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September–October 2014 Volume 05, Number 05

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Public Media Commons The Nine Network

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Message From the President ublic Media Commons P PBS President Paula Kerger comes to Nine to help celebrate the opening of the Public Media Commons, the Pioneer Spirit Award and our 60th anniversary.

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Send in your favorite memories of KETC/Channel 9/Nine Network. • Stay Tuned wins St. Louis Magazine award. • You’re invited to a special DonnyBash. • Nine broadcasts the seven-hour American Graduate Day. • Top-notch performances cascade over 11 weeks of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. • Meet volunteer Jim Jeske. • Discover original series online from PBS Digital Studios. • Found only online, the kids series Plum Landing. • Antiques Roadshow acts against ivory trade. • Sneak peek at Masterpiece in 2015.

September Listings September Prime Time Kids, Create and World October Listings October Prime Time Repeat Schedule

On the Cover: The new Public Media Commons. Above: The Public Media Commons under construction.

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Ken Burns interweaves stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in his new, epic, 14-hour series.

Nine to Grow On Sesame Street adds a 30-minute show every day. Plus, Start Up returns with episodes featuring St. Louis businesses.

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Nine Network President and CEO Jack Galmiche (L) with St. Louis Public Radio Director and General Manager Tim Eby in the Public Media Commons, located between the two organizations.

Dear Friends, As we begin the celebration of the Nine Network’s 60th anniversary, we are excited to announce the public opening of our new Public Media Commons on Saturday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. This has been—and will continue to be —an amazing collaboration with St. Louis Public Radio and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, in partnership with Grand Center, Inc. and the Sheldon Concert Hall. Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, will join us on the eve of the public opening as we honor Nancy and Ken Kranzberg with our 2014 Pioneer Spirit Award and kick off our 60th anniversary celebration in the Public Media Commons. This is an important opportunity for us to recognize Paula Kerger’s innovative leadership of PBS as the most trusted institution in America. We are extremely grateful to you, our members, for your ongoing support. Some of you have been with us since the beginning, and many of you have been members for decades, encouraging our growth and development. We invite you to share your memories of Nine as we celebrate this milestone in our history. We believe that the Public Media Commons is an extension of the value of public media. And I hope you will join us in expressing appreciation to the local funders who made it possible. They share our vision for a community gathering place that will be an incubator of arts, ideas and creative thinking—a place where people of all ages come together to share stimulating experiences in an open-air media environment. Please join me in thanking the funders of the Public Media Commons: the Emerson Charitable Trust, The Boeing Company, Nancy and Ken

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Kranzberg, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Edward Jones, Interco Charitable Trust, the Richard A. Baker Foundation, the Steward Family Foundation, the WWT Foundation, and the Trio Foundation of St. Louis. We have literally transformed the space bordered by the Nine Network, St. Louis Public Radio and the Sheldon Concert Hall into an innovative playground for the mind and the senses. And we are inviting the community to participate. We welcome you to the Public Media Commons day and night. There will always be something stimulating to experience, but a schedule will be available at PublicMediaCommonsSTL.org in early September. We also welcome your ideas. We’re encouraging the community to collaborate with us in the creation of video and interactive experiences. Already in progress are collaborations with StoryCorps, the Contemporary Art Museum, Feast Magazine, Alarm Will Sound, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Sheldon Concert Hall and TedX Gateway Arch. I can never thank you enough for your support. Yours truly,

Jack Galmiche President and CEO

Secretary David Steward II Members Spencer Burke Dan Burkhardt Marianna Deal Michael A. DeHaven Jeffrey Hall Harvey A. Harris Juanita Hinshaw Janet M. Holloway Edward Koplar Ken Kranzberg Eugene J. Mackey III Jeffrey McDonnell Kim Olson Randy Schilling Jack Schreiber Hugh Scott III Thad Simons Patrick Sly Dr. Donald Suggs Milton P. Wilkins Jr.

Nine Network Senior Staff President and CEO Jack Galmiche Senior Vice President, COO and CFO Richard E. Skalski Senior Vice President of Community Engagement Amy Shaw Vice President of Programming Patricia Kistler Vice President of Engineering and Operations Chrys Marlow Vice President of Production Patrick Murphy Vice President of Marketing and Communication Kay Porter

Open to the Public: The public is invited to meetings of the Nine Network board of directors. For information about Nine’s public meetings, call Cathy Peterson at (314) 512-9017.

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Public Media Commons Opening

Celebrating the Pioneer Spirit in St. Louis and Nine Network’s 60th Anniversary

ine Network members are invited to join us Saturday, September 13 beginning at 7:00 p.m. when the innovative new Public Media Commons opens to the public between the Nine Network and St. Louis Public Radio on Olive Street. An open-air media experience for all ages, the 9,000-square-foot Public Media Commons is flanked on two sides by two-story video walls and features a performance stage, four large interactive screens and a performance stage. The opening evening will include dynamic video demonstrations, interactive experiences, food trucks, entertainment and live music performed by Sleepy Kitty and The Reverbs. Among the featured videos is a showpiece by filmmaker Frank Popper and the world premiere of Electric Pilgrims: Everyone Is Everywhere, designed as a site-specific multiscreen experience for the opening by Van McElwee, internationally acclaimed video artist and professor at Webster University.

Space for the free opening event is limited and registration is required. Registration for members is on a first-come-first-served basis beginning Monday, September 1 at 10:00 a.m. at PublicMediaCommons. eventbrite.com using code NINE. Members and the public are invited to experience the Public Media Commons at any time—day or night—after the opening. The Public Media Commons is a collaboration of the Nine Network of Public Media, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and St. Louis Public Radio. The Public Media Commons is managed by the Nine Network and is privately funded by local contributors. The Public Media Commons was designed by a team from Powers Bowersox Associates Inc. led by Ben Gilmartin, AIA, who previously was a lead designer on the Lincoln Center Promenade. Other elements of the Public Media Commons were designed by Electrosonic, Inc.; Dlandstudio, LLC; Randy Burkett Lighting Design, Inc.; and HDR, Inc. Electrosonic provided audio/visual design and implementation on the Newseum in Washington, D.C., and Millennium Park in Chicago. Continued on page 4

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Celebrating the Pioneer Spirit The night before the Public Media Commons opens to the public on September 13, the Nine Network will celebrate with a gathering of board members, major donors and community leaders. We are proud to mark the beginning of our 60th anniversary with the opening of an innovative new platform for bringing our community together to share experiences that stimulate the arts and creative thinking.

2014 Pioneer Spirit Award Among the contributors to the Public Media Commons are Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, who are being honored that night with the Nine Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2014 Pioneer Spirit Award. The award recognizes those who elevate our region with their visionary leadership and philanthropy. Like our founders, Ken and Nancy Kranzberg are innovative, daring, generous and forward-thinking. They support numerous arts organizations and educational programs that encourage people of all ages to create, succeed and thrive. As contributors to the Public Media Commons, they further demonstrate their enthusiasm for innovation in the arts, and particularly in the Grand Center Arts District, home of the Kranzberg Arts Center. Ken and Nancy Kranzberg epitomize a spirit of possibility that inspires us all.

(L–R) Paula Kerger, Jack Galmiche and Ken and Nancy Kranzberg.

Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS The guest speaker for the evening is Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS. It is significant that she will be with us to share these important milestones in the Nine Network’s history. Her leadership has inspired the content and values that have made PBS the most trusted institution in America. And, under her leadership, PBS has been a pioneer in developing new platforms and modalities for engaging people of all ages in trusted content.

Nine Network’s 60th Anniversary September 20, 2014, marks our 60th anniversary. And we believe it is an occasion to honor and celebrate the remarkable achievement of our founders by looking to an innovative future. Our founders believed that the relatively new medium of television could improve learning and stimulate public dialogue for the purpose of strengthening civic life—if it were non-commercial and dedicated to the public good. With no funding, no facility and no programs, they developed what was known nationally as “The St. Louis Plan”—a plan that would become national educational television and ultimately PBS. At 60, we often garner the largest per capita viewing audience in public television, and our commitment to the public good is stronger than ever. We look to our future as champions of the innovative spirit in our region, serving as an incubator of creative thinking and new ideas. We look to a future of community impact as we collaborate with individuals and organizations to achieve positive outcomes for our region in education, health, the environment, science, the economy and the arts. We look to a future of engaging people of all ages in compelling local and national content, now available on four channels and multiple interactive platforms. We express our gratitude to all who continue to believe in and give their support to the value of public media.

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(L–R) Students at Dewey School watch an education show on Nine in 1960; the Channel 9 Auction; the mid-70s bellydancing series Opa! with Estella Karros; Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath visits Channel 9’s The Letter People.

Looking Good at 60 September 20 begins the Nine Network’s 60th anniversary year. To commemorate those six decades, Nine is collecting memories. It all started that Monday evening in 1954 when General Manager Martin Quigley and Washington University Chancellor Arthur Holly Compton greeted viewers and introduced a play about free thought. Did you see that first broadcast? Did you give a dollar to the volunteers who went door to door collecting money to keep Channel 9 on the air? Did you watch Nine’s educational broadcasts in your classroom? Everyone is invited to contribute one or many memories from any point in Nine’s past. Do you remember being surprised by Nine’s first color broadcast in 1971? Did you volunteer at the Auction? Did you stay up late to watch Steve Martin ring in the new year live from Channel 9’s studio in 1976? Make your memories part of Nine’s celebration. Email memories@ketc.org, phone (314) 512-9617 or write to Memories, Nine Network of Public Media, 3655 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63108. Tell us about your favorite Masterpiece—was it Poldark or Jeeves and Wooster? Does your best bellydancing move come from watching Opa!? Did you meet your husband at Channel 9’s annual winetasting 6

or find your best friend at a play date to watch Sesame Street?

topic each week, while viewers chime in through social media.”

To jog your memories of Nine, visit nineNet.org/memories and view a gallery of photos. Then drop us a note about the time you agreed with both Ray Hartmann and Martin Duggan on the same episode of Donnybrook.

Stay Tuned, hosted by Casey Nolen, airs live Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. on Nine PBS. Since its launch in 2012, the program has covered issues including school accreditation, entrepreneurship, the dropout crisis, health care, elections, immigration reform, the arts, heroin abuse and the death penalty. Episodes can be viewed live online during the broadcast or accessed in the episode archive at staytuned.nineNet.org.

Stay Tuned an A-lister The Nine Network of Public Media’s weekly discussion/public affairs series Stay Tuned won best News Program from the editors of St. Louis Magazine in the publication’s 2014 A-List Awards. The Editors’ Choice award was announced during a surprise visit by St. Louis Magazine staff members to the Nine Network in June. In describing why Stay Tuned won, editors wrote: “Unlike typical TV debate shows that pit partisans against one another in shouting matches, KETCTV’s Stay Tuned bills itself as a ‘conversation,’ ‘bringing more light— less heat—to the issues that matter.’ … Impressive panels of politicians, academics, and journalists share their perspectives on a specific

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Celebrate Nine’s 60th with (L-R) Alvin Reed, Bill McClellan, Charlie Brennan, Wendy Wiese and Ray Hartmann.

Join Us at DonnyBash Be part of the audience for a live Donnybrook broadcast at The Sheldon and experience the new Public Media Commons next to the Nine Network. The annual DonnyBash on October 9 combines the usual fun of a Donnybrook program with pre-show cocktails and post-show desserts to celebrate the Nine Network’s 60th anniversary. The festivities start at 5:00 p.m. in the Public Media Commons. Then at The Sheldon, nineNet.org

enjoy a special history-of-Donnybrook video and watch the show live on stage. Afterward, join the panelists for a Nine Network birthday party back in the Public Media Commons. Order tickets online at nineNet.org or by calling (314) 512-9199 or (800) 729-9966. Tickets are $50 each, or for a $120 sustainer membership, you’ll receive two tickets and a stainless Nine mug. Please order by October 7.

Participants at Nine’s American Graduate Community Town Hall in 2013.

American Graduate Day For more than three years, the Nine Network has been leading American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a local and national initiative to help young people achieve high school graduation and future success. American Graduate involves 75 public media organizations and more than 1,000 community partner organizations nationwide— more than 50 in St. Louis alone. On Saturday, September 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Nine Network will present American Graduate Day, a seven-hour national broadcast to engage the entire country around improving graduation rates. The broadcast will include celebrity guests, compelling stories from students, information about volunteer opportunities and town hall segments. Join the conversation via Twitter at #AmGradSTL and become an American Graduate champion at nineNet.org/AmericanGraduate. American Graduate is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Continued on page 10

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America’s

Roosevelts Ken Burns gives full due to three extraordinary members of one dynamic American family—the Roosevelts.

A frail, asthmatic young Theodore Roosevelt transforms himself into a vigorous champion of the strenuous life, loses one great love and finds another, leads men into battle and then rises like a rocket to become the youngest president in American history at 42. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, brought up as the pampered only child of adoring parents, follows his older cousin’s career with worshipful fascination and begins to think he might one day follow in his footsteps.

Eleanor Roosevelt, the shy orphaned daughter of Theodore’s alcoholic brother, Elliott, marries Franklin, begins a family and finds personal salvation in building a political life of her own. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, the latest film from Ken Burns, intertwines the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics. The series marks the first time their individual stories have been

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woven into a single narrative. The 14-hour documentary airs over seven consecutive nights beginning Sunday, September 14. “The Roosevelts have played significant roles in other stories we’ve told before, from the National Parks to World War II,” says Burns. “It’s impossible, in fact, to visit many parts of the American experience without encountering their presence. But beyond simply sharing a bloodline or political success, they each shared a passionate belief that America

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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

The Roosevelts follows the family’s story for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962. Over the course of those years, Theodore would become the 26th president of the United States, and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd president. Together, they redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, and redefined, as well, the role of the United States within the wider world. The series encompasses

President Theodore Roosevelt with his family in 1903.

all the history the Roosevelts helped to make—the creation of national parks and the digging of the Panama Canal, the New Deal and the defeat of Hitler, and the postwar struggles for civil rights at home and human rights around the world in which Eleanor Roosevelt played a central role. But it is also an intimate human story about love and betrayal, family feeling and personal courage and the conquest of fear. “In The Roosevelts, Ken delves into these three larger-than-life figures in a way that’s never been done before, exploring not only the characteristics that made them such tremendously influential and strong leaders, but also their interpersonal relationships and human, vulnerable qualities,” says Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS. “It’s a wonderful story and we’re very excited to present it to our viewers.” Legendary actress Meryl Streep portrays Eleanor Roosevelt in readings from her personal letters and writings. Of her performance, Burns says, “As we’ve seen time and time again, Ms. Streep nineNet.org

is a magician. Here, she completely transformed herself into Eleanor Roosevelt, simply through her voice. It was remarkable to witness. The entire cast delivers what I consider to be some of the finest voice-over work we’ve ever been fortunate enough to present.” Joining Streep are Paul Giamatti as the voice of Theodore Roosevelt and Edward Herrmann, two-time Emmy Award nominee for his performance as Franklin Roosevelt, as the voice of FDR. Rounding out the cast are Patricia Clarkson, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Keith Carradine, Kevin Conway, Ed Harris, John Lithgow, Josh Lucas, Carl Lumbly, Amy Madigan, Carolyn McCormick, Pamela Reed, Billy Bob Thornton and the late Eli Wallach. The Roosevelts is written by longtime Burns collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward, who is an authority on Franklin Roosevelt. The author of two biographical volumes, A First-Class Temperament and Before the Trumpet, he is also the editor of Closest Companion, which revealed for the first time Roosevelt’s close friendship with his distant cousin, Daisy Suckley. Ward’s interest in FDR grew in part from the fact that he, like FDR, is a polio survivor.

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Congressmen welcome back President Roosevelt after a fishing trip in 1934.

Tune In: The seven-part The Roosevelts: An Intimate History airs Sunday–Saturday, September 14–20 at 7:00 p.m. on Nine PBS. Each episode will repeat immediately at 9:00 p.m. and again at 1:00 a.m. the next evening. It will also be available on multiple digital platforms, including the PBS Video Portal, PBS mobile apps and on-demand beginning the morning after the broadcast and for the following two weeks.

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PBS Arts Fall Festival The 2014 PBS Arts Fall Festival returns in September with 11 weekly programs featuring classic Broadway hits, music from around the country and a theater performance by award-winning actor Nathan Lane. The festival has become a Friday night fall tradition and underscores the Nine Network’s ongoing commitment to giving audiences a front-row seat

and a backstage pass to the best of the arts. The series will be hosted by Emmy and Tony Awardwinning actress Kristin Chenoweth. The festival kicks off on September 26 with Live From Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert With the New York Philharmonic (see page 27). It is followed in subsequent weeks by:

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ustin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years A (October 3), a celebration of the seminal music series featuring guest hosts Jeff Bridges, Sheryl Crow and Matthew McConaughey; L ive From Lincoln Center: The Nance Starring Nathan Lane (October 10), a five-time Tony Award-nominated play;

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T he Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess From San Francisco Opera (October 17), starring bass-baritone Eric Owens as Porgy and soprano Laquita Mitchell as Bess; T ony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE! (October 24) featuring the duo performing songs live from their Cheek to Cheek album; ichael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room M (October 31) with performances by Christine Ebersole, Jessica Sanchez (American Idol), the dynamic tap duo the Manzari Brothers and actress June Squibb (Nebraska); itmakers (November 14), an up-close H look at the changing face of the music industry featuring interviews and performances from Melissa Etheridge, Questlove, Sharon Jones, Steve Aoki and more; a n encore presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical Cats (November 21); and ristin Chenoweth: Coming Home K (November 28), featuring the star in a career-spanning concert in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. n additional program will be A announced later. nineNet.org

Air Force Vet Still Serves James “Jim” Jeske started volunteering at Nine Network six years ago in hopes that he could help make a strong community program even stronger. “I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to support public TV and an opportunity to meet people of like interests,” he says. Throughout his time as a Nine Network volunteer, Jeske has helped out with fundraising drives, participated in community outreach at the Belleville Art Fair, handwritten thank-you notes to Nine members, and packaged and mailed items for Nine contributors. He volunteers at least once a month or whenever he is needed and available.

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While volunteering, Jeske has met some of his favorite Nine Network celebrities such as Bill McClellan and Charlie Brennan. However, he says, “The real celebrities are the other volunteers who volunteer many more hours than I do.” When he’s not volunteering, Jeske works part time as a travel consultant for Global Event Managers. He assists companies in arranging meeting spaces and hotels for business trips and events. It’s no surprise then that Jeske is an advocate for traveling. A graduate from Saint Louis University’s Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Jeske served in the Air Force from January 1968, during the Vietnam War, to July 1995. He says that his time in the Continued on page 12

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Antiques Roadshow Says “No” to Ivory Many programs on Nine PBS—from PBS NewsHour to Nature—have explored the damage done by the ivory trade to elephant populations around the world. In June, Antiques Roadshow acknowledged its recognition of the problem when PBS announced that the program will no longer feature carved ivory tusks on air and will remove past ivory appraisals from the series’ archive. Antiques Roadshow will continue to feature historical items made with Continued on page 14

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Antiques Roadshow’s new policy on ivory is good for elephants.

ivory, such as musical instruments made with an ivory inlay, but will use the opportunity to offer context and educate viewers not only about the historical and cultural significance of the object, but also about the larger issues at hand.

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“We commend Antiques Roadshow on their decision to cease appraisals of ivory tusks,” says John Calvelli, Wildlife Conservation Society executive vice president of public affairs. “Antiques Roadshow’s commitment to educating their viewers about the ivory crisis and the issues surrounding it could directly impact the demand for ivory, both legal and illegal, in the United States.”

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Masterpiece News Filming has begun in England on Wolf Hall, an adaptation for Masterpiece of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novel about the rise of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The six-part miniseries will air in 2015 and star Damian Lewis (Homeland) as Henry VIII, Mark Rylance as Cromwell, Jonathan Pryce (Cranford) as Cardinal Wolsey, Joanne Whalley (The Borgias) as Katherine of Aragon and Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife) as Anne Boleyn’s sister-inlaw Jane Rochford. nineNet.org

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PNC ARTS ALIVE KEEPING THE ARTS THRIVING We know what art can do, how it changes perspectives, even changes lives. That’s why the PNC Foundation has extended its commitment to the arts with PNC Arts Alive in the Greater St. Louis area. This six-year, $2-million initiative supports the visual and performing arts. From classical music to film to dance and theater, we’re committed to keeping the arts alive. To learn more about this new initiative, go to pncartsalive.com.

Born in 1900, Lucille Papendick lived in an antique-filled home on Victor Street until her death in 1992. She left a gift to the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation. She asked that it be used to support the arts, culture, education and other charitable needs of the community — the organizations she loved during her lifetime and those yet to come.

$340,000: Lucille’s gift to the Community Foundation $425,000: Value of her fund today $301,500: Total grants to nonprofits to date ©2013 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved. CON PDF 0113-078-130003

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The Nine Network of Public Media gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, foundations and businesses for their leadership gifts of $1,000 and above for annual operating support and our capacity campaign, Igniting the Spirit of Possibility.

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Anonymous (1) American Direct Marketing Resources America’s Promise Arthur & Helen Baer Charitable Foundation AT&T Richard A. Baker Foundation The Boeing Company The Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis Ms. Velma R. Boyer Dan and Connie Burkhardt The Citi Foundation Ms. Maxine Clark & Mr. Robert Fox Demetrick M. Coleman Corporation for Public Broadcasting Dana Brown Charitable Trust Victor & Selene DeLiniere Charitable Foundation Harry Edison Foundation Edward Jones Emerson Electric Steve and Mary Frank Ms. Juanita Hinshaw & Mr. Ted Harrison Interco Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Henry O.* Johnston Mary Ranken Jordan & Ettie Jordan Charitable Foundation Kranzberg Family Foundation Magnificent Missouri James S. McDonnell Family Foundation Jeff and Jennifer McDonnell Missouri Foundation for Health Missouri Humanities Council Newman’s Own Foundation Nidec Motor Corporation Norman J. Stupp Foundation Olson Family Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Pershing Charitable Trust Emily Rauh Pulitzer Regional Arts Commission Sage Foundation Silk Foundation Patrick and Peggy Sly

David & Thelma Steward Mary Strauss St. Louis County Economic Development Partnership Local Sustainability Funders Group of St. Louis The Trio Foundation of St. Louis Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Wittcoff WNET Edward H. & Rosemary Young Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation

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Arts & Faith St. Louis Bank of America Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berges Center of Creative Arts Mr. Jim Cowan Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Fagerness Roxanne H. Frank Linda and Michael Honigfort Dr. and Mrs. James G. Janney Ms. Margaret A. Kiefer Mr. and Mrs. Ward Klein Missouri American Water Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Foundation Nidec Motor Corporation Peters Family Fund Mr. Lewis B. Shepley David and Thelma Steward

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Anonymous (2) Spencer and Phoebe Burke Mary Jo Cannon Dr. William H. Danforth Julian I. and Hope R. Edison Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Ernst Pepe and Terry Finn Ms. Judith F. Gall Jack and Rosemary Galmiche Ms. Margaret Gilleo and Mr. Charles Guenther Jr. Avrom and Claiborne Handleman

Jim and Jan Holloway Mr. Thomas Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. John F. McDonnell Ms. Eddie Rosenheim Dr. Irene Schulze, Irene T. Schulze Charitable Foundation of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Bill and Jo Ann Wehmeier Ms. Vanessa Welch

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Anonymous (13) Jennifer Adamo Barbara and Ernest Adelman Scott Anderson and Robin Weinberg Fred and JoAnn Arnold Mr. Charles Arthur III Charles Avery and Ellen Dennis Bill and Maureen Bachmann Mr. and Mrs. Newell A. Baker Bob and Fran Balk Mary-Randolph Ballinger Roger and Elaine Barnhill Mr. Anthony Bassett Mr. Robert J. Baudendistel Mr. Robert Bauer Donald and Carolyn Beimdiek Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Bisch Mr. and Mrs. Van-Lear Black III Mrs. Jane Bliss Ms. Nan Boileau Cynthia and Thomas Bottini Ms. Kelly Brendel Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Judy Brust Mr. William W. Bryant Nancy and Bill Burchfield Ms. Allison Burgess and Mr. Roger Kepner Donald and Claudia Busiek Bruce Butler Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Chartock Mr. and Mrs. Charles Claggett Mr. Samuel B. Clark Communication Center #1 Mr. W. Joseph Connolly Ms. Ann M. Corrigan Beverly M. Cowell

Mrs. Henry Day Wanda and Michael DeHaven Mrs. George B. Desloge, George and Mary Rose Desloge Family Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Mrs. Barbara Doisy Ms. Constance Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Quintus L. Drennan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Duggan Mrs. William Eiseman Jr. James and Lionelle Elsesser Mr. Richard G. Engelsmann Max & Melba Erlich Charitable Foundation Mr. Paul Evensen Mr. and Mrs. Leon Felman Dr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Finn Bill and Peggy Foege Gretta Forrester, Gretta Forrester Family Fund of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Mr. Macquorn R. Forrester Ms. Hazel Forster Ms. Linda Gambaro Ms. Bettie L. Gershman John and Dora Gianoulakis Mrs. Joseph F. Gleason Mr. and Mrs. Marvin B. Goldman Ms. Barbara Goodman Frank Goudsmit and Michelle Zielinski Mrs. Sharon Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hardgrove Robert H. and Katherine P. Harper Harvey and Judy Harris Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hartmann Richard Haupt Mrs. Patricia G. Hecker, Hecker Family Charitable Foundation of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Suzie and Ted Heimburger Gayla and Richard Heppe Mrs. Wells A. Hobler Debra Hollingsworth and Mark Stacye Jerry, Patti, Bob & Patty Holschen Lotsie and Rick Holton Mrs. W. R. Horlacher Jr.

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The Janklow Family Mrs. Bettie S. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. D. Scott Johnson Karen S. Kalish, Estelle W. & Karen S. Kalish Foundation of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation John Kavanaugh Mr. Norman H. Klayman* Ward & Carol Klein Robert and Caralmae Knickmeyer Mr. David Krausch Kuhn Foundation Linda K. Lahman and David Wood Mr. David Landesman Mr. and Mrs. Ned Lemkemeier Mrs. Arthur Lieber Jr. Marvin and Charlotte Liefer Mrs. Lucy Lopata* Mr. Paul G. Lorenzini Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Mackey III Ms. Phyllis Maritz Ms. Katherine Marshak Jane McCammon* Tom and Linda McCrackin Sherry McCrory Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III

Mrs. Sanford N. McDonnell Thomas McGowan Mrs. Mary C. McManus Constance and John McPheeters Ms. Lucy Ann Mehl Tim and Wanda Michels Millcreek Watershed Coalition Mr. and Mrs. John C. Miller, John C. and Bette B. Miller Charitable Foundation of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Mleczko Ms. Virginia Moellenhoff Helen and Robert Mustell Philip and Sima Needleman David Norman, M.D. Ms. Rose Oberbeck Ray and Grace Pettyjohn Gordon and Susie Philpott Drs. William and Barbara Pickard Bill and Jane Pohlman Mrs. Ellen Post Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Prebish Mr. David M. Reissig Bruce and Jane Robert Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Roeslein

Nancy Rosenstock Mr. Philip Roush John and Elizabeth Samet Tom and Mary Pat Santel Mr. John R. Sares June M. Saxton Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Scharf Mr. John A. Schiffman Mrs. William C. Schock Jack A. and Sheryl A. Schreiber Kenneth and Patricia Schutte Dr. and Mrs. Ben Schwartz Mr. Russell K. Scott Marian Senger Mrs. Warren Shapleigh Dan and Sandy Shasserre Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Shaw Mrs. William H. Sheffield Martin Shrader and Jean Cody Anita Siegmund Thad and Betty Simons David and Dot Soldavini Richard and Phyllis Steckel Mr. and Mrs. David I. Steinberg William W. and Mary Stewart

Stupp Bros. Bridge & Iron Co. Foundation Mrs. Patricia N. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Tegeler Dr. Rudy Thalmann Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Trame Ms. Sarah Trulaske Genevieve Turner Mrs. Henry Uhlemeyer Mike and Carol Underriner Emily and Steven Walton Terry and Phyllis Weiss Mrs. Marjorie Whitcraft Ms. Mary L. Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Wilkins Jr. Bruce and Trish Williams Mr. and Mrs. James R. Williamson Mon Wong Ms. Joyce Wood Kathleen Wood and Paul D. Taylor Susan Yager Donald and Constance Zimpfer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zwart

Mercy Children’s Hospital Midwest Valet Parking Missouri History Museum Mizzou International Composers Festival Monsanto Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau Pairings Catering PNC Bank Primary Network Ranken Jordan Pediatric Specialty Hospital Saint Louis Art Museum The Sheldon Concert Hall Smith Moore & Co.

South County Urological, Inc. St. Louis Altenheim St. Louis Art Fair St. Louis Business Journal Women’s Conference St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Classical Guitar Society St. Louis Community College St. Louis Mercantile Library St. Louis Regional Chamber St. Louis Science Center St. Louis Speakers Series St. Louis Symphony Western Governors University Wildflowers, LLC Worn Vintage Rental

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CORPORATE UNDERWRITERS Agency for Community Transit/Ridefinders AKC Museum of the Dog Art on the Square Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Build-A-Bear Workshop Bunge North America Butler’s Pantry Callier’s Catering Central Trust & Investment Company Ces and Judy’s Catering Chaumette Vineyards The Curtain Exchange Delta Dental

The Fabulous Fox Theatre Fazio’s Frets and Friends Flotron & McIntosh Strategic Governmental Consultants The Gatesworth Gourmet Food Works and First Impressions Catering at the Bevo Mill Grand Center, Inc. The Jewish Federation Kodner Gallery The Little Gym of South County and St. Charles LoRusso’s Catering The Magic House McCarthy Holdings, Inc.

Gifts from individuals were received for the Nine Network’s Fiscal Year 2014 (July 2013 through June 2014). For more information or revisions, contact Roya Bromell at (314) 512-9129 or rbromell@ketc.org. For information about underwriting, contact Peggy Goodfriend at (314) 512-9165 or pgoodfriend@ketc.org.

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Sesame Street Jr. Since 1969, when kids and parents first heard the sing-songy opening notes of the Sesame Street theme song, they could count on sitting down to a full hour of education and entertainment from Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Bob, Gordon and Susan. Starting September 1, PBS is adding 30 minutes to each day’s Sesame Street fun. The usual, hour-long Sesame Street will continue airing at 9:00 a.m. Monday–Friday. At 2:30 p.m., a bonus half-hour episode will air, a shortened version of the hour-long show that will also air Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 a.m. Plus, for the first time, selected full episodes of the 30-minute show will be available for free online at pbskids.org/video, on the PBS Kids Video App and on the PBS Kids Roku channel. PBS Kids reached 11.9 million low-income families last year, many of whom do not have access to cable or satellite TV. Since its debut on PBS in 1969, Sesame Street has won more Emmy Awards than any other show in TV history. 18

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Start Up Starts Season Two This summer St. Louis’ thriving small-business community attracted the attention of the producers of Start Up, a series that profiles the real-life experiences of average Americans who launch their own businesses. In June, producers Gary Bredow and Jenny Feterovich brought Stivers (L) and Bredow between takes. their crew to town to record segments for season two of the series. It returns to Nine PBS on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. beginning September 6. Episodes featuring St. Louis-area locations begin October 25. Bredow and Feterovich were so excited by local entrepreneurs with unique and successful business ideas that they extended their shooting schedule in the region by two days. St. Louis was a “must stop,” they agree, adding that they even planned this season’s Midwest-centric episodes around going to St. Louis. One reason for choosing St. Louis, Bredow says, is because “we knew the level of support that we had from the Nine Network here.” The other reason, he continues, is “the level of support that the community has for entrepreneurship and small businesses has been made known to us on multiple occasions from several different people.” While in town they visited Strange Donuts and Orbit Pinball Lounge, both in Maplewood, Cleveland Heath restaurant in Edwardsville, and Made for Freedom in Richmond Heights, a clothing company that employs former victims of human trafficking. The Made for Freedom story includes an interview with Ginger Imster of Arch Grants. For the series’ “expert advice” segments, producers also taped an interview with Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square Inc. Sprinkled throughout local pieces viewers might also notice footage shot on Art Hill, in the University City Loop and at the Arch.

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