JAMES ROMAN is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Hunter College. His publications include works on the funding and culture of both cable and public television. He is the author of Cablemania (1983).

• Introduction Synergy: A Consolidation of Hardware and Software Strategies for Success: Networks and Independent Stations The FCC: The Airwaves and the Public Interest A History of Programming: Television's Evolution Programming Staples: Enduring Genres Merchants of News Electronic Currency: The Bottom Line of Television Technology and Change Public Broadcasting: Its Dwindling Account Toward a Wired Nation: Cable TV Bibliography Index

JAMES ROMAN is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Hunter College. His publications include works on the funding and culture of both cable and public television. He is the author of Cablemania (1983).

• Introduction Synergy: A Consolidation of Hardware and Software Strategies for Success: Networks and Independent Stations The FCC: The Airwaves and the Public Interest A History of Programming: Television's Evolution Programming Staples: Enduring Genres Merchants of News Electronic Currency: The Bottom Line of Television Technology and Change Public Broadcasting: Its Dwindling Account Toward a Wired Nation: Cable TV Bibliography Index

JAMES ROMAN is Associate Professor of Media Studies at Hunter College. His publications include works on the funding and culture of both cable and public television. He is the author of Cablemania (1983).

• Introduction Synergy: A Consolidation of Hardware and Software Strategies for Success: Networks and Independent Stations The FCC: The Airwaves and the Public Interest A History of Programming: Television's Evolution Programming Staples: Enduring Genres Merchants of News Electronic Currency: The Bottom Line of Television Technology and Change Public Broadcasting: Its Dwindling Account Toward a Wired Nation: Cable TV Bibliography Index