event not only here in Allendale but in Michig an, and not only in Michigan but in
the Nation.
I say that because the Grand Rapids Area was one of the last major population
centers to be given the benefits of educational television.
It may interest you to know, incidentally, that the $465,000 Federal ETV
grant made to Grand Valley S tate Colleges in fiscal 1971 was the largest educational
TV grant ever made to a Michigan applicant.
We need this station. We need educational TV. We need an alternative voice
to commercial television. The non-commercial television stations can do a job the
commercial stations simply cannot do. The reason, of course, is that the non-commercial
stations have a different motivation. They are not profit-oriented. And SO they can
use their prime time to present
the kind of programs which are not popular in the broad sense but are sorely
needed in an educational sense. That, in sum, is the role and purpose of educational
television. And this new
ETV station at Allendale is one of the major building
blocks in the achievement of that purpose.
Before I left Washington Friday noon I talked with the acting director of the
Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program, and he underscored one thing in
connection with the Grand Valley tate Colleges ETV program. "We have a great deal
of confidence in that group," he said. And so do I.
Educational television existed before the Federal Government got into the act.
But with enactment of the Educational Television Facilities Act of 1962, ETV was
stimulated and speeded up 0 The first grant for an ETV station was approved August 29,
1963. Educational radio stations became eligible for aid in 1967. Sinde the
inception of the educational broadcasting assistance programs, the Federal Government
-2-
has made grants totalling $68 million plus, including $64.26 million to TV and the
rest to radio.
There were 76 educational television stations
on the air in 1962. The ETV
Facilities Act has helped to activate 133 new educational television stations. The
Educational Broadcasting Facilities Program has provided
154 grants to ETV stations
and 79 grants to educational radio stations. The program has helped five
ETV
stations in Michigan
go on the air, including this one. In
addition, the Federal Government has given Michigan
stations three expansion
and improvement grants.
Since the inception of the program, the Federal Government has spent roughly
$2.6 million in Michigan- 2.4 million plus for ETV and $187,000 for educational radio.
Of course, we are all aware that Grand Valley State Colleges has an application
pending now for an additional grant. Hopefully, those funds will be forthcoming in
fiscal 1974.
In the last fiscal year alone, great strides were made in educational broadcasting
in Michigan. The Government made "'ve grants to Michigan stati ons-two for ETV and
three for educational radio.
We need to move ahead. We must do more. We must accelerate the development of
ETV
and make sure that it reaches all
those who
can benefit from it. And
today I
am most happy to be having a hand in dedicating one of the finest
facilities of its kind in the Nation- the ETV station here at Grand Valley State
Colleges. Good luck and Godspeed.
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