Soundbreaking p. 4 NOV DEC 16 For Members of the Nine Network of Public Media SCC1634_MainCampus_Neuro-Onc_NINEMag-OL.indd 1 7/27/16 1:11 PM November–December 2016 Contents Volume 7, Number 6 Page 4 Soundbreaking The Nine Network Program Guide 2 Photo Montage 17 November Listings 3 Message from the President 25 November Prime Time 4 Soundbreaking: Stories from the 26 Create Cutting Edge of Recorded Music 27 World and Kids A new eight-hour television series is a music-driven celebration 28 December Listings of the art of recording. 35 December Prime Time Igniting the Spirit of Possibility 6 Repeat Schedule As the Nine Network’s capacity building campaign moves into 36 its final phase, we are honored to have significant support from On the cover: The Soundbreaking series features more several well-respected institutions. than 150 exclusive and original interviews with such luminaries as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, Roger Waters, Roger Daltrey, Debbie Harry, Quincy Jones, 7 Nine Networking B.B. King, Annie Lennox, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, The new website is your portal to everything. • Nine’s Gentlemen Rosanne Cash, and more. of Vision documentary to screen at St. Louis International Film Above: Tiesto, a Dutch DJ and record producer, was the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympics (the Athens Festival. • Meet board member Mark C. Lindgren. • A charity 2004 opening ceremony). Photo credit: Courtesy of evaluator gives Nine four stars. • Tickle your funny bone at © Jordan Loyd/2015. Nine’s community film series. Nine’s Emmy awards reflect its • Nine Network Director of Marketing commitment to the community it serves. • New kids series, Splash 3655 Olive St. and Communications and Bubbles, hopes to inspire empathy. Donnybrook turns 30 in St. Louis, MO 63108 Matt Huelskamp • (314) 512-9000 Editor January; send us your stories. Fax (314) 512-9005 Lynanne Feilen [email protected] Designer 16 New on Nine 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mike Young The four-part series Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise is a fresh Monday–Friday Advertising Sales Member Services examination of key events and turning points in American race Elaine Bodker (314) 512-9199 Margo Cooper relations and black history over the last five decades. (800) 729-9966 Richard D. Grater Advertising (314) 432-8097 ©2016 St. Louis Regional Public Media Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any portion of nineMagazine without nineNet.org express written permission from the publisher is prohibited. TheNineNetwork nineMagazine (ISSN 1086-8828) (USPS 736-890) is published bimonthly by St. Louis Regional Public Media Inc., 3655 The Nine Network respects @TheNineNetwork Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63108-3601. Periodicals class postage paid at St. Louis, MO. Postmaster: Send address changes to the privacy and confidentiality nineMagazine, 3655 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63108-3601. Subscriptions are available by membership contribution of $50 TheNineNetwork of our donors and will not or more to the Nine Network, 3655 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63108-3601. sell, give or exchange any TheNineNetwork information to any entity. nineNet.org nineMagazine | November–December 2016 1 Breakfast of champions. The Nine Network honored some American Graduate Champions on August 6 for their Remarkable supporters preview exceptional programming. Members commitment to education and improving outcomes for kids in our region during a special breakfast. From left to right and supporters, like Lee and Pat Trame, attended our annual Fall Preview on are Dr. John Constantino, Patty Carleton, Dale Berenc, Sydney Meyer, Shelly Williams, director of the American Graduate August 17, for a sneak peek at fall and winter programming. initiative, Kristen Sorth, MacKenzie Grayson, Peaches Lott and Susan W. Nall, PhD. Winning attitudes at campaign event. Pianist Royce Martin (left), winner of the Setting the stage for an engaging evening. Hari Sreenivasan (right), PBS NewsHour Weekend anchor and senior 2016 St. Louis Teen Talent Competition, seated with Harriet Felman at the Igniting correspondent, talks with Jack Galmiche at the Pioneer Spirit Award Celebration on September 17. the Spirit of Possibility event hosted by Felman at her home on August 25. Interested citizens gather in the Commons. The first live broadcast of the presidential debate brought 400 citizens to Visionary Leadership Circle expands. Jack Galmiche (left) welcomes Cathy the Public Media Commons on September 26. and Jim Berges as new members of the Visionary Leadership Circle at a special event held in the Nine Center for Public Engagement on September 22. 2 November–December 2016 | nineMagazine nineNet.org Nine Network Board of Directors Chair Steven Frank Vice Chair David Steward II Treasurer Kathy Barney Secretary Emily Rauh Pulitzer with Jack Galmiche, Pepe Prince Finn Nine Network president and CEO, at the Pioneer Spirit Award Celebration. Members Spencer Burke Dan Burkhardt Dear Friends, Maxine Clark David Conner Our 2016 Pioneer Spirit Award event was a time of celebration and an opportunity to recognize Marianna Deal individuals, organizations and foundations that do so much to strengthen our region and beyond. Michael A. DeHaven We are also honored that those we recognized have chosen to support the Nine Network and Tim Goodson Jeffrey Hall partner with us in shaping a vibrant future. Harvey A. Harris Juanita Hinshaw This year, we recognized Emily Rauh Pulitzer with our Pioneer Spirit Award. And she certainly Janet M. Holloway epitomizes the pioneer spirit. She continues to blaze trails in the arts and strengthen civic life Ashley Kemper with her vision, determination and philanthropy. The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and her Edward Koplar Ken Kranzberg support of the arts in our region and beyond brought her national recognition with a National Brendan Lind Medal of Arts awarded by President Obama in 2012. She also fosters work around the world that Mark C. Lindgren encourages and supports nonprofit journalism. We greatly appreciate her support of the Nine Dennis Lower Eugene J. Mackey III Network and her contributions to the Public Media Commons. Jeffrey McDonnell Kim Olson The Pioneer Spirit Awards event was also a time to celebrate our 62nd anniversary and the Jack Schreiber continued success of the final phase of our Igniting the Spirit of Possibility campaign. We Hugh Scott III recognized the JSM Charitable Trust with our Visionary Circle Torchbearer Award. Contributions Thad Simons Patrick Sly from the trust in support of the campaign and additional contributions from the James S. Chad Stiening, PhD McDonnell Family Foundation in support of American Graduate total approximately $1 million. Dr. Donald Suggs Sara Wade We also recognized new members of our Visionary Leadership Circle for their contributions of Milton P. Wilkins, Jr. $100,000 or more. They included the Berges Family Foundation, Dr. William H. Danforth, and the Missouri Humanities Council. Nine Network Senior Staff Our special guest for the evening was Hari Sreenivasan, anchor and senior correspondent for PBS President and CEO NewsHour Weekend. Prior to the event, he broadcast the NewsHour from the Nine Network and Jack Galmiche was the guest on a taping of the following week’s Stay Tuned. Senior Vice President, COO and CFO The evening culminated in an inspiring presentation by Marlon Wharton, who founded and Richard E. Skalski serves as teacher, trainer and mentor of the amazing step team Gentlemen of Vision. Then, we Senior Vice President were graced by a performance by the young men—the Gentlemen of Vision—whose stories of of Engagement and Content success were the subject of our recent documentary. Amy Shaw Vice President of I also want you to know about a recent grant of $1.3 million from the Monsanto Company in Engineering and support of our Igniting the Spirit of Possibility campaign capital fund and a grant from Emerson Operations Chrys Marlow for our What’s Vital to St. Louis initiative, which combined with Emerson’s previous campaign Vice President of contributions, totals $2 million in support. Read more about how the community is supporting Production our campaign on page 6. Patrick Murphy We are grateful for your ongoing support and for your belief in our mission and what you have enabled us to accomplish for our community. Yours truly, Open to the Public: The public is invited to meetings of the Nine Network board of directors. For infor- Jack Galmiche mation about Nine’s public meetings, call President and CEO Cathy Peterson at (314) 512-9017. nineNet.org nineMagazine | November–December 2016 3 A BACKSTAGE PASS TO GROUNDBREAKING MOMENTS IN RECORDED MUSIC New eight-part series charts a century’s worth of innovation and experimentation in the creation of music. oundbreaking: Stories from the at the birth of new sounds. From Don Was, Steven Van Zandt, Sheila E, Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, the invention of the microphone Questlove, Ben Harper, Billy Idol, Beck, a new PBS series that explores to the Moog synthesizer, from the Imogen Heap, Darryl McDaniels, RZA, the extraordinary impact of recorded phonograph to digital streaming, Bon Iver, Nile Rodgers, Nigel Godrich, music on the modern world, will make Soundbreaking moves between Q-Tip, Brian Eno, Mark Ronson, Rick its U.S. broadcast debut on November past and present to tell the stories Rubin, Tony Visconti and more. 14. Soundbreaking was the last behind the sounds and reveals how project produced by legendary music innovation redefined not only what “Music is the only common thread producer Sir George Martin, who we listen to and how we listen to it, and universal language that binds passed away on March 8, 2016. but our very sense of what music is us together regardless of race, and can be. Viewers of all ages will nationality, age or income. And The series combines unprecedented hear the songs they love in a whole recorded music is how we experience access to some of the most celebrated new way.