Newt Minow's daughters reflect on his monumental work and devotion as a father. “He was always there for us, always the best listener, always the best cheerleader, always setting the best example,” Nell Minow said. “He was a great, great, great father.”
. The attorney and educator served as chairman of the FCC under President John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s. Though Minow’s tenure was short, he left a permanent stamp on the broadcasting industry through government steps to foster satellite communications and his outspoken advocacy for quality in television.
WTTW was founded in 1955. Newt Minow was a crucial figure in the station’s later growth and a longtime WTTW News supporter. He was a former chairman and longtime member of the Board of Trustees. Among his favorites, his daughter said, were “What’s New?”, “The Sopranos,” CBS “Sunday Morning,” Ken Burns’ documentaries and films on Turner Classic Movies. And he “loved, loved, loved ‘Chicago Tonight.’ … WTTW and PBS were very dear to his heart.”
“He [Minow] learned in college at Northwestern [University] to ask the questions, ‘What do you mean?’ and ‘How do you know?,’” daughter Martha Minow said. “And he taught generations to ask those questions, and therefore, to listen really well and find ways to deal with disagreements.” Among other achievements, Newt Minow was involved in every presidential debate, beginning with that of Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Minow was also instrumental in getting legislation passed to launch the first telecommunications satellite, owned by AT&T.
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