Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
January 23, 1991
CPB's Position on the Development of Digital Audio Broadcasting
Unanimously
WHEREAS,
The Board of Directors of CPB recognizes that the Communications Act provides that it is in the public interest to establish and support a national policy that will most effectively make public telecommunications services available to all citizens of the United States; and
WHEREAS,
One of the principal goals of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is to assist in the establishment and development of one or more systems of public telecommunications entities throughout the United States; and
WHEREAS,
The Board recognizes that it is an integral part of the Corporation's role, as described in the January 31, 1989 role statement, to advocate the public interest in national regulatory matters that affect public telecommunications; and
WHEREAS,
The Board finds that it is in the public interest to recognize the potential impact that the rapid emergence of digital audio broadcasting services will have on the existing public telecommunications services, and to ensure that the standards and policies developed for digital audio broadcasting services will preserve the integrity of the existing public telecommunications services; and
WHEREAS,
The Board finds that it is also in the public interest to recognize the significant contribution that the existing public telecommunications services can make to the development of digital audio broadcasting services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The Board of Directors authorizes Management to conduct all research and consultations, and participate in all relevant and appropriate regulatory, judicial and legislative proceedings as necessary to develop and advocate a CPB position concerning the development of digital audio broadcasting and its impact on public telecommunications services throughout the nation, in accordance with Management's November 6, 1990 and January 3, 1991 memoranda to the Board.