A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting April 2013
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April 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 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 8:00 Kind Hearted Woman ™ 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
2 Tuesday 7:00 History Detectives ⁄ 8:00 Kind Hearted Woman ™ 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Asia Biz Forecast
6 Saturday 7:00 Globe Trekker Planet of the Apes ⁄ 8:00 Yes, Prime Minister › 8:30 The Cafe › 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 9:30 Hebburn › 10:00 EastEnders › 11:00 Austin City Limits Bon Iver ⁄ Midnight To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 12:30 John McLaughlin’s One on One
7 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show The Norma Zimmer Show fi 8:00 Call the Midwife ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge (part 2 of 8) ⁄ 10:00 Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution The Rock and The River ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › Midnight Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Prairie Pulse Canadian Foodgrains Bank Executive Director Jim Cornelius fi
8 Monday 3 Wednesday 7:00 Nature What Plants Talk About fi 8:00 NOVA Ancient Computer fi 9:00 Eat, Fast and Live Longer with Michael Mosley ⁄ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside E Street fi
4 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin ⁄ 9:00 The Aviators fi 9:30 Bluegrass Underground ⁄ 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Scully/The World Show
5 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Canadian Foodgrains Bank Executive Director Jim Cornelius fi 8:00 North Dakota Legislative Review 2013 8:30 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook Show Tunes ⁄ 9:30 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook Let’s Dance ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside Washington
7:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 8:00 Market Warriors ⁄ 9:00 Independent Lens The House I Live In ™ 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
9 Tuesday 7:00 American Masters Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character ⁄ 8:30 Prairie Musicians Ogg Creek fi 9:00 Frontline Syria Behind the Lines 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Asia Biz Forecast
10 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Clash: Encounters of Bears and Wolves ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Awakening ⁄ 9:00 The Truth About Exercise with Michael Mosley ⁄ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside E Street fi
11 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin ⁄
9:00 The Aviators fi 9:30 Bluegrass Underground ⁄ 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Scully/The World Show
at the White House fi 8:00 The Central Park Five § 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Asia Biz Forecast
12 Friday
17 Wednesday
7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Melanie Hoffert, Author of “Prairie Silence” fi 8:00 North Dakota Legislative Review 2013 8:30 Live from Lincoln Center Josh Groban: All That Echoes fi 9:30 Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook On the Air ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside Washington
7:00 Nature The Mystery of Eels ⁄ 8:00 NOVA Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes ⁄ 9:00 Guts with Michael Mosley ⁄ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside E Street fi
13 Saturday 7:00 Globe Trekker Around the World: Across America: Route 66 & Beyond ⁄ 8:00 Yes, Prime Minister › 8:30 The Cafe › 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 9:30 Hebburn › 10:00 EastEnders › 11:00 Austin City Limits John Legend & The Roots ⁄ Midnight To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 12:30 John McLaughlin’s One on One
14 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show April Showers fi 8:00 Call the Midwife ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge (part 3 of 8) ⁄ 10:00 Peter and Paul and The Christian Revolution The Empire and the Kingdom ⁄ 11:00 EastEnders › Midnight Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Prairie Pulse Melanie Hoffert, Author of “Prairie Silence” fi
18 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour fi 8:00 Doc Martin ⁄ 9:00 I Am A Person fi 10:00 Are You Being Served? › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Scully/The World Show
19 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Center for Avian Adoption Vice President Candi Willey fi 8:00 North Dakota Legislative Review 2013 8:30 Live from Lincoln Center We’ll Meet Again: The Songs of Kate Smith Starring Stephanie Blythe fi 9:30 Prairie Mosaic Glass blower Jon Offutt, Pickwick Mills, Symphony Conductor Darryl One, and The Sloughgrass Family Band fi 10:00 Are You Being Served? › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside Washington
20 Saturday 15 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 8:00 Market Warriors ⁄ 9:00 Independent Lens Wonder Women! The Untold Stories of American Superheroines Œ 10:00 After You’ve Gone › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
16 Tuesday 7:00 Memphis Soul: In Performance
7:00 Globe Trekker Around the World— Panamericana: Conquistadors, Aztecs & Revolutions ⁄ 8:00 Yes, Prime Minister › 8:30 The Cafe › 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 9:30 Hebburn › 10:00 EastEnders › 11:00 Austin City Limits Florence+The Machine/Lykke Li ⁄ Midnight To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 12:30 John McLaughlin’s One on One
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April 7 Storyland Exhibit Opening with Curious George Becker County Museum April 16 Wired for Learning Event with Brother and Sister Bear Shooting Star Casino April 17 Special Storytime to celebrate the Week of the Young Child with Clifford the Big Red Dog Moorhead Public Library April 25 Share A Story Family Literacy Event with Curious George Lancaster, MN April 27 FUNFEST and Family Expo with Curious George • Ashby, MN Contact DeAnn Hopfauf at 701-239-7531 for details.
21 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show The Anniversary Show fi 8:00 Call the Midwife ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge (part 4 of 8) ⁄ 10:00 The Bletchley Circle ™ 11:00 EastEnders › Midnight Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Prairie Pulse Center for Avian Adoption Vice President Candi Willey fi
22 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 8:00 Market Warriors ⁄ 9:00 Independent Lens The Island President Œ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
23 Tuesday 7:00 The Dust Bowl The Great Plow Out ⁄ 9:00 Frontline The Retirement Gamble 10:00 Are You Being Served? › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Asia Biz Forecast
24 Wednesday 7:00 Nature Jungle Eagle fi 8:00 NOVA Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Monsters ⁄ 9:00 Nature Kangaroo Mob ⁄ 10:00 Almanac: At the Capitol
The Prairie Region Teacher Training Institute for PreK-12 teachers in Minnesota and North Dakota helps teachers learn from other teachers about how to integrate regional arts, culture, science, and history into cross-curricular lessons. There will be STEM model lessons included in this year’s institute. Register now for this June 25 & 26 institute held at Concordia College in Moorhead. For additional information contact Dan Anderson at 701-239-7537.
10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside E Street fi
25 Thursday 7:00 Louise Erdrich ND 2013 Roughrider Award Ceremony fi 8:00 Doc Martin ⁄ 9:00 Dirk Gently ⁄ 10:00 Are You Being Served? › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Scully/The World Show
26 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse Fargo-Moorhead Realtors Association President Kevin Fisher fi 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” with the New York Philharmonic ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Inside Washington
27 Saturday 7:00 Globe Trekker Around the World— Panamericana: Incas & Inquisitions ⁄ 8:00 Yes, Prime Minister › 8:30 The Cafe › 9:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 9:30 Hebburn › 10:00 EastEnders › 11:00 Austin City Limits Coldplay ⁄
Midnight To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 12:30 John McLaughlin’s One on One
28 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Sights & Sounds of L.A. fi 8:00 Call the Midwife ™ 9:00 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfridge (part 5 of 8) ⁄ 10:00 The Bletchley Circle œ 11:00 EastEnders › Midnight Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 12:30 Prairie Pulse Fargo-Moorhead Realtors Association President Kevin Fisher fi
29 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 8:00 Fort Peck Dam ⁄ 9:00 Independent Lens The Undocumented ™ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
30 Tuesday 7:00 The Dust Bowl Reaping the Whirlwind ⁄ 9:00 Frontline Never Forget to Lie 10:00 Are You Being Served? › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose Midnight Tavis Smiley 12:30 Asia Biz Forecast !LOOKING FORWARD TO MAY
1 Wednesday 7:00 Nature 8:00 NOVA 9:00 Secrets of the Dead
2 Thursday 7:00 This Old House Hour 8:00 Doc Martin 9:00 Dirk Gently
3 Friday 7:00 Washington Week with Gwen Ifill 7:30 Prairie Pulse 8:00 Great Performances 9:00 Broadway or Bust
Overnight Schedule Programs are listed in Central Time. American Masters Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character 4/11, 1 a.m. American Woodshop Sundays, 6:30 a.m. Antiques Roadshow Wednesdays, 1 a.m. Austin City Limits Sundays, 4 a.m. The Aviators 4/1, 4/6, 4/8, 4/13, 4/15, 3 a.m. The Bletchley Circle 4/23, 4/30, 3 a.m. Bluegrass Underground 4/1, 4/6, 4/8,
4/13, 4/15, 3:30 a.m. The Central Park Five 4/18, 2 a.m. Dirk Gently 4/27, 4/29, 3 a.m. Doc Martin Saturdays, Mondays, 2 a.m. The Dust Bowl 4/25, 1 a.m. Eat, Fast and Live Longer with Michael Mosley 4/5, 3 a.m. Louise Erdrich ND 2013 Roughrider Award Ceremony 4/27, 1 a.m.; 4/29, 4 a.m. European Journal Sundays, 1 a.m. Fort Niagara: The Struggle for a Continent 4/24, 4:30 a.m. Frontline 4/11, 4/25, 3 a.m. Globe Trekker Sundays, 3 a.m. Great Decisions in Foreign Policy Mondays, 1:30 a.m. Guts with Michael Mosley 4/19, 3 a.m. History Detectives 4/4, 1 a.m. I Am A Person 4/20, 4/22, 3 a.m. Independent Lens Wednesdays, 3 a.m., except 4/3 Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Sundays, 1:30 a.m. Inside Washington Sundays, 2 a.m. Kind Hearted Woman 4/3, 4/4, 2 a.m. Lawrence Welk Show Tuesdays, 1 a.m. Market Warriors Wednesdays, 2 a.m., except 4/3 Masterpiece Classic Mr. Selfirdge Tuesdays, 2 a.m. McLaughlin Group Sundays, 2:30 a.m. Memphis Soul: In Performance at the White House 4/18, 1 a.m. My Generation Sundays, 5 a.m. Nature Fridays, 1 a.m.; 4/26, 3 a.m. Need To Know Mondays, 1 a.m. Nightly Business Report Saturdays, 5 a.m. NOVA Fridays, 2 a.m. P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table Sundays, 5:30 a.m. Painting with Paulson Sundays, 6 a.m. The PBS NewsHour Tuesday-Saturday, 4 a.m., except 4/4, 4/10, 4/24 Peter and Paul and The Christian Revolution 4/9, 4/16, 3 a.m. Prairie Mosaic 4/21, 2:30 a.m. Tavis Smiley Saturdays, 5:30 a.m. This Old House Hour Saturdays, 1 a.m., except 4/27; Mondays, 4 a.m., except 4/29 The Truth About Exercise with Michael Mosley 4/12, 3 a.m.
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April Daytime Television Programs Saturdays 6:00 a.m. Studio One except 4/6 6:00 History Detectives ⁄ (4/6) 7:00 Campus News 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 8:30 Inside E Street fi 9:00 Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen fi America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated begins 4/20 9:30 Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence fi 10:00 The Cooking Odyssey fi Chef John Besh’s Family Table begins 4/27 10:30 Pati’s Mexican Table fi 11:00 Lidia’s Italy in America fi 11:30 Taste This! fi noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Beads, Baubles and Jewels fi America’s Heartland begins 4/27 2:00 Sewing with Nancy fi 2:30 Quilting Arts fi 3:00 American Woodshop fi 3:30 Painting with Paulson fi 4:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table fi P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home begins 4/27 4:30 My Generation fi 5:00 Prairie Pulse fi 5:30 North Dakota Legislative Review 2013 Need to Know begins 4/27 6:00 This Old House Hour fi except 4/27 6:00 Louise Erdrich ND 2013 Roughrider Award Ceremony fi (4/27) (1 hr) Sundays 7:00 a.m. Sesame Street æ 8:00 Bob the Builder æ 8:30 Raggs æ 9:00 Wild Animal Baby Explorers fi Signing Time begins 4/28 9:30 Thomas & Friends æ 10:00 Martha Speaks æ 10:30 Curiosity Quest fi 11:00 Enviropals! fi 11:30 The Electric Company æ noon SciGirls fi DragonflyTV begins 4/14 12:30 My Generation fi 1:00 Healthy Minds fi 1:30 For Your Home fi except 4/14 1:30 Great Performances at the Met “La Clemenza di Tito” ⁄ (4/14) (2½ hrs) 2:00 Growing Bolder fi (4/7, 4/21) Your Turn to Care begins 4/28 2:30 Changing Seas fi except 4/14 3:00 Globe Trekker PG except 4/14 4:00 Doc Martin ⁄ 5:00 Moyers & Company 6:00 Antiques Roadshow fi Weekdays 5:00 a.m. Prairie Public Instructional Resources (PPIR) 6:30 Martha Speaks æ 7:00 Curious George æ
7:00 Curious George Swings Into Spring æ (4/22, 4/26) (1 hr) 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! æ except 4/22, 4/26 8:00 Super Why! æ 8:30 Dinosaur Train æ 9:00 Sesame Street æ 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood æ 10:30 Sid the Science Kid æ 11:00 WordWorld æ 11:30 Barney & Friends æ noon Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo æ 12:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog æ 1:00 Caillou æ 1:30 Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman æ 2:00 Cyberchase æ 2:30 Maya & Miguel æ 3:00 Arthur æ 3:30 WordGirl æ 4:00 Wild Kratts æ 4:30 The Electric Company æ 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 PBS NewsHour 6:30 After You’ve Gone › Are You Being Served? begins 4/17 Symbol Key fi General audience æ Suitable for all children æ Directed to children age 7 and older ⁄ Parental guidance suggested
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Radio Features You’ve heard it in 1D, now see it live in glorious...2D It’s Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! like you’ve never seen it before! Because, well, normally you can’t see it—it’s a radio show. A live staging of Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! will be beamed to Bismarck’s Grand Theatre and Fargo’s Century 10 on Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. (CT). An encore showing will be offered on May 7. Host Peter Sagal and official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell will be joined by panelists Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca, and Tom Bodett to play the quiz. Carl reading limericks! Celebrity guests answering stupid questions! Faces made for radio!
The Prairie Public radio documentary Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose Campaign of 1912 has been honored with an award from the Northwest Broadcast News Association at this year’s Midwest Journalism Conference. What should we call Prairie Public’s new multimedia project that will raise awareness about and investigate solutions to bullying? Send your suggestion to info@prairiepublic.org. If we use it, you’ll win a $25 gift certificate! More stories from the New Americans radio project will air in April—Tuesdays during Morning Edition.
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April Television Highlights
Perpetually broke and hopelessly impulsive, Dirk Gently is an eccentric private detective with a completely unique take on the world. This intelligent and wonderfully written comedy drama series is based on the cult novel “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” by Douglas Adams, who also wrote “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” New! Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (CT) beginning April 25
Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. NOVA takes us on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today with the four-part series Australia’s First 4 Billion Years. This is the untold story of the Land Down Under, the island continent that has it all. New! Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. (CT), beginning April 10
In April’s episode of Prairie Mosaic, we’ll visit the glassblowing studio of Jon Offutt, meet another finalist in the search for a new conductor, tour the largest flour mill in Minnesota, and listen to three generations of a Northern Minnesota family play some authentic bluegrass music. New! Friday, April 19, 9:30 p.m. (CT)
Enjoy a special concert of careerspanning favorites by renowned recording artist Josh Groban in a new concert special from Live from Lincoln Center, All That Echoes. He’ll perform songs from his most recent album of the same name as well as other popular favorites—showcasing his versatility that ranges from opera to pop and made him a household name. New! Friday, April 12, 8:30 p.m. (CT)
British journalist and physician Michael Mosley has set off on a journey to discover the truth about living healthy. He’ll discuss the latest scientific discoveries in Eat, Fast and Live Longer with Michael Mosley (April 3), The Truth About Exercise with Michael Mosley (April 10), and Guts with Michael Mosley (April 17). New! Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. (CT)
In three new episodes from the Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook series, Stephen Sondheim, Christine Ebersole, and Angela Lansbury dish about Show Tunes; Liza Minnelli (pictured) explores the great dance numbers in Let’s Dance; and Feinstein showcases virtuoso classical superstars, including violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk, in On the Air. New! Fridays, April 5 and 12, 8:30 & 9:30 p.m. (CT)
April Television Highlights
Independent Lens traces the fascinating evolution of the comic book superheroine in Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines. The documentary raises questions about the possibilities and contradictions of heroines within the genre and examines how women are portrayed as good, or brave, or even “action babes,” but rarely are they seen as heroes at the center of their own journey. New! Monday, April 15, 9:00 p.m. (CT)
Kind Hearted Woman is a special two-part series from Frontline and Independent Lens in which acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland (“The Farmer’s Wife,” “Country Boys”) creates an unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Reservation. Sutherland follows Robin over three years as she struggles to raise her two children,
The Dust Bowl is back by popular demand! The two-part, four-hour documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns combines interviews with 26 survivors of those hard times with dramatic photographs and seldom-seen movie footage. The documentary is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us—a lesson we ignore at our peril. Tuesdays, April 23 and 30, 7:00 p.m. (CT)
Tune in for Kind Hearted Woman, then join us for a discussion of the issues at an event on the campus of Minnesota State University, Moorhead, on April 4. Contact Morgan at 800-359-6900 for details and to learn how you can get involved.
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further her education, and heal herself from the wounds of sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Robin’s battles in tribal court with her exhusband for custody of the children, even after he is convicted of abusive sexual contact with his daughter, illuminates how serious this problem is on the reservation—and it’s an issue that has spilled over into the national news. Tune in for the documentary on April 1 and 2, beginning at 8:00 p.m. (CT) each night.
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Have you heard? Hear It Now is now Main Street! Prairie Public’s weekday radio show has a new name
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The new name better reflects what the weekday radio show is all about: A familiar place where news, politics, people, arts, and culture intersect. What does your “Main Street” look like? Is it bordered by hardware stores and banks; is it a gravel road that ends at the sunset; or is it a picnic table surrounded by family? Show us! Send your photo to mainstreet@prairiepublic.org,
Become a sustainer and help cut a day off the drive Tune your radio to Prairie Public during radio’s spring membership drive, April 5-13. If you’ll help steer us toward our goal of 150 new sustaining members, we’ll shorten the drive by a day!
or “like” the show on Facebook and upload your “Main Street” photo there. Tune in weekdays at 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. (CT) for Main Street with Doug Hamilton, special contributor Ashley Thornberg, and...you!