SEP | OCT 2021 Stories that move us. The Legacy of USS St. Louis Navy Ships p. 4 Nine PBS Team Members Honored p. 7 Cooking Series Now on PBS Video App p. 9 SEP—OCT Contents Sep–Oct 2021 | Volume 12, Number 5 3 Message from the President 4 Feature 7 Happening Now 12 Beyond Programming 15 From the Archives 16 Program Guide Muhammad Ali September 19-22, 7 pm Follow Our Stories. The four-part series explores the life of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, who insisted on being himself unconditionally › ninepbs.org and became a global icon and inspiration to people everywhere. Team Member Spotlight Nine PBS EDITOR 3655 Olive St. Lynanne Feilen Tanisha Joyce St. Louis, MO 63108 DESIGNER (314) 512-9000 Engagement Manager Allie Bronsky Fax (314) 512-9005 At Nine PBS: I’ve worked at Nine PBS [email protected] DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS for 6 months. 9 am–5 pm Megan Grisolano Monday–Friday What show(s) on Nine PBS are you ADVERTISING SALES Member Services watching or recommending? 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Chew in the Lou Facebook 4 followers came together for a preview screening of Candy Men: The History of Switzer’s Licorice on June 10 in the Public Media Commons. 3 4 2 Nine PBS Magazine | SEP–OCT 2021 HAPPENING NOWMAY Nine PBS Board of Directors Chair Mark C. Lindgren Vice Chair Cynthia Brinkley Treasurer Mark Krieger Secretary Ashley Kemper Immediate Past Chair David Steward II Members Nicole Adewale Amy Shaw (left) attended the screening of Donald Aven USS St. Louis: Centuries of Service at Soldiers Kathy Barney Memorial Military Museum with Barbara Fred Bendaña Taylor (center), the ship's sponsor, and Dr. Lee Broughton Frances Levine, president and CEO, Missouri David Conner Jill Falk Historical Society (right). Christopher Gagliano Harvey A. Harris Dennis Hummel Robert Koplar Todd Korte Mark S. LaVigne Brendan Lind Dear Friends, Dennis Lower Thomas C. Melzer I’m pleased to announce that PBS impact on our nation. It also celebrates Pamela Morris-Thornton Mary Nelson received more nominations (12) and St. Louis: from those interviewed to the Cynthia Peters more wins (six) than any other media Saint Louis Council of the Navy League James Snowden Chad Stiening organization at the annual Peabody of the U.S., which assisted the ship’s James E. Williams, Jr. Awards. These awards affirm that Commissioning Committee. And it’s public television holds a singular place also a terrific opportunity to inspire Emeritus Dan Burkhardt in the media landscape, sharing stories area students to consider careers in Maxine Clark that reflect the pressing social issues engineering, science, and technology. Pepe Finn and vibrant voices of our day. Juanita Hinshaw The documentary was produced Janet M. Holloway Ken Kranzberg Frontline and PBS NewsHour both during the height of the COVID-19 Kim Olson received multiple news awards. The pandemic. Thanks to digital technology Jack Schreiber series Asian Americans won in the and communications, it was largely Patrick Sly Dr. Donald Suggs documentary category. PBS NewsHour produced from producer Kara Milton P. Wilkins, Jr. received the only Peabody for news Vaninger’s dining room table (with her coverage of COVID-19, described by the cats as unpaid production assistants). Executive Team jurors as “the best news coverage of a Dick Skalski, Senior Vice Members of our team who have been once-in-a-century global pandemic.” President, Chief Financial and working remotely will return to our Operations Officer In addition, we are thrilled that building in late fall, with flexibility Angela Carr, Vice President Judy Woodruff received the first- and Chief Impact Officer built in, to continue bringing you ever Peabody Award for Journalistic the programs, specials, events, Russ Hitzemann, Vice Integrity. President and Chief Individual conversations, and resources you have Giving Officer Our local content continues to inspire come to expect from us. Matt Huelskamp, Vice President and Chief Marketing me, too, and I hope you are moved as Officer well. Premiering in September, USS Chrys Marlow, Vice President St. Louis: Centuries of Service was and Chief Technology Officer produced by Nine PBS in partnership Kate Midgett, Senior Director with Soldiers Memorial Military Museum of Organizational Excellence and the Missouri Historical Society. It’s a story about service, commitment, Amy Shaw and how St. Louis’s history has had an President and CEO SEP–OCT 2021 | ninepbs.org 3 SEPTEMBERFEATURE A Wave of Civic Pride The crew of the USS St. Louis got to know the fun side of St. Louis by throwing out the first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals’ game. USS St. Louis: Centuries of Service recounts the commissioning ceremony in Mayport, FL, and proud lineage of ships named USS St. Louis in footage at the U.S. Navy Memorial, the Naval the United States military since the founding History and Heritage Command headquarters, of our country, but it’s the one out at sea now both in Washington, DC, and the U.S. Naval that is instilling a big wave of civic pride. “It’s Academy in Annapolis, MD. connecting a landlocked city to a navy ship and “It is not literally true that a ship is an inanimate the crew that sails upon her,” says Nine PBS’s object. Those of us who have served in war ships Kara Vaninger, producer and writer. believe that they have a soul, so we have a hard The Nine PBS documentary USS St. Louis: Centuries time thinking of war ships as just pieces of steel,” of Service, a partnership with Soldiers Memorial says Paul Stillwell, a historian and retired naval Military Museum and the Missouri Historical officer who hails from Springfield, MO. Society, recounts each ship’s rich and surprising While the ship was still being built, members of the history and follows the current USS St. Louis as she crew were invited to St. Louis several times to meet and her crew experience the naval traditions and with the Commissioning Committee, engage in milestones that take a ship from concept to active educational and community outreach, and attend service in the U.S. Navy. the unveiling of the ship’s crest. The committee The film includes the dramatic side launch of also made sure the crew got to know the fun side the 3,500-ton ship during its August 8, 2020, of St. Louis: visiting Ted Drewes, throwing out the 4 Nine PBS Magazine | SEP–OCT 2021 HAPPENINGFEATURE NOWJULY first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals’ game, and taking a photo with the Stanley Cup. The Commissioning Committee worked with the Navy League of the U.S., Saint Louis Council. The Saint Louis Council provides programs for the Reserve Officers' Training Corp (ROTC) and connects area students to careers in engineering, science, and technology. “It’s incredibly important that the people in St. Louis know about what those men and women are doing when they go to sea. ...It’s a civics lesson and a national security lesson,” says Frank Thorp IV, president and CEO, U.S. Navy Memorial. An Illustrious History The USS LCS-19 is a littoral combat ship. A highly automated ship, with a crew of 40 to 50, it seeks out and destroys underwater mines close to shore. It is equipped with guns, helicopters, and drones for offensive combat. Its current location is unknown for security reasons, but it started its life in a Wisconsin shipyard. The legacy of U.S. Navy ships named St. Louis goes back almost as far as our country does. The first one was commissioned in 1828 and saw almost eight decades of action: from fighting pirates in the The crew attends the August 8, 2020, commissioning Caribbean to serving the Union in the Civil War.