Michiana’s bi-monthly Guide to WNIT Public Television Issue No. 1 January — February 2012
Planner
Great Shows.Great Hosts. another Great Season.
Gail Martin and Evie Kirkwood
celebrate the 11th season
premieres of their popular
shows DINNER AND A BOOK
and OUTDOOR ELEMENTS.
Board ofDirectors
ChairDavid M. Findlay
Vice ChairRodney F. Ganey Ida Reynolds Watson
PresidentMary Pruess
TreasurerKevin J. Morrison
SecretaryJanet M. Botz
DirectorsKathryn DemaraisRobert G. DouglassIrene E. EskridgeDavid D. Gibson William A. GitlinTracy D. GrahamLarry D. HardingJames W. HillmanNajeeb A. KhanGlenn E. KillorenEvelyn KirkwoodRyan MatthysMary Louise MillerPat MoodyDr. Susan OhmerJill RichardsonMaritza RoblesCari SheinThomas E. SlagerCraig D. SullivanMichael J. Wargo
Charter DirectorsMr. Arthur J. DecioMr. Jerry HammesMrs. Ernestine M. RaclinMrs. Jane WarnerMr. Dar Wiekamp*
Honorary Life DirectorCarmi Murphy
*Deceased Charter Director
© 2012 Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation Statement of Frequency: WNIT PUBLIC TELEVISION PLANNER (USPS 103-650 ISSN 1523-9373) is published bi-monthly by The Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation, a non-profit corporation in the State of Indiana at 300 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, IN 46601. Periodical postage paid at South Bend, IN and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to P.O. Box 7034, South Bend, IN 46634-7034. Editor: Roger Chrastil.
Mary’s MessageMary Pruess President and GM, WNIT Public Television
The Roman god Janus aptly lends his name to our month of January since the god of doors and entrances was typically portrayed as having two heads, one looking behind to the past and one looking forward to the future. Similarly, the beginning of a new year is a good time for WNIT to reflect on where we’ve been and project where we are going.
It was just one year ago that WNIT re-designated its channels, making 34.1 our primary channel and WNIT InFocus 34.2 our secondary. Now that a year has passed and the dust has settled, this would be an opportune time to review the WNIT channel designations over a variety of venues. Viewers who receive television over the air need only select 34.1 or 34.2 on their dials to receive both our channels.
For those who receive television via Comcast cable, the following may be helpful:
Comcast carries 34.1 as its channel 10 in South Bend, Mishawaka, Goshen, Bristol, Elkhart, Plymouth, Rochester, Middlebury, Jefferson Township, Wakarusa and eastern LaPorte County, Indiana, and Edwardsburg, Niles, Buchanan, Cassopolis, Dowagiac, St. Joseph (city), Berrien Springs, Stevensville and New Buffalo, Michigan.
It carries 34.1 as channel 4 in Argos, Bourbon, Bremen, Culver, Knox, Lakeville, LaPaz, Nappanee, North Judson, North Liberty, Syracuse and Walkerton, Indiana. It carries 34.1 as channel 11 in LaGrange County, Indiana and Constantine and White Pigeon, Michigan. 34.1 is channel 26 in LaPorte (city) and western LaPorte County, Indiana. Comcast also carries WNIT InFocus 34.2 as channel 371 and it carries 34.1 in High Definition as 191.
For viewers who receive television via Dish and Direct satellite providers or AT&T U-verse, 34.1 is the only WNIT channel available, carried as channel 34. Regardless of how you receive us, WNIT is PBS for Michiana and that means we provide the best television on television.
Looking forward, 2012 promises to be challenging and rewarding as we expand our community partnerships, built viewership and membership and create more awarding-winning programs and documentaries. For example, during 2011 we provided tours of the facility to 349 persons and meeting space for 426 persons in outside groups. If you or your organization would like to see our station, please call and arrange for a tour. We are proud of our new building and there’s much to see. Later in the year, we may even have some new equipment to show off.
Membership remains at the heart of who we are. We continue to strive to make area residents into viewers and viewers into members. Building on our on-air successes in 2011—the three “South Bend” town hall style programs, OUR TOWN: WARSAW-WINONA LAKE, BRAINGAMES, THE POWER OF 100, FROM RIGHTEOUS TO WILLING: BUILDING BRIDGES IN MICHIANA – our production team is already working on several new projects, including documentaries, web videos and specials. Could they even have a new local production up their sleeve?
Prognostication is never easy, but one thing remains certain. WNIT is proud to be PBS for Michiana, in 2012 and beyond!
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On TheCover
Worth Watching January 4
Worth Watching February 8
Primetime January 12
Primetime February 14
Weekday Programming 16
Weekend Programming 17
Overnight Programming 18
Membership Corner 20
WNIT Kids Club 21
Development News 22
Honor Roll Members 23
Delivering on the Promise 24
Production News 25
WNIT Supporters 26
Supporter Spotlight 27
Directors’ Circle 27
What’sInside?
What’s What???WNIT 34.1 is our primary 24-hour channel that features such favorites as Lawrence Welk, British comedies, Masterpiece Classic, NOVA and Nature. It is also the home for WNIT’s line-up of locally produced programs, including Dinner and a Book, Outdoor Elements, Economic Outlook, Politically Speaking and Ask an Expert. 34.1 is carried on the basic tier of all local cable and satellite providers. Programs on 34.1 may be broadcast in either high or standard definition.
WNIT InFocus 34.2 is also broadcast 24 hours a day in standard definition. WNIT InFocus carries a blend of such PBS features as Frontline and Independent Lens coupled with programs that feature state and regional topics of interest, such as Indiana Week, Inside Indiana Business, Indiana Expeditions, Across Indiana and Indiana Lawmakers. Area cable and satellite pro-viders carry WNIT InFocus on their higher tiers for an additional fee. Please contact your service provider for channel placement on the system you use.
A DECADE OF SUCCESS: Dinner and a Book & Outdoor ElementsBoth DINNER AND A BOOK and OUTDOOR ELMENTS begin their eleventh season in January. DINNER AND A BOOK features Gail Martin and a co-host as they discuss a popular book and prepare a meal that complements the theme, country or characters. Some of the books for the new season include :The Ap-prentice; Blood, Bones and Butter; Wine and War and Sarah’s Key. Co-hosts in-clude: Joe DiMaggio, Marshall King, Tuck Langland and Alice Martin, respectively. As Gail notes, “Working with so many tal-ented guests these past 11 years has been a joy for me. The guests are articulate, ad-venturesome and very good cooks. There are many talented people in the Michiana region, and I’m glad to have found so many of them!”
OUTDOOR ELEMENTS is WNIT’s celebration of our area’s great outdoors and is presented in partnership with the St. Joseph County Parks Department. This season, Evie Kirkwood brings us such episodes as “Fall Festival,” “Let’s Hear It for Trees!” “Good for the Earth,” and “Nature’s Bounty.” As Evie said recently, “From falconry to electronics recycling, I am always amazed at the wonderful things people in our communities are eager to share on our show. I hope the program in-spires families to get outside and try some of the activities and projects we feature each week ... Or just take a hike to experi-ence nature first-hand!”
More information is available at wnit.org.
Inside and Out:Take in Dinner and a Book with Gail Martin,
then enjoy Outdoor Elements with Evie Kirkwood.
Worth Watching January
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All programs are on both 34.1 and 34.2 unless noted.
GREAT PERFORMANCES “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2012” Sunday, January 1, 2:30 and 10:30pmLegendary star of stage and screen Julie An-drews returns as host of the festive annual New Year’s celebration with the Vienna Philhar-monic, under the direction of guest conductor Mariss Jansons, at Vienna’s Musikverein. The venerable concert is the largest worldwide event in classical music, reaching more than a billion people annually through radio and tele-vision in 72 countries.
“Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Celebrate Gershwin” Friday, January 6, 9pmGREAT PERFORMANCES re-teams with the LA Philharmonic and its dynamic music director, Gustavo Dudamel. The concert’s all-Gershwin repertoire will include An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue and a solo per-formance of “Someone to Watch Over Me,” spotlighting the virtuoso jazz piano of special guest Herbie Hancock.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Mondays, 8pm and 9pm“Tulsa” (Hour One) – January 2ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is turning Sweet Sixteen with a jaw-dropping season premiere from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Highlights include a poignant signed note from Mother Teresa to a wood-carver who sent her a walking cane dur-ing her final years and a collection of late 17th/early 18th-century Chinese rhinoceros horn carved libation cups — grabbing the number one spot in the list of all-time highest value ROADSHOW appraisals at $1 to $1.5 million! Underwritten by 1st Source Bank, Alick’s Home Medical, Barnes & Thornburg, Center for Hospice Care, Gibson, Goshen Antique Mall, Northern Box Company, Peacock & Company, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend Medical Foundation and Village at Arborwood.
MARTIN LUTHER Monday, January 2, 10pm“Driven to Defiance” After entering the monastery, Martin Luther becomes increasingly doubtful that the church can actually offer him salvation. His views crys-tallize further when he travels to Rome and finds the capital of Catholicism swamped in corruption. Luther finds release in the pages of the Bible, discovering that his own individual faith will guarantee his salvation. In his famous
95 Theses, he attacks the practice of selling In-dulgences, putting himself on an irreversible path to conflict with the most powerful insti-tution of the day.
EGYPT’S GOLDEN EMPIRE Tuesday, January 3, 9pm“Pharaohs of the Sun”By 1400 BC, the Egyptian empire stretches from Northern Syria to the Sudan in Africa. Led by Amenhotep III, it is a golden age of wealth, power and prosperity. Art, technology and new ideas flourish, and Egyptian rulers are seen as gods. His son Akhenaten orders a new capital built in the desert, marries the beauty Nefertiti and embarks on a campaign of religious repression. When he dies, the new capital is abandoned. The death of his son-in-law, the boy-king Tutankhamen, marks the end of the Ahmose dynasty.
Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2012 Martin Luther
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NATURE Wednesdays, 8pm“Birds of the Gods” – January 4Living in the depths of the New Guinean rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. Europeans believed they must be from heaven and called them birds of paradise. The people of New Guinea say the birds possess supernatural powers and magic. David At-tenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to find and film these birds of paradise — the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers.
“Kangaroo Mob” – January 11Meet the mob of street smart kangaroos moving into Australia’s capital city and the ecologists who follow their every move. Over the course of one drought-stricken year, follow mob leader, Black Spot, and kangaroo mother, Madge, with her two young joeys — mischie-vous Sonny and tiny pouch-bound Alice. See what happens when human development encroaches on wildlife habitat and two very different species are forced to co-exist.
Underwritten by Martin’s Super Markets and Zimmer.
NOVA Wednesdays“Deadliest Volcanoes” – January 4, 9pmMillions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic eruptions, their homes and their lives are daily at risk from these sleeping giants. From Japan’s Mount Fuji to the “Sleeping Giant” submerged beneath Naples to the Yellowstone “supervolcano” in the United States, scientists attempt to dis-cover how likely these volcanoes are to erupt, when eruptions might happen and how deadly they could prove to be.
“Deadliest Earthquakes” – January 4, 10pmIn 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killed more than 200,000. A NOVA camera crew follows a team of U.S. geologists as they first enter Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. Barely a month after the Haiti quake, Chile was struck by a quake 100 times more powerful, unleashing a tsunami that put the entire Pacific coast on high alert.
Underwritten by Zimmer.
MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 2” Sundays, January 8 – February 19, 9pm
EPISODE 1 Sunday, January 8, 9pm and Sunday, January 15, 7pmTwo years into World War I, Downton Ab-bey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war — or avoid it. The women also pitch in, and many couples see their romantic dreams dashed.
EPISODE 2 Sunday, January 15, 9pm and Sunday, January 22, 8pm Downton is turned into a convalescent home with Thomas in charge. Meanwhile, Lavinia and Sir Richard’s secret comes out, Anna tracks down Bates and Branson seizes his chance to strike a blow for Ireland.
Nature: Birds of the Gods NOVA: Deadliest Earthquakes
Billy the Kid: American Experience In Performance at the White House
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EPISODE 3 Sunday, January 22, 9pm and Sunday, January 29, 8pmIsobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton’s medical role. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen. And Matthew and William em-bark on a perilous patrol behind German lines.
EPISODE 4 Sunday, January 29, 9pmIn the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel endgame with Bates and Anna. And Daisy faces the severest test of her life.
BILLY THE KID: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 10, 9pmOn April 28, 1881, 21-year-old Henry Mc-Carty, alias Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of daring escapes. Caught in the middle of a centuries-old Irish-English conflict playing out on the plains of the Southwest, the Kid captured national attention with his reckless violence. His fascination with Mexican culture, his flair for Spanish and his
disdain for the Anglo authorities made him a hero of sorts to the Hispanic community, who hid him when the law came looking and mourned him when he was gone.
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE “A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement” Monday, January 16, 10pmPresident and Mrs. Obama host a concert in the White House East Room in honor of Black History Month. Artists include Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Howard University Choir and The Freedom Singers. Morgan Freeman is a guest speaker.
CUSTER’S LAST STAND: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 17, 8pmOn June 26, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, General George Armstrong Custer ordered his soldiers to drive back a large army of Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. The battle pitted two larger-than-life antagonists against one another: Sitting Bull,
the charismatic and politically savvy leader of the Plains Indians, and Custer, one of the Union’s greatest cavalry officers and a man with a reputation for fearless and often reckless courage.
INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS “Sperm Whale” Wednesday, January 18, 10pmVeterinary scientist Mark Evans and compara-tive anatomist Joy Reidenberg dissect a sperm whale’s enormous organs to reveal the secrets of this 45-foot deep-sea giant, which stranded and died on Pegwell Bay, Kent, England. As the team ventures inside the whale, biologist Simon Watt tracks whales in the Azores with a modern-day Jonah, Malcolm Clarke, who shows him the huge number of squid beaks in a whale’s stomach.
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET“Anna Bolena” Friday, January 20, 9pmAnna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met
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premiere production by David McVicar. Ekat-erina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII and Marco Armiliato conducts.
AMERICAN MASTERS Monday, January 23, 10pm“Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune” One of the most politically active singer-song-writers to emerge in the 1960s, Phil Ochs was inspired by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, but also by Elvis Presley and John Wayne. He was a journalism student in college, which, per-haps, informed the extent of his protest lyrics — always witty, topical and insightful, always slightly haunting.
WYATT EARP: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 24, 8pmAs a young man, Wyatt Earp was a caricature of the Western lawman, spending his days drink-ing in saloons, gambling, visiting brothels and gaining notoriety as the legendary gunman in the shootout at the OK Corral in Tomb-stone, Arizona. Shortly after his death in 1929, distressed Americans down on their luck trans-formed Wyatt Earp into a folk hero.
GERONIMO: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 24, 9pmAfter his tribe was relocated to an Arizona res-ervation in 1872, Geronimo became a focus of the fury of terrified white settlers and of the growing tensions that divided Apaches strug-gling to survive. To angry whites, Geronimo became the archfiend, perpetrator of unspeak-able savage cruelties. To his supporters, he remained the embodiment of proud resistance, the upholder of the old Chiricahua ways. They became the last Native-American fighting force to capitulate formally to the government of the United States.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD “Sinking Atlantis” Monday, January 30, 10pmFive thousand years ago, the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writ-ing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for famous Greek myths about Theseus, Icarus and the Mi-notaur. Yet in their heyday, the Minoans were wiped from the pages of history. The cause of their downfall has remained one of the foremost mysteries of the ancient world … until now.
ANNIE OAKLEY: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 31, 8pmThis is the story of the star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, the young woman who thrilled audiences around the world with her daring shooting feats. Although famous as a western sharpshooter, Oakley lived her entire life east of the Mississippi. A champion in a man’s sport, Oakley forever changed ideas about the abilities of women, yet opposed female suffrage.
JESSE JAMES: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, January 31, 9pmJesse James, so the legend goes, was a west-ern outlaw, though, in fact, he never went west; America’s own Robin Hood, though he robbed from the poor as well as the rich; a gunfighter, though his victims were almost always unarmed. Less heroic than brutal, James was a member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the Civil War.
Multiple Emmy winner (including Outstanding Miniseries) “Downton Abbey” resumes the story of aristocrats and servants of Downton Abbey during the tumultuous World War I era. The international hit, written by Julian Fellowes, stars Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville, as well as a drawing room full of new actors, portraying the loves, feuds and sacrifices of a glittering culture thrown into crisis. Laura Linney hosts.
EPISODE FOUR Thursday, February 2, 10pm and Sunday, February 5, 8pmIn the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel endgame with Bates and Anna, and Daisy faces the severest test of her life.
EPISODE FIVE Sunday, February 5, 9pm and 10pm, Thursday, February 9, 10pm and Sunday, February 12, 8pmAs the war nears its end, Downton’s aristocrats and servants put their lives back together. Mary and Sir Richard go estate hunting. A mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation.
EPISODE SIX Sunday, February 12, 9pm, Thursday, February 16, 10pm and Sunday, February 19, 7pmThe Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupting one match, hastening another and transforming the fortunes of all. Mary, Sybil and Robert each confront a moment of truth. Anna and Bates know a moment of happiness.
EPISODE SEVEN Sunday, February 19, 9pm, Thursday, February 23, 10pm and February 26, 7pmIn the finale, the family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTHUNDERGROUND RAILROAD: THE WILLIAM STILL STORY
Monday, February 6, 10pm
Extraordinary people risked their lives to help fugitive slaves escape via
the clandestine Underground Railroad. Among them was William Still of
Philadelphia, a free black man who accepted delivery of transported crates
containing “human cargo.” This documentary reveals some of the dramatic,
lesser-known stories behind this humanitarian enterprise, and explores key
Canadian connections, including the surprising fate of former slaves who
crossed the border to “Freedom’s Land.”
FREEDOM RIDERS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Tuesday, February 7, 8pm
In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American society
until an integrated band of college students decided to risk everything and buy
a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves
the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the president and the entire
American public face-to-face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights
inequities that plagued the nation.
SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME
Monday, February 13, 9pm
This documentary explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation era
and the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery
in the South that persisted well into the 20th century. Blackmon examines the
concept of “neoslavery,” which sentenced African-Americans to forced labor
for violating an array of laws that criminalized their everyday behavior.
THE POWER OF 100: THE HISTORY OF 100 BLACK MEN OF SOUTH BEND
Monday, February 13, 10:30pm and Thursday, February 23, 9pm and
Saturday, February 25, 5pm (34.1 only)
WNIT’s documentary THE POWER OF 100: THE STORY OF THE 100 BLACK
MEN OF SOUTH BEND follows the creation of the South Bend chapter of the
100 Black Men of America. Many of the children featured in the documentary
are raised by single moms while drugs, gangs, bad influences, all vie for their
kids’ attention. That’s where the “100” comes in. These stand-out citizens
from South Bend have had great successes in their lives and many of them
overcame the same situations as the students they mentor.
AMERICAN MASTERS “Cab Calloway: Sketches”
Monday, February 27, 10pm
“Minnie the Moocher,” with its popular refrain “Hi de hi de hi de ho,” was Cab
Calloway’s signature song, and Harlem’s famous Cotton Club was his home
stage. A singer, dancer and band leader, he was an exceptional figure in the
history of jazz: a consummate musician, he charmed audiences around the
world with boundless energy, bravado and elegant showmanship. He toured as
Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, forever putting his personal stamp on “It Ain’t
Necessarily So.”
Black History Month programming is underwritten by
McDonald Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation Center
Worth Watching February
INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS Wednesdays, 10pm“Great White Shark” – February 1The experts travel to South Africa to dissect a 15-foot-long great white shark. Veterinary scientist Mark Evans investigates the origins of the shark’s infamous killing bite, and evo-lutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains how sharks’ teeth and jaws evolved from their outer skin and gill arches. Finally, the experts ask whether the shark deserves its reputation as a man killer.
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK, SEASON 2Fridays, February 3-17, 9pm“Time Machines” – February 3“Time Machines” explores how technology has preserved — and altered — the way we think about the great songs and singers of the past. On a coast-to-coast tour, Michael Feinstein introduces viewers to soundies (the original music videos), the historic building where “jam sessions” were born (and still hosts after-hours gigs) and an eclectic array of performers and collectors who help keep the music alive.
THE BRIT BOWLSunday, February 5, 4 – 8pmNo fumbles, no penalties, no time outs. As an alternative to the Super Bowl, WNIT of-fers eight episodes of the classic Brit Com, “As Time Goes By.” Watch Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as the series follows the rela-tionship between two former lovers who meet unexpectedly after not having been in contact for 38 years.
NATURE Wednesdays, 8pm“Raccoon Nation” – February 8Are human beings, in an effort to outwit rac-coons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? Are the ever more complex obstacles that our fast-paced urban world throws at them actually pushing the development of rac-coon brains? Scientists from around the world closely follow a family of urban raccoons as they navigate the complex world of a big city.
Underwritten by Martin’s Super Markets and Zimmer.
NOVA Wednesdays, 9pm“Separating Twins” – February 8This is the incredible story of Trishna and Krishna, twin girls born joined at the head. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, they had little chance of survival, until they were saved and taken to Australia by an aid worker. After two years battling for life, the twins are ready for a series of delicate opera-tions, which will prepare them for the ultimate challenge: a marathon separation surgery that will allow them to live truly separate lives.
“Extreme Cave Diving” – February 15This program follows the charismatic Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes — underwater caves that formed during the last ice age when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. The holes are Earth’s least explored and perhaps most dangerous frontiers. With an interdisciplinary team, Broad investigates the hidden history of Earth’s climate as revealed by finds in this spectacularly beautiful “alternate universe.”
Underwritten by Zimmer.
Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, Season 2 The Brit Bowl: As Time Goes By
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TUPPERWARE! AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, February 14, 8pmIn the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands — even millions — of dollars from bowls that burped. “Tupperware ladies” fanned out across the nation’s living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home par-ties. Bowl by bowl, they built an empire that now spans the globe.
CAVE PEOPLE OF THE HIMALAYA Wednesday, February 15, 10pmEverest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Al-denderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they risk their own safety to reveal astonishing evidence of a pre-viously unknown 1,500-year-old death ritual high in the Himalayan caves.
CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCEMonday, February 20, 9pm and Tuesday, February 21, 8pmFrom draft dodging to the Dayton Accords, from Monica Lewinsky to a balanced budget, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton
veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement. It recounts a career full of accom-plishment and rife with scandal, a marriage that would make history and create contro-versy and a presidency that would define the crucial and transformative period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11.
POV “RACING DREAMS” Thursday, February 23, 9pmFondly described as “Talladega Nights meets Catcher in the Rye,” “Racing Dreams” chroni-cles a year in the life of three tweens who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers. Though they aren’t old enough for driving licenses, Bran-don, Josh and Annabeth race extreme go-karts at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour in the World Karting Association’s national series, the “Little League” of professional racing.
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE “A Broadway Celebration” Sunday, February 26, 10:30pmPresident and Mrs. Obama host this music special featuring a series of performances by major Broadway artists and new talent, pre-senting selections from American musicals that reflect the spirit, energy and ambition of
America. The special includes Idina Menzel, Brian d’Arcy James, Audra McDonald, Chad Kimball, Marvin Hamlisch, Karen Olivo, Tonya Pinkins, Elaine Stritch, Assata Alston and a youth ensemble from the Joy of Motion Dance Center.
THE AMISH: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tuesday, February 28, 8pmTHE AMISH answers many questions Ameri-cans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 500-year-old traditions have by turns capti-vated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. With unprecedented access, built on patience and hard-won trust, the film is the first to penetrate deeply and explore this attention-averse group.
Clinton: American Experience In Performance at the White House: A Broadway Celebration
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Primetime – (34.1)
January8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm
1 Sun Downton Abbey Pt. 3 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 4 Great Performances Vienna: New Year Celebration 2012
2 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Martin Luther: Driven To Defiance Charlie Rose
3 Tue Egypt: The Warrior Pharaohs Egypt: Pharaohs of the Sun Frontline Charlie Rose
4 Wed Nature: Birds of the Gods NOVA: Deadliest Volcanoes NOVA: Deadliest Earthquakes Charlie Rose
5 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 4 Under the Radar
6 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook Great Performances: Celebrating Gershwin The Horsemen Cometh Charlie Rose
7 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Antarctica
8 Sun Downton Abbey: Pt. 4 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II Pt. 1 Bernardin
9 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary Charlie Rose
10 Tue Egypt: The Last Great Pharaoh American Experience: Billy the Kid Frontline Charlie Rose
11 Wed Nature: Kangaroo Mob NOVA: Bombing Hitler’s Dams Charlie Rose
12 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II Pt. 1
13 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook Great Performances: Let Me Down Easy Charlie Rose
14 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Barcelona City Guide
15 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 1 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “A Study in Pink” Power of 100
16 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL At the White House: Music From the Civil Rights Movement Charlie Rose
17 Tue American Experience: Custer’s Last Stand Frontline Charlie Rose
18 Wed Nature: Broken Tail A Tiger’s Last Journey NOVA: 3D Spies From WWII Inside Nature’s Giants: Sperm Whale Charlie Rose
19 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 2 Charlie Rose
20 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena
21 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Nigeria
22 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 2 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 3 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “The Blind Banker” At WH: Music Civil Rts. Movement
23 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX American Masters: Phil Ochs There But For Fortune You’ll Always Be With Me Pt. 1
24 Tue American Experience: Wyatt Earp American Experience: Geronimo Frontline Charlie Rose
25 Wed Nature: Fortress of the Bears NOVA: Mystery of a Masterpiece Inside Nature’s Giants: Monster Python Charlie Rose
26 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 3 Charlie Rose
27 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook Great Performances: Bennett Duets 2 Robert Stern Charlie Rose
28 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker:
Pirates, Galleons, and Treasure
29 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 3 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 4 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “The Great Game” Wyatt Earp
30 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX From Naptown to Super City Charlie Rose
31 Tue American Experience: Annie Oakley American Experience: Jesse James Frontline Charlie Rose
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January8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm
1 Sun The New Year’s Celebration 2012 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 4 Great Performances Vienna: New Year Celebration 2012
2 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Martin Luther: Driven To Defiance Charlie Rose
3 Tue Egypt: Warrior Pharaohs Egypt: Pharaohs of the Sun Frontline Charlie Rose
4 Wed Nature: Birds of the Gods NOVA: Deadliest Volcanoes NOVA: Deadliest Earthquakes Charlie Rose
5 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Taking Root Charlie Rose
6 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Great Performances: Celebrating Gershwin The Horsemen Cometh Charlie Rose
7 Sat Great Performances: Celebrating Gershwin Martin Luther: Driven To Defiance Independent Lens: Taking Root Austin City Limits
8 Sun Downton Abbey: Pt. 4 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series II Pt. 1 Austin City Limits
9 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary Charlie Rose
10 Tue Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL Frontline Charlie Rose
11 Wed Nature: Kangaroo Mob NOVA: Bombing Hitler’s Dams Charlie Rose
12 Thu This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Have You Heard? Independent Lens: Have You Heard? Charlie Rose
13 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Great Performances: Let Me Down Easy Charlie Rose
14 Sat Nature: Kangaroo Mob Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary American Experience:Billy the Kid Austin City Limits
15 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 1 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 2 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “A Study in Pink” Austin City
16 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tulsa, OK Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, FL At the White House: Music From the Civil Rights Movement Charlie Rose
17 Tue American Experience: Custer’s Last Stand Frontline Charlie Rose
18 Wed Nature: A Tiger’s Last Journey NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII Inside Nature’s Giants: Sperm Whale Charlie Rose
19 Thu This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Have You Heard? Independent Lens: Have You Heard? Charlie Rose
20 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena
21 Sat Great Performances at the Met: Anna Bolena Ribbon of Sand Austin City Limits
22 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 2 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 3 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “The Blind Banker” Austin City
23 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX American Masters: Phil Ochs There But For Fortune Sky Island
24 Tue American Experience: Wyatt Earp American Experience: Geronimo Frontline Charlie Rose
25 Wed Nature: Fortress of the Bears NOVA: Mystery of a Masterpiece Inside Nature’s Giants: Monster Python Charlie Rose
26 Thu This Old House Hour Frontline Independent Lens: Have You Heard? Charlie Rose
27 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Great Performances: Bennet Duets 2 Robert Stern Charlie Rose
28 Sat American Experience: Wyatt Earp American Masters: Phil Ochs There But For Fortune Robert Stern Austin City Limits
29 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 3 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 4 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock: “The Great Game” Austin City
30 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX Secrets of the Dead: Sinking Atlantis Charlie Rose
31 Tue American Experience: Annie Oakley American Experience: Jesse James Frontline Charlie Rose
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Primetime – (34.1)
February8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm
1 Wed Nature: Wolverine Chasing the Phantom NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap Inside Nature’s Giants:
Great White Shark Charlie Rose
2 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 4 Charlie Rose
3 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook American Songbook: Time Machines Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms Charlie Rose
4 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Tunisia & Libya
5 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 4 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms
6 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX Underground Railroad: William Still Charlie Rose
7 Tue American Experience: Freedom Riders Frontline Charlie Rose
8 Wed Nature: Raccoon Nation NOVA: Separating Twins Inside Nature’s Giants: Big Cats Charlie Rose
9 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Charlie Rose
10 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook American Songbook: Lost & Found Pioneers of Television: Late Night Charlie Rose
11 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Reunion Special Globe Trekker: Central China
12 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 6 Pioneers of Television: Late Night
13 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Slavery By Another Name Power of 100: History of 100 Black Men of South Bend
Unforgettable Hampton Family
14 Tue American Experience: Tupperware! Frontline: The Interrupters Charlie Rose
15 Wed Nature: The Himalayas NOVA: Extreme Cave Diving Cave People of the Himalaya Charlie Rose
16 Thu Ask An Expert Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 6
17 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook American Songbook: Saloon Singers Pioneers of Television: Variety Charlie Rose
18 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By Reunion Special Globe Trekker: Micronesia
19 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 6 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 7 (Conclusion) Pioneers of Television: Variety
20 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA American Experience: Clinton Pt. 1 Charlie Rose
21 Tue American Experience: Clinton Pt. 2 Frontline Charlie Rose
22 Wed Nature: Ocean Giants Charlie Rose
23 Thu Ask An Expert Power of 100 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 7 (Conclusion)
24 Fri Washington Week Economic Outlook Steve Jobs: One Last Thing Pioneers of Television: Game Shows Charlie Rose
25 Sat Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Sri Lanka & Maldives
26 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 7 Masterpiece Classic: The Old Curiosity Shop At the White House: Broadway Unforgettable Hampton Family
27 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Antiques Roadshow: Los Angeles, CA American Masters: Cab Calloway Charlie Rose
28 Tue American Experience: Amish Frontline Charlie Rose
29 Wed Nature: Echo, An Elephant To Remember NOVA: Japan’s Killer Quake Secrets of the Dead Charlie Rose
Primetime – (34.2)
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Primetime – (34.1)
February8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm
1 Wed Nature: Wolverine Chasing the Phantom NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap Inside Nature’s Giants:
Great White Shark Charlie Rose
2 Thu This Old House Hour Power of 100 Independent Lens: Daisy Bates Charlie Rose
3 Fri Washington Week Need To Know American Songbook: Time Machines American Songbook: Putting on the Fins Charlie Rose
4 Sat American Experience: Annie Oakley American Experience: Jesse James Secrets of the Dead: Atlantis Austin City Limits
5 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 4 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Austin City Limits
6 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX Underground Railroad: William Still Charlie Rose
7 Tue American Experience: Freedom Riders Frontline Charlie Rose
8 Wed Nature: Raccoon Nation NOVA: Hunting the Elements Inside Nature’s Giants: Big Cats Charlie Rose
9 Thu This Old House Hour Frontline Independent Lens: The Black Power Mixtape Sky Island
10 Fri Power of 100 American Songbook: Lost & Found American Songbook: Best Band in the Land Charlie Rose
11 Sat American Experience: Freedom Riders Underground Railroad Austin City Limits
12 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 5 Downton Abbey, Series II: PT. 6 Austin City Limits
13 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Slavery By Another Name Not In Our Town Charlie Rose
14 Tue American Experience: Tupperware! Frontline Frontline Charlie Rose
15 Wed Nature: The Himalayas NOVA: Tea Cave People of the Himalaya Charlie Rose
16 Thu This Old House Hour U. S. Health Care Independent Lens: More Than A Month Charlie Rose
17 Fri Washington Week Need To Know American Songbook: Saloon Singers American Songbook: A New Step Each Day Charlie Rose
18 Sat Nature: The Himalayas Slavery By Another Name Not In Our Town Austin City Limits
19 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 6 Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 7 (Conclusion) Austin City Limits
20 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA American Experience: Clinton Pt. 1 Charlie Rose
21 Tue American Experience: Clinton Pt. 2 Frontline Charlie Rose
22 Wed Nature: Ocean Giants Charlie Rose
23 Thu This Old House Hour POV: Racing Dreams Games of the North Charlie Rose
24 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Great Performances: Memphis Games North
25 Sat This Old House Hour American Experience: Clinton Pt. 1 Austin City Limits
26 Sun Downton Abbey, Series II: Pt. 7 Masterpiece Classic: The Old Curiosity Shop At The White House: Broadway Austin City Limits
27 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA Antiques Roadshow: Los Angeles, CA American Masters: Cab Calloway Charlie Rose
28 Tue American Experience: Amish Frontline Charlie Rose
29 Wed Nature: Echo, An Elephant To Remember NOVA: Separating Twins NOVA: Japan’s Killer Quake Charlie Rose
6:00 am Exhale: Core Fusion
6:30 am Classical Stretch
7:00 am Arthur
7:30 am Martha Speaks
8:00 am Curious George
8:30 am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
9:00 am Super WHY!
9:30 am Dinosaur Train
10:00 am Sesame Street
11:00 am Sid the Science Kid
11:30 am WordWorld
Noon Rick Steves’ Europe
12:30 pm Mon-Roadtrip Nation Tue-Getting Away Together Wed-Great Getaways Thu-J. Bird’s Blue World Fri-Under the Radar
1:00 pm Mon-Globe Trekker Tue-This Old House Hour Wed-History Detectives Thu-Amer. Land/Chef Besh Fri-Ask an Expert
2:00 pm Mon-Aviators Tue-American Woodshop Wed-Best of Joy of Painting Thu-Cook’s Country Fri-Austin City Limits
2:30 pm Mon-Need to Know Tue-Essential Pepin Wed-Jerry Yarnell Painting Thu-Hubert Heller
3:00 pm Mon-Politcally Speaking Tue-Inside E Street Wed-Sara’s Weeknight Meals Thu-Growing a Greener World Fri-My Generations
3:30pm Tue-Economic Outlook Wed-Dinner & a Book Thu-Outdoor Elements Fri-Theatre Talk
4:00 pm Mon-Inside IN Business Tue-Across Indiana Wed-VP Thu-VP Fri-VP
4:30 pm Tue-Indiana Week in Review Wed-VP Fri-VP
5:00 pm Mon-IN Week in Review Tue-Inside IN Business Wed-VP Thu-Indiana Week in Review Fri-VP
5:30 pm Mon-VP Thu-Indiana Lawmakers
6:00 pm Mon-VP Tue-Indiana Courts Wed-Inside IN Business Thu-VP Fri-Inside IN Business
6:30 pm Thu-VP
7:00 pm PBS Newshour
6:00 am Body Electric
6:30 am Clifford
7:00 am Arthur
7:30 am Martha Speaks
8:00 am Curious George
8:30 am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That!
9:00 am Super WHY!
9:30 am Dinosaur Train
10:00 am Sesame Street
11:00 am Sid the Science Kid
11:30 am Barney & Friends
Noon Curious George
12:30 pm The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
1:00 pm Super WHY!
1:30 pm Dinosaur Train
2:00 pm Wild Kratts
2:30 pm Electric Company
3:00 pm Word Girl
3:30 pm Martha Speaks
4:00 pm Arthur
4:30 pm Clifford
5:00 pm Wild Kratts
5:30 pm Mon-Dinner and a Book Tue-Great Getaways Wed-Outdoor Elements Thu-Rick Steves’
Europe Fri-European Journal
6:00 pm BBC World News
6:30 pm Nightly Business Report
7:00 pm PBS Newshour
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Weekdays–January/February
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SATURDAYS SUNDAYS
6:00 am Mr. Roger’s NeighborhoodSesame Street
6:30 am Bob the Builder
7:00 am Curious George Curious George
7:30 am The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat
8:00 am Super WHY! Super WHY!
8:30 am Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train
9:00 am Thomas and Friends Sid the Science Kid
9:30 am Angelina Ballerina Martha Speaks
10:00 amThis Old House Hour
Arthur
10:30 am WordGirl
11:00 amAntiques Roadshow
Wild Kratts
11:30 am Electric Company
Noon Baking with Julia Cyberchase
12:30 pm Victory Garden Perennial Fav. Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman
1:00 pm This Old House Need to Know/Washington Week1:30 pm This Old House
2:00 pm Ask This Old House Religion & Ethics Newsweek
2:30 pm Hometime To The Contrary
3:00 pm Woodwright’s Shop
VP3:30 pm Motorweek
4:00 pm VP
5:00 pm VP VP6:00 pm VP
VP 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow
Weekends – January/February
SATURDAYS SUNDAYS
6:00 am Michigan Out-of-Doors Curious George
6:30 am Second Opinion The Cat in the Hat
7:00 am Quilting Arts Super WHY!
7:30 am Fons & Porter Dinosaur Train
8:00 am Sewing With Nancy Cyberchase
8:30 am America Sews Biz Kids
9:00 am Martha’s Sewing Room Outdoor Elements
9:30 am Knitting Daily Indiana Lawmakers
10:00 am Lidia’s ItalyInside Indiana Business
10:30 am Dinner and a Book
11:00 am America’s Test Kitchen Off the Record
11:30 am Pati’s Mexican Table Indiana Week in Review
Noon In Julia’s Kitchen Washington Week
12:30 pm Bake, Decorate, Celebrate Economic Outlook
1:00 pm Victory Garden McLaughlin Group
1:30 pm P. A. Smith’s Garden to Table To The Contrary
2:00 pm This Old House Politically Speaking
2:30 pm Hometime Politically Speaking
3:00 pm Woodsmith’s Shop
VP3:30 pm Woodwright’s Shop
4:00 pm VP
VP5:00 pm History Detective
6:00 pm Classic Gospel
7:00 pm Lawrence Welk VP
Overnight ProgramsJanuary
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Sunday 1Midnight Live Lincoln Center2:30 am Hugh Laurie3:30 am Independent Lens4:30 am American Stamps5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need to Know
Monday 2Midnight Austin City Limits1:00 am Great Performances2:30 am Downton Abbey Pt. 44:00 am Bernstein/Gershwin
Tuesday 3Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Martin Luther2:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK 3:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 45:00 am Sky Island
Wednesday 4Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Warrior Pharaohs3:00 am Pharaohs of the Sun4:00 am Martin Luther5:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK
Thursday 5Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Birds of the Gods2:00 am Deadliest Volcanoes3:00 am Deadliest Earthquakes4:00 am Warrior Pharaoh5:00 am Pharaohs of the Sun
Friday 6Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am This Old House Hour2:00 am Independent Lens3:00 am Frontline4:00 am Deadliest Volcanoes5:00 am Birds of the Gods
Saturday 7Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am Herbie Hancock3:00 am Dudamel Conducting4:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 8Midnight Birds of the Gods1:00 am Deadliest Volcanoes2:00 am Frontline3:00 am Independent Lens4:00 am Herbie Hancock
5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need to Know
Monday 9Midnight Downton Abbey II Pt. 12:00 am Dudamel Conducting3:00 am Herbie Hancock4:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK5:00 am Birds of the Gods
Tuesday 10Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Martin Luther2:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK3:00 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 15:00 am Herbie Hancock
Wednesday 11Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Last Great Pharaoh3:00 am Billy the Kid4:00 am Martin Luther5:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK
Thursday 12Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Nature: Kangaroo Mob2:00 am Bombing Hitler’s Dams4:00 am Billy the Kid5:00 am Last Great Pharaoh
Friday 13Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am This Old House Hour2:00 am Independent Lens3:00 am Independent Lens4:00 am Bombing Hitler’s Dams
Saturday 14Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am Great Performances4:00 am Frontline5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 15Midnight Nature: Kangaroo Mob1:00 am Bombing Hitler’s Dams3:00 am Independent Lens4:00 am Independent Lens5:00 am Washington Week5:50 am Need To Know
Monday 16Midnight Austin City Limits12:30 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 21:30 am Masterpiece Mystery!3:00 am Great Performances5:00 am Nature: Kangaroo Mob
Tuesday 17Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am At the White House 2:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK3:00 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 25:30 am Sky Island
Wednesday 18Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Custer’s Last Stand4:00 am At the White House5:00 am Antiques: Tulsa, OK
Thursday 19Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Nature: Broken Tail2:00 am 3D Spies of WWII3:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants4:00 am Custer’s Last Stand
Friday 20Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am This Old House Hour2:00 am Independent Lens3:00 am Independent Lens4:00 am Frontline5:00 am At the White House
Saturday 21Midnight “Anna Bolena”12:30 am Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am “Anna Bolena”5:30 am Ribbon of Sand
Sunday 22Midnight Nature: Broken Tail1:00 am NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII2:00 am Frontline3:00 am Independent Lens4:00 am Independent Lens5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need to Know
Monday 23Midnight Austin City Limits12:30 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 31:30 am Masterpiece Mystery!3:00 am Custer’s Last Stand5:00 am Nature: Broken Tail
Tuesday 24Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am American Masters2:30 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 33:30 am Masterpiece Mystery!5:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR
Wednesday 25Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Geronimo3:00 am Wyatt Earp4:00 am American Masters5:30 am Sky Island
Thursday 26Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Nature: Bears2:00 am NOVA: Masterpiece 3:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants4:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR5:00 am Antiques: Houston, TX
Friday 27Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am This Old House Hour2:00 am Independent Lens3:00 am Frontline 4:00 am Geronimo5:00 am Nature: Bears
Saturday 28Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am Bennett Duets 23:30 am Phil Ochs5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 29Midnight Nature: Bears1:00 am NOVA: Masterpiece2:00 am Independent Lens3:00 am Bennett Duets 24:30 am Robert Stern5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need To Know
Monday 30Midnight Austin City Limits12:30 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 41:30 am Masterpiece Mystery!3:00 am Bennett Duets 24:30 am Nature: Bears5:30 am Robert Stern
Tuesday 31Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Sinking Atlantis2:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR3:00 am Downton Abbey II Pt. 44:00 am Masterpiece Mystery!5:30 am Robert Stern
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Wednesday 1Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:30 am Jesse James3:00 am Annie Oakley4:00 am Sinking Atlantis5:00 am Antiques Roadshow
Thursday 2Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Nature: Wolverine2:00 am NOVA: Ice Age 3:00 am Annie Oakley4:00 am Frontline5:00 am Great White Shark
Friday 3Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am This Old House Hour2:00 am Ind. Lens: Daisy Bates3:00 am Jesse James4:00 am NOVA: Ice Age5:00 am Nature: Wolverine
Saturday 4Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need To Know2:00 am American Songbook3:00 am American Songbook4:00 am Sinking Atlantis5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 5Midnight Nature: Wolverine1:00 am NOVA: Ice Age2:00 am Frontline3:00 am Ind. Lens: Daisy Bates4:00 am Antiques 5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need To Know
Monday 6Midnight Downton Abbey, Pt. 51:00 am Annie Oakley2:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR3:00 am American Songbook4:00 am American Songbook5:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants
Tuesday 7Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Underground RR2:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR3:00 am Downton Abbey, Pt. 54:00 am American Songbook5:00 am American Songbook
Wednesday 8Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Freedom Riders4:00 am Underground RR5:00 am Antiques: Eugene, OR
Thursday 9Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Nature: Raccoon 2:00 am NOVA: Separating Twins3:00 am Freedom Riders5:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants
Friday 10Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Old House Hour2:00 am Ind. Lens: Black Power3:30 am Frontline4:30 am Underground RR5:30 am Sky Island
Saturday 11Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am American Songbook3:00 am American Songbook4:00 am Antiques: Houston, TX5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 12Midnight Nature: Raccoon1:00 am NOVA: Separating Twins2:00 am Frontline3:00 am Ind. Lens: Black Power4:30 am Sky Island5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need To Know
Monday 13Midnight Downton Abbey Pt. 62:00 am Underground RR3:00 am American Songbook4:00 am American Songbook5:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants
Tuesday 14Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Slavery by Another Name2:30 am Not In Our Town3:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA 4:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 6
Wednesday 15Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Frontline3:00 am Tupperware!4:00 am Inside Nature’s Giants5:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday 16Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am The Himalayas2:00 am Extreme Cave Diving3:00 am Cave People Himalayas4:00 am Slavery by Another Name5:30 am Not In Our Town
Friday 17Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Old House Hour2:00 am More Than a Month3:00 am Frontline4:00 am Frontline5:00 am U.S. Health Care
Saturday 18Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am American Songbook3:00 am American Songbook4:00 am Tupperware!5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 19Midnight Nature: Himalayas1:00 am NOVA: Cave Diving2:00 am U.S. Health Care3:00 am More Than a Month4:00 am Tupperware!5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need To Know
Monday 20Midnight Downton Abbey Pt. 72:00 am Slavery Another Name3:30 am Not In Our Town4:00 am American Songbook5:00 am American Songbook
Tuesday 21Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Clinton Pt. 13:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA4:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 7
Wednesday 22Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am Clinton Pt. 24:00 am Clinton Pt. 1
Thursday 23Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Ocean Giants4:00 am Clinton Pt. 2
Friday 24Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am POV: Racing Dreams2:30 am Games Of The North3:00 am Ocean Giants
Saturday 25Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Washington Week1:30 am Need to Know2:00 am Great Performances4:30 am Games Of The North5:00 am This Old House Hour
Sunday 26Midnight Ocean Giants3:00 am This Old House Hour4:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA5:00 am Washington Week5:30 am Need to Know
Monday 27Midnight Austin City Limits12:30 am “Old Curiosity Shop”2:00 am Broadway Celebration3:00 am POV: Racing Dreams4:30 am Games Of The North5:00 am Broadway Celebration
Tuesday 28Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Cab Calloway2:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA3:00 am “Old Curiosity Shop”4:30 am Broadway Celebration5:30 am Games Of The North
Wednesday 29Midnight Tavis Smiley1:00 am Frontline2:00 am The Amish4:00 am Cab Calloway5:00 am Antiques: Pittsburgh, PA
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Development News
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25 YEARSMr. and Mrs. Richard AlbrightMrs. Eve ArnettAlton and Alice BacksBetty BarnetteLester BartoRodney D. BeerHelen M. BradfordIva BrainardJanet and Gary CarlileMr. Paul ChagnonMs. Catherine DoddAlan DowtyMrs. Mary ElliottMarjorie and Ted EllisLoraine EngelberthAnne FahertyMr. and Mrs. Robert FieldsMartha ForemanJanet and John FriedenMrs. Mayer GoloubowAlvin GraberMrs. Judith GuildVera L. HallClarence HancockEileen B. HarrimanMr. William Heimann and Ms. Mary TollRobert V. and Judith HeyingKathy HolsoppleKathryn HorakMrs. Mary Reilly HuntMr. and Mrs. Werner JeanRebecca L. JohnsonMaxine KauffmanMr. and Mrs. Dennis KellyDonald and Marilyn KenipeDiane and Larry KieferDr. and Mrs. Jonathan KintnerGrace KrabillMs. Aldona KrentkowskiDoris LambCharles S. LeoneMs. Dagmar LewisMillicent LindborgDr. and Mrs. Christian LoschJohn LuceyMs. Kerri LyleLeland and Madeline MacmillanRobert A. MahlerGwen and Robert MangumChester and Doris MatherlyThomas and Barbara MatternElsie A. McKeehanMr. and Mrs. Ward MerchantNellie Lou MeyerMr. and Mrs. William MillerPhillip and Mary Jane Monteith
Mr. and Mrs. Richard MooreMr. Charles NeisesHarold and Linda PaulMr. JC PaxtonKent and Katherine PerryDavid and Nancy PostAnn PrestineMr. Louis ProctorGretchen and Ray Dresser Jr.Ms. Hazel RitchiePat RoweGertrude RubinArnold and Abigail SchtenLionel F. ScottMr. Donald TennysonSylvia ThilmanPaul I. and Edith A. TroyerBernard VagnerSueann Von GuntenMrs. Marcel VromanMr. and Mrs. James WaltonPhyllis WarrickEarl D. and Adelia A. WeaverWilliam and Barbara WebsterMarie WeissMr. Joseph WesleyRonald G. and Alice WhiteselEvelyn WilliamsBeverly WiseJohn M. YoderMarie and Allen Yoder Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zell
20 YEARSJoseph P. and Marzy T. BauerBarbara and William BeemerGerald BellowsEdgar and Joan BernersNona BertaJohn C. CaryGloria ChichesterBarbara CookEdgar J. EvansBernard and Elizabeth GadaczMs. Betty Ann GrayHelena Hand-BakMr. Jack KronewitterPhyllis and Earl A. KubaleJacqueline LungVirginia MartinDoris MatternAllen NorrisMr. and Mrs. Gundega PenikisMr. and Mrs. William ReinkePatricia RensbergerMr. and Mrs. Herold WeissBeverly R. Zimmerman
15 YEARSFlorentino and Luz AquinoJessica and Tom AyersMr. and Mrs. George BaumeisterMr. and Mrs. Rolla BaumgartnerPat BellaireMs. Karen CarswellRichard and Joan DuggerJohn EatonHarry and Evelyn EmerickMargaret and Donald FlagerJoan and Gerald Frieling JrRobert and Lucille GeislerPaul and Nancy KellerF. Wayne LawsonDick and Barbara LongcorMs. Marianne MarkanichBetty MartinRalph and Louise MasonAngeline MichalakLloyd and Mary Jo MillerJudith Robert and Thomas KapacinskasMartha RupchockMary Beth SanbornAlice L. SchrockRuth L. SpicherWilliam and Margaret SprombergElinor and Russell WeaverRuth I. Yoder
10 YEARSNicholas AyoRalph BennettMarie BensonJanet B. BermanMatt and Peggy BowersRobert and Ann-Jeanette BrownMartha and Robert ButlerJoe CallaghanRobin Dalenberg and Ron SaylesMarianne DayMs. Marlene EldridgeDonna FieldsJack and Marty GreendonnerLorraine GrinerMarcia HaslettLynn HavelGary and Linda HendersonBruce and Marcia HeustisSharon and Norman KauffmannHenry KlosMary KubiakMr. and Mrs. Ron MathisJohn and Naomi McFarlandPatricia McQuadeJames and Mary Ellen Nagy
Mr. Larry RinerCarmelo RitschardBarbara RockwellScott and Carol RussellMrs. Wendel ShankMr. and Mrs. Michael SheykoJoanne UlreyGerald and Claire Weimann
5 YEARSSandra K. AnnisJohn AyersMaryellen BakerMr. and Mrs. David BilgerCharmaine CallowayShelley CataldoCandace CorsonGene and Grace CurtisKaren DrainUnitarian Universalist Fellowship
of ElkhartMr. and Mrs. Thomas FilleySteve FintaGib FosterDean and Dotty GarrisonClifford and Betty HamiltonKarla and Karl HanelTrudy HellerDenise and Angel HernandezCharles HuttonJoan JacobsEdward and Joann KellyDixie LingleDon and Patricia McManusCynthia O’BrianBruce PawielskiLinda and Ed PhillippRosalyn M. ReederMyra Ritchie GouldStan RossLois RuschLynne SchmidtAllene and Warren SnyderMr. Dale StephensonKimberly TeskaCarmen D. ThompsonTracey WatsonBeverly WhelanDolores Wilson
WNIT would like to recognize the following Honor Roll Members for their continued support!
Honor Roll Members
Delivering on the Promise
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Gail Martin, host of WNIT’s DINNER AND A BOOK, and sculptor Tuck Langland led a wine, sculpture and dinner tour in southwestern Michigan on October 23. Guests sampled wines and enjoyed appetizers en route to Baroda, Michigan, for a wine tasting and tour at Lemon Creek Winery.
The bus then traveled to Dowagiac for a tour of public sculptures led by Langland, a national award-winning sculptor. After the tour, guests walked to the Woodfire Grill in downtown Dowagiac where they enjoyed a choice of one of several three-course dinners with wine.
As Gail says, “Good friends, good food and good trips make for a very good life.”
Members of Alick’s Home Medical winning team
BrainGames, WNIT’s fast-paced series focusing on the human brain’s functioning at various life stages, concluded in November as Alick’s Home Medical bested 32 Pearls Family Dentistry and Jones Obenchain, LLP to win the championship round. The four-part series was co-hosted by Debra Raybold, director of Memorial BrainWorks, and Mark Durocher.
Wine, Dinner and Sculpture Tour
Alick’s Claims BrainGames Crown
Production News
Brenda Bowyer Senior Producer, 15 years
As senior producer for WNIT’s productions, we rely on Brenda for her organizational skills as well as her abilities to tell great Michiana stories. Aside from that, Brenda is the person who keeps the staff members, crew members, as well as freelancer and interns, informed and on the same page. She also produces three of our five weekly local shows, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, POLITICALLY SPEAKING and ASK AN EXPERT.
In addition, Brenda helps produce many of our one-time specials and short series such as Memorial’s “BrainGames,” “Michiana: Thriving or Dying?” “Michiana’s Economic Future” and many more. She is a consummate professional with a keen eye, golden ears and unbounded energy. She is also instrumental in strengthening our bonds and securing funds with organizations across Michiana.
Kelsy Zumbrun Producer, 13 years
Kelsy’s main area of responsibilities are co-producing OUTDOOR ELEMENTS along with Evie Kirkwood and directing most of our local shows. On OUTDOOR ELEMENTS, he has made a difference in the look and pace of the shows. Kelsy created the beautiful opening sequences on the program
and has also expanded the segments on the show to include more interaction between viewers and the program. Additionally, Kelsy has produced the Spectrum Award recipient “Holocaust Cantata” and is the producer of “Music from the Acorn,” which WNIT is developing for state and possibly national distribution.
Kelsy was also the videographer for FARM FRESH TO YOU, another recipient of the Indiana Broadcasters Spectrum Award. In addition, Kelsy is responsible for scheduling WNIT’s master control to make sure that we are always on the air.
Dan McDiarmid Production Technician, 10 years
If there is a staff person who can be identified by determination and tenacity, it is Dan McDiarmid. Dan is our “go to” editor and is also a valued master control operator. But it is in his editing skills that Dan shines.
The greatest respect a producer can give to an editor is, “Please take these hours of tapes and make something of it.” And when the editor comes back with a polished, finished product, he is the producer’s best friend. Needless to say, Dan has many “best friends” among the production staff.
He has brought excellent production aesthetics to our local shows such as DINNER AND A BOOK and local documentaries such as BUILDING AN AMERICAN LEGEND, FARM FRESH TO YOU and THE POWER OF 100. FARM FRESH TO YOU was a recipient of the Indiana Broadcasters Spectrum Award. Dan’s work is consistently praised for quality and creativity.
Michael Shelton Web ContentOne of our most recent hires, Michael Shelton is our web content associate. Although you don’t see Michael’s work on the air, his role is receiving greater visibility as our web pages are becoming highly visited. Michael brings excellent knowledge of web content, especially social media utilization and interactivity with our viewers.
Meet the Team Behind the Productions
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WnitSupporters
* Information correct as of press date
1st Source BankAntiques RoadshowBBC World NewsInside INdiana BusinessMcLaughlin GroupMystery!NOVAPBS NewsHourProhibition SeriesWashington Week
32 Pearls Family DentistryThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot
about ThatHistory Detectives
Alick’s Home MedicalAntiques RoadshowLawrence WelkMiscellaneous ProgrammingProhibition Series
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Northern Indiana
Miscellaneous ProgrammingAnco Products, Inc.
This Old HouseHometime
The ArtsEverywhere Initiative of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County
Miscellaneous ProgrammingBaker & Daniels
PBS NewsHourBarnes & Thornburg
Antiques RoadshowPBS NewsHourWashington Week
Bethel CollegeBlack History Month
Broadway Theatre LeagueMiscellaneous Programming
Center for Hospice CareAntiques RoadshowBlack History Month
Champion Windows, Doors, & Patio Rooms
Children’s ProgrammingSesame Street episode Growing
Hope Against HungerCharmaran Corporation
Children’s Programming City of South Bend/Mike Schmuhl
and Mayor Pete ButtigiegBlack History Month
Cochran Family DentistryMiscellaneous Programming
Conservatory of DancePBS Arts Fall Festival – Miami Ballet
Cosimo & Susie’s A Bit of ItalyItalian Cooking Programming
Curious Kid’s MuseumChildren’s Programming
D & W Inc.Miscellaneous Programming
Dental CenterChildren’s Programming
Elkhart County ParksMiscellaneous Programming
Elkhart County SymphonyMiscellaneous Programming
Elkhart General HospitalNightly Business ReportNews Brief
Emporium RestaurantCharlie RoseSesame Street
Ewe-Nique Knit & Yarn ShoppeKnitting Daily
Explorations ToysChildren’s ProgrammingFamily & Children’s CenterChildren’s Programming
Family Dental HealthMiscellaneous Programming
Food Bank of Northern IndianaChildren’s Programming
Rod & Carol GaneyCharlie RoseProhibition SeriesSesame Street
The Gibson FoundationMiscellaneous Programming
Gibson Antiques Roadshow
Steven A. Goldberg, C.P.A.Business ProgrammingTax Tips InterstitialsWashington Week in Review
Good Neighbor PharmaciesMiscellaneous Programming
Goodwill IndustriesBody ElectricChildren’s Programming
GNC Vac & SewSewing Series
Goshen Antique MallAntiques Roadshow
Graham Allen PartnersBusiness Programming
Greencroft CommunitiesMiscellaneous Programming
Growing Kids Learning CentersChildren’s Programming
Gymnastics MichianaChildren’s Programming
Hearth & HomeHome Improvement
ProgrammingHoman Lumber Mart Inc.
HometimeHovenkamp’s Produce
Cooking ProgrammingIBA
Miscellaneous ProgrammingImagine That!
Children’s ProgrammingIndiana University South Bend
Ernestine Raclin School of the ArtsPBS Arts Fall Festival
ProgrammingIndiana University Health
Goshen Center for Cancer CareArm Yourself with Knowledge
InterstitialsMarch Pledge SponsorMiscellaneous Programming
Indiana Community BankMiscellaneous Programming
Jeanette’s Fabric BoutiqueSewing with Nancy
Jordan AutomotiveMiscellaneous Programming
Brian King, DDSMiscellaneous Programming
La Candy ShoppeBake Decorate Celebrate
Lake City BankInside INdiana Business
Lake Court MedicalMiscellaneous Programming
Lake Michigan College/Mendel CenterHoliday Programming
Lanser’s, The Natural WayChildren’s Programming
Laven InsurancePBS NewsHourNightly Business Report
Manufacturing Technology, Inc.Children’s Programming
Martin’s Super MarketsNature
Matterhorn RestaurantMiscellaneous Programming
McDonald Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation Center
BBC World NewsBlack History Month Programming
Michiana Eye CenterMiscellaneous Programming
Michiana SHRM/Sterling GroupMiscellaneous Programming
Mid-City Supply CompanyHometime
Dr. Dane & Mary Louise Miller Foundation
Miscellaneous ProgrammingMorris Performing Arts
Miscellaneous ProgrammingNorthern Box Company
Antiques RoadshowNotre Dame Federal Credit Union
Miscellaneous Prime TimePain Management Group
Miscellaneous Primetime Patchwork Dance CompanyMiscellaneous Programming
Peacock & Company Antiques RoadshowHoliday ProgrammingMiscellaneous Programming
Pfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak Attorneys At Law
Austin City LimitsJack Horkheimer: StargazerMarch Pledge Sponsor
Barb & John PhairMiscellaneous Programming
Pike LumberMichigan Out-Of-Doors
Press Ganey AssociatesThe Cat in the Hat Knows a
Lot about ThatDr. Kelly Puster
Children’s ProgrammingRadiology, Inc.
Children’s ProgrammingRiver Bend Hose
Miscellaneous ProgrammingRuth’s Chris Steak House
Miscellaneous ProgrammingSaint Joseph Regional
Medical CenterAntiques RoadshowPledge Programming
Salvation Army/Kroc CenterMiscellaneous Programming
Sew Creative ThreadsAmerica Sews with Sue HausmannSewing with Nancy
Kurt Simon & the Jewish Community of St. Joseph County
BBC World NewsCharlie RoseEuropean JournalGlobe Trekker
History DetectivesMcLaughlin ReportMiscellaneous ProgrammingOff the RecordPBS NewsHourRick Steves’
Snyder’s Men’s ShopMiscellaneous Programming
South Bend Airport/Michael Murphy Design
Miscellaneous ProgrammingSouth Bend Civic Theatre
Miscellaneous ProgrammingSouth Bend Farmer’s Market
Miscellaneous ProgrammingSouth Bend Medical Foundation
Antiques RoadshowAs Time Goes ByChildren’s ProgrammingMcLaughlin GroupMiscellaneous Prime TimePBS Arts Fall Festival PBS NewsHourVictory Garden
South Bend Warehousing & Distribution
Miscellaneous ProgrammingSouthwest Michigan Symphony
OrchestraMiscellaneous Programming
Stitch ‘N Time FabricsFon’s & Porter’s Love of Quilting
Teachers Credit UnionBiz KidsNightly Business ReportPBS NewsHourTravel Programming
Treat’s Squire ShopMiscellaneous Programming
The Apprentice AcademyChildren’s ProgrammingMiscellaneous Programming
The Quilting LoftAmerica Sews with Sue HausmannFon’s & Porter’s Love of QuiltingQuilting ArtsSewing with Nancy
The Troyer GroupPBS NewsHourNightly Business Report
Unity GardensMiscellaneous Programming
University of Notre Dame du Lac on behalf of Sorin’s at the Morris Inn
Miscellaneous ProgrammingVillage Green
Children’s ProgrammingVillage At Arborwood
Antiques RoadshowVillage at Winona
History DetectivesInside INdiana BusinessNightly Business Report
Welch PackagingChildren’s Programming
Yoder’s Department StoreFon’s & Porter’s Love of Quilting
ZimmerChildren’s ProgrammingNatureNOVA
BUSINESS CLUBSChairman’s Club ($3,000+)
Teachers Credit UnionPresident’s Club ($1,500)
Champion Windows, Doors, & Patio Rooms
Pine ManorCorporate Club ($800)
Center for Hospice CareCB Richard Ellis BradleyPress Ganey AssociatesSouth Bend Medical Foundation
Business Honor Roll ($300)The Troyer Group
KID’S CLUB AND RAISING READERS John Anderson Foundation Kaminski Foundation Lake City Bank Meijer Kurt Simon
LOCAL PRODUCTIONSAsk An Expert
Cancer Care PartnersElkhart General HospitalIndiana University Health Goshen
Center for Cancer CareMemorial HospitalSouth Bend Clinic
Dinner & a BookThe Rex and Alice A. Martin
FoundationAdditional Dinner & a Book
Supporters:Village at Winona
Economic OutlookLake City BankPartners for Workforce Solutions
High School Band CongratulationsElkhart General Hospital1st Source Bank Indiana Community BankIndiana University Health Goshen
HospitalMcDonald Physical Therapy
& Sports Rehabilitation CenterSew Creative Threads
The Power of 100/The Story of The 100 Black Men of South Bend
1st Source BankAlick’s Home MedicalBethel CollegeCenter for Hospice CareIUSB History DepartmentIUSB Ernestine Raclin School of
the ArtsIvy Tech Community CollegeLexus of MishawakaPfeifer, Morgan & Stesiak
Promotional SupportExpress PressImpressions, Inc.Lithotone, Inc.
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Platinum Level ($5,000 +)Arthur J. DecioRodney and Carol GaneyEd and Sue HilerDr. Dane and Mary Louise MillerCraig D. Sullivan and
Cynthia L. HarrisWelter Foundation
Gold Level ($2,500 +)Anonymous (1)Ms. Susan K. HintzIrions Foundation, Inc.Edward M. JordanichGlenn and Patty KillorenChris and Carmi MurphyErnest and Gerda Zeller
Silver Level ($1,000 +)Anonymous (1)David and Billie BankoffJan Botz and Tom LippertMonali and Promit DasKaty and Tim DemaraisRobin DouglassKen and Mary EmeSusan and David FindlayTom and Susan FischbachCraig and Connie FulmerSteven and Susan FunkVan, Larry & Bill Gates and
Harry Shaffer FamilyVan and Jean Gates
Dave and Ginny GibsonWilliam and Leslie GitlinMaggie and Steve GoldbergDr. Elmer GraberCharles and Anne HillmanJames W. and Sally F. HubbardCraig and Carol KapsonNajeeb and Nancy KhanMichael and Rebecca KubackiBetty LaramoreFrank and Marsha MartinV. Richard and Jane MillerDr. Laura L. MorrisMary NaquinBarb and John PhairErnestine M. RaclinDonna and Mark RichterThe Honorable and Mrs.
James W. RieckhoffJudith Robert and Thomas
J. KapacinskasPat and Sue RuszkowskiMr. and Mrs. William
J. Schmuhl, Jr. Doug and Jeannine SchrockCari SheinJames F. and Sherry L. SmithTom and Joyce SopkoPerry Stow and Andrea
Mather-StowKatie and Brad ToothakerMike and Dena Wargo
Barbara K. WarnerJane J. WarnerDavid and Janet WeedPeggy WeedMarjorie H. Wilson
Bronze Level ($500 +)Anonymous (4)Eric and Sandy AmtDottie and Tom ArnoldStephen and Nancy Ball Dan and Laurie BallaBruce and Linda BancroftStuart and Paula BarbGlenn and Janellyn BordenLiz and Tom BorgerBrian and Jeannelle BradyHoward S. BrembeckPhyllis BrovontEdward and Carla ChesterBarbara ClausenDr. Gary L. Cornette and
Marsha MillerMarianne CorrTom and Dot CorsonMr. and Mrs. Fred P. CroweElisabeth De FriesAnn and Fred DeanMr. and Mrs. Robert J. DeputyGeorge Efta and Carol
Ann Mooney Thomas and Elizabeth Eisele
Irene EskridgeStephen and Barbara FredmanKatherine and George FreeseJody and Mike FreidJoan and Gerald H. Frieling, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John Goebel, Jr. Dr. Paul and Margie Goldwin Donald and Lynn GroenleerJennifer and Kreg GruberJames R. HardestyLarry D. HardingGloria S. HenryDenise and Angel HernandezHelen HousandTom and Eileen HughesLeonard and Jo Ann IsbanJim and Chris KellyGretchen and Dean KimbleBarbara and Donald T. KindtBrian and Ginger LakeElla LockwoodGunnel B. LofgrenJerry and Becky LutkusMr. and Mrs. Philip LuxGail and Bob MartinRex and Alice MartinChristine MaziarLaurence and Barbara McHughLeo and Kathleen McKernanTom and Shari MellinBrad and Mickey Miller
Jeffrey MillerPat and Carol MoodyMr. and Mrs. Kevin MorrisonPhilip and Mary NewboldNell NewtonLida Thompson NorrisDon and Linda PletcherMary PruessDr. Rob and Lee RileyMaritza RoblesFred and Chris RoweSteve and Connie RufenbargerRobert SennettRichard and Christine SiegristJames and Chris SieradzkiTom and Maria SlagerSonja K. SmithCarl and Rita Schobert SnyderOliver C. Songlingco, M.D., P.C.Mary E. StanfieldPaul D. and Mary H. TippsLeRoy and Phyllis TroyerJeff and Phid WellsDorothy and Dar* WiekampJohn and Carolyn WolfDouglas and Janette Yoder
*Deceased Charter Director
SupporterSpotlight
Directors’Circle
The WNIT Directors’ Circle represents a very dedicated and select group of individuals who, by their commitment, contribute to the total annual support which is the foundation of WNIT’s operating budget. These essential annual contributions make possible the great programs that everyone in Michiana enjoys.
John Phair
This month WNIT shines the Supporter Spotlight on recent WNIT Board member John Phair, president and CEO of Holladay Property Services Midwest, Inc.
During his years of service to WNIT, John and his wife, Barbara, have been Directors’ Circle members, capital campaign donors and program underwriters.
John served on the WNIT Board of Directors from 2001-2011. From 2004-2006 he served as long range planning chairman and from 2007-2009 he was vice chairman of the Board. In addition, he served on the Executive Committee from 2007-2009.
WNIT salutes John’s financial support of WNIT and thanks him for his many years of service.
John Phair
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Downton Abbey returnsThe Primetime Emmy® Award winning series from Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) returns to WNIT in January! Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Dan Stevens headline the remarkable cast as war intrudes. Welcome to Downton Abbey!