NHPBS Connections - July 2023

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION

Every day, New Hampshire PBS partners with community businesses, organizations and individuals across New Hampshire who value public television. Partnerships allow local businesses to align with NHPBS’ public service mission and reach viewers, while business support allows NHPBS to raise funds and strengthen or expand our program offerings.

Eversource Energy is one of the station’s long-standing community partners — a relationship stretching back decades. The residential energy provider serves to more than 200 communities throughout New Hampshire, as well as Connecticut and Massachusetts. William Hinkle, Eversource’s media relations manager and a member of the NHPBS Board of Directors, believes the two statewide organizations share service goals that help New Hampshire communities thrive.

“Eversource, as a company, seeks to embody core values of education, community engagement, environment and sustainability, and economic development and well-being,” says Hinkle. “The projects at NHPBS that we partner on reflect those areas, as we know collaboration is essential to best meet the needs of our communities.”

Hinkle works closely with Bryn Burns, of the corporate support team, to identify projects that align with each organization’s mission. Current initiatives that Eversource supports include a new and improved website for NATUREWORKS, the natural sciences program geared toward students and teachers grades 3-6, and increased investment for the OUR HOMETOWN series, which profiles historical and contemporary stories in New Hampshire towns and cities.

“People across the country are using NATUREWORKS, its online resources and teachers’ guide, and it’s making a difference. It’s exciting for us to reach young people and educate them about our environment, nature, and sustainability,” says Hinkle. “Here in New Hampshire, OUR

HOMETOWN speaks directly to folks in the communities we serve.”

Hinkle, who remembers growing up as a “PBS child” in North Carolina, believes that service and education are key principles he learned by living in a household that valued and watched public television. In his current role at Eversource, that translates into an understanding that partnering with NHPBS brings legitimacy and authority.

“You’re reaching people who care about the world around them; you’re reaching leaders; you’re reaching people that value the service NHPBS provides to our communities,” he observes.

Hinkle says Eversource staff are out and about every day in New Hampshire cities and towns constantly maintaining, upgrading and building new infrastructure to meet customers’ needs and to ensure systems are more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Eversource is also taking a science-based approach to renewable resources, with an industry-leading goal to be carbon neutral by 2030.

“Our natural resources in New Hampshire are our cultural resources as well; they’re fundamental to who we are as a people and place,” Hinkle says. “Our first priority is to provide safe and reliable service to our customers, but we strive to do so in a manner that addresses concerns and protects and preserves, whether it’s historic stone walls or sites of community importance.”

Hinkle also praised NHPBS’ role in the state’s emergency preparedness plan. “For Eversource, we work statewide during storm situations, and we’re trying to get resources to where they need to go. NHPBS’ broadcast infrastructure is part of that planning, allowing people to communicate with each other. Nothing can work in an emergency if we don’t have the critical infrastructure that NHPBS provides and the working relationship the station has with the state.”

To learn more about how your business can connect with NHPBS viewers, contact Bryn Burns at 603-868-4395, or visit online at nhpbs.org/corp

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William Hinkle

Eversource Media Relations Manager & NHPBS Board of Directors

NHPBS PRIMETIME PICKS

Endeavour

on Masterpiece

SUN Jul 2 | 9 PM NHPBS

It is the final episode ever of ENDEAVOUR on Masterpiece. Someone is placing death notices for people not yet dead. As preparations for Joan’s wedding proceed, the shocking Blenheim Vale case reaches a climax.

A

Capitol Fourth

TUE Jul 4 | 8 PM NHPBS

This time-honored, 43-year tradition puts viewers front and center for America’s biggest birthday party with the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation lighting up the iconic D.C. skyline.

Human Footprint

WED Jul 5 |9 PM NHPBS

Hosted by biologist and Princeton University professor Shane Campbell-Staton, this part science series, part travel show will take you from a high-tech lab to a sweltering street market and from pristine rain forests to the sewers of New York City.

Grantchester on Masterpiece

SUN Jul 9 | 9 PM NHPBS

After a fun-filled charity motorbike race, a young biker is found dead. Will and Geordie struggle to work out who would want to hurt a gifted young man.

D.I. Ray

SUN Jul 9 | 10 PM NHPBS

D.I. Ray goes on a journey that sees her uncover a complex web of deceit within organized crime, while laying bare the wounds deep within herself that she’s spent a lifetime ignoring wounds that are born from a desperate desire to fit in, despite not looking the part.

Doc Martin

SAT Jul 15 | 9 PM NHPBS

In Season 9 of DOC MARTIN, Martin Clunes is back as the irascible but good-hearted Dr. Martin Ellingham. Martin’s career hangs in the balance as he faces scrutiny from the General Medical Council following complaints about his approach to patients.

5 CHANNEL SPOTLIGHT

OUR PRIMARY CHANNEL, NHPBS, IS NOW STREAMED LIVE AT NHPBS.ORG/LIVESTREAM

SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS

TUE Jul 18 | 9 PM NHPBS

Southern creators of literature, music, and film — Billy Bob Thornton, Adia Victoria, Jericho Brown, David Joy, and Mary Steenburgen — reveal deep bonds with the South and the indelible imprint the region has made on their lives and work.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: THE MAN WHO BUILT AMERICA

FRI Jul 7 |9 PM NHPBS EXPLORE

Considered by many to be America’s greatest architect, Frank Lloyd Wright built more than five hundred buildings over the course of a seven-decade career, changing the face of modern architecture. Join architect Jonathan Adams as he explores Wright’s masterpieces.

LES STROUD’S WILD HARVEST

MON-FRI |6:30 PM NH CREATE

Les teaches outdoor and culinary enthusiasts how to harvest and cook with wild, edible ingredients like cattail, mussels, pine mushrooms and more. Travel with Les and chef Paul Rogalski as they take viewers on a foraging adventure, gathering unexpected ingredients across the wilds of North America.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR

SAT Jul 8 | 8 PM NH WORLD

When Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor as the Supreme Court’s first female justice in 1981, the announcement dominated the news.

MORE TO EXPLORE

MOLLY OF DENALI: WISE RAVEN & OLD CROW

MON Jul 10 |7 PM NHPBS KIDS

A new MOLLY OF DENALI special premieres on PBS Kids. In this one-hour special, Molly takes an epic river trip to her family in Canada for a ceremony honoring her grandmother. Come along for more adventures with MOLLY OF DENALI!

OUR HOMETOWN SERIES

THURSDAYS | 7:30 PM NHPBS

RIDLEY SUNDAYS | 8 PM NHPBS

THE

MONDAYS | 9 PM NHPBS

| 3 PM NHPBS

GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE

KEN BURNS: COUNTRY MUSIC SUN Jul 16

STEVE RAICHLEN’S PLANET BARBECUE SATURDAYS |4:30 PM NHPBS

Wed. 7/26

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Traces

Father Brown Ridley Endeavour On Masterpiece**

PBS NewsHour* A

PBS NewsHour* Nature Octopus: Making Contact Human Footprint Strangers In Paradise

PBS NewsHour* Rick Steves Rome

PBS NewsHour* Simon Schama's Power of Art Rembrandt

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The Best of Mr. Bean Traces

Father Brown Ridley Grantchester On Masterpiece

PBS NewsHour* Antiques Roadshow The Great American Recipe

PBS NewsHour* Finding Your Roots Hollywood Royalty Frontline PBS NewsHour* Nature The Whale Detective Human Footprint Top Predator

PBS NewsHour* Rick Steves European Festivals

the Stage

Rosendo's Travelscope Rick Steves' Europe Washington Week Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

PBS NewsHour* Simon Schama's Power of Art David

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The Story of Mr. Bean Doc Martin To The Lighthouse

Father Brown Ridley Grantchester On Masterpiece PBS NewsHour* Antiques Roadshow The Great American Recipe

Rosendo's Travelscope Fly Brother with Ernest White II

PBS NewsHour* Nature Undercover in the Jungle Human Footprint Man's Best Friend

Ireland

Rosendo's Travelscope Windows to the Wild Hikes North of the Whites

Stories from the Stage

Rosendo's Travelscope Rick Steves' Europe Washington Week Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

and Alan: Lost In Scotland**

Frontera with Pati Jinich**

Death

In

Rosendo's Travelscope Rick Steves' Europe

Joseph

Joseph

Thu. 7/27 Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope Our Hometown Wolfeboro Windows to the Wild Hiking with Atticus The Dog

Joseph

Burt

Eat Your Catfish

Iconic

Nova**

Stories from the Stage Miriam and Alan: Lost In Scotland**

Rosendo's Travelscope Rick Steves' Europe Washington Week Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

Almost

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Please Note: Programs on NHPBS Explore begin before 6:30 PM when marked *. Programs end at 10:30 PM unless marked ** This program schedule is subject to change. Go to nhpbs.org/schedule for the most up-to-date listing of programs.