Educational Television Operations at WQED, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In the shadows of the "Tower of Learning," in the heart of industrial Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, lies a dream of all mankind. Since the time when man first interpreted the art of drawing pictures, his mind has groped for the ultimate means by which education could be brought to the masses. WQED is attempting to fulfill this dream.A long time ago Archimedes of ancient Syracuse said, "Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum strong enough, and single handed I can can move the world."The advent of television as a means of mass communication is both exciting and frightening -- exciting in its possibilities for mass education, frightening in the power and responsibility placed in the hands of those who use it.