Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20 Years SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 6PM 4 P. 3 FEBRUARY 2020 LEADERSHIP SOCIETY 4 P. 26, 31 BACK COVER Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 8:30PM 4 P. 2 PLEDGE PROGRAM MT MADE BY MONTANAPBS MontanaPBS Guide FEBRUARY 2020 · VOL. 33 · NO. 8 COPYRIGHT © 2020 MONTANAPBS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED MEMBERSHIP 1-866-832-0829 KUSM-TV SHOP 1-800-406-6383 P.O. Box 173340 • Montana State University EMAIL [email protected] Bozeman, MT 59717–3340 WEBSITE www.montanapbs.org OFFICE (406) 994-3437 ONLINE VIDEO PLAYER watch.montanapbs.org FAX (406) 994-6545 The Guide to MontanaPBS is printed monthly by the E-MAIL [email protected] Bozeman Daily Chronicle for MontanaPBS and the Bozeman Staff Friends of MontanaPBS, Inc., a nonprofit corporation General Manager Aaron Pruitt (501(c)3) P.O Box 173340, Bozeman, MT 59717-3340. Director of Content/Chief Operator Paul Heitt-Rennie The publication is sent to contributors to MontanaPBS. 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Elvis Presley made television Treasurer Bill Beecher, Great Falls Missoula, MT 59812 history in 1973 with a live concert special, televised Members OFFICE (406) 243-4101 FAX (406) 243-3299 globally via satellite. Bozeman Aaron Pruitt • Big Sky Charlie Callander • E-MAIL [email protected] Billings Margaret MacDonald • Great Falls Katie Kotynski • Helena Pat Doyle, Kirk J. Miller, Bruce MISSOULA STAFF Whittenberg • Kalispell Tony Brockman • Missoula General Manager Ray Ekness Elvis: Aloha Ray Ekness, Sue Malek • Poplar Rich Peterson • Program Assistant Sue Ginn from Hawaii Red Lodge Diane Young, Kent Young • Whitefish Senior Producer John Twiggs SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 8:30PM Joaquenia Heinrich • UM Missoula Bobbie Evans • Producer Anna Rau MSU Bozeman Terry Leist Technical Director Saxon Holbrook Elvis made television history with his “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii” concert TV A service of special. Viewed by more than one billion people worldwide, this was the first live concert broadcast via satellite. Performed at the H.I.C. Arena in Honolulu on January 14, 1973, this event features “See See Rider,” “Burning Love,” “Something,” Receiving MontanaPBS “My Way,” “Love Me Tender/Johnny B. MontanaPBS broadcast services are available throughout the State on a number of independently-operated over- Goode/It’s Over/Blue Suede Shoes,” the-air translators, as well as through various cable and satellite subscription services. For further information “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “I Can’t Stop about receiving MontanaPBS in your area, contact MontanaPBS Viewer Services (406) 994-3437 or send an email Loving You,” “Fever,” “Suspicious Minds,” to [email protected], or go online to www.montanapbs.org/schedule. “Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ When making changes to your over-the-air reception, re-scan for new and changed services in your area. On,” “Hound Dog” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Ironically, although the concert was broadcast live worldwide in January, Additional over-the-air TV channels for MontanaPBS it was not seen by most U.S. citizens until Billings Butte/BozemanGreat FallsHelena Kalispall Missoula 17 Paradise & Shields River Valleys nearly 3 months later, on April 4. January 14 MontanaPBS—HD 16.1 9.1 21.1 10.1 46.1 11.1 20 Belgrade & Springhill Community had been the date of Super Bowl VII, which MontanaPBS Kids 16.2 9.2 21.2 10.2 46.2 11.2 20 Billings was carried live in the U.S. MontanaPBS Create 16.3 9.3 21.3 10.3 46.3 11.3 27 Emigrant & Chico Hot Springs MontanaPBS World 16.4 9.4 21.4 10.4 46.4 11.4 40 Sweet Grass Hills; Liberty, MPAN (Mont. Public 16.5 9.5 21.5 10.5 46.5 11.5 Toole & Hill Counties Affairs Network) 49 Helena 63 Bridger, Fromberg and Belfry Find your PBS channel listings on p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast_area. 3 MONTANAPBS ABOVE, TOP LEFT Legendary British balladeer Doo Wop to Pop Rock: Celebrate 20 Years Engelbert Humperdinck My Music COURTESY OF TJL PRODUCTIONS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 6PM ABOVE, BOTTOM LEFT The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin Celebrate 20 years of greatest hit songs from the ’50s to the ’70s featuring COURTESY OF TJL PRODUCTIONS memorable songs from a range of musical genres in the 50’s through the ABOVE, RIGHT 70s, including Doo Wop, Folk Rock, classic Soul and R&B, Disco, Pop Rock, The Kingston Trio perform and Country Pop. So many legendary performances from Glen Campbell, “Where Have All The Flowers Gone.” Aretha Franklin, Engelbert Humperdinck, Judy Collins, Davy Jones, Mel Car- COURTESY OF TJL PRODUCTIONS ter, Patti Page and many others. COVER PHOTO, TOP The late Davy Jones of The Monkees sings the hit song “Daydream Believer.” COURTESY OF TJL PRODUCTIONS 4 Locally produced programs Ordeal by Fire “Ordeal By Fire” brings to features extensive interviews with bestsell- tailed grouse, sage grouse, bighorn sheep, life The Big Burn, the biggest forest fire in ing authors Stephen Pyne and Timothy Egan; pronghorn antelope, elk and over 236 kinds American history. In 1910, Italian and Irish im- fire scientists, fire fighters, and relatives of of migratory birds. Stretching more than 125 migrants, Black soldiers, prospectors, loggers, the fire’s survivors; along with exciting reen- miles from east to west along the Missouri forest rangers, farmers and railroad men actments and some spectacular documenta- River, the refuge is not one destination, but working the mines and forests of the Amer- ry footage. Airs Sunday, 2/9 at 10am many. Airs MontanaPBS-HD: Sunday, 2/23 at 10:30am ican Northwest ran up against the natural fire cycles of that harsh yet beautiful land. Be Thou Always As A Guest Bill Ohrmann Jailed for Their Words: When Free On the border between Idaho and Montana was a rancher from Drummond, Montana Speech Died in Wartime America the Bitterroot Mountains caught fire, and who took up painting at the age of 78. He This program tells the fascinating story of on August 20 hurricane-force winds blew passed away in 2014 at 95, having completed Montanans imprisoned during WWI as part thousands of separate fires into one gigantic more than 200 paintings and many sculp- of the Montana Sedition Act of 1918 for crit- fire. The newly-created Forest Service sent tures and carvings. His work, which can be icizing America’s war effort. Through pow- thousands of men to stop it. Burning trains seen at the Ohrmann Museum and Gallery erful memoir, national expert commentary, raced for the safety of tunnels, and whole in Drummond, includes beautiful and some- archival footage, descendent interviews and towns disappeared. The disaster was the first times graphic illustrations of our disregard re-enactments, the film highlights the im- real test of one of America’s most profound for the earth and her many creatures. Airs portance of free speech in wartime America political ideas: could and should the federal MontanaPBS-HD: Sunday, 2/23 at 10am and ultimately of our first amendment rights. government manage and protect America’s Airs MontanaPBS-HD: Thursday, 2/27 at 7pm natural resources? For better and for worse, Charles M. Russell NWR: Nature’s the fires of 1910 shaped how Americans Timeless Landscape Charles M. Russell would view wildland fires and fire protection, National Wildlife Refuge is a sprawling slice their impact on our landscapes, and how of the American West. Located in the heart we manage our lands to this day. The film of Montana’s breaks country, the refuge has abundant wildlife species including sharp- Gregory Young & Friends 11th & Grant with Eric Funk THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 7PM Also 2/22 9:53pm; 2/24 2am Gregory Young, principal clarinetist with the Montana Ballet Company and the Intermountain Opera Orchestras, shares a diverse classical repertoire on the stage of 11th & Grant, with works by Prokoviev, Mozart, and originals by Young. He is joined by a cast of renowned Montana musicians. The exciting range of music is brought to life as Young performs with Carrie Krause, Mary Kothman, Mary Landeen, Julia Cory Slovarp, Stephen Versaevel, Eric Funk, Laurel Yost, and Sue Makeever, many of whom teach at the Montana State University School of Music. Young holds a doctoral degree in music from the University of Michigan, and he has per- formed and lectured on five continents. He developed the Bozeman Symphony Outreach Program and served for seven years as Director of the School of Music at Montana State University and eight years as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. This past year his “Rocky Mountain Elk Suite” was premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and his book Undergraduate Research in Music was published by Routledge Press. PHOTO BY TIM STILLER PBS Channel Guide p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/about/broadcast_area PLEDGE PROGRAM MT MADE BY MONTANAPBS HOLIDAY PROGRAM 5 Montana Ag Live Backroads of Montana Meat Grades, What Do Capitol Rock & Community Folk From Capitol Rock near Ekalaka to They Represent? The the Hot Club of Troy, this program covers Montana from border to border.