WTTW Digital Channel Highlights
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Saturday, August 14 and 21 at 8:00 pm
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules
Craft in America Marathon Sunday, August 22 at 11:00 am
WTTW Create WTTW Create is our how-to and lifestyle programming channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW Create is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW Create programming airs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
The Peabody Award-winning series explores America’s creative spirit through the language and traditions of handmade arts, and will take you on a journey to the artists, origins, and techniques of American craft. Each episode features stories from diverse regions and cultures, blending history with living practice and exploring issues of identity, ritual, philosophy, and creative expression.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: A life-size figure sculpted by Cristina Córdova
Doc World: Road Runners Sunday, August 1 at 10:00 pm
WTTW World WTTW World features public media’s signature documentary, science, and news programming complemented by original content from emerging producers. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers tune to channel 11-3. WTTW World is on Comcast digital cable channel 369 and on RCN channel 38. WTTW World airs from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am.
In Montego Bay, Jamaica, three athletes from Spot Valley High School prepare to compete in the island’s greatest sporting event: Champs. This special follows the students over a year while highlighting the historic and contemporary issues of the island. See what it means to grow up in Jamaica, and learn why these young athletes are striving for success that could determine the rest of their lives.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: A member of the Spot Valley High School team
Molly of Denali: Molly and the Great One Friday, August 20 at 6:00 pm Molly learns about Grandpa Nat’s dream to climb to the top of Denali in honor of the first person to do so, real-life Alaska native Walter Harper. Molly tries to get Grandpa and her father to climb North America’s highest mountain!
WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-4. The WTTW PBS Kids 24/7 is on Comcast digital channels 368 and on RCN channel 39.
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Photo: Courtesy of Denise Kang
Pictured: Jack Johnson
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WTTW Prime is our “prime time all the time” channel. Free TV, over-the-air antenna viewers can tune to channel 11-2 to find WTTW Prime. WTTW Prime is on Comcast digital cable channel 370 and on RCN channel 37.
Full schedule online at wttw.com/schedules Pictured: Molly of Denali
Image: © 2021 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.
WTTW Prime
This film by Ken Burns chronicles the life and career of boxer Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of the 20th century. Johnson ultimately lost his title in a bout in Cuba in 1915, after fleeing the United States following his federal conviction for allegedly violating the Mann Act, a Progressive-Era law intended to crackdown on commercialized vice but used against Johnson to create an example against, to quote the prosecutor, “the evils of miscegenation.”
Photo: Otto Sarony Co.; Library of Congress
These digital channels are available with digital cable or over the air with a digital receiver. For more information about digital television and for complete schedules, visit wttw.com/schedule.
