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KVCR radio partnered with our sister station, KVCR TV, to produce stories about art organizations in our region. We produced 15 radio stories and 16 stories for television with a focus on the arts in our community. We worked to highlight many art-based, educational and non-profit organizations in low income areas to show the significance of the arts and people on behalf of the youth in our area.
In celebration of this year’s 50th anniversary of the classic TV series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, we reached out to the local music community and had various performers pay tribute to the iconic Fred Rogers theme song “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Designed as a cross promotional tool for our sister television station KVCR’s broadcast of Ken Burns and Lynn Novack’s The Vietnam War, film KVCR Radio produced an eight-part series with veterans sharing their time in service during the Vietnam war. Our focus was the music of that time and the songs they remembered and reflect on when thinking about the Vietnam War.
For the past three years, KZMU has used open auditions to cast an original musical play in our small community (population 5,000). We rehearsed for six weeks and performed in front of live audiences at a local venue and aired the play on the radio. The first two seasons were aired in episodes, and the last as an entire piece. Our actors/singers/Foley technicians/musicians/engineers have ranged in age from 6 to 70, and our audiences have grown each year as more people are engaged in this locally created audio theatre.
Discover Classical’s Young Talent Search and Rising Stars Gala is the station’s annual spotlight on talented young classical musicians in our listening area.
OETA Foundation envisioned and produced a series of 30-minute documentaries, entitled “Mosaic Oklahoma,” which celebrate the communities, people, and landmarks that epitomize Oklahoma’s unique culture. The pilot episode, filmed in the northeastern Oklahoma town of Pawhuska (population 3,500), explored the history and heritage of the Osage Nation, which is headquartered there, and the revitalization of the downtown, where the Food Network’s “Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond, has her popular deli, bakery, store, and hotel.
The filmmaker initiative is a project for emerging South Florida filmmakers that acquires, broadcasts and distributes their work as well as provides mentorship. South Florida PBS’s filmmaker program is an effort to counteract the talent drain currently taking place. This initiative addresses the needs of struggling filmmakers and presents a chance for film lovers to make a difference through their support.
KALW’s Sights & Sounds of East Oakland is a multi-pronged project that aims to shine a light on creators in a community often mis- or underrepresented in media. Through live community events featuring dance, music, storytelling and visual art, as well as multimedia presentations based on reporting from KALW’s newsmagazine Crosscurrents and community partners like Oakland Voices and East Oakland Youth Development Center, we celebrate grassroots creativity and build new connections within and beyond these communities. The project also encompasses community media training with youth and adults through our partners, and utilizes our Hearken-powered, crowd-sourced journalism project Hey Area to draw coverage and story ideas from East Oakland residents.
Backline is a program to elevate the Milwaukee music scene. It has two parts: (1) free quarterly workshops for all (2) $20,000 grants and a 12-week accelerator for four artists/bands. It’s the first program in the US to use the startup accelerator model to advance the careers of musical artists.
VERVE is KUED’s online series exploring creativity. Now in its sixth season, the series explores local people, creative passion, innovations and imagination.
In a local take on the NPR series “Turning the Tables,” musician and staff writer at 90.9 The Bridge, Michelle Bacon, looked at gender, equality and the future of the Kansas City music scene. Her four part series “Turning the Tables: KC Edition,” published at bridge909.org, culminated in a live panel and showcase of women in music.
The KVIE Art Auction is an annual, live-televised fundraising event. Over 250 pieces of artwork are donated by artists throughout the greater Sacramento region, curated from hundreds of submissions. Local artists receive print, on-air and web recognition and several report gaining commissions as a result of the exposure.
Blue Ridge PBS in YOUR Neighborhood campaign is an ongoing, focused effort to connect with our community.
Many parents want to do things with their kids, not just for their kids — to explore shared interests like hiking or, in this case, live music. Saturday Morning Tunes is a series of live concerts, mini-festivals, and other events from WTMD which appeal to kids and parents alike. Held in and around Baltimore each month, they’re broadcast live on air and streamed on Facebook Live, and have brought together thousands of adults and children.
Newsroom After hours is a three-year-old summer concert series that displays free live music to the Mansfield community in our newsroom.
Childrens television show aimed to teach and celebrate Ojibwe language and culture, as such is part of the rich tapestry of our nation.
Nostalgia Nights is an experiential event series designed to engage first-stage adults (ages 25-45) with Twin Cities PBS. The events are fun social gatherings that leverage beloved PBS shows and personalities like Mister Rogers and Bob Ross to spark a sense of nostalgia among audiences who grew up with these formative icons. The live events are themed, include a cash bar, and have the potential to pull in new members and listeners.
Each spring and fall for the last five years, WBHM has partnered with a local artist to create a design which is then featured on a pint glass that is given as a thank you gift exclusively during that fund drive. We only ask that the design be centered around the theme of public radio and feature our call letters.
Writer’s Block is a station initiative that brings together local playwrights, poets, and story tellers to present their original work before a live studio audience.
