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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1992 11:43:30 CST
From:         Harry Goodman <goodman@igc.apc.org>
Subject:      US Information Policy (Public Radio)

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The following is a description of just one edition of our ongoing
public radio series.  It's being posted to LIBRARY, LIBREF-L,
GOVDOC-L and PACS-L in the hope that members of the library
community will contact their local public radio station and
request local broadcast of the series.  ALL PROGRAMMING IS
AVAILABLE FREE TO SATELLITE INTERCONNECTED PUBLIC RADIO
STATIONS.
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TO: ALL STATIONS/PROG DIR/PUB AFFAIRS DIR/PROMO DIR
FR: HARRY GOODMAN, EXEC PRODUCER, COMMONSENSE COMPUTERTALK
DT: FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER 1992
RE: 11/14 ComputerTalk - US Information Policy

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PLEASE NOTE: IN RESPONSE TO STATION REQUESTS WE WILL CONTINUE

TO DISTRIBUTE OUR BROADCAST ADVISORIES IN AN UNRESTRICTED

MANNER.  MANY THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE CALLED AND

TOLD US OF YOUR ONGOING INTEREST IN OUR PROGRAMMING.  WE STAND

READY TO SERVE YOU AND YOUR LISTENERS AS YOUR SCHEDULES ALLOW.
--Harry Goodman, Executive Producer
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SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 1992 1500-1559 ET  ID 92-S82-00007 Channel 12

        INFORMATION POLICY IN THE U.S.

        GUESTS:
        KEN ALLEN
        President, Information Industry Association
        PATRICIA GLASS SCHUMAN
        Immediate Past-President, American Library Association
        REP. CHARLES ROSE
        Chairman, House Administration Committee and the Joint
        Committee on Printing.

        Will we have to pay serious dollars to learn about
national election finances or the latest government
investments in medical research?
        Each year the federal government spends billions of
dollars gathering, creating, analyzing and distributing
information.  The Government Printing Office and its Federal
Depository Library program have played a critical role in
insuring that all interested Americans have ongoing access to
the information they've paid for through their tax dollars.
        The trade association representing much of America's
information industry wants to see major changes in the
government's systems of distributing information.  Many would
replace both the Government Printing Office and the Federal
Depository Library system with private sector solutions.  What
societal costs would be paid to save the tax dollars now spent
on lowcost distribution?
        Vice President-Elect Al Gore has proposed an entirely
different approach.  It would not only preserve our existing
lowcost access to government information, it would harness
computer and communications technologies to create more
powerful information access and retrieval tools. Gore's
_Gateways To Government_ initiative has won widespread support
among information professionals.
        This Saturday's (11/14) edition of _Your Expanding
InfoSphere: CommonSense ComputerTalk_ explores the competing
values and positions we face as the country shapes its
information policies for today and for the future.

LIVE call-ins will be accepted from approx 1530-1550 ET via
show line: 800/231-8255.

        Saturday's News Section will include an update on
how software companies are helping consumers learn how to
use both basic and complex products.
       We'll also hear how one caring person harnessed
technology to save a life thousands of miles away. [Postponed
from 11/7 broadcast due to technical difficulties].

Please ADD Saturday, NOVEMBER 14, 1992

1500  1559  12               COMMONSENSE COMPUTERTALK

                                        92-S82-00007


NOTE TO STATIONS:

        In order to better serve stations carrying our series
on a time-delayed basis we're keeping our 800-231-8255
number available on a 24-hour/day-7-day/week basis.
        During non-broadcast hours this number will be
hooked up to an answering machine inviting callers to leave
their name, phone numbers and specific or general program
related questions and comments.
        Listener input via non-broadcast 800 messages will be
incorporated into future broadcasts (either through call-outs
or simply scheduling coverage of requested topics).

        PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PUBLICIZE THIS 800-231-8255
CALL-IN NUMBER THROUGH ON-AIR PROMOS, PROGRAM GUIDE LISTINGS,
LOCAL ADVERTISING AND MARKETING.
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PLEASE REMEMBER OUR SERIES IS OFFERED FREE BUT WE DO REQUEST
THAT YOU NOTIFY US OF YOUR CARRIAGE.


SERIES TITLE: COMMONSENSE COMPUTERTALK
Format: News Magazine + Live Listener Call-In via "800"
Delivery: Public Radio Satellite Service - CHANNEL 12
Length:  59:00
Frequency: Weekly
Day: Saturdays
Time: 1500-1559 ET
Channel: 12
Mode: Mono

Availability:  Free To All Interconnected Stations
               Carriage Notification Required

Promos: Weekly via DACS
Station Use Rights: Unlimited _within 7 days of uplink_
On-Air-Credit: Yes. - Arche Technologies + TBA
Executive Producer: Harry Goodman
Source: Harry M. Goodman & Associates/KUSP-FM
        1739 Bridgeway Blvd., Suite A
        Sausalito, CA 94965-1922
        1-415-332-5945
        1-800-392-6071
        FAX: 1-415-332-6496

Please respond with requested information and FAX or MAIL to
the address below:
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Return to: Stations Relations
           CommonSense ComputerTalk
           P.O. Box 808
           Sausalito, CA 94966-0808
           FAX: 415/332-6496

                ***CARRIAGE NOTIFICATION***

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                                           (DAY)
beginning on _________________.
                (DATE)

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