Contents AETN MAGAZINE Staff KUAR, KLRE, KUAF Editor in Chief ow that all AETN Allen Weatherly N On the Cover.........2 AETN would like to give a special transmitters are thanks to the above long-time Editors broadcasting in digital, Concert underwriters of American Masters. Mona Dixon Kathy Atkinson you can enjoy additional Reconnect............3 On The Cover.... streams of programming Editorial & Creative Directors From the AMERICAN MASTERS –Garrison Keillor: The Sara Willis on AETN Kids/Create and AETN Scholar! A lot of Director................4 Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes Elizabeth duBignon you have been asking what these channels are Wednesday, July 1, 7 p.m. (Repeats 7/4, 5:30 p.m.) Editorial Panel and how to get them. Simply put, a digital Outreach..............5 Rowena Parr, Pam Wilson, Dan Koops Lake Wobegon – where the women are strong, Tiffany Verkler signal can be broken up into sub-channels, and AETNFoundation the men are good looking and all the children are we have named our sub-channels Kids/Create Ambassadors above average – has become America’s collective Copy Editors Darbi Blencowe, Catherine Mays, and Scholar. The channels are already available Circle...................6 hometown, visited weekly for the past 40 years on Karen Cooper, Pat Pearce to watch over the air using an antenna with a fictional radio program that creates bona fide Production............7 AETN Offices a converter box or digital television. The main nostalgia. With his “Prairie Home Companion,” 350 S. Donaghey Ave. - Conway, AR - channel number will depend on which AETN channel Highlights.............8 Keillor became our national philosopher, filling 72034 800/662-2386 you watch, but the sub-channel will always be the PBS Ongoing the empty shoes of Will Rogers and Mark Twain, [email protected] - www.aetn.org same. For instance, over-the-air viewers in Central through his running commentary about the human Series...................9 Arkansas will see Kids/Create on channel 2-2 and condition and the social politic. With biting wit, a AETN Mission PBS Ongoing quirky perspective and an uncanny ability to hone Statement Scholar on channel 2-3; viewers in South Arkansas Series..................10 in on the pulse of America, Keillor’s themes and The mission of the Arkansas will see channel 12-2 and 12-3. Scholar Channel....11 characters are somehow familiar to us all. For more Educational Television Network (AETN) is to offer lifelong If you watch over the air, Kids/Create and Scholar Daytime than a year, AMERICAN MASTERS followed this great raconteur – and his motley crew of actors, learning opportunities to all are available to start watching right now! However, Arkansans; to supply instructional Schedules........12-13 musicians and technical staff – as he criss-crossed it is up to cable and satellite companies to make programs to Arkansas' schools; Primetime.......14-23 the country, broadcasting, recording and revealing to provide programming and these channels available to their subscribers. Weekends.......24-25 himself. services to improve and enhance Below is a list of AETN transmitters with their station National Parks.....26 the lives of Arkansas' citizens; A Capitol Fourth (2009) Saturday, July 4, 7 p.m. and to illuminate the culture and call letters and channel number. Identify the call Did You Know?....27 and again at 8:30 p.m. Join Elmo, Big Bird and the heritage of Arkansas and the letters for the channel you watch, then contact your Concert rest of the SESAME STREET and a star-studded cast world. To accomplish this mission, cable/satellite provider and ask them to carry the to celebrate America’s 233rd birthday. Featuring the AETN, through the creative use of Information........28 telecommunications, will present sub-channels for that station. For instance, viewers most in Maumelle watch on KETS Channel 2. So when you Education............29 spectacular fireworks display anywhere a high-quality public television call your provider, ask them to add the sub-channels in the nation, this program will be service designed to inform, Underwriter educate, motivate, entertain, broadcast live in high definition for KETS to their channel lineup. Welcome.............30 enlighten and inspire. before a concert audience of Underwriters........31 hundreds of thousands, KAFT-Channel 13 (Northwest AR) Coming in Aug.....32 millions more at home, 1-800-662-2386 KEMV-Channel 6 (North Central AR) on National KTEJ-Channel 19 (Northeast AR) Public Radio and Your support KETS-Channel 2 (Central AR) around the world makes a difference! KETG-Channel 9 (Southwest AR) to American troops KETZ-Channel 12 (South Central AR) on the American www.aetn.org Forces Radio and For more information call 1-800-662-2386. Television Network. 2 Arkansas Educational Television Network Arkansas Educational Television Network 3 (con’t. from page 4) questions for a panel discussion on Attention AETN veterans’ mental health or senior financial matters; telling us that you’ve been Members! unable to watch AETN during the digital Join us for an informative workshop featuring several Contact AETN transition; or interacting with other fans government agencies collaborting with AETN and AARP Dear Members, of “Antiques Roadshow” online. AETN EXECUTIVE AETN COMMISSION Arkansas that is designed to inform and protect the Public service media are those whose mission is DIRECTOR financial interests of Arkansas’s senior community. CHAIR At AETN, education, outreach and citizen to serve, build and nurture an informed, engaged Allen Weatherly Sammie Benjamin of Glenwood public. They can include many groups, but Arkan- engagement are at the very heart of our ing Arkansas’s S Programming tect eni sas public television and public radio focuses on Vice Chair mission, regardless of the challenges we ro ors originates at the Ronnie Williams of Menifee P Monday, July 27, 2009 our ongoing full time mission: to serve the people R. Lee Reaves Center face. Our goal is to continue serving you of the state through educational media. for Educational Secretary/Treasurer and all Arkansans as the public service Registration at 8 a.m. Telecommunications at Sandy Landers of Little Rock medium you can trust. What makes public media in Arkansas essential, to this admittedly biased Donaghey Avenue & Program - 8:30 a.m. to Noon observer, is that with all of our challenges (consider the technical mountains Sesame Street, Dr. William Downs, Jr. of Arkadelphia Learn from the experts from: Conway, AR 72034. I admit to being somewhat of an old we’ve scaled associated with transitioning statewide to digital broadcasts) Don Hale of El Dorado • Arkansas Office of the • AARP Arkansas Questions and Jane Krutz of Little Rock fuddy-duddy when it comes to public we engage people as active learners and builders of society. This honors the comments are Billie Sue Hoggard of Jonesboro television. AETN is not seeking markets, Attorney General Topics and panel discus- democratic idea that Arkansans can assert themselves not only as individuals, encouraged. Mary Beth Green of Van Buren Viewers may reach rather communities. Arkansans know • Arkansas Securities sions but also, as they interact with others, as decision-makers and mobilizers of the AETN at: AETN Foundation Board what they have at stake in their world Department covered include: public will. 1-800-662-AETN 501-682-AETN Chair (whether it’s health care, the economy, • Arkansas Bank Depart- • Consumer Alerts Dan Farley of Little Rock We often neglect to share with you the success story of community engage- 501-450-1-PBS education or the need for arts and culture ment • Bank Safety & Soundness ment that AETN and public broadcasting deliver to our state and country. 1-800-662-2386 in our lives) to form opinions, and they Fax: 501-852-2280 Vice Chair • Arkansas DHS - Division • Securities Fraud E-mail: [email protected] Sandra Richardson of have a way to find other people affected AETN, with the help of amazing partners, continues to bring award-winning Mountain Home of Aging • Senior Insurance Issues Public Affairs e-mail: by the same issues. They must have programs and projects – like “The Buffalo Flows,” “In Their Words,” Arkansas [email protected] confidence that public service media like and Adult Services • Medicare Fraud IDEAS for teachers, “AETN Presents” concerts and AETN Family Day – to Outdoor Programs Secretary/Treasurer Philip Hathcock of Maumelle AETN are devoted to this idea and will • Arkansas Insurance • Making Good Financial Arkansans. And our current outreach projects showcasing Arkansas’s state e-mail: outdoors@ aetn.org keep trying. and national parks in conjunction with Ken Burns’ stunning new series ”The Dr. Linda Beene Ballard of Bismarck Department Decisions National Parks: America’s Best Idea” will provide more exciting opportunities Membership hotline: Kay Bland of Paragould Irma Hunter Brown of Visit us online at www.aetn.org/engage. AETN MEMBERS - PLEASE REGISTER BY JULY 10, 2009 for you and your family. 501-682-4120 Viewer response line: Little Rock Share your thoughts, ideas, concerns, Call toll free 1-800-662-2386. Attendance is limited. Best of all, you can connect with AETN from the comfort of your home. Visit 501-682-4198 Lavenia Craig of El Dorado frustrations and elations. Read our blogs, Advanced registration is required. Education: Dr. Andrew Fulkerson of Paragould www.aetn.org/engage to read our blogs, share your thoughts and become a 1-800-488-6689 Don Hale of El Dorado learn about your favorite hosts, and This workshop WILL BE VIDEOTAPED and part of the AETN online community. e-mail address: Steven Jones of Marion join in the fun of our Arkansas State & is free and open to the public. [email protected] Philip Kaplan of Little Rock National Parks initiative. Become a part It is clear that community engagement is the lifeblood of AETN — leading AETN online: Bill Valentine of Little Rock Refreshments and lunch will be provided.