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WTVP
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WTVP to Offer More Channels, More Choices
Beginning Monday, February 2nd
Wednesday, January
28th, 2009
WTVP will begin offering more channels and more choices on
Monday, Feb. 2 as the station’s main channel 47.1 broadcasts in
high definition, the new WTVP World is launched on 47.2, and
WTVP Create continues on 47.3.
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WTVP 47.1 - As a full member PBS
station, WTVP will utilize the PBS National
Program Service on
Channel 47.1 and will continue to
create a program schedule available 24/7,
including locally-produced programming,
acquisition programming drawn from the libraries
of a number of different services, and other
programs requested by WTVP members and viewers.
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WTVP Create 47.3 - the station’s
24-hour lifestyle channel-will continue in
February with 33 different series plus special
Saturday marathons. Working with a six-hour
block that rotates throughout each day, the
schedule flows from painting and crafting to
cooking, travel, gardening, home improvement and
back to crafting. |
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WTVP World 47.2 - a 24-hour digital
channel spotlighting PBS’s acclaimed
documentary, public affairs, and news
programming-will be launched Monday, Feb. 2.
WTVP World will showcase the award-winning
series viewers have come to identify with public
television-and will be devoted exclusively to
the best in non-fiction programming. On Monday
through Friday, each evening’s schedule will
also allow for WTVP-generated news and public
affairs programming. |
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National programming on WTVP World will include a
wide variety of popular and critically acclaimed series:
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History/Biography series, mini-series, and specials such as
American Experience, American Masters, and
History Detectives.
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Science series, mini-series, and specials such as NOVA
and Secrets of the Dead.
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Natural history series, mini-series, and specials such as
Nature and National Geographic Specials.
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Investigative journalism and independent documentary films
such as Frontline, P.O.V., Independent Lens,
and Wide Angle.
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News/Public Affairs programs such as The NewsHour with
Jim Lehrer, BBC World News, The Nightly
Business Report, Charlie Rose, The McLaughlin
Group, Bill Moyers Journal, and European
Journal.
WTVP World will also feature many programs not currently
airing on WTVP’s main channel including Worldfocus, a new
nightly news report hosted by former WMBD anchor Martin Savidge,
weekdays at 10:30 p.m. Viewers will also have a chance to see
Wild Chronicles, Scientific American Frontiers,
Foreign Exchange, Global Voices, Tavis Smiley
five days a week-plus important documentaries and specials. The
service will also provide alternate times for watching several
of WTVP’s main news programs, including The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer at 9 p.m. and 2 a.m., The Nightly Business Report
at 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., and Charlie Rose at 4 p.m. and 5
a.m.
Whenever possible, current events will dictate programming,
making WTVP World a valuable resource for viewers looking
for in-depth reporting on the important happenings of our time.
“WTVP will offer comprehensive coverage of all of the issues
important to us, whether they impact the world outside our doors
or the world at large,” says Linda Miller, WTVP’s Vice
President/Programming and Communications. “This new channel
gathers all of PBS’s award-winning news and information programs
in one place, and also provides welcome space for original WTVP
programming, allowing us to increase our commitment toward
serving the community with informative programs that resonate
with our viewers.”
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For further information contact Janet McGrath, (309) 495-0593 or janet.mcgrath@wtvp.org
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