 A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting May 2016
It began in 1862 with the largest mass execution in
United States history in Mankato, Minnesota.Â
Prairie Public, Emmy-nominated documentary producer/writer Darrell Dorgan, and Emmy-winning videographer/editor David Geck present
THE CIVIL WAR ON THE GREAT PLAINS the story of the fight for a homeland Tune in Monday, May 9, at 8 pm CT
Image courtesy Harvard Library Art Collection, Harvard University. Art by a Native American who died in the Battle of Little Big Horn-from his ledger book found at the battle site in June, 1876.
May Prime Time Television Programs Visit www.prairiepublic.org for the most up-to-date schedules, including Prairie Public’s multicast schedules. Programming may change with little or no notice. Programs are listed in Central Time. Prairie Public local television productions are highlighted in blue.
1 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Show Stoppers fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 5 of 8) ™ 9:00 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece (part 6 of 6) œ 10:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (part 6 of 9) ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
2 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Hour 3 fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Detroit, Hour 3 fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Minnesota-born politician A.C. Townley, Singer/Songwriter Elisa Korenne, Poetry Out Loud, and Carluster Crumblebee Orchestra fi 9:30 Mall Walkers: Heart & Sole fi 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
3 Tuesday 7:00 American Masters Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue ⁄ 9:00 Frontline Benghazi In Crisis 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
4 Wednesday 7:00 Nature The Last Orangutan Eden ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Operation Lighthouse Rescue fi 9:00 Rick Steves Special The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians Today fi 10:00 Almanac at the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
5 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (part 2 of 7) ⁄ 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
6 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Fargo Children’s Book
Author Crystal Vaagen fi 8:00 Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) (part 7 of 10) ⁄ 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7 Saturday 7:00 My Hero › 7:30 Waiting for God › 8:00 Vicious ™ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Gary Clark Jr./ Courtney Barnett ⁄ 10:00 Front and Center The Rides fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
8 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 25th Anniversary fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 6 of 8) ™ 9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece The White Lioness (part 1 of 3) ™ 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (part 7 of 9) ⁄ 11:30 EastEnders ›
9 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour 1 fi 8:00 The Civil War on the Great Plains fi 9:30 Richard Bresnahan: The Taste of the Clay fi 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
10 Tuesday 7:00 Independent Lens The Armor of Light ⁄ 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
11 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun ⁄ 9:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Blitzkrieg Œ 10:00 Almanac at the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
12 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (part 3 of 7) ⁄ 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
13 Friday
19 Thursday
7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse U of Mary Political Science Professor Dr. Mark Springer fi 8:00 Jazz Risk (1945-1955) (part 8 of 10) ⁄ 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin › 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (part 4 or 8) ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
14 Saturday
20 Friday
7:00 My Hero › 7:30 Waiting for God › 8:00 Vicious ™ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Kendrick Lamar fl 10:00 Front and Center Trey Anastasio Band fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse State Historical Society of North Dakota Director Claudia Berg fi 8:00 Jazz The Adventure (1955-1960) (part 9 of 10) ⁄ 10:00 Jazz A Masterpiece by Midnight (1961-present) (part 10 of 10) ⁄
15 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Tribute to Bing fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 7 of 8) ™ 9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece A Lesson in Love (part 2 of 3) Œ 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (part 8 of 9) ™ 11:30 EastEnders ›
7:00 My Hero › 7:30 Waiting for God › 8:00 Vicious ™ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits Foo Fighters ⁄ 10:00 Front and Center For King & Country fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
16 Monday
22 Sunday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour 2 fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Hour 1 fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Glassblower Jon Offutt, Grass Roots of Minnesota Politics, Singer/ Songwriter Elisa Korenne, and Mary Marshall Quintet fi 9:30 Steamboats on the Red fi 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Songs from the Classics fi 8:00 Call the Midwife (part 8 of 8) ™ 9:00 Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece The Troubled Man (part 3 of 3) ™ 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece (part 9 of 9) ⁄ 11:30 EastEnders ›
17 Tuesday 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque ⁄ 8:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb ⁄ 9:00 Frontline The Secret History of ISIS 10:00 To the Manor Born › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
18 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Jungle Animal Hospital ⁄ 8:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Can We Time Travel? (part 1 of 6) fi 9:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Are We Alone? (part 2 of 6) fi 10:00 Almanac at the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
21 Saturday
23 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Hour 3 fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Hour 2 fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Sculptor Paul Olson; the Time Span Museum in Helmsdale, Scotland; the historical story of Alexander McKenzie; and musician Andra Suchy fi 9:30 Uganda: Sustainable Tourism fi 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
24 Tuesday 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow Miami ⁄ 8:00 Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings ⁄ 9:00 Frontline The Business of Disaster 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
25 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Meet the Coywolf ⁄ 8:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Why Are We Here? (part 3 of 6) fi 9:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Where Did the Universe Come From? (part 4 of 6) fi 10:00 Almanac at the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
26 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Maggie’s War: A True Story of Courage, Leadership, and Valor in World War II ⁄ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Season 2 (part 5 of 7) ⁄ 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
27 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse North Dakota State Engineer Todd Sando fi 8:00 The Highwaymen: American Masters ⁄ 9:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
28 Saturday 7:00 My Hero › 7:30 Waiting for God › 8:00 Vicious ™ 8:30 As Time Goes By › 9:00 Austin City Limits James Taylor ⁄ 10:00 Front and Center Warren Haynes fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
29 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show America’s Wonderland fi 8:00 National Memorial Day Concert 2016 ⁄ 9:30 War Journal: The Incredible WWII Escape of Major Damon “Rocky” Gause ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
30 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Hour 3 fi 8:00 TED Talks War and Peace ⁄ 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Osage, MN, collage artists Amber Fletschock; the “Prohibition” exhibit at the Clay County Historical Center in Moorhead; the Charles Lindbergh museum in Little Falls, MN; and the UND student string quartet. fi 9:30 A Considered View: The Photography of Wayne Gudmundson fi
10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
31 Tuesday 7:00 Genealogy Roadshow Houston ⁄ 8:00 Seized: Inside the Mystery of Epilepsy ⁄ 9:00 Frontline The Fantasy Sports Gamble 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
Overnight Schedule Programs are listed in Central Time. American Forum Sundays, Midnight Antiques Roadshow Wednesdays, 1 am; Wednesdays, 2 am, except 5/11 As Time Goes By Mondays, 2:30 am, except 5/2 Asia Insight Wednesdays, 12:30 am Austin City Limits Mondays, 3 am, except 5/2 Charlie Rose-The Week Sundays, 6:30 am The Civil War on the Great Plains 5/11, 2 am Doc Martin Saturdays, 2 am, except 5/28 Focus on Europe Thursdays, 12:30 am Front and Center Mondays, 4 am Frontline Thursdays, 3 am, except 5/12 Genealogy Roadshow 5/19, 5/26, 1 am Genius by Stephen Hawking 5/20, 5/27, 2 am, 3 am Globe Trekker Sundays, 4 am, except 5/22, 5/29 Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece 5/3, 2 am The Highwaymen: American Masters 5/29, 2 am Independent Lens The Armor of Light, 5/12, 1 am Janis Joplin: American Masters 5/5, 1 am Jazz 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 2 am; 5/22, 4 am Lawrence Welk Show Tuesdays, 1 am Maggie’s War: A True Story of Courage, Leadership, and Valor in World War II 5/28, 2 am Mall Walkers: Heart & Sole 5/4, 3:30 am Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey, Saturdays, 3 am McLaughlin Group Mondays, 12:30 am Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece 5/3, 3 am; 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 3:30 am Music Voyager 5/29, 4:30 am My Hero Mondays, 1 am National Memorial Day Concert 2016 5/31, 2 am The National Parks: America’s Best Idea 5/1, 5/2, 2 am Nature Fridays, 1 am Nazi Mega Weapons 5/13, 3 am
Nightly Business Report Saturdays, 5 am NOVA 5/6, 5/13, 2 am The Open Mind Mondays, Midnight Overheard with Evan Smith Saturdays, 5:30 am PBS NewsHour Wednesday through Saturday, 4 am; 5/3, 4 am PBS NewsHour Weekend Sundays, 6 am Prairie Mosaic Wednesdays, 3 am, except 5/11 Prairie Pulse Sundays, 1:30 am; Sundays, 5 am, except 5/22 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Tuesdays, 12:30 am Richard Bresnahan: The Taste of the Clay 5/11, 3:30 am Rick Steves Special 5/6, 3 am Scully/The World Show Fridays, 12:30 am; Sundays, 5:30 am, except 5/22 Secrets of the Dead 5/19, 5/26, 2 am
Steamboats on the Red 5/18, 3:30 am Tavis Smiley Tuesday through Saturday, Midnight; 5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 4:30 am This Old House Hour Saturdays, 1 am To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Saturdays, 12:30 am Uganda: Sustainable Tourism 5/25, 3:30 am Vicious Mondays, 2 am, except 5/2 Waiting for God Mondays, 1:30 am Wallander Season 4 on Masterpiece Tuesdays, 2 am, except 5/3, 5/31 War Journal: The Incredible WWII Escape of Major Damon “Rocky” Gause 5/31, 3:30 am Washington Week with Gwen Ifill Sundays, 1 am Well Read Sundays, 12:30 am Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 5/29, 3 am
Congratulations to the more than 150 children who submitted original stories for the PBS KIDS Writers Contest, and extra special congratulations to the children who took first-place honors. These stories have been published on the Prairie Public web site, so everyone can enjoy them! First Place Winners Kindergarten: “Max Lost His Ball” by Loren Marie Shaw, Watford City
You can meet Peg + Cat!
First Grade: “My Two Little Eyes” by Chinmay Gopi, West Fargo
Join us June 4 at Rheault Farm in Fargo for a Share A Story Family Literacy Event.
Second Grade: “Creature Powers” by Matilde Toledo-Agudelo, Bismarck Third Grade: “The Burglar and the Pawsome Kitty” by Victoria Richter, Flasher Red Ribbon Favorites “The Naughty Cat” by Rilee Wiste, Fargo “The Big Dinosaur” by Caleb Zerr, Grand Forks “Lucy the Dragon” by Alexandra Krebs, Bismarck “The Kittens” by Annelise Wagner, Harvey “Bunny and Fox’s Sleepover” by Soreya Greene, Detroit Lakes “The Mermaid Sisters” by Hannah Schmitz, Detroit Lakes “Just a Little Magic” by Hadley Dahl, Moorhead “The Talking Pillow” by Brooklyn Dockter, Harvey “The Blind Boy” by Tucker Faul, Harvey “Jack and the Missing Necklace” by Mallory Moos, Bismarck “My Brother is a Monster” by Elizabeth Kallevig, Wadena “The Quest of Coral Cove” by Emma Terveen, Sioux Falls
Integrate, Innovate, Motivate: Creative Tech for Teaching Prairie Public’s annual teacher training institute will be June 22-23, 2016, at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Teachers may get graduate credit for attending and learning about cuttingedge curriculum planning and technology use. Visit prairiepublic.org for more information and to enroll.
May Daytime Television Programs Saturdays 6:00 am Charlie Rose 7:00 Studio One (5/8) The Kalb Report begins 5/14 (1 hr) 7:30 Far Afield: A Conservation Love Story (5/7) 8:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 8:30 The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower 9:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated fi 9:30 Simply Ming fi 10:00 Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking fi 10:30 Lidia’s Kitchen fi 11:00 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook fi Joanne Weir Gets Fresh begins 5/28 11:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart and Soul fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Scrapbook Soup fi 2:00 Sewing with Nancy fi 2:30 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting fi 3:00 A Craftsman’s Legacy fi America’s Heartland begins 5/28 3:30 Painting with Paulson fi 4:00 Growing a Greener World fi 4:30 This Old House fi 5:00 Prairie Pulse fi 5:30 Scully/The World Show fi 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Charlie Rose—The Week Sundays 7:00 am Sesame Street æ 7:30 The Zula Patrol fi 8:00 Bob the Builder æ 8:30 Bug Bites fi 9:00 Enviropals! fi 9:30 Thomas & Friends æ 10:00 Martha Speaks æ 10:30 Wunderkind Little Amadeus fi 11:00 Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab fi 11:30 DragonflyTV fi SciGirls begins 5/8 Noon Odd Squad æ 12:30 Second Opinion fi except 5/29 12:30 Great Performances at the Met: The Pearl Fishers ⁄ (5/29) (2½ hrs) 1:00 Independent Lens Through a Lens Darkly ¬ (5/1) (1½ hrs) 1:00 Independent Lens Democrats/Soft Vengeance Œ (5/8)(2 hrs) 1:00 Independent Lens My Nazi Legacy: What our Fathers Did ™ (5/15)(1½ hrs) 1:00 Independent Lens Wilhemina’s War fl (5/22) (1 hr) 2:00 Independent Lens Dogtown Redemption ⁄ (5/22) (1 hr) 2:30 Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope fi (5/1, 5/15) 3:00 Globe Trekker ⁄ 4:00 Doc Martin › except 5/1, 5/29 4:00 Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie ⁄ (5/1) (1½ hrs) 4:00 Maggie’s War: A True Story of Courage,
Leadership, and Valor in World War II ⁄ (5/29) (1 hr) 5:00 Antiques Roadshow fi except 5/1 5:30 Georgia O’Keefe: A Woman on Paper fi (5/1) 6:00 Antiques Roadshow fi Weekdays 5:00 am Prairie Public Instructional Resources ends 5/27 5:00 American Forum fi (5/30) 5:00 Nightly Business Report (5/31) 5:30 Open Mind fi (5/30) 5:30 Tavis Smiley (5/31) 6:00 McLaughlin Group (5/30) 6:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (5/31) 6:30 Ready Jet Go! æ 7:00 Nature Cat æ 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! æ 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood æ 8:30 Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo æ 9:00 Sesame Street æ 9:30 Peg + Cat æ 10:00 Dinosaur Train æ 10:30 WordWorld æ 11:00 Super WHY! æ 11:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog æ Noon Maya & Miguel æ 12:30 Martha Speaks æ 1:00 Curious George æ 1:30 WordGirl æ 2:00 Sid the Science Kid æ 2:30 Nature Cat æ 3:00 Ready Jet Go! æ 3:30 Arthur æ 4:00 Wild Kratts æ 4:30 Odd Squad æ 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 PBS NewsHour 6:30 To the Manor Born › Keeping Up Appearances begins 5/18 Symbol Key fi General audience æ Suitable for all children Æ Directed to children age 7 and older ⁄ Parental guidance suggested due to moderate violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
After Doc Martin: The Movie but before there was Doc Martin the series, there was Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie. Tune in Sunday, May 1, at 4pm CT.
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May Television Highlights One of the world’s most remarkable actors brings a stirring detective series to an end as Kenneth Branagh plays his last season as Inspector Kurt Wallander, based on the novels of Henning Mankell. Masterpiece Mystery! charts the final exploits of the brooding Swede in three nail-biting concluding episodes on Wallander, The Final Season. New! Sundays at 9 pm CT beginning May 8
In each of six episodes (aired over three days), renowned scientist Stephen Hawking presents three ordinary people with a series of physical and mental challenges to show them how to think like a genius. Topics include Can We Time Travel?, Are We Alone?, Why Are We Here?, Where Did The Universe Come From?, What Are We?, and Where Are We? New! Wednesdays at 8 pm CT, beginning May 18
Janis Joplin (January 19, 1943-October 4, 1970) thrilled audiences and blazed new creative trails before her death at age 27. American Masters Janis: Little Girl Blue examines Joplin’s story in depth, for the first time on film, presenting an intimate portrait of a complicated and driven artist. New! Tuesday, May 3, 7 pm CT
Rick Steves’ Special: The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians Today weaves together both culture’s narratives to better understand a place that is, for a third of humanity, holy land. Steves visits the major sites and along the way he learns about security walls, disputed settlements, and the persistent challenges facing the region. Wednesday, May 4, 9 pm CT
The Gay Head Lighthouse, a historic landmark perched high on the cliffs of Martha’s Vineyard, is soon to become the next victim of the ocean’s relentless erosion of the island’s cliffs. On NOVA, Operation Lighthouse Rescue, engineers race to rescue this national treasure. New! Wednesday, May 4, 8 pm CT
Richard Bresnahan assembled an indigenous pottery studio, utilizing a nearby clay deposit, and built the largest wood-firing kiln of its kind in North America. Richard Bresnahan: The Taste of the Clay, an original production from Prairie Public, chronicles his artistic journey. The documentary has been honored with two bronze Telly Awards and was nominated for a regional Emmy Award. Monday, May 9, 9:30 pm CT
May Television Highlights
There are times in life when all you need is a little help, as the award-winning series Nature demonstrates on Nature’s Perfect Partners. Sea and land animals collaborate using brainpower to solve complex problems and stay alive, and this episode shows the value of teamwork among these animal partners, even ones as odd but perfect as hippo and fish. New! Wednesday, May 11, 7 pm CT
Willie Nelson’s lyrics have given voice to America’s heartland, and his music pushes genre boundaries. Rosanne Cash, Edie Brickell, Paul Simon, Alison Krauss, Raul Malo, Neil Young, and more pay tribute to the singer and songwriter in Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Friday, May 27, 9 pm CT
Join co-hosts Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna for the 27th broadcast of the National Memorial Day Concert 2016. The concert airs from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before an audience of hundreds of thousands, millions at home, and to troops around the world via American Forces Network. New! Sunday, May 29, 8 pm CT Many shopping malls in the United States and Canada open early for walkers to get their daily fix of cardiovascular exercise. Mall Walkers: Heart & Sole features walkers at the West Acres Mall in Fargo, the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, and the Kildonan Place in Winnipeg. The program was produced by students in the broadcast documentary class in the School of Communication and Journalism at Minnesota State University Moorhead. New! Monday, May 2, 9:30 pm CT This month on Prairie Pulse, host John Harris talks with Fargo children’s book author Crystal Vaagen (5/6); U of Mary political science professor Dr. Mark Springer (5/13); State Historical Society of ND director Claudia Berg (5/20); and retiring ND state engineer Todd Sando (5/27). New! Fridays at 7:30 pm CT
Many Prairie Public local television productions are funded in part by the following: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008, North Dakota Council on the Arts, North Dakota Humanities Council, and by the members of Prairie Public. Thank you!
Radio Schedule Listen with your phone What a difference a year makes! Last year we began urging the major cell phone service providers to activate the FM radio chip that is already in mobile phones. Today, these carriers/handsets provide supporting FM Chip activation: • Sprint • AT&T • T-Mobile • • Virgin Mobile • Boost • Blu • • Cricket • MetroPCS • HTC • Moto • A key factor in making this happen was support from the public—thank you! Visit FreeRadioOnMyPhone.org to learn if the FM chip in your smartphone is activated.
Congrats to the news team The Prairie Public radio news team has been honored with six Eric Sevareid Awards at the annual Midwest Journalism Conference. The Prairie Public team won a first place award in the investigative category for “State Officials Misrepresent North Dakota’s Spill Problem” by Emily Guerin, and awards of merit in the soft feature category for the story “Oil Boom Brings High School Football Back,” by Emily Guerin, and in the broadcast writing category for the story “FERC Commissioner: Energy Infrastructure is a Challenge,” by Dave Thompson. The awards are named for the North Dakotaborn and University of Minnesota-educated journalist best known for his work as a correspondent for CBS Radio and Television.
And more congrats are in order Prairie Public has been awarded a $10,000 grant to produce programming to synergize with the public media reporting initiative Chasing the Dream: Poverty & Opportunity in America. With generous funding from The JPB Foundation and The Ford Foundation, the project will investigate the impact of poverty on society. Stay tuned this summer for the project’s special radio interviews, features, and web content.
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Have you heard? Beginning October, 2016, musician extraordinaire Chris Thile will take over for Garrison Keillor as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion. Public listening parties on Saturday, June 25, will celebrate Garrison Keillor’s final performances as host and will feature a live video stream from Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. Prairie Public will join in with live listening parties in several communities in our broadcast area—potluck dinners in church basements seem appropriate. Watch your June WAVES for details.
Testing … Testing Tune in May 1 at 5 pm CT for a test broadcast of The New Yorker Radio Hour—a program featuring a mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine. Should we put the show in our radio schedule? Send your reactions to our director of radio, Bill Thomas, as bthomas@prairiepublic.org, or call Bill at 701-239-7509.
Where’s the Radio Schedule? Find Prairie Public’s radio broadcast schedules for your area online at www.prairiepublic.org/radio, or call 800-359-6900 and we’ll be happy to send a printed copy.
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Investors Circle Support We extend our appreciation to new and renewing members of Investors Circle. These donors have demonstrated significant annual support for public broadcasting in our region. In this issue of WAVES, we recognize gifts received January 1—March 31, 2016. Gold Investors $5,000 to $9,999 Frederick P. Baker Ian and Donna Plant Silver Investors $2,500 to $4,999 Dr. Rosanne Gasse Drs. Kimberly T. Krohn and John A. Fishpaw
Bronze Investors $1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous (8) John Andrist Howard and Dorothy Barlow MacDonald and Taylor Barnes John and Peggy Bartunek James Beeman Arthur and Shirley Carlson Jeffrey T. and Ann Clark Kent Conrad and Lucy Calautti Patricia Crary Tom Donaldson Norm Felde John Gast Bernice Goodman Sharon R. Ervin Johnson Randy and Karen Kreil Lesley Macmillian Paul and Sharon Madson John Magnusson Drs. Douglas and Laura Munski Harry and Irene Pellaers Tim and Claudette Peterson Richard and Virginia Portmann Joslyn Putnam John and Kathleen Risch Mukund and Sungja Sibi Debbie Spracklin Dr. Gus and Mary Staahl Rodney Steiman Dave Thompson Devan Towers Sidney and Joyce Waldron Robert and Susan Wefald
Tributes Prairie Public
recognizes gifts in memory and in honor of others. This month, we gratefully acknowledge the following: Charlotte McLaughlin In memory of Rebecca Quanrud Elgene Smith In memory of her Mom and Dad, husband, and two sisters Jeffrey Kroll In memory of Bob Chabora. Norma Peltier In memory of her late husband Joe. Julie and Cameron Merkel In honor of Molly
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One of our favourite radio storytellers Stuart McLean, indubitably Canadian, thoroughly humane, narrates in a distinctive bray, stories true and fictional, with live music interludes, from The Vinyl Café. It’s a fictional used record store whose family and neighborhood set the scene for many of Stuart’s stories. But just as many come from Stuart’s experiences or from listeners via the radio show’s story exchange. Tune in for The Vinyl Café on Saturdays at 2 pm CT—on your radio, online, or with the Prairie Public app.
Support some of your favorite things Tune your radio to Prairie Public during the Spring Membership Drive, May 6-13, and show your appreciation for great radio with a contribution.