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4-5-1977
Last program of science series on TV to be aired Sunday morning, April 10
University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations
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IMMEDIATELY LAST PROGRAM OF SCIENCE SERIES ON TV harte/jm TO BE AIRED SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10 4-5-77 state + cs +
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The last in a series of 12 television programs dealing with how Montana looks to the scientist will be shown at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 10, on the Montana Television Network
(MTN). Theme of the series is "Montana: As Science Sees It."
Sunday's progran^ entitled "The New Alchemists: Alternative Paths for Montana," will examine non-technical solutions to the energy-versus-environment dilemma facing Montana and
« the nation, explained Dr. James W. Cox, project director of the series, who is a chemistry and education professor at the University of Montana in Missoula.
Cox said the "finale" program will deal with changing life-styles of Montanans and other Americans and with alternative energy resources.
The series is also being broadcast by the Western Broadcasting Company (WBC) Sundays at 4 p.m. Program number five, "Computers in Montana," will be shown Sunday, April 10, on WBC and the series will continue until May 22. WBC will not broadcast the seventh program of the series, "The Changing Dawn."
Sunday's program on MTN can be seen in Missoula on KPAX-TV, Channel 8; in Great Falls on KRTV-TV, Channel 3; in Billings on KTVQ-TV, Channel 2; in Glendive on KXGN-TV, Channel 5, and in Butte on KXLF-TV, Channel 4.
The series, to be continued on the Western Broadcasting Company network, can be seen
in Missoula on KGVO-TV, Channel 13, and in Kalispell on KCFW-TV, Channel 9, and in Columbia
Falls-Whitefish on cable Channel 11. Those stations will show the series at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The series is produced under an $88,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
and the Montana Committee for the Humanities, a group headquartered in Missoula, Five Montana colleges and universities are giving college credit to viewers who apply through the institutions' offices of continuing education.
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