Magazine April 2012 A Magazine for the Supporters of the AETN Foundation Critically acclaimed PBS documentary “Earth: The Operators’ Manual” returns for Earth Day 2012 with two new specials, Sunday, April 22. See page 10 for more details. Arkansas Educational Television Network Contents Concert Events . 3 Letter from AETN Foundation . 4 AETN Productions . 6 Exploring Arkansas . 7 Community Cinema . 8 “BizKid$” to Feature Arkansan . 8 Cat In The Hat - A - Thon Tour Across Arkansas . 9 Special Programming for Earth Day 2012 . 10 Two New Specials Examine the Titanic Tragedy . 11 Primetime schedules. 12-21 “Masterpiece Classic: Birdsong” . 20-21 Daytime on AETN-1 . 22-23 Daytime on AETN-2 Create and AETN-3 Plus . 24-27 The AETN Foundation Says Thank You . 28 Airtime Changes for “Tavis Smiley,” “BBC World News” and “Charlie Rose” . 28 AETN Go Camp and Camp Manners . 29 AETN Foundation Underwriters . 31 Coming in May . 32 Cover: “Energy Quest USA” Deep inside a cave in New Zealand, host Richard Alley examines bioluminescent glowworms and describes the ultra-efficient process through which they make light: in chemical reactions, photons are released as biological molecules change state. Inset: “Powering the Planet” The Roscoe Wind Farm in West Texas produces enough electricity for about 265,000 average homes. The wind farm has brought new jobs, new opportunities and new money to the citizens of Roscoe. Details on page 10. 2 Arkansas Educational Television Network Tickets are still available for these exciting events. Don’t miss out! “Celtic Woman: The Believe Tour” Thursday, April 5 Straight No Chaser Tuesday, April 10 “Celtic Thunder: The Voyage Tour” Thursday, Nov. 15 Visit www.aetnfoundation.org/boxoffice, or call 1-800-662-2386 to get your tickets today! From AETN Foundation Dear Members: to write or envelopes to mail. You de- cide the amount of your regular gift -- As I write this $5, $10 or $20 or some other amount. note to you, As a Sustainer, your regular member- we are at the ship gifts will be ongoing until you mid-point of our notify us that you wish to stop. Your March member- annual membership, along with other ship campaign. member benefits, will be automatically We’re not just at the halfway point in renewed each year upon expiration. time, but also in dollars pledged. It’s You can choose to increase, decrease sometimes easy to get caught up in or discontinue your gifts at any time by the mechanics of a campaign – which simply notifying us. program is airing, which volunteers are coming to answer phones, are the com- The benefit to AETN is the dependable puters working correctly, what refresh- source of funding to pay for the quality ments do we have for the volunteers. programs that you have come to expect. But, as I take a break to write this note The benefit to you is that once you start to you, I’m thinking about a pledge that the process, you’re done. It all happens I took last week from a nice lady in rural automatically. It makes a gift of $120 Arkansas. She was calling to renew her or $180 much easier to accomplish monthly membership. She has been through a monthly contribution of $10 a regular donor to AETN since 1983. or $15 each month. I remember that specifically because that’s the year I graduated from high If you’d like more information about school. But what really stands out is the becoming a Sustainer, please visit our fact that she has been a regular con- website at www.aetn.org or call tributor to AETN for that long, giving 1-800-662-2386. her $5.00 each and every month. That’s a personal commitment. This year, I’ve decided to make my gift to AETN by becoming a Sustainer. If you’d like to make a monthly com- Won’t you join me? mitment like this donor, perhaps you’d like to become a Sustainer. As a Sustainer, your donations are made Mona Dixon through automatic bank withdrawal or Chief Operating Officer credit/debit card. There are no checks AETN Foundation 4 Arkansas Educational Television Network AETN Contacts AETN Mission AETN AETN Executive Director Statement Magazine Staff Allen Weatherly AETN Commission Chair The mission of the Arkansas Editor-in-Chief Ronnie Williams, Menifee Educational Television Network Allen Weatherly Vice Chair (AETN) is to offer lifelong Editor Sandy Landers, Little Rock Mona Dixon Secretary/Treasurer learning opportunities to all Arkansans; to supply Creative & Editorial Dr. Andrew Fulkerson, Paragould Director Commissioners instructional programs to Sammie Benjamin, Glenwood Sara Willis Dr. William Downs Jr., Arkadelphia Arkansas’s schools; to provide Editorial Panel Don Hale, El Dorado programming and services Julie Irby, Bryan Fields, Dr. Katheryn Jones, Bentonville to improve and enhance Shirley Bowen, Rowena Parr, Jane Krutz, Little Rock the lives of Arkansas’s Pam Wilson AETN Foundation Board Chair Sandra Garland, Harrison citizens; and to illuminate Copy Editors Vice Chair the culture and heritage of Darbi Blencowe, Karen Cooper, Steven Jones, Marion Arkansas and the world. To Catherine Mays, Pat Pearce, Secretary/Treasurer Tiffany Verkler Kirby Williams, Hot Springs accomplish this mission, AETN, Board Members through the creative use of AETN Offices Dr. Linda Beene Ballard, Bismarck telecommunications, will 350 S. Donaghey Ave. Kay Bland, Paragould Lavenia Craig, El Dorado present a high-quality public Conway, AR 72034 Dan Farley, Little Rock television service designed to 800-662-2386 Don Hale, El Dorado inform, educate, motivate, [email protected] Philip Hathcock, Maumelle entertain, enlighten and inspire. www.AETN.org Philip Kaplan, Little Rock Bill Valentine, Little Rock Allen Weatherly, Conway AETN reserves the right to make programming adjustments and preemptions that enhance the Programming originates at the relevance of its program service. Although accurate at the time of printing, this guide should be R. Lee Reaves Center for used in conjunction with current newspapers, TV magazine listings and the Internet. 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The U.S. has a teen pregnancy problem. It Unfortunately, teen mothers are less has one of the highest rates of teen births likely to complete high school or secure in the industrialized world, second only a high-paying job and more likely to be to Bulgaria. According to the Arkansas a financial drain on their family and/or Department of Health, Arkansas ranks society. fourth in the nation in teen pregnancy. In the last decade, significant progress Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m., host Steve has been made in decreasing these rates Barnes will speak with members of the nationally and in the state. Still, Arkansas health-care field and teen moms and has a teen birth rate almost 50 percent teen dads in a panel discussion and higher than the national rate. simultaneous live call-in show. Viewers are invited to submit their questions by The demands of being a parent can be phone, 800-662-2386, or email, paffairs@ a challenge. The difficulties that come aetn.org. with unplanned pregnancies in teens can have profound effects on their lives. Their This program is funded by the Arkansas physical, social, mental and emotional Department of Health. Emmy®-winning executive producer/writer Pamela Roberts uses reenactments based on Mitchell’s personal letters and journals to show how her upbringing and romantic relationships influenced the creation of Gone With the Wind. “American Masters: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel” airs Monday, April 2 at 8 p.m. Join host Chuck Dovish as he treks along the West- Northwest Scenic Byway southeast of Fort Smith. It is the newest addition to the Arkansas Scenic Byway system and includes highways 10 and 71 as it traverses mainly through the Ouachita National Forest. Dovish also heads to the Caddo Bend Trail at Lake Ouachita State Park, a four-mile hike around Point 50 Peninsula. And finally, he travels to Sentinel Rock Falls in Northwest Arkansas to one of the lesser-known waterfalls that is simply breathtaking. “Exploring Arkansas” airs Monday, April 2, at 6:30 p.m. © Brian Emfinger www.realclearwx.com Arkansas Educational Television Network 7 What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home – injured physically and psychologically – and build a life anew? In “Hell and Back Again” two Academy Award-nominated “Hell and Back overlapping narratives are intercut – the Again” featured in April Community Cinema life of a Marine at war on the front, and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home Join AETN and UALR Public Radio/KUAR FM – creating both a dreamlike quality and a 89.1 for a free advance screening of “Hell strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines and Back Again” Monday, April 30, at 6 p.m.