Pl a nnerMichiana’s bi-monthly Guide to WNIT Public Television Issue No. 6 November — December 2011

songs of the decades: Holiday edition Straight no chaser premieres December 7 & 11

BrainGames continues November 17 Board of Directors Mary’s Message Mary Pruess Chairman President and GM, WNIT Public Television Glenn E. Killoren Vice Chairmen David M. Findlay Rodney F. Ganey President Mary Pruess Treasurer Craig D. Sullivan Secretary Ida Reynolds Watson Directors Roger Benko Janet M. Botz WNIT Public Television is Michiana’s story teller. We produce and broadcast the stories of Michiana Kathryn Demarais as told by the people of Michiana. We are fully engaged with our community. In each of the following Robert G. Douglass documentaries, all produced during the current calendar year, WNIT presents programs about Irene E. Eskridge Michiana as seen from a distinctly Michiana point of view and as seen virtually nowhere else. David D. Gibson When Newsweek magazine published an article which included South Bend in its list of Ten Cities William A. Gitlin “with bleak futures ahead,” WNIT decided to face the issue head on. In February, we produced a Tracy D. Graham one-hour, live town hall style program entitled, South Bend: Thriving or Dying? Co-hosts Gary Kreg Gruber Sieber and Kelly Morgan, along with a panel of six local experts and an audience of about 75, addressed Larry D. Harding key issues facing South Bend—schools, jobs, crime, housing, recreation and transportation. In June, James W. Hillman WNIT produced the second in this series, Michiana: Open for Business followed by a third Town Najeeb A. Khan Hall program that featured Michiana’s young professionals. Evelyn Kirkwood Our Town: Warsaw – Winona Lake built on the success of Our Town: Goshen to present the stories Kevin J. Morrison of Warsaw and Winona Lake as recorded by the residents of those communities. With a little training John T. Phair from WNIT’s professional, award-winning production team, ordinary citizens became volunteer Richard J. Rice videographers. The “Our Town” series is all about these towns and the people within them who help Jill Richardson tell the stories of what makes their corner of the world unique, including historical sites, high school Maritza Robles hang-outs, churches, the quaint shopping districts and so many other special places known only to Cari Shein those who live in the area and know the true spirit of their own home town. Richard B. Siegrist, Jr. Thomas E. Slager WNIT Public Television and Memorial BrainWorks sponsored a four-part series designed to look Michael J. Wargo at aspects of the human brain’s functioning in various stages of life, including early childhood BrainGames Charter Directors development, the teen years, young adults and older adults. is presented as a game show with three teams per episode competing to win. In the fourth and final program on November 17, Mr. Arthur J. Decio the winners from the three previous shows will compete for top honors. A panel of experts adds Mr. Jerry Hammes commentary and insight throughout the series, co-hosted by Mark Durocher and the Director of Mrs. Ernestine M. Raclin Memorial BrainWorks, Debra Raybold. Mrs. Jane Warner Mr. Dar Wiekamp* The Power of 100: The Story of the 100 Black Men of South Bend follows the creation of the South Honorary Life Director Bend chapter of the 100 Black Men of America. Many of the children featured in the documentary are raised by single moms who do their best to provide for their children. It’s an uphill battle. Drugs, Carmi Murphy gangs, bad influences, all vie for their kids’ attention. That’s where the “100” comes in. These stand-out *Deceased Charter Director citizens from South Bend range from career professionals to successful businessmen and everyday citizens who have had great successes in their lives. Many of them have also overcome the same © 2011 Michiana Public Broadcasting situations as the students they mentor. Corporation Statement of Frequency: WNIT PUBLIC TELEVISION PLANNER On November 3, WNIT Public Television will present the PBS special Among the Righteous (USPS 103-650 ISSN 1523-9373) is followed by the local response, From Righteous to Willing: Building Bridges in Michiana, the published bi-monthly by The Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation, compelling story of Jews and Muslims working together harmoniously for the greater good of all. a non-profit corporation in the State WNIT is not only a window for Michiana to view the world, but is also a mirror for Michiana to see of Indiana at 300 West Jefferson itself. WNIT is proud to be the Center for Public Media for 22 incredible counties in northern Indiana Boulevard, South Bend, IN 46601. Periodical postage paid at South and southwest Michigan. Bend, IN and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to P.O. Box 7034, South Bend, IN 46634-7034. Editor: Roger Chrastil. What’s Worth Watching November 4 WNIT Kids Club 21 Worth Watching December 8 Development News 22 Inside? Primetime November 12 Honor Roll Members 23 Primetime December 14 Delivering on the Promise 24 Weekday Programming 16 Production News 25 Weekend Programming 17 WNIT Supporters 26 Overnight Programming 18 Supporter Spotlight 27 Membership Corner 20 Directors’ Circle 27

On The Cover STRAIGHT NO CHASER: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition

What’s What??? Journey through the decades of the pop Back by popular demand, Straight No WNIT 34.1 is our primary 24-hour channel songbook with Straight No Chaser, the Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday that features such favorites as Lawrence Welk, British comedies, Masterpiece Classic, 10-member a cappella group known for Edition will air on WNIT 34.1 and 34.2 NOVA and Nature. It is also the home for WNIT’s line-up of locally produced captivating harmonies and charm. InFocus on Wednesday, December 7 at programs, including Dinner and a Book, 9:30pm and on Sunday, December 11 at Outdoor Elements, Economic Outlook, Politically Speaking and Ask an Expert. Filmed live at Harrah’s Resort in Atlan- 10pm. 34.1 is carried on the basic tier of all local cable and satellite providers. Programs on tic City, this holiday special is a journey 34.1 may be broadcast in either high or through the decades of the pop songbook, standard definition. including everything from doo-wop to WNIT InFocus 34.2 is also broadcast 24 hours a day in standard definition. WNIT contemporary pop done with the unforget- InFocus carries a blend of such PBS features as Frontline and Independent Lens coupled table Straight No Chaser twist. From “The with programs that feature state and Boys Are Back in Town” to “Joy to the regional topics of interest, such as Indiana Week, Inside Indiana Business, Indiana World,” from “Billie Jean” to “You’re a Expeditions, Across Indiana and Indiana Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” Straight No Lawmakers. Area cable and satellite pro- viders carry WNIT InFocus on their higher Chaser is the captivating sound of 10 tiers for an additional fee. Please contact your service provider for channel placement unadulterated human voices coming on the system you use. together to make extraordinary music.

Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition Airs December 7 & 11

3 Worth Watching November

Secrets of the Dead: Deadliest Battle Women, War & Peace: The War We Are Living

All programs are on both 34.1 and 34.2 WOMEN, WAR & PEACE they describe how women are emerging as unless noted. Tuesdays, 10pm necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international “The War We Are Living” SECRETS OF THE DEAD laws governing conflict. – November 1 Tuesdays, 8pm In a mountainous region in Colombia’s NOVA “The World’s Biggest Bomb” Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro- “The Fabric of the Cosmos” – November 1 Colombian women are fighting to hold onto Wednesdays, 9pm Beginning in the 1950s, American and So- the gold-rich land that has sustained their viet scientists engaged in a dangerous race to community through small-scale mining for “What Is Space?” – November 2 see who could build and detonate the world’s centuries. Clemencia Carabali and Francia From the passenger seat of a New York cab largest bomb. The results exceeded all expec- Marquez are part of a powerful network of driving near the speed of light to a pool hall tations about how big a bomb could be built. female leaders who discovered during Co- where billiard tables do fantastical things, Terrifyingly, the bomb-makers on both sides lombia’s 40-year civil war that women can Brian Greene reveals space as a dynamic fab- were flying blind as they pushed the technol- organize more freely than men. As they defy ric that can stretch, twist, warp, and ripple ogy far into unknown territory. paramilitary death threats and steadfastly under the influence of gravity. Space, far remain on their land, Carabali and Marquez from being empty, is filled with some of the “Deadliest Battle” are standing up for a generation of Colom- deepest mysteries of our times. – November 22 bians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war. “The Illusion of Time” Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was the largest troop offensive in mili- – November 9 “War Redefined” – November 8 tary history. And the Battle of Stalingrad is Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time arguably the deadliest single battle the world Incisive interviews with leading thinkers, traveling adventure, hurtling 50 years into has ever seen. The battle not only changed secretaries of state and seasoned survivors of the future before stepping into a wormhole the course of World War II, but established war and peace-making challenge the conven- to travel back to the past. Along the way, he the Soviet Union as a superpower to be reck- tional wisdom that war and peace are men’s will reveal a new way of thinking about time oned with in the long Cold War that lay domain. Their experiences reveal how the in which moments past, present, and future ahead. More than a half-century later, the post-Cold War proliferation of small arms — from the reign of T. Rex to the birth of full impact of this horrific battle is revealed. has changed the landscape of war, with wom- your great-great-grandchildren — exist all at en becoming primary targets and suffering once. unprecedented casualties. Simultaneously,

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Give Me the Banjo America in Primetime: The Misfit

“Quantum Leap” – November 16 AMERICA IN PRIMETIME “The Misfit” – November 20 Join Brian Greene on a wild ride into the Sundays, 8pm Celebrate the unique characters who defied weird realm of quantum physics, which “The Crusader” – November 6 comic stereotypes and societal expectations governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. to reflect America’s diverse personalities. In- Delve into the increasingly grey area be- Greene brings quantum mechanics to life in terviews include Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”); tween right and wrong as television heroes a nightclub like no other, where objects pop Diablo Cody (“The United States of Tara”); confront internal demons while seeking their in and out of existence and things over here Greg Daniels and Rainn Wilson (“The own forms of justice. Interviews include Alan can affect others over there, instantaneously Office”); Larry David (“Curb Your Enthu- Alda (“M*A*S*H”); Steven Bochco and Da- — without anything crossing the space be- siasm” and “Seinfeld”); Paul Feig and Judd vid Milch (“NYPD Blue”); Chris Carter and tween them. Apatow (“Freaks and Geeks”); Mitchell Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”); Bob Co- Hurwitz (“Arrested Development”); Mike chran and Joel Surnow (“24”); Michael C. Judge (“Beavis and Butthead”); and Garry “Universe or Multiverse?” Hall (“Dexter”); Shawn Ryan and Michael Shandling (“The Larry Sanders Show”). November 23 Chiklis (“The Shield”); and David Shore Brian Greene takes us on a tour of a brave and Hugh Laurie (“House”). new theory at the frontier of physics: that our MASTERPIECE universe may not be the only one. Instead, “Independent Woman” CONTEMPORARY it may be just one of an infinite number of – November 13 “Page Eight” worlds that make up the multiverse. It won’t Sunday, November 6, 9pm Witness the transformation of women be easy to prove, but if it’s right, our under- from model housewives to complex, and An aging spy stumbles on an international standing of space, time and our place in the sometimes controversial, characters. Inter- scandal that could bring down the Brit- universe will never be the same. views include Roseanne Barr (“Roseanne”); ish government. But will it bring down his Candice Bergen (“Murphy Brown”); Eva own career first? Bill Nighy (Love Actually) GIVE ME THE BANJO Longoria and Felicity Huffman (“Desperate stars, with Michael Gambon (Harry Potter), Friday, November 4, 9pm Housewives”), Robert and Michelle King Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Join narrator Steve Martin, a banjoist him- and Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”); who plays the agent’s mysterious next-door self, to explore the roots of American music James L. Brooks and Mary Tyler Moore neighbor. — the minstrel show, ragtime and early jazz, (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”); Shonda blues, old-time, folk, bluegrass and coun- Rhimes and Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”); try. Presentation of PBS Arts from the Blue and Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem (“Nurse Ridge Mountains as part of the PBS Arts Jackie”). Fall Festival.

5 Worth Watching November

Nature: My Life as a Turkey Unforgettable: The Korean War

“The Song of Lunch” “My Life as a Turkey” POV Sunday, November 13, 9pm – November 16 “Where Soldiers Come From” Two ex-lovers meet for lunch at their fa- This film chronicles Hutto’s remarkable ex- Thursday, November 10 vorite haunt from years before. Will sparks perience of imprinting wild turkey eggs and 9pm InFocus reignite? Will some other explosion ensue? raising the hatchlings to adulthood. Deep in 10pm WNIT Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) the wilds of Florida, Hutto spent each day This film follows the four-year journey of and Alan Rickman (Harry Potter) star in out and about as a “wild turkey” with his childhood friends who join the National this funny, bittersweet drama adapted from family of chicks — until the day came when Guard after graduating from high school. As Christopher Reid’s captivating poem. Sex, he had to let his children grow up and go off it chronicles the young men’s transformation temptation, guilt and revenge are all on the on their own. Hutto’s story also became a from restless teenagers to soldiers looking menu. book, Illumination in the Flatlands. for roadside bombs to 23-year-old combat veterans trying to start their lives again, the NATURE VIETNAM WAR STORIES film offers an intimate look at the young Wednesdays, 8pm Thursday, November 10 Americans who fight our wars, the families “Jungle Eagle” – November 9 8pm InFocus and towns they come from — and the way 9pm WNIT one faraway conflict changes everything. The most powerful raptor in the world, the harpy eagle, hides away deep in the Three million Americans served in South- east Asia during the Vietnam War. Many UNFORGETTABLE: South American jungle. An intrepid team THE KOREAN WAR of cameramen steps into the world of this veterans are reluctant to speak of war ex- monkey-eating eagle and even risks injury periences, but Vietnam veterans have been Monday, November 28, 10pm to obtain intimate pictures of them bring- even more reluctant because of the contro- Korean War veterans recount their memo- ing large monkeys to the nest to feed their versy surrounding their war and the often ries of America in the late 1940s and early young. The tables soon turn, however, as hostile reception on their return. Vietnam 1950s, when young men from all over the one of these massive birds starts following War Stories shares these personal memories country were being shipped off to defend the team. of service and sacrifice, and gives us insight South Korea against the advancing Red into the experience of war. Army in the north. UNFORGETTABLE: THE KOREAN WAR recalls the “un-won” war that never ended; no one even wanted to call it a war: it was “the Korean conflict” or a “police action.” Finally, it was called the Forgotten War.

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American Masters: Woody Allen George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize

AMERICAN MASTERS AUSTIN CITY LIMITS GEORGE CARLIN: “Bill T. Jones: A Good Man” “AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Presents THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE Friday, November 11, 9pm Americana Music Festival 2011” – Monday, November 21, 10:30pm Follow award-winning director/choreogra- November 19, midnight Entertainers Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Garry pher Bill T. Jones’ intense creative journey This AUSTIN CITY LIMITS special fea- Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Denis Leary, Joan as he leads his company in the creation of tures the best in American roots music, Rivers, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer and Fondly Do We Hope ... Fervently Do We without the awards presentations. Taped at Margaret Cho honor the late George Carlin, Pray, an original dance-theater piece in the Americana Music Awards in Nashville, recipient of the 11th Mark Twain Prize for honor of Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial. the program showcases performances from American Humor. The Mark Twain Prize Presentation of PBS Arts from Chicago as legends and emerging artists, including announcement was made a week before the part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. The film Lucinda Williams, Gregg Allman, Robert comedian’s death. Carlin was delighted with provides a window into the creative process Plant, the Civil Wars, Jessica Lea Mayfield the honor and looked forward to attending and the creative crisis of one of the nation’s and Justin Townes Earle. the ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The most enduring, provocative artists as he ex- award was presented posthumously for the plores what it means to be a good man, to be WOODY ALLEN: first time in its 11-year history. a free man, to be a citizen. AMERICAN MASTERS Sunday, November 20, 9pm GREAT PERFORMANCES WOMEN WHO ROCK “Il Postino from LA Opera” Friday, November 18, 9pm Gaining unprecedented access to the notoriously private film legend, Emmy Friday, November 25, 9pm Trace the indelible mark that amazing wom- Award-winner Robert Weide delves into Bask in the beautiful voice of renowned en musicians, from Bessie Smith to Janis Woody Allen’s life and creative process, from tenor Plácido Domingo with the LA Opera Joplin to Lady Gaga, have made on Amer- his childhood and early career through to his in this romantic new opera, by composer ica’s soundtrack. Inspired by the “Women most recent film Midnight in Paris, in this Daniel Catán, based on the Oscar-winning Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power” exhibit new, two-part documentary. Exploring the Italian film. GREAT PERFORMANCES at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Mu- ultimate “independent filmmaker’s” writing “Il Postino from LA Opera,” presented in seum, WOMEN WHO ROCK reveals new habits, casting, directing and relationship cooperation with PBS SoCal (Southern Cal- insights into what it means to be female in with his actors, Weide traveled with Al- ifornia), is part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. the male-dominated world of rock and roll, len from the London set of his upcoming while exploring how those dynamics be- film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger tween the sexes have changed with time. The program, presented in collaboration with to Allen’s home, the editing room and his PBS member station WVIZ/PBS ideast- childhood haunts in the Midwood section ream®, is part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. of Brooklyn.

7 Worth Watching December

Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park Celtic Woman: Believe

Pledge Programming 60s Pop, Rock and Soul Celtic Woman: Believe Special pledge programming featured (My Music) Dec. 4, 5pm, and Dec. 10, 7pm on this page runs from December 2 – Dec. 3, 8pm, Dec. 4, 9:30pm, Internationally renowned stars vocalists Chloë December 11. Dec. 5, 8pm, Dec. 6, 11pm Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe and Celtic vio- and Dec. 8, 10:30pm linist Máiréad Nesbitt, perform classic Irish Chris Botti in Boston, Legends of the 60s unite in this all-new live songs, timeless pop anthems, and inspirational Part 2 performance “My Music” special. Co-hosts songs with their signature Celtic Woman twist. Friday, Dec. 2, 8pm Peter Noone and Davy Jones sing their big- For the first time ever, this Celtic Woman con- Trumpeter Chris Botti appears at Boston’s gest hits – focusing on the years 1965 - 1969. cert was filmed in America – capturing the Symphony Hall along with Sting, Steven Tyler, This latest special includes pop sounds from infectious energy of their loyal American fans. Josh Groban and Yo-Yo Ma. Keith Lockhart Frat Rock to Surf Pop, the British Beat to the BELIEVE is a free-flowing cinematic experi- conducts the Boston Pops as they accompany Breakthrough Bands, Motown, Soul and Pop ence that makes viewers feel as if they are front Chris. classics – with many artists and groups appear- and center, in the middle of the magic. ing for the first time on the “My Music” stage. Great PErformances: Paul Simon Live at “Andrea Bocelli Live Buddy Holly: Listen to Me Webster Hall in Central Park — The Ultimate Buddy Party Dec. 5, 10pm and Dec. 10, 10:30pm Dec. 2, 9pm, Dec. 4, 7pm, Dec. 3, 10pm and Dec. 5, 11:30pm Paul Simon and his eight-piece band fill the and Dec. 8, 8pm Buddy Holly’s 75th birthday brought together stage at Webster Hall, the historic New York City club. The packed house – which holds Internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bo- an all-star cast for an unforgettable celebration only 1,400 people – witnessed an intimate and celli performs on Central Park’s Great Lawn of Buddy Holly’s music. The many and varied highly-charged concert that spanned songs accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, guest performers include Chris Issak, Graham from Paul Simon’s brilliant career. Featuring under the direction of music director Alan Nash, Dave Stewart, Boz Skaggs, Stevie Nicks, many of the musicians who have played with Gilbert, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Jackson Brown, Patrick Stump, Lindsey Buck- him since Graceland, Paul Simon’s repertoire conducted by Joe Miller, and with special ingham and many others. They will all perform ranges from his early years with Art Garfunkel guest artists to be announced. Bocelli will modern and authentic interpretations of Hol- and solo career, through the most current and present a varied repertoire that includes his ly’s most enduring and iconic songs. much lauded album, So Beautiful or So What. best-known and best-loved songs, which have become fan favorites.

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Forgotten Ellis Island Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions

All programs are on both 34.1 and 34.2 storytelling. Complete with Yuletide favorites ca’s most important and influential designers, unless noted. such as “Silent Night” and “Joy to the World,” whose work helped shape, literally, the second the memorable performance also includes half of the 20th century and remains culturally FORGOTTEN ELLIS ISLAND unique music such as “Los Pastores a Belén,” vital and commercially popular today. Monday, December 12, 10pm sung by David Archuleta in Spanish. Visit the abandoned immigrant hospital on LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: Ellis Island. During the great wave of immi- LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER HOLIDAY TABLES gration, 22 medical buildings sprawled across “George Balanchine’s AND TRADITIONS two islands adjacent to Ellis Island, the largest The Nutcracker” Tuesday, December 20, 8pm port of entry to the United States. Massive and Wednesday, December 14, 8pm Celebrity chef, author and restaurateur Lidia modern, the hospital was America’s first line New York City Ballet’s beloved holiday favor- Bastianich celebrates culture through food. of defense against contagious, often virulent, ite, “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™,” Join her for an Italian Christmas Eve Feast of disease. FORGOTTEN ELLIS ISLAND is a airs live from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch the Seven Fishes with actors Mo Rocca and powerful tribute to the best — and worst — of Theater. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Stanley Tucci; a Mexican-American Christmas America’s dealings with its new citizens-to-be. Balanchine’s Nutcracker features New York Day with four generations of the Cortez fam- City Ballet’s entire roster of more than 150 ily in San Antonio, Texas; a Chinese New Year CHRISTMAS WITH THE dancers and musicians, as well as two alternat- feast and celebration with the Fong-Torres MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR ing casts of 50 children from the School of family; and a Jewish-American Passover seder WITH DAVID ARCHULETA AND American Ballet, the New York City Ballet’s with the Russ family of the famed specialty MICHAEL YORK official school. shop Russ and Daughters and food author Tuesday, December 13, 8pm Ruth Reichl. and Friday, December 23, 9pm AMERICAN MASTERS “Charles & Ray Eames: Award-winning pop sensation and Grammy Award nominee David Archuleta and actor The Architect and the Painter” Michael York join the renowned Mormon Monday, December 19, 10pm Tabernacle Choir in an energetic Christmas From 1941 to 1978, the husband-and-wife celebration of magnificent proportion. Re- team of Ray and Charles Eames brought corded before an audience of 80,000 people, unique talents to their partnership. He was this spectacular event combines elegant danc- an architect by training; she was a painter and ing, masterful musical performances and sculptor. Together, they are considered Ameri-

9 Worth Watching December

Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone Coldplay New Year’s Eve

CHRISTMAS AT ST. OLAF CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT 2011 THE BOTANY OF DESIRE Tuesday, December 20, 9pm and Thursday, December 22, 8pm Tuesday, December 27, 8pm Friday, December 23, 10pm Taped at the Schermerhorn Symphony Cen- Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his This new production of one of the nation’s ter in Nashville, Tennessee, nearly 700 student best-selling book, this special takes viewers on most highly acclaimed annual musical celebra- musicians join the host, the Belmont School an eye-opening exploration of the human re- tion marks the 100th anniversary of the annual of Music faculty and the Nashville Children’s lationship with the plant world — seen from Christmas Festival from St. Olaf College in Choir, to present this annual production of the plants’ point of view. Narrated by Frances Northfield, Minnesota. Featuring St. Olaf ’s traditional carols, classical masterworks, world McDormand, the program shows how four renowned choirs and orchestra, the program’s music and light-hearted seasonal favorites. The familiar species — the apple, the tulip, mari- rich blending of compositions will highlight program will feature the University Symphony juana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our selections from previous Christmas Festivals, Orchestra, Belmont Chorale, Percussion En- yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication including excerpts from R.V. Williams Hodie. semble, Musical Theatre, Jazz Ensemble and and control. Bluegrass Ensemble. NATURE COLDPLAY NEW YEAR’S EVE: “Christmas in Yellowstone” MUHAMMAD ALI: AN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Wednesday, December 21, 8pm MADE IN MIAMI SPECIAL and Sunday, December 25, 8pm Monday, December 26, 10pm Saturday, December 31, 11pm As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in MUHAMMAD ALI: MADE IN MIAMI Modern rock giants Coldplay ring in the new Jackson Hole, a holiday season of a different explores the critical role that Miami played in year with an AUSTIN CITY LIMITS New sort settles in just beyond the town, in the the evolution of one of the most significant Year’s Eve special highlighting their mega-hits great winter world of Yellowstone. Breathtak- cultural figures of our time: Muhammad Ali and songs from their newest LP, Mylo Xyloto. ing landscapes frame intimate scenes of wolves (born Cassius Clay). The film chronicles Cas- This holiday celebration captures the excite- and coyotes, elk and bison, bears and otters as sius Clay’s arrival in Miami in the fall of 1960 ment and energy of the Grammy-winning band they make their way through their most chal- (fresh from earning a gold medal in the Rome of worldwide acclaim. lenging season of the year. Olympics), his life in Overtown — a neighbor- hood that was considered “Harlem South” and a vibrant center of black entertainment and commerce — and his affiliation with the famed Fifth Street Gym in Miami Beach.

10 GREAT PERFORMANCES: The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet

Experience Hans Christian Andersen’s haunting tale of love with San Francisco Ballet’s production of John Neumeier’s inventive ballet. The original score is by young Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach. Part of GREAT PERFORMANCES’ “Dance in America” and the PBS Arts Fall Festival.

Friday, December 16, 9:00 ET

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11 Primetime – (34.1) November

8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30pm 10:00 pm 10:30pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Secrets of the Dead: Women, War & Peace: Frontline Charlie Rose 1 Tue The World’s Biggest Bomb The War We Are Living 2 Wed Nature: The Animal House NOVA: What is Space? NOVA: Einstein’s Dream Charlie Rose Among the Righteous: Lost Stories From Righteous to Willing: Make ’Em Laugh: The Knockabouts & The Groundbreakers 3 Thu of the Holocaust in Arab Lands Building Bridges in Michiana Washington Economic PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo Charlie Rose 4 Fri Week Outlook Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: New Zealand 5 Sat Appearances Appearances 6 Sun America in Primetime: The Crusader Masterpiece Contemporary: Page Eight David Suchet on the Orient Express Antiques Roadshow: Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice Looking for Lincoln: Part 1 Charlie Rose 7 Mon Junk in the Trunk Secrets of the Dead: Frontline Women, War & Peace: War Redefined Charlie Rose 8 Tue Japanese Supersub 9 Wed Nature: Jungle Eagle NOVA: The Illusion of Time NOVA: The String’s the Thing Charlie Rose 10 Thu Ask An Expert Vietnam War Stories POV: Where Soldiers Come From Lest We Forget Washington Economic PBS Arts from Chicago: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man Robt. A. Stern 11 Fri Week Outlook Antiques Roadshow: Keeping Up Keeping Up Globe Trekker: WWII in As Time Goes By As Time Goes By 12 Sat Junk in the Trunk Appearances Appearances the Pacific Islands America in Primetime: Masterpiece Contemporary: Angle of Attack: Part 1 Angle of Attack: Part 2 13 Sun Independent Woman The Song of Lunch 14 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures Antiques Roadshow: Simply the Best Looking for Lincoln: Part 2 Charlie Rose Secrets of the Dead: Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice Charlie Rose 15 Tue Churchill’s Deadly Decision NOVA: Welcome to Nature: My Life as a Turkey NOVA: Quantum Leap Charlie Rose 16 Wed the 11th Dimension 17 Thu BrainGames: Part 4 Make ’Em Laugh: Wiseguys and Smart Alecks & Satire and Parody Charlie Rose Washington Economic PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock The Mark Twain Prize: Tina Fey 18 Fri Week Outlook Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Texas 19 Sat Appearances Appearances Unusual Buildings and Other America in Primetime: The Misfit American Masters: Woody Allen 20 Sun Roadside Attractions 21 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ American Masters: Woody Allen The Mark Twain Prize: George Carlin Secrets of the Dead: Secrets of the Dead: Frontline Charlie Rose 22 Tue The Deadliest Battle Mumbai Massacre 23 Wed Nature: American Eagle NOVA: Universe or Multiverse? Niagara Falls Charlie Rose Masterpiece Classic: Masterpiece Classic: Masterpiece Classic: Charlie Rose 24 Thu Upstairs/Downstairs Upstairs/Downstairs Upstairs/Downstairs Washington Economic PBS Arts from Los Angeles: Il Postino from LA Opera Great Getaways 25 Fri Week Outlook Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Papua New Guinea 26 Sat Appearances Appearances Secrets of the Dead: Nature: American Eagle Masterpiece Contemporary: Framed 27 Sun Michelangelo Revealed 28 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI Antiques Roadshow: Denver, CO Unforgettable: The Korean War Charlie Rose Secrets of the Dead: Frontline Herbert Hoover: Landslide Charlie Rose 29 Tue Slave Ship Mutiny NOVA: The Incredible Marching Once More: 60 Years Nature: Why We Love Cats & Dogs Charlie Rose 30 Wed Journey of the Butterfly after the Battle of the Bulge 12 Primetime – (34.2) November

8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Secrets of the Dead: Women, War & Peace: Frontline Charlie Rose 1 Tue The World’s Biggest Bomb The War We Are Living

2 Wed Nature: The Animal House NOVA: What is Space? NOVA: Einstein’s Dream Charlie Rose

3 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Deaf Jam Charlie Rose

4 Fri Washington Week Need To Know PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo Charlie Rose

5 Sat PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo Independent Lens: Deaf Jam Austin City Limits

6 Sun America in Primetime: The Crusader Masterpiece Contemporary: Page Eight Austin City Limits

7 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice Looking for Lincoln: Part 1 Charlie Rose

Secrets of the Dead: Frontline Women, War & Peace: War Redefined Charlie Rose 8 Tue Japanese Supersub

9 Wed Nature: Jungle Eagle NOVA: The Illusion of Time NOVA: The String’s the Thing Charlie Rose

10 Thu Vietnam War Stories POV: Where Soldiers Come From This Old House Hour Ribbon of Sand

11 Fri Washington Week Need To Know PBS Arts from Chicago: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man Charlie Rose

12 Sat PBS Arts from Chicago: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man Vietnam War Stories Austin City Limits

America in Primetime: Masterpiece Contemporary: Great Performances: Placido Domingo Austin City Limits 13 Sun Independent Woman The Song of Lunch

14 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures Antiques Roadshow: Simply the Best Looking for Lincoln: Part 2 Charlie Rose

Secrets of the Dead: Nazi Hunt: Elusive Justice Charlie Rose 15 Tue Churchill’s Deadly Decision NOVA: Welcome to Nature: My Life as a Turkey NOVA: Quantum Leap Charlie Rose 16 Wed the 11th Dimension

17 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Tasty Treasures This Old House Hour Independent Lens: We Still Live Here Charlie Rose

18 Fri Washington Week Need To Know PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock At the White House: Motown Sound Fort Niagara

19 Sat PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock At the White House: Motown Sound Ribbon of Sand Austin City Limits

20 Sun America in Primetime: The Misfit American Masters: Woody Allen Part 1 Austin City Limits

21 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ American Masters: Woody Allen Part 2 The Mark Twain Prize: George Carlin

Secrets of the Dead: Secrets of the Dead: Frontline Charlie Rose 22 Tue The Deadliest Battle Mumbai Massacre

23 Wed Nature: American Eagle NOVA: Universe or Multiverse? 400 Years of the Telescope Charlie Rose

24 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Atlantic City, NJ This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Real Injun Charlie Rose

25 Fri Washington Week Need To Know PBS Arts from Los Angeles: Il Postino from LA Opera Ribbon of Sand

26 Sat American Masters: Woody Allen Part 1 American Masters: Woody Allen Part 2 Austin City Limits

27 Sun Nature: American Eagle Masterpiece Contemporary: Framed Smitten Austin City Limits

28 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI Antiques Roadshow: Denver, CO Unforgettable: The Korean War Charlie Rose

29 Tue Secrets of the Dead: Slave Ship Mutiny Frontline Herbert Hoover: Landslide Charlie Rose

NOVA: The Incredible 30 Wed Nature: Why We Love Cats & Dogs Through a Dog’s Eyes Charlie Rose Journey of the Butterfly 13 Primetime – (34.1) December

8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm Secrets of the Dead: Ask An Expert Bernardin Charlie Rose 1 Thu Michelangelo Revealed 3 Steps to Chris Botti in Boston, Part 2 PBS Arts From New York: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park 2 Fri Incredible Health 3 Sat 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Buddy Holly: Listen to Me Santana Live 4 Sun PBS Arts: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park (Starts 7pm) 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Suze Orman 5 Mon 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Paul Simon Live at Webster Hall, New York Buddy Holly 6 Tue Our Town: Warsaw/Winona Lake Human Nature Sings Motown With Smokey Robinson 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) 7 Wed Our Town: Goshen Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition Change Your Brain, Change Your Body 8 Thu Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) 9 Fri Victor Borge: Comedy in Music Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli & David Foster – My Christmas Suze Orman 10 Sat Celtic Woman: Believe (Starts 7pm) Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me Paul Simon Live at Webster Hall, New York 11 Sun Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition Jackie Evancho 12 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI Antiques Roadshow: Denver, CO Forgotten Ellis Island Charlie Rose Christmas With the Mormon Penn High School Choir 2011 Frontline Charlie Rose 13 Tue Tabernacle Choir feat. David Archuleta 14 Wed Live From Lincoln Center: George Balanchine’s Nutcracker Ballet NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano Charlie Rose National Christmas Tree Ask An Expert Purdue Christmas Show 2011 Charlie Rose 15 Thu Lighting 2011 Washington Economic PBS Arts From the San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid Travelscope 16 Fri Week Outlook Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: Venice City Guide 17 Sat Appearances Appearances 18 Sun Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 1 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 2 The Grove Architect Robert Antiques Roadshow: Forever Young Antiques Roadshow: Big & Little American Masters: Eames the Architect and the Painter 19 Mon A. M. Stern Lidia Celebrates America: Christmas at St. Olaf Frontline Charlie Rose 20 Tue Holiday Tables and Tradition 21 Wed Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew Charlie Rose The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ask An Expert Charlie Rose 22 Thu Christmas feat. Natalie Cole Ghost of Christmas Eve Washington Economic The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas at St. Olaf Charlie Rose 23 Fri Week Outlook Christmas feat. David Archuleta Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Forever Young As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Globe Trekker: WWII in Europe 24 Sat Appearances Appearances 25 Sun Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 3 Christmas at St. Olaf Travelscope 26 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Phoenix, AZ Antiques Roadshow: San Jose, CA Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami Charlie Rose 27 Tue The Botany of Desire Frontline Charlie Rose 28 Wed Nature: Arctic Bears NOVA: Extreme Ice NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice Charlie Rose At the White House: Great Performances: Sondheim! The Birthday Celebration Charlie Rose 29 Thu A Broadway Celebration Washington Economic Carole King & James Taylor: The Rise American Stamps Charlie Rose 30 Fri Week Outlook of the Singer/Songwriter Keeping Up Keeping Up Antiques Roadshow: Phoenix, AZ As Time Goes By As Time Goes By Coldplay New Year’s Eve 31 Sat Appearances Appearances

14 Primetime – (34.1) Primetime – (34.2) December December

8:00 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm 9:30 pm 10:00 pm 10:30 pm 11:00 pm 11:30 pm

1 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Art & Copy Smitten

3 Steps to Chris Botti in Boston, Part 2 PBS Arts From New York: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park 2 Fri Incredible Health

3 Sat 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Buddy Holly: Listen to Me Santana Live

4 Sun PBS Arts: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park (Starts 7pm) 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Suze Orman

5 Mon 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Paul Simon Live at Webster Hall, New York Buddy Holly

6 Tue Our Town: Warsaw/Winona Lake Human Nature Sings Motown With Smokey Robinson 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music)

7 Wed Our Town: Goshen Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition Change Your Brain, Change Your Body

8 Thu Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music)

9 Fri Victor Borge: Comedy in Music Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli & David Foster – My Christmas Suze Orman

10 Sat Celtic Woman: Believe (Starts 7pm) Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me Paul Simon Live at Webster Hall, New York

11 Sun Andrea Bocelli and David Foster: My Christmas Straight No Chaser: Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition Jackie Evancho

12 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI Antiques Roadshow: Denver, CO Forgotten Ellis Island Charlie Rose

Christmas With the Mormon L. A. Holiday Celebration Frontline Charlie Rose 13 Tue Tabernacle Choir feat. David Archuleta

14 Wed Live From Lincoln Center: George Balanchine’s Nutcracker Ballet NOVA: Mystery of the Megavolcano Charlie Rose

15 Thu Antiques Roadshow: Madison, WI This Old House Hour Independent Lens: Lioness Sky Island

16 Fri Washington Week Need To Know PBS Arts From the San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid Fort Niagara

17 Sat PBS Arts From the San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid Sky Island Austin City Limits

18 Sun Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 1 Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 2 Austin City Limits

19 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Forever Young Antiques Roadshow: Big & Little American Masters: Charles and Ray Eames Sky Island

Lidia Celebrates America: Christmas at St. Olaf Frontline Charlie Rose 20 Tue Holiday Tables and Tradition

21 Wed Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew Charlie Rose

22 Thu Christmas at Belmont This Old House Hour Independent Lens: The Woodmans Sky Island

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Washington Week Need To Know Christmas at St. Olaf Charlie Rose 23 Fri Christmas feat. Natalie Cole Christmas The Mormon Tabernacle Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone Sky Island Austin City Limits 24 Sat at Belmont Choir Christmas

25 Sun Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Pt. 3 American Stamps Austin City Limits

26 Mon Antiques Roadshow: Phoenix, AZ Antiques Roadshow: San Jose, CA Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami Charlie Rose

27 Tue The Botany of Desire Frontline Charlie Rose

28 Wed Nature: Arctic Bears NOVA: Extreme Ice NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice Charlie Rose

Independent Lens: Antiques Roadshow: Phoenix, AZ This Old House Hour Charlie Rose 29 Thu These Amazing Shadows

30 Fri Washington Week Need To Know Carole King and James Taylor, Singer/Songwriters American Stamps Charlie Rose

31 Sat Live From Lincoln Center: Bernstein and Gershwin Great Performances: Hugh Laurie Coldplay New Year’s Eve

15 Weekdays–November/December 6:00 am Body Electric 6:30 am A Place of Our Own

34.1 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 Thu-Rick Steves’ 5:30 pm Mon-Dinner and a Book Tue-Great Getaways Wed-Outdoor Elements Fri-European Journal Europe 6:00 pm BBC World News 6:30 pm Nightly Business Report 7:00 pm PBS Newshour

6:00 am Classical Stretch 6:30 am Exhale: Core Fusion 7:00 am Arthur 34.2 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-Woodsmith Shop Wed-Travelscope Thu-J. Bird’s Blue World Fri-This American Land

1:00 pm Mon-Globe Trekker Tue-This Old House Hour Wed-History Detectives Thu-Rachel Food/Chef Besh Fri-VP

2:00 pm Mon-Aviators Tue-Antiques Roadshow Wed-Best of Joy of Painting Thu-Cook’s Country Fri-Austin City Limits

2:30 pm Mon-Need to Know Wed-Jerry Arnell Painting Thu-Cuisine Culture

3:00 pm Mon-VP Tue-Inside E Street Wed-Vine Talk Thu-Growing a Greener World Fri-Ebert Presents At the Movies

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-Inside IN Business Fri-Indiana Week in Review 4:30 pm Tue-Indiana Week in Review Fri-Indiana Expeditions 5:00 pm Mon-IN Week in Review Tue-Inside IN Business Wed-VP Thu-Across Indiana Fri-VP

5:30 pm Mon-Indiana Expeditions Thu-Indiana Week in Review

6:00 pm Mon-VP Tue-Indiana Courts Wed-Across Indiana Thu-The Weekly Special Fri-Inside Indiana Business

6:30 pm Wed-VP Thu-VP

16 7:00 pm PBS Newshour Weekends – November/December

Saturdays Sundays Saturdays Sundays 6:00 am Michigan Out-of-Doors Curious George 6:00 am Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Sesame Street 6:30 am Second Opinion The Cat in the Hat 6:30 am Bob the Builder 7:00 am Quilting Arts Super WHY! 7:00 am Curious George Curious George 7:30 am Fons & Porter Dinosaur Train 7:30 am The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat 8:00 am Sewing With Nancy Cyberchase 8:00 am Super WHY! Super WHY! 8:30 am America Sews Biz Kids 8:30 am Dinosaur Train Dinosaur Train 9:00 am Martha’s Sewing Room Outdoor Elements 9:00 am Thomas and Friends Sid the Science Kid 9:30 am Knitting Daily Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 am Angelina Ballerina Martha Speaks 10:00 am Lidia’s Italy in America 10:00 am Arthur Inside Indiana Business This Old House Hour 10:30 am Dinner and a Book 10:30 am WordGirl 11:00 am America’s Test Kitchen Off the Record 11:00 am Wild Kratts Antiques Roadshow 11:30 am Cuisine Culture Indiana Week in Review 11:30 am Electric Company Noon Baking With Julia Washington Week Noon Baking with Julia Cyberchase 12:30 pm Bake, Decorate, Celebrate Economic Outlook 12:30 pm Victory Garden Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 1:00 pm Victory Garden McLaughlin Group 1:00 pm This Old House Need to Know/Washington 1:30 pm P. A. Smith’s Garden to Table To The Contrary 1:30 pm This Old House Week 2:00 pm This Old House VP 2:00 pm Ask This Old House Religion & Ethics Newsweek 2:30 pm Hometime VP 2:30 pm Hometime To The Contrary 3:00 pm Woodsmith’s Shop 3:00 pm Woodwright’s Shop 3:30 pm Woodwright’s Shop VP 3:30 pm Motorweek VP 4:00 pm NOVA 4:00 pm History Detectives 5:00 pm America in Primetime 5:00 pm VP VP VP 6:00 pm Classic Gospel 6:00 pm VP 7:00 pm Lawrence Welk VP 7:00 pm VP VP

* See page 20 for Daytime Weekend Pledge Schedule for Dec. 2 — 11.

This is Just a Test … On Wednesday, November 9 at 2pm ET, FEMA and the FCC will originate a National Level Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. WNIT will broadcast the message on both its channels, 34.1 and 34.2 InFocus. Again, this is a test of the National Level EAS, not a real emergency.

17 Overnight Programs November Tuesday 1 Wednesday 9 Wednesday 16 4:30 am Fort Niagara Midnight Tavis Smiley Midnight Tavis Smiley Midnight Tavis Smiley 5:00 am Antiques: Atlantic City 1:00 am Will Ferrell 1:00 am Frontline 1:00 am Nazi Hunt Thursday 24 2:30 am Loopdiver 2:00 am Secrets: Supersub 3:00 am Secrets: Churchill Midnight Tavis Smiley 3:00 am Masterpiece Mystery! 3:00 am Looking for Lincoln Pt 2 4:00 am Antiques: Tasty 1:00 am Nature: Amer. Eagle 5:00 am Nature 4:00 am Antiques: Junk in Trunk 5:00 am Antiques: Best 2:00 am NOVA Wednesday 2 5:00 am Antiques: Naughty/Nice Thursday 17 3:00 am George Carlin Midnight Tavis Smiley Thursday 10 Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Frontline 1:00 am Frontline Midnight Tavis Smiley 1:00 am Nature: Life as Turkey 5:30 am Fort Niagara 2:00 am Secrets: Biggest Bomb 1:00 am Nature: Jungle Eagle 2:00 am NOVA Friday 25 3:00 am Will Ferrell 2:00 am NOVA 3:00 am NOVA Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Loopdiver 3:00 am NOVA 4:00 am Looking for Lincoln Pt 2 1:00 am This Old House Hour 5:00 am Antiques: Unique 4:00 am Frontline 5:00 am Secrets: Churchill 2:00 am Ind. Lens Reel Injun Thursday 3 5:00 am Secrets: Supersub Friday 18 3:00 am Nature: Amer. Eagle Midnight Tavis Smiley Friday 11 Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:00 am NOVA 1:00 am Nature: Animal House Midnight Tavis Smiley 1:00 am This Old House Hour 5:00 am Secrets: Deadly Battle 2:00 am NOVA 1:00 am This Old House Hour 2:00 am Ind. Lens Live Here Saturday 26 3:00 am NOVA 2:00 am Vietnam War Stories 3:00 am Placido Domingo Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:00 am Frontline 3:00 am POV: Soldiers 4:30 am Looking for Lincoln Pt 2 1:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am Secrets: Biggest Bomb 4:30 am Ribbon of Sand 5:30 am Fort Niagara 1:30 am Need to Know Friday 4 5:00 am Nature: Jungle Eagle Saturday 19 2:00 am PBS Arts Los Angeles Midnight Tavis Smiley Saturday 12 Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Ribbon of Sand 1:00 am This Old House Hour Midnight Tavis Smiley 1:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am This Old House Hour 2:00 am Ind. Lens Deaf Jam 1:00 am Washington Week 1:30 am Need To Know Sunday 27 3:00 am Nature: Animal House 1:30 am Need To Know 2:00 am PBS Arts Cleveland Midnight Nature: Amer. Eagle 4:00 am Women, War & Peace 2:00 am PBS Arts Chicago 3:30 am White House: Motown 1:00 am NOVA 5:00 am NOVA 4:00 am Women, War & Peace 4:30 am Fort Niagara 2:00 am Frontline Saturday 5 5:00 am This Old House Hour 5:00 am This Old House Hour 3:00 am Ind Lens Reel Injun Midnight Tavis Smiley Sunday 13 Sunday 20 4:00 am Secrets: Mumbai 1:00 am Washington Week Midnight Nature: Jungle Eagle Midnight Nature: Life as Turkey 5:00 am Washington Week 1:30 am Need To Know 1:00 am NOVA 1:00 am NOVA 5:30 am Need To Know 2:00 am PBS Arts Blue R Mtns 2:00 am NOVA 2:00 am NOVA Monday 28 4:00 am Antiques: Unique 3:00 am Frontline 3:00 am Ind. Lens Live Here Midnight Nature: Amer. Eagle 5:00 am This Old House Hour 4:00 am POV: Soldiers 4:00 am White House: Motown 1:00 am Mast. Contemporary Sunday 6 5:30 am Fort Niagara 5:00 am Washington Week 2:30 am Smitten Midnight Nature: Animal House Monday 14 5:30 am Need To Know 3:00 am PBS Arts Los Angeles 1:00 am NOVA Midnight Austin City Limits Monday 21 5:30 am Smitten 2:00 am Frontline 12:30 am Amer. in Primetime Midnight Amer. in Primetime Tuesday 29 3:00 am Ind. Lens Deaf Jam 1:30 am Mast. Contemporary 1:00 am Woody Allen Pt 1 Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:00 am Women, War & Peace 2:30 am Placido Domingo 3:00 am PBS Arts Cleveland 1:00 am Unforgettable: Korean 5:00 am Washington Week 4:00 am PBS Arts Chicago 4:30 am White House: Motown 2:00 am Antiques: Madison, WI 5:30 am Need To Know Tuesday 15 5:30 am Ribbon of Sand 3:00 am Mast. Contemporary Monday 7 Midnight Tavis Smiley Tuesday 22 4:30 am Smitten Midnight Amer. in Primetime 1:00 am Looking for Lincoln Pt 2 Midnight Tavis Smiley 5:00 am Nature: Amer. Eagle 1:00 am Mast. Contemporary 2:00 am Mast. Contemporary 1:00 am Woody Allen Pt 2 Wednesday 30 3:00 am PBS Arts Blue R Mtns 3:00 am Placido Domingo 2:30 am Woody Allen Pt 1 Midnight Tavis Smiley 5:00 am Secrets: Biggest Bomb 4:30 am Fort Niagara 4:30 am Ribbon of Time 1:00 am Frontline Tuesday 8 5:00 am Amer. in Primetime 5:00 am Amer. in Primetime 2:00 am Secrets: Slave Ship Mut. Midnight Tavis Smiley Wednesday 23 3:00 am Unforgettable: Korean 1:00 am Looking for Lincoln Pt 1 Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:00 am Antiques: Madison, WI 2:00 am Antiques: Naughty/Nice 1:00 am Frontline 5:00 am Antiques: Denver, CO 3:00 am Mast. Contemporary 2:00 am Secrets: Deadly Battle 5:00 am Amer. in Primetime 3:00 am Woody Allen Pt 2

18 Overnight Programs Overnight Programs November December Thursday 1 Saturday 10 Sunday 18 Sunday 25 Midnight Tavis Smiley Midnight S. Orman’s Money Class Midnight NOVA: Megavolcano Midnight Yellowstone Christmas 1:00 am Nature: We Love Cats 1:30 am Mayo Clinic Diet 1:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas 1:00 am NOVA: Darwin 2:00 am NOVA: Incred Journey 3:00 am Change Your Brain... 2:00 am LA Holiday Celebration 3:00 am Ind Lens: Woodsman 3:00 am Through a Dog’s Eyes 5:00 am Easy Yoga For Arthritis 3:00 am Ind Lens: Lioness 4:30 am Sky Island 4:00 am Frontline 4:30 am Sky Island 5:00 am Washington Week 5:00 am Herbert Hoover Sunday 11 5:00 am Washington Week 5:30 am Need To Know Midnight 3 Steps Incred Health 5:30 am Need To Know Friday 2 1:30 am Victor Borge Monday 26 Midnight Tavis Smiley 3:00 am Straight No Chaser Monday 19 Midnight Yellowstone Christmas 1:00 am This Old House Hour 4:30 am Paul Simon Live Midnight Downton Abbey Pt. 1 1:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 3 2:00 am Ind Lens: Art & Copy 1:30 am Downton Abbey Pt. 2 2:30 am American Stamps 3:30 am Nature: We Love Cats Monday 12 3:00 am Little Mermaid Ballet 3:00 am Christmas at Belmont Midnight Jackie Evancho 4:30 am NOVA: Incred Journey 5:30 am Fort Niagara 4:00 am Christmas at St. Olaf 1:00 am Andrea Bocelli 5:30 am Smitten 5:00 am M Tabernacle Choir 3:00 am 3 Steps Incred Health Tuesday 20 Saturday 3 4:30 am Stop Back Pain Midnight Tavis Smiley Tuesday 27 Midnight 3 Steps Incred Health 1:00 am Charles & Ray Eames Midnight Tavis Smiley 1:00 am S. Orman’s Money Class Tuesday 13 2:30 am Downton Abbey Pt. 1 1:00 am Muhammad Ali Midnight Tavis Smiley 3:00 am 3 Steps Incred Health 4:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 2 2:00 am Antiques: Phoenix, AZ 1:00 am Forgotten Ellis Island 4:30 am Santana Live 5:30 am Fort Niagara 3:00 am Downton Abbey Pt. 3 2:00 am Antiques: Madison, WI 4:30 am American Stamps Sunday 4 3:00 am Masterpiece Classic Wednesday 21 5:00 am Yellowstone Christmas Midnight Santana Live 4:30 am Sky Island Midnight Tavis Smiley 1:00 am 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 5:00 am Nature 1:00 am Frontline Wednesday 28 3:00 am 3 Steps Incred Health 2:00 am Lidia Celebrates Amer. Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Buddy Holly Wednesday 14 3:00 am Charles & Ray Eames 1:00 am Frontline Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Sky Island 2:00 am Botany of Desire Monday 5 1:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas 5:00 am Antiques: Big & Little 4:00 am Muhammad Ali Midnight S. Orman’s Money Class 2:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas 5:00 am Antiques: Phoenix, AZ 1:30 am Change Your Brain... 3:00 am LA Holiday Celebration Thursday 22 3:30 am Stop Back Pain 4:00 am Forgotten Ellis Island Midnight Tavis Smiley Thursday 29 5:00 am Chris Botti in Boston 5:00 am Antiques: Denver, CO 1:00 am Yellowstone Christmas Midnight Tavis Smiley Tuesday 6 2:00 am NOVA: Darwin 1:00 am Nature: Arctic Bears Thursday 15 4:00 am Lidia Celebrates Amer. 2:00 am NOVA: Extreme Ice Midnight Buddy Holly Midnight Tavis Smiley 5:00 am Christmas at St. Olaf 3:00 am Botany of Desire 1:00 am 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 1:00 am Balanchine’s Nutcracker 5:00 am NOVA: Ice Secrets 3:00 am Celtic Woman: Believe 3:00 am NOVA: Megavolcano Friday 23 5:00 am Easy Yoga For Arthritis 4:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas Midnight Tavis Smiley Friday 30 Wednesday 7 5:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas 1:00 am This Old House Hour Midnight Tavis Smiley Midnight 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 2:00 am Ind Lens: Woodsman 1:00 am This Old House Hour Friday 16 3:30 am Frontline 2:00 am Ind Lens: Amazing 1:00 am Our Town: Wrsw/Wna Lk Midnight Tavis Smiley 4:30 am Fort Niagara 3:00 am Frontline 2:30 am S. Orman’s Money Class 1:00 am This Old House Hour 5:00 am Lidia Celebrates Amer. 4:00 am NOVA: Extreme Ice 4:30 am 3 Steps to Incred Health 2:00 am Ind Lens: Lioness 5:00 am This Old House Hour Thursday 8 3:30 am Balanchine’s Nutcracker Saturday 24 Midnight Change Your Brain... 5:30 am Sky Island Midnight Tavis Smiley Saturday 31 1:00 am Our Town: Goshen 1:00 am Washington Week Midnight Tavis Smiley Saturday 17 1:30 am Need To Know 1:00 am Washington Week 2:30 am Financial Fitness Midnight Tavis Smiley 2:00 am M Tabernacle Christmas 1:30 am Need To Know 4:00 am Rick Steves’ European... 1:00 am Washington Week 3:00 am Christmas at St. Olaf 2:00 am Troubadours 1:30 am Need To Know Friday 9 4:00 am Lidia Celebrates Amer. 3:30 am American Stamps 2:00 am Little Mermaid Ballet Midnight 60s Pop, Rock & Soul 5:00 am This Old House Hour 4:00 am NOVA: Ice Secrets 4:30 am Sky Island 12:30 am Santana Live 5:00 am This Old House Hour 2:00 am 3 Steps to Incred Health 5:00 am This Old House Hour 4:00 am S. Orman’s Money Class

19 Membership Corner

December 2011 December 2011 Daytime Weekend Winter Membership Campaign Pledge Schedule WNIT’s Winter Membership Campaign begins Friday, Decem- Saturday, December 3 ber 2 and runs through Sunday, December 11. We do understand 7:00am Financial Fitness After 50! and appreciate the disappointment when your favorite programs With Paul Merriman are interrupted for a membership campaign. While we make 8:30am The Mayo Clinic Diet every effort to keep interruption to regular programming to a 10:00am 3 Steps to Incredible Health! minimum, it is an undeniable fact that a majority of new mem- With Joel Furman, M.D. bers, and a substantial portion of our annual revenue, are derived 11:30am How to Shop for Free from the membership campaigns. WNIT remains committed to With Coupon Master Kathy Spencer bringing you the best programming that television has to offer – 1:00pm Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy whether it’s regular or pledge programming. 2:00pm Rick Steves’ European Christmas So get ready to warm your spirit with an entertaining and educa- 4:00pm Victor Borge: Comedy in Music tional line up for the entire family. And be sure to tell your fam- 5:30pm Great Performances: ily and friends why you think supporting WNIT is important. Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park It’s “Viewers Like You” who make the transition to a contribut- Sunday, December 4 ing member of WNIT who make a difference to everyone in 2:00pm 3 Steps to Incredible Health! our community. With Joel Furman, M.D. 3:30pm 3 Steps to Incredible Health! THANK YOU for making that transition and supporting WNIT. With Joel Furman, M.D. 5:00pm Celtic Woman: Believe 7:00pm Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park Saturday, December 10 7:00am 3 Steps to Incredible Health! With Joel Furman, M.D. 9:00am Suze Orman’s Money Class 11:00am Change Your Brain, Change Your Body 1:00pm 3 Steps to Incredible Health! With Joel Furman, M.D. 3:00pm 60s Pop, Rock and Soul (My Music) Celtic Woman Returns to South Bend! 5:00pm Classic Gospel Special: Tent Revival Homecoming WNIT is thrilled to be your source for Celtic Woman appear- ing at the Morris Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 7:00pm Celtic Woman: Believe 25, 2012. Your opportunity for pre-sale tickets is available only Sunday, December 11 through WNIT! 2:00pm Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy 3:00pm american Masters: Tune in to the new pledge special Celtic Woman: Believe airing Lucille Ball – Finding Lucy Sunday, December 4th at 5 pm and Saturday, December 10th at 5:00pm Victor Borge: Comedy in Music 7pm for more information on securing your seats to the upcom- 6:30pm Great Performances: ing live performance. There will also be a limited number of Jackie Evancho – Dream With Me backstage passes available to meet members of Celtic Woman after the concert. 20 Kids Club

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25 Years 20 Years Brenda Buller Joe Callaghan William Andert Phyllis and Ervin Beck Jr. Patricia and Charles Carpenter Dottie and Thomas R. Arnold Margie and David Canfield Elisabeth Davis Richard Belcher Doloris Cogan Robert Douglass Mary Jane and Lester D. Berger Margaret and Charles Collins Laura Dunn Alberta Bertolan Daniel Csanyi Robert Eddy Suzanne Bishop Ervin Derda Garry and Sherry England Henry Black Joan and Charles Gruner Gary Heller Rosemary Bond Margaret Hills Linda Henderson Mary Jane Borrelli Albert Horsmon Gregory and Barbara Humnicky John and Patricia Cocquyt Bruce and Nancy E. Lockwitz Rolland Kreider Joan and Charles Draim Virginia Martin Catherine A. McCormick Sondra and Howard Engel Fred and Joan Moore Montel and Al Menting Mildred L. Filley Patrick and Eileen Mulroy Jeffery Reece Jayne C. and Thomas A. Fogle Connie and Bruce Neely Carmelo Ritschard Patricia and Chris Fowler Sharon and John Pillow Ruth Schwenk Constance Fox Deb and Bob Schlemmer Sarah and Ajazuddin Shaikh Dr. Patrick Furlong PhD Mrs. Carol Valencourt John Smithburn Betty and Paul Gordon Louanna Webb Mary Thomas Rhonda and Dennis Grossman Stephanie Wells James Weber Mary Louise Hahn Mrs. Leona J. Yoder Ann Wenzel George Haymond 15 Years Rita Wirt Marilyn and Richard Holloway Wen Wu Phyllis and Gordon Hostetler Lee De Voss Gordon and Joyce Hug Marge Drevs 5 Years Herbert Hull Vyvyan and Tom Dunlap John and Susan Armacost Lawrence Hussey Frederick J. Ferlic MD Terry and Mary Armstrong Kathy Lane Johnson Mary Gergesha Walter Barkas Homer Kent Luann Griese Marge Bowles Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kinsey Lois and Lee Hartman Edna Bryan Sharon Kolski W.D. and Dorothy Hite Patricia Chrenka Mary Ellen Kronstein Roberta Hoffman James D. Conley James Leach Phyllis and Milton Hughes Biljana Delevich Michael and Miriam Lerman Kenny and Shirley Johnson Hilda Dorris Thomas J. and Laura E. Marnocha Suzanne and John Kleinmanns Mary Ginther Katie and Larry Mast Cleo Kowalski Ken and Kathy Herman Janet and Ora Mato Gunnel Lofgren Denise and Angel Hernandez David McCain Harvey and Charlotte Ludwig Charles Hutton Harold McKee Betty and Don Mann Joan Jacobs Paula and Roger Miller Albert and Rebecca Miller Marise D. Joseph Murlyn Myers Brian and Susan Payne Connie L. Kaiser Joe E. Pauwels J. R. and Patricia Peare Rita Kopala Ms. Gertrude Reed Betty and Glenn Peterson Jay Landry Harriet Scheetz Isabelle Peterson Albert and Marilyn Lichtenbarger Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schlemmer David Powell James and Mary Malloy Carl and Rita Schobert Snyder Margo Shearman-Howard and Don Howard Patricia Morrison Eleanor and Howard Schrager Dolores Smith Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morrison John Smith and Joann Yoder-Smith Sheryl Smith Martia Mosier Nancy K. Stanton Trudy Smith Myra Ritchie Gould Walter Stitt Dorothy Sproule Robert Rodenbarger Nancy A. and Merle Tooker Earl and Margaret Sutter Eric W. and Heather Roper Barbara H. Toth Richard and Anne Treckelo Guntra Santiago Harold and Joan Wakefield Mary Ann Wasniewski Marcie Schalon Marianna Weaver Marjorie White Dennis and Ruby Seymoure George and Sally White Bud and Phyllis Wulliman Virginia Steele Julia and Dennis White Susan Zook and Kevin Gross Carolyn Stroud-Rogel Dorothy F. Whitmore 10 Years Dorothy Sweeney Alice E. Wiley Thomas Turnock Frank and Carolyn Antonovitz Margaret Zoller Jane and Todd Walters Clifford and Barbara Bealor Bonnie Watkins Marie Benson Dorothy Berger

23 Delivering on the Promise BrainGames

BrainGames is the fast-paced, four-part series that looks at aspects of the human brain’s functioning in various stages of life, including early childhood development, the teen years, young adults and older adults.

Each program is hosted by Mark Durocher and the Director of Memorial BrainWorks, Debra Raybold, and features three teams completing to win and a panel of experts to add commentary and insight.

The photos featured on this page were taken during the first episode on August 23 and the second, September 29. “Young Adults” was seen on October 20 and the final episode, “Older Adults,” in which the winners from the previous programs vie for top honors, will air on Thursday, November 17. Hosts Debra Raybold and Mark Durocher

Panel Expert Hugh Starks, MD of Memorial Epworth Center Members of the 32 Pearls Family Dentistry Team PBS wins 32 EMMY Awards! PBS captured 32 top prizes at the recent Emmy awards in the categories of Daytime, Primetime and News & Documentary. Here are some of the winning programs:

American Experience “Freedom Riders” Independent Lens American Master “John Muir in the New World” Masterpiece Classic “Downton Abbey” – six awards, including Best Miniseries The Electric Company Outstanding Children’s Series Frontline POV Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series Great Performances “Don Pasquale,” “Harry Connick, Jr. Sesame Street in Concert on Broadway” and “Sondheim! The Birthday SciGirls Concert”

WNIT Public Television is proud to bring these outstanding programs to Michiana throughout the year.

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24 ©ATAS/NATAS Production News

From Righteous to Willing: Building Bridges in Michiana

Did any Arabs save Jews during the Holocaust? That’s the question What made the difference? Why here in South Bend author Robert Satloff had in mind when he set out to discover the did two groups who have often opposed each other find lost, true stories of survival, courage and betrayal in Arab lands commonality? Skepticism seems to be the rule between Muslims during World War II. The history of the Holocaust in Europe is and Jews, yet members of the two congregations say the bonds well-documented, but the history of what happened to the Jewish are real and a lasting relationship can truly continue. people of North Africa has been mostly forgotten, even in the very towns and cities where it occurred. The truth is remarkable: We will examine these issues in WNIT’s From Righteous to not only did Jews in Arab lands suffer many of the same elements Willing one-hour special. Guests from the Jewish Federation and of persecution as Jews in Europe — arrests, deportations, Temple Beth El will come together in the Ganey Studio Complex confiscations and forced labor — but there were also hopeful with guests from the Islamic Federation of Michiana to discuss stories of “righteous” Arabs reaching out to protect them. their relationship, their aspirations and the issues that surround Jewish and Islamic relations. Co-hosts Gary Sieber and Kelly WNIT will broadcast Satloff ’s “Among the Righteous” on Morgan will lead the thoughtful, energetic discussions between Thursday, November 3 at 8pm. the guests and studio audience as we explore the uniqueness of these warm exchanges and attitudes. We’ll discover why these This will be followed at 9pm by a live, local program “From good feelings are nurtured here in Michiana and how it can be Righteous to Willing: Building Bridges in Michiana,” a duplicated elsewhere. discussion of the harmonious and positive relationship between Michiana Jews and Muslims. Angel Hernandez, WNIT’s vice president of production says, “This program benefits our viewers by showcasing our region as In September 2010, members a place where people strive for better understanding, hope and of Temple Beth El, including belief in each other.” Mary Pruess, station president and general Rabbi Eric Siroka, extended manager adds, “We are so proud to bring this program to viewers a hand to the Islamic across Michiana. We are equally proud of our Jewish and Islamic Society of Michiana to wish communities as well as the support from our entire region for them a Happy Ramadan. making it possible. Without the support of our communities, we The good wishes led to could not bring this discussion to light.” exchanges and invitation to visit each other’s houses Rabbi Eric Siroka of worship and a bond was forged that lasts to this day.

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South Bend Medical Foundation Wagon Wheel Theatre Knitting Daily Antiques Roadshow Children’s Programming Lake City Bank Zimmer, Inc. Explorations Toys As Time Goes By Kurt Simon Children’s Programming Martin’s Super Markets Promotional Support Nature Children’s Programming Meijer Express Press Family & Children’s Center McLaughlin Group Children’s Programming Matterhorn Restaurant Impressions, Inc. Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Prime Time Local Productions Lithotone, Inc. Family Dental Health Morris Performing Arts PBS NewsHour Among the Righteous Miscellaneous Programming Miscellaneous Programming Victory Garden Ansari Family Foundation Nageen & Zubair Bali 26 * Information correct as of press date Supporter Spotlight David Findlay

This month, WNIT recognizes David Findlay in the Supporter Spotlight. David serves as president and chief financial officer of Lakeland Corporation and Lake City Bank, headquar- tered in Warsaw. In November, David will begin his term as chairman of the WNIT Board of Directors. David was named to the WNIT Board in 2005 and served on the Development Committee from 2005 – 2008. He served as treasurer of the Board from 2007 to 2009, has participated on the Budget, Finance and Audit committees since 2007 and served as vice chairman of the Board since 2009.

With his many affiliations and service on regional boards, David has always focused on WNIT as a capital campaign contributor, a program underwriter, underwriter of OUR TOWN: WARSAW – WINONA LAKE, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK and INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS as well as a member of the WNIT Directors’ Circle. David Findlay WNIT is proud to salute David Findlay for his service and his support. 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.

Platinum Level ($5,000 +) Charles and Anne Hillman Bronze Level ($500 +) Katherine and George Freese Jeffrey Miller Arthur J. Decio James W. and Sally F. Hubbard Anonymous (5) Jody and Mike Freid Pat and Carol Moody Rodney and Carol Ganey Najeeb and Nancy Khan Eric and Sandy Amt Mr. and Mrs. John Goebel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Morrison Ed and Sue Hiler Michael and Rebecca Kubacki Dottie and Tom Arnold Dr. Paul and Margie Goldwin Mary Naquin Dr. Dane and Mary Louise Miller Betty Laramore Stephen and Nancy Ball Dr. Elmer Graber Philip and Mary Newbold Craig D. Sullivan and Frank and Marsha Martin Dan and Laurie Balla Donald and Lynn Groenleer Nell Newton Cynthia L. Harris V. Richard and Jane Miller Bruce and Linda Bancroft Jennifer and Kreg Gruber Lida Thompson Norris Welter Foundation Dr. Laura L. Morris Stuart and Paula Barb James R. Hardesty Don and Linda Pletcher Gold Level ($2,500 +) Barb and John Phair Glenn and Janellyn Borden Larry D. Harding Mary Pruess Anonymous (1) Ernestine M. Raclin Liz and Tom Borger Gloria S. Henry Dr. Rob and Lee Riley Ms. Susan K. Hintz Nina L. Records Janet M. Botz and Tom Lippert Denise and Angel Hernandez Judith A. Robert and Thomas Irions Foundation, Inc. Donna and Mark Richter Brian and Jeannelle Brady Helen Housand J. Kapacinskas Edward M. Jordanich The Honorable and Mrs. Howard S. Brembeck Tom and Eileen Hughes Maritza Robles James W. Rieckhoff Glenn and Patty Killoren Phyllis Brovont Leonard and Jo Ann Isban Fred and Chris Rowe Pat and Sue Ruszkowski Chris and Carmi Murphy Amy and Clifford Cassidy Craig and Carol Kapson Steve and Connie Rufenbarger Mr. and Mrs. William Edward and Carla Chester Jim and Chris Kelly Vivian and Arnold Sallie Ernest and Gerda Zeller J. Schmuhl, Jr. Barbara Clausen Gretchen and Dean Kimble Robert Sennett Silver Level ($1,000 +) Doug and Jeannine Schrock Dr. Gary L. Cornette and Barbara and Donald T. Kindt James and Chris Sieradzki David and Billie Bankoff James F. Shea Marsha Miller Brian and Ginger Lake Tom and Maria Slager Katy and Tim Demarais Cari Shein Marianne Corr Betty Lambertson Sonja K. Smith Melody and Leo Ditchcreek Rick and Chris Siegrist Tom and Dot Corson Ella Lockwood Carl and Rita Schobert Snyder Ken and Mary Eme James F. and Sherry L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Crowe Gunnel B. Lofgren Oliver C. Songlingco, M.D., P.C. William W. Erwin Tom and Joyce Sopko Elisabeth De Fries Jerry and Becky Lutkus Mary E. Stanfield Tom and Susan Fischbach Perry Stow and Andrea Ann and Fred Dean Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lux Paul D. and Mary H. Tipps Craig and Connie Fulmer Mather-Stow Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Deputy Gail and Bob Martin LeRoy and Phyllis Troyer Steven and Susan Funk Katie and Brad Toothaker Robin Douglass Rex and Alice Martin Jeff and Phid Wells Van, Larry & Bill Gates and Mike and Dena Wargo George Efta and Carol Harry Shaffer Family Barbara K. Warner Ann Mooney Christine Maziar Dorothy and Dar* Wiekamp Van and Jean Gates Jane J. Warner Thomas and Elizabeth Eisele Laurence and Barbara McHugh John and Carolyn Wolf Dave and Ginny Gibson David and Janet Weed Irene Eskridge Leo and Kathleen McKernan Douglas and Janette Yoder Leslie and William Gitlin Peggy Weed Susan and David Findlay Tom and Shari Mellin Maggie and Steve Goldberg Marjorie H. Wilson Stephen and Barbara Fredman Brad and Mickey Miller *Deceased Charter Director 27 PERIODICAL WNIT Television Planner P.O. Box 7034 South Bend, IN 46634-7034

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