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WXXI-TV/HD | WORLD | CREATE | AM1370 | CLASSICAL 91.5 | WRUR 88.5 | THE LITTLE PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSOCTOBER 2013 SPECIAL BROADCAST: In response to FRONTLINE’s LEAGUE OF DENIAL: THE NFL’S CONCUSSION CRISIS, airing Tuesday, October 8 at 9 p.m., WXXI-TV will air SECOND OPINION: CONCUSSION immediately following at 11 p.m. HOST DR. PETER SALGO WXXI’s national healthcare series launches season ten with a slew of medical issues SEASON TEN including concussions, whooping cough, melanoma, food allergies, and hypertension. Join host Dr. Peter Salgo, a full-time medical practitioner, as he introduces patients and their intriguing real-life medical cases to a panel of specialists who share THURSDAYS AT 8:30PM the most up-to-date STARTING OCTOBER 10 information and ON WXXI-TV treatment options. ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE WITH ANNE SERLING WEDNESDAYS AT 12:10 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 6:30 PM CLASSICAL 91.5, BEGINNING AT THE LITTLE THEATRE OCTOBER 9 DETAILS INSIDE >> SEE DETAILS INSIDE >> INSIDE! SEE TV GRID ABOUT TIME WARNER CABLE PHOTO: KYLE SCHWAB PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGES. EXECUTIVE STAFF october 2013 No rm Silverstein, President DEAR FRIENDS, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager WXXI is a public non-commercial Je anne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology and Operations and operated by WXXI Public When you think of WXXI and our El issa Orlando, Vice President, Television Broadcasting Council, a not-for- education efforts, our children’s TV profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents of New BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS line-up probably comes to mind. Our York State. “Program Listings” Steven Swartout, Chair PBS Ready to Learn programs, such Norm Silverstein (USPS 0742-390) is published Christopher Booth, Vice Chair as Sesame Street, Curious George monthly at 280 State Street, James W. Fulmer, Treasurer Rochester, NY 14614 to promote and our newest series, Peg + Cat, are designed to help prepare the programs and activities of Lois Taubman, Secretary our youngest viewers for learning as they enter school. Perhaps the public broadcasting stations. you think of our live call-in show, Homework Hotline, where kids Periodical mailing postage paid at Member & Audience Services ............585.258.0200 throughout New York State get help with their homework over the Rochester, N.Y. WXXI Main Number ................... 585.325.7500 air and through our partnership with Dial-a-Teacher. You may also Service Interruptions .................. 585.258.0331 POSTMASTER: be familiar with our VITAL NY service, which gives students and Send changes of address to Audience Response Line ............... 585.258.0360 WXXI Program Listings, Copies of Local Programs .............. 585.258.0369 teachers instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready Membership Department, Reachout Radio ....................... 585.258.0333 digital resources, including videos, games, images and lesson plans P.O. Box 30021, Rochester, NY Educational Resources ................ 585.258.0278 to improve student engagement and understanding. 14603-3021. Volunteer Services .................... 585.258.0249 * Please note that all programs are Corporate Sponsorships ............... 585.258.0282 Our work in the education arena encompasses more than just subject to change. For up-to-date Auction/Special Events ................ 585.258.0287 program listings, special highlights toddlers and school-aged children. WXXI’s “Educational Outreach and local news, just log onto WXXI.org. Newsroom ........................... 585.258.0340 Center” provides workshops for teachers, parents and caregivers WXXI On-line .........................www.wxxi.org on how to use our programming to enhance learning in and out of school. WXXI’s FAST FORWARD NY video on-demand service helps hundreds of adults throughout our region achieve their High School Equivalency, improve their English skills, and increase workforce readiness. WXXI is also the New York State Education Department’s official Regional Adult Education Network (RAEN). The RAEN provides research-based training and technical advice to adult literacy agencies throughout the area to help improve their student outcomes. Outside the classroom, WXXI hosts community events for lifelong learners. Our free “Community Cinema” series, held monthly at the Little Theatre, is a public education and civic engagement initiative that features screenings of independent films, along with panel discussions. I encourage you to attend this month’s film – The State of Arizona, which looks at the divisive battle over illegal immigration in Arizona (you can read more about the film on the next page). In addition to Community Cinema, The Little hosts independent films, documentary screenings and group discussions. It also serves as an official venue for numerous film festivals including the Rochester Teen Film Fest, ImageOut, and Greentopia. Whether it’s children’s programming, our prime-time schedule, a film at The Little, news and public affairs or music on the radio, WXXI strives to educate, inform and inspire the young and the young at heart. What will you learn from WXXI today? Best regards Norm Silverstein, WXXI President [email protected] LONGTIME 1370 CONNECTION HOST BOB SMITH STEPS DOWN Bob Smith, longtime host and producer of WXXI-AM’s 1370 Connection, has stepped down from the midday talk show. This past April, Bob suffered a stroke and is currently in long-term NTS rehabilitative care. Bob has been part of the WXXI News Team for more than 25 years, leading the community in civic engagement and civil discourse. Over the years, he has interviewed many newsmakers and opinion leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Rudolph Giuliani, Mario Cuomo, Charles Keating, Philip Roth, and B.B. King, as well as many local leaders. A special two- hour broadcast honoring Bob will air Thursday, October 17 EVE at 12 p.m. on AM 1370. “Bob’s incredible wealth of knowledge and curiosity of many & varied topics made him such an engaging talk show host,” said WXXI President Norm Silverstein. “His dedication to the program has made 1370 Connection essential to the Rochester S community for more than 25 years.” Bob started his career in broadcast news before his 20th birthday, when he landed his first full-time radio job as a reporter/ anchor for Syracuse station WHEN (AM) while simultaneously enrolled in graduate school at Cornell University. He holds a Ph.D. in American political and legal history from Cornell and EW taught undergraduate American political and diplomatic history courses to Cornell undergraduate students. He joined WXXI in March of 1988. N COMMUNITY CINEMA PRESENTS HOPS AND THE STATE GRAPES! A SENECA TRAIL TASTING TOUR OF ARIZONA MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE LITTLE THEATRE Join us for a free screening of a film that looks at the divisive battle over illegal Valley Manor and WXXI The tour includes: are reprising last year’s very immigration in Arizona that came to a n A tasting at Fox Run Vineyards head with Senate Bill 1070. The State of successful Finger Lakes Wine n Lunch at Veraisons Restaurant Arizona will screen on Monday, October 28, Trail Tour, but this year, we’re at Glenora Winery 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Little Theatre. The adding beer! Join us Monday, film focuses on the controversial “papers October 7th for our Hops and n A tasting at Naked Dove please” law, SB1070. It will be followed by Grapes Tour. We start at 8 a.m. Brewery a panel discussion. with a continental breakfast and then board a motor coach bus The cost, including transportation, with our tour guide, Holly Howell, tours, tastings, lunch and gratuities is Community Cinema is presented by ITVS and funded Wine Columnist for the Democrat $85 per person. Call Corinne Dagen, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private & Chronicle and Certified WXXI Membership Department, at corporation funded by the American people with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sommelier through the Master 585-258-0252 , or visit WXXI.org/ Court of Sommeliers in England. events to make your reservation. T During the broadcast you’ll V DOWNTON ABBEY learn more about a special event WXXI has planned with Alastair Bruce, REVISITED Downton Abbey’s historical H SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 8 P.M. ON WXXI-TV advisor. He will be coming to Rochester in November to host Downton Abbey fans, you only have a few more months a WXXI luncheon and share his IG before you learn what happens this season to the noble experience on the show and with Crawley family and the staff who serve them in their the cast. You may also recognize sumptuous Yorkshire estate. So, until then – we hope this Bruce from the show since will feed your DA craving… a presentation of Downton he makes cameo H Abbey Revisted hosted by Angela Lansbury. Savor the appearances in greatest moments from Seasons 1, 2 and 3, along with each season. behind-the-scenes interviews with the producers and your LIG favorite cast members — both above and below stairs. H TS MAKING WAR HORSE THE INTREPID: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT 8 P.M. ON WXXI-TV Tune in for a fascinating documentary on the DISCOVERING making of the Tony Award-winning production, War Horse. Michael Morpurgo’s novel about LINColn’s a horse who served in WWI and his struggle to return home became the inspiration for BALLOON CORPS the first production by the British National Theatre, in association with the Handspring MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT 9 P.M. ON WXXI-TV Puppet Company, starring a puppet. During REPEATS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 6 P.M. the broadcast, learn how you can get tickets to Join us for a history lesson the National Tour of War Horse, coming to the in the birth and demise of the Union Auditorium Threatre November 5-10, 2013.