Public media's future: A plea for support amid funding cuts - Nashville Banner

Public media's future: A plea for support amid funding cuts - Nashville Banner

My first crush was Fran Powell, the host of Jellybean Junction. My first language teacher was Maria from Sesame Street, who taught me to count to 10 in Spanish. My first exposure to Muhammad Ali, Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa came from reruns of Firing Line with William F. Buckley. The first time I ever listened to Congressional hearings wall-to-wall was over the radio in my car with some fellow political science majors at Belmont in 1991. The…