WXXI-TV/HD | WORLD | CREATE | AM1370 | CLASSICAL 91.5 | WRUR 88.5 | THE LITTLE PROGRAMPUBLIC TELEVISION & PUBLIC RADIO FOR ROCHESTER LISTINGSFEBRUARY 2014 SHERLOCK, SERIES III at 12 P.M. AND 10 P.M. DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON IV at 4P.M. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 BEGINNING AT 12 P.M. ON WXXI-TV It’s back – our popular alternative to watching the Super Bowl! Super Drama Sunday brings you hours of some of the best programming on television – Masterpiece programming. We kick off the day with the first two episodes of SHERLOCK, SERIES III at 12 p.m. We touch down at 4 p.m. with a marathon of DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON IV – the first five episodes and end the last quarter with the season finale of Sherlock, Series III at 10 p.m. Starting Tuesday, February 4 at 4:30 P.M. ON CLASSICAL 91.5 SCIENCE ON SCREEN BRINGS Learn more about the great performers you hear on Classical 91.5 and what makes them special THE Fountain DetaiLS INSIDE>> to the LittLE on Monday, February 10 at 7:00 P.M. DetaiLS INSIDE>> SHARP EARS SUPER SERIES SUNDAY WXXI.org/kids thank WXXI applauds the extraordinary commitment made by our corporate supporters. YOU Your contributions provide critical support for valued programming that enriches the lives of families across our region. TO LEARN MORE about WXXI sponsorship opportunities, please contact: Alison Zero Jones 585-258-0282 [email protected] DEAR FRIENDS, EXECUTIVE Staff FEBRUARY 2014 No rm Silverstein, President VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2 Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President and General Manager February is the month when I travel WXXI is a public non-commercial Je anne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio broadcasting station owned to Washington with my public media and operated by WXXI Public Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology and Operations colleagues to speak to Congress Broadcasting Council, a not-for- El issa Orlando, Senior Vice President of TV and News about the importance of continued profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents of New BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS federal funding for our educational York State. “Program Listings” Christopher C. Booth, Chair mission. Norm Silverstein (USPS 0742-390) is published James W. Fulmer, Vice Chair monthly at 280 State Street, Dr. Cynthia Reddeck-LiDestri, Treasurer Although government funding continues to be a shrinking portion Rochester, NY 14614 to promote the programs and activities of Robert A. Healy, Secretary of our budget (especially with the continuing sequesters at the the public broadcasting stations. federal level), it is still a critical element. 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You can show * Please note that all programs are Corporate Sponsorships ............... 585.258.0282 your support by going to our website, WXXI.org, and clicking on subject to change. For up-to-date Auction/Special Events ................ 585.258.0287 “Protect My Media.” It will take you to a page that will help you program listings, special highlights and local news, just log onto WXXI.org. Newsroom ........................... 585.258.0340 let your member of Congress know how you feel about this issue. WXXI On-line .........................www.wxxi.org It’ll only take a minute or so of your time, and your voice counts! Speaking of “voices,” Evan Dawson is the new host of our new mid-day talk show. Connections with Evan Dawson can be heard weekdays, noon to 2 p.m., on AM 1370, FM 91.5 HD2 and WXXI. org. If you haven’t done so yet, please tune in. If you have a smart phone, you can download our free app that will let you hear WXXI’s many radio services and will also keep you up-to-date on our television schedule! Please join us in celebrating Black History Month by tuning in to WXXI-TV and radio throughout February. We’ll be featuring a variety of programs spotlighting the men and women who shaped the African-American experience. In the TV listings and on the radio pages we have marked these special programs with this v icon. thank Finally, I trust you’ve been enjoying the new season of Downton Abbey. Judging from the national response – more than 10 million viewers tuned in for the season premiere last month – lots of people are enjoying it. If you caught our wrap-up show, Talking Abbey Live! immediately following the first two episodes, it YOU resumes Sunday, February 9, at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV. And, don’t forget – Downton Abbey’s season finale airs Sunday, February 23. Thank you again for your support. Your help make all this wonderful programming possible. If you haven’t become a “sustaining member” yet, please consider doing so! Best regards, Norm Silverstein, WXXI President [email protected] LEARN THE NTS Gettysburg Address TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, KEN BURNS AND PBS have launched a major national public outreach campaign to challenge everyone across the country, especially students, to video record themselves reading or reciting the Gettysburg Address. EVE WXXI invites kids and adults of all ages to learn the 272- word Gettysburg Address, and from Jan. - March 2014. You can create your own video reciting or reading the & speech and upload it to our web site, WXXI.org/the address. WXXI will also host mini-recording sessions for kids and adults interested in reciting or reading the S famous speech in early spring. Stay tuned. The campaign will continue throughout the year and is inspired by the subject of Burns’ film THE ADDRESS, which tells the story of the Greenwood School in Putney, Vermont and its students — boys ages 11 to 17, all of whom face a range of learning differences EW — who each year are encouraged to memorize, KEN BURNS practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. The film will air April 15, 2014 on WXXI-TV. N CREDIT: COURTESY OF RAHOUL GHOSE/PBS CONNECTIONS WITH GO PUBLIC. Evan Dawson Fans of AM 1370’s mid-day talk show heard a new GDid youO know youM can listenOBI to AM 1370, LClassicalE 91.5,. host last month when Evan Dawson took to the WRUR-FM 88.5 and WITH-FM 90.1 on your smartphone by microphone with Connections with Evan Dawson, downloading the free WXXI app for either iPhone or Droid? formerly known as 1370 Connection. Dawson fills Just visit WXXI.org/mobile on your smart phone where the host position left by Bob Smith, who announced you’ll find directions on how to download the app from he was stepping down from the midday talk show iTunes or Google Play. And, be sure to visit our mobile web last August. Smith suffered a stroke in the spring, site where you can access news, TV and radio schedules, and is currently in long-term rehabilitative care. special events information and more. Connections with Evan Dawson airs weekdays from 12 Noon to 2 p.m. on AM 1370, FM-HD 91.5-2, and WXXI.org. The show covers an array of topics including art, the economy, community affairs, politics, religion, and health. Guests include newsmakers, as well as a regular rotating panel of experts, who offer practical advice on business management, home and auto repair, and other topics. During the program listeners are encouraged to call (585) 263-WXXI (9994) with questions or comments. Wednesday’s show is also televised live on City 12. The first hour of the show re-airs evenings at 11:00 on AM 1370. AMERICAN MASTERS T V H ALICE IG H WFriday, FebruaryA 7 at 9LK P.M. ON WXXI-TV ER Most famous for her seminal novel The Color Purple, LIG writer/activist Alice Walker celebrates her 70th birthday. Born February 9, 1944, into a family of sharecroppers in rural Georgia, she came of age during the violent racism and seismic social changes of mid-20th-century America. Her mother, poverty and participation in the civil rights movement were the formative influences on H her consciousness, becoming the inherent themes in her writing. The first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Walker continues to shine a TS light on global human rights issues. Her dramatic life is told with poetry and lyricism, and includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Howard Zinn, Gloria Steinem, Sapphire and Walker herself. PHOTO: COURTESY OF SCOTT CAMPBELL GO PUBLIC. GREAT PERFORMANCES GDid youO know youM can listenOBI to AM 1370, LClassicalE 91.5,. STING WRUR-FM 88.5 and WITH-FM 90.1 on your smartphone by downloading the free WXXI app for either iPhone or Droid? THE LAST SHIP Just visit WXXI.org/mobile on your smart phone where you’ll find directions on how to download the app from Friday, February 21 at 9 P.M. ON WXXI-TV iTunes or Google Play. And, be sure to visit our mobile web In this Great Performances presentation, site where you can access news, TV and radio schedules, Rock ‘n’ Roll Renaissance man Sting special events information and more.