Collection search - Desroches, Pierre - Interview

RAINSBERRY, Fred B.

1983-0359

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1983-01-17

Fred B. Rainsberry (Interviewer)

interviewer, Fred B. Rainsberry

Interview of Pierre Desroches by Fred B. Rainsberry about children's programming. Subjects discussed include: Fernand Doré; children's television; development of programs for pre-schoolers and teenagers; the commitment necessary to educate, entertain and inform young people to help them show leadership in the future; how the audience for Le Temps d'une pays was built on the children's programs of yesteryear; the need to compete with programs such as THREE'S COMPANY and GRIZZLY ADAMS; the Canadianization of early evening prime time; how the network used to be able to target programming for different age groups but now children age 7and older watch adult programs; how the "family viewing" timeslot in the United States has destroyed the development of children; the need for specialized channels to preserve programs for special age groups; and how radio might play a part in providing children with programs suitable for their development. <31mn>

English

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with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Margaret RainsberryFred B. Rainsberry died in 1996.Margaret Rainsberry, his wife, owns copyright on his material.