WXXI Station Signals - February 2009

The Promised Land: Different Takes on the Legacy of Martin Luther King Saturday, February 7 at 3 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5-2

Backstage Pass with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Friday, February 13 at 1 p.m. on Classical 91.5/HD91.5-1

STATION SIGNALS TV21 | DTV | AM1370 | FM91.5/90.3/88.5/HD | REACHOUT RADIO | EDUCATION | WXXI.ORG

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NOTE: CONGRESS MAY DELAY DTV TRANSITION > page 3

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Dear Friend, As I write this month’s letter, it appears that the new President and Congress may delay the planned end of analog television broadcasting scheduled for February 17. This is in large part a response to the federal government running out of coupons to help over-the-air television viewers purchase digital converter boxes.

It’s a problem that needs to be addressed. It is also a reaction to finding out how important free over-the-air television is to so many people in the country, especially in rural areas and the inner city. We’ll continue to provide the latest information about the transition on television, radio and online, especially since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) selected WXXI to help lead the community education effort about the transition to digital TV. You can read more about the FCC contract we were awarded on page 5.

If you already have a digital converter box, I encourage you to hook it up and make sure it’s working properly. If you have questions, we’ll be able to help. Best of all, you’ll receive additional digital channels from WXXI – more educational programming, more news and information, and more of the programs that you’ve always enjoyed. Whether the transition takes place on February 17, or in June as proposed, we’ll be here to help you through it. Again, if you already have a digital television receiver, or you subscribe to cable or satellite, you won’t need a converter box. You’ll continue to receive your favorite programs without any changes.

Of more immediate concern to the future of WXXI is a proposal by Governor Paterson to slash by 50% state operating aid to public broadcasting. This would have a very negative impact on programs and services provided by WXXI (especially educational programs). In these difficult economic times, everyone is making sacrifices and tightening belts (and we’re no exception). A 50% cut, however, is out of proportion to other reductions in the education budget. Please let Governor Paterson and your Assembly Members and State Senators know that you support a restoration of operating funds for public broadcasting. We’ll keep you posted on our progress on our website, WXXI.org.

In the meantime, I want to share some very good news with you on community support for WXXI. I am gratified to report that we have about 1,000 more members today than at the same time a year ago, a solid show of support for public radio and public television in the Greater Rochester area. The latest independent Nielsen ratings for WXXI-TV were the best in nearly a decade, especially for our documentaries and news and public affairs programming (we continue to have the largest audience for children’s programming of any station locally). I trust you agree that our Albany correspondent, Karen DeWitt, has done an outstanding job keeping our radio listeners informed about the State’s fiscal situation (and changes in control of the Legislature).

Finally, take a few minutes to review our line-up celebrating African-American history this month.

It’s the kind of in-depth educational and enlightening programming you only find on public broadcasting.

Thanks for helping to make it possible through your support for WXXI. Have a Happy Valentine’s Day and let’s all hope for an early spring!

Best regards,

Norm Silverstein, WXXI President & CEO e-mail: norms@wxxi.org

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Contents Highlights ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cover Story ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In the Neighborhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Television ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Executive Staff Norm Silverstein, President & CEO Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President & General Manager Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology & Operations Elissa Orlando, Vice President, Television WXXI Board of Trustees Officers Sergio Esteban, Chair Diana Kurty, Vice Chair Steven Swartout, Treasurer Beth Ela Wilkens, Secretary Member Magazine Staff Jon Haliniak, Executive Editor Kristin Tutino, Editor Lynne Sánchez-Fries, Television Listings Editor Rhonda Austin, Radio Listings Editor Lili Schwartz, Designer Canfield & Tack, Printer Layer One Media, Mailhouse Advertising Sales Robin Stone, Assistant VP of Sales & Marketing Rachael Kriteman-Landau, Director of Sales & Marketing Account Executives, Sales & Marketing

Douglas Spencer, George Radney, and Vlad Stefanovic

MENDELSSOHN MADNESS Classical 91.5 celebrates Felix Medelssohn’s 200th anniversary of his birth by presenting musical selections to honor his work on February 3. See page 27 for details.

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out & about

SISTERS OF SELMA COVER PHOTO: AP WIDE WORLD; LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET PHOTO:WWW.LAGQ.COM

Take a Tour!

Wednesday, February 25 at 2 p.m.

Please join us for a tour of our facilities. See where Simon Pontin hosts The Sunshine Show on Classical 91.5, check out the studios where Homework Hotline, Need to Know, and Assignment: The World are shot, and learn what goes on in Master Control.

Call (585) 258-0200 to reserve your spot for the next WXXI tour.

At Your Service!

Member & Audience Services ............ 585.258.0200 WXXI Main Number ........................ 585.325.7500 Service Interruptions ....................... 585.258.0331 Audience Response Line .................. 585.258.0360 Copies of Local Programs................. 585.258.0369 Reachout Radio ............................ 585.258.0333 Educational Resources .................... 585.258.0278 Volunteer Services.......................... 585.258.0255 Corporate Sponsorships................... 585.258.0285 Auction/Special Events .................... 585.258.0287 Newsroom ................................... 585.258.0340 WXXI On-line ................................ www.wxxi.org February 2009 Volume XXXX, Issue2 WXXI is a public non-commercial broadcasting station owned and operated by WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, a not-for-profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents of New York State. “Station Signals” (USPS 0742-390) is published monthly at 280 State Street, Rochester, NY 14614 to promote the programs and activities of the public broadcasting stations.

Periodical mailing postage paid at Rochester, N.Y. POSTMASTER: Send changes of address information to WXXI Program Guide, Membership Department, P.O. Box 30021, Rochester, NY 14603-3021. * Please note that all programs are subject to change.

For up-to-date program listings, please consult your daily newspaper or log onto wxxi.org.

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Celebrating Black History Month CONGRESS CONSIDERS DELAYING THE FEBRUARY 17 ANALOG SHUT OFF DATE. STAY TUNED TO WXXI FOR MORE DETAILS. Lady Writes the Blues: The Rose Marie McCoy Story airs Saturday, February 14 at 3 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5-2

WXXI VOICES LECTURE Producer/Director Katrina Browne presents her film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North at 12 noon on Sunday, February 22 at WXXI’s Studios, 280 State Street in Rochester.

At the end of the American Revolution, thousands of African-American slaves risked everything to fight for the British in exchange for a promise of freedom.

John Clarkson, a young Royal Navy lieutenant, was sent to North America by British abolitionists to fulfill that promise. According to plan, each slave would be resettled in Nova Scotia. However, when that frigid, rocky terrain proved inhospitable to those who had worked the cotton fields of the Deep South, Clarkson arranged for them to be transported across the Atlantic to Sierra Leone.

Using journals, diaries and autobiographical accounts, writer-narrator Simon Schama (Simon Schama’s Power of Art) reconstructs this epic journey. Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings, airing Monday, February 16 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD, is just one of many television and radio programs WXXI will broadcast to commemorate Black History Month. For radio programs, see page 35, and for a complete list of radio and television specials, visit WXXI.org/bh.

WXXI is also hosting its second annual African American Educational Awareness Film Series, every Saturday in February from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at its studios (280 State Street). The screenings, each followed by a discussion, are free and open to the public. Read more about the series, the films featured and how to reserve your seat by turning to page 7.

Finally, on Sunday, February 22 at 12 noon, WXXI presents a very special screening and lecture with producer/director Katrina Browne. Her documentary, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, a P.O.V. presentation, is about Browne’s slave-trading ancestors and their complicity in slavery. See the back cover of this program guide for details about the Voices lecture and ticket information.

Memories of the Movement: A Black History Month Special hosted

by Tavis Smiley airs Saturday, February 21 at 3 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2.

FCC SELECTS WXXI TO LEAD THE REGION’S DTV OUTREACH EFFORT On January 8, 2009 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) selected WXXI as one of 12 agencies across the country to assist the FCC with its DTV consumer education program. With this contract WXXI will implement an outreach initiative to help over-the-air viewers in the Greater Rochester area prepare for the digital transition. WXXI will build on the work it has already done, and dedicate more effort in reaching those who need help the most – seniors, citizens in rural areas, disabled citizens, and minority communities.

The contract will be used to provide: a toll-free telephone help center where trained technicians and personnel will be on hand to answer callers’ questions 14 hours a day; a “street team” crew of converter box installers to provide in-home assistance to those needing more assistance than through a phone call; educational community based events and educational print pieces.

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DTV Transition Delay

Still have questions?

Even though Congress may delay the analog shut off date, you shouldn’t delay being prepared for the DTV Transition. So are you ready? If you have cable, or subscribe to satellite TV, then you are! Your television signal will not be affected by the digital transition as long as you keep your cable or satellite subscription.

If you receive your TV signal through an antenna and you do not subscribe to a pay-TV service, then you will lose your television signal when analog is shut off.

You have one of three options to insure you don’t lose it:

Here are few commonly asked questions we’ve been asked.

1. Purchase a digital television converter box, 2. Subscribe to a pay-TV service, such as cable or satellite, 3. Or, replace your TV with a new digital tuner equipped TV. DTVs are available starting at just $100.00.

Where did DT 21.4 go? The programming on WXXI-DT 21.4 has merged into WXXI’s high definition channel, WXXI-DT 21.1. All your favorite programs, many in high definition, can now be found on WXXI-DT 21.1 (cable 11 or cable 1011).

What about my VCR, DVD player, camcorder, and gaming console?

Will I be able to use them with a digital television set? Yes. Digital television sets are “backward compatible,” meaning existing analog equipment (VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, video games, etc.) will work on digital TV sets. However, their video will only be displayed in the maximum resolution that is available with each analog product. Manufacturers are producing a number of different connectors to hook equipment together and improve picture and sound quality when DTVs are used with existing analog equipment. Check with your retailer to determine the types of connectors that will work with your equipment.

How do I know if I already have a digital TV (DTV)? Many DTVs and digital television equipment will have labels or markings on them, or statements in the informational materials that came with them, to indicate that they contain digital tuners. These labels or markings may contain the words “Integrated Digital Tuner,” “Digital Tuner Built-In,” “Digital Receiver,” or “Digital Tuner,” “DTV,” “ATSC,” or “HDTV” (High Definition television).

SPOTLIGHT ON A WXXI BUSINESS PARTNER

Rowe Photo, Video and Audio “Many people do not realize that Rowe Photo is not just a photo store anymore. We have a fully Rowestaffed audio, video installation department with an A/V department that has grown in the last two years to require the support of ten trucks!”

—Richard Rowe President, Rowe Photo, Video and Audio

It is certainly an impressive achievement that a local business has served the Rochester area for more than 110 years and through three generations.

Charles M. Rowe opened his business in 1898, and today it is still managed as a family-run business by his grandson, Richard Rowe. Rowe Photo, Video and Audio is a consumer retail store with three locations: Mt. Hope Avenue, Greece, and Webster. Rowe has evolved over the years. Today Rowe sells photo equipment, such as digital cameras, tripods, lenses, gadget bags, batteries, digital picture frames, and video camcorders. In addition, it sells flat panel high-def TVs, video furniture, video projectors, and DVD players, as well as a large variety of audio components, audio furniture, and loudspeakers.

Rowe’s in-house installation staff handles custom installation of flat panel TVs, whole house audio systems, and programming of single remote control systems in homes and commercial businesses.

Richard Rowe explained Rowe’s partnership with WXXI: “I have always loved PBS programming, which has entertained and educated me for a long time. No other vehicle can bring you this kind of local, national, and world information. I am now proud to be able to support WXXI, their programming, and the good that they bring to the community. The citizens who listen and view what WXXI has to offer are highly educated, have greater spending power, and seem to care greatly about their community. Since 1898 this has always been our customer base, and by partnering with WXXI we can remind our patrons, in a subtle way, of our presence in the marketplace.”

When asked if he has any favorite WXXI programs, Mr. Rowe’s response was, “I like This Old House, Antiques Roadshow, and many of the special shows that only PBS can produce.”

www.rowephoto.com

EYES ON THE PRIZE PHOTO: JAMES KARALES/BETTMANN/CORBIS MONTAGE: ALISON KENNEDY FOR WGBH DESIGN; CHISHOLM 72 PHOTO: COURTESY OF ARLIE SCHOTT

To learn more call WXXI’s DTV help center at 1-800-866-348-9994 or visit WXXI.org/dtv.

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Please join us African American Educational Awareness Film Festival WXXI is proud to host, for the second year in a row, the African American Educational Awareness Film Festival. Please join us Saturdays in February from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at WXXI Studios, 280 State Street, Rochester, for a special screening of some powerful documentaries as we “remember the past, but embrace the future.” Admission to this educational film series is free and open to the public. Each film will be presented by a special guest from the Rochester community, followed by a Q & A session. For more information contact Shelley Figueroa at (585) 258-0278 or email sfigueroa@wxxi.org.

Sisters of Selma

“Remember the past, but embrace the future.”

February 7 EYES ON THE PRIZE PHOTO: JAMES KARALES/BETTMANN/CORBIS MONTAGE: ALISON KENNEDY FOR WGBH DESIGN; CHISHOLM 72 PHOTO: COURTESY OF ARLIE SCHOTT

Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come (1964-66) The insistent call for power is heard in the civil rights movement, lead by Malcolm X and the SNCC.

Two Societies (1965-68) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helps Chicago’s civil rights leaders struggle against segregated housing. Special guest, Dr. David Anderson, Freedom Trail Commission.

Chisholm 72

February 14 Eyes on the Prize: Power! (1966-68) The Black Panther Party is born in Oakland, while Carl Stokes becomes the mayor of Cleveland.

The Promised Land (1967-68) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. publicly opposes the war in Vietnam and the Poor People’s Campaign begins.

February 21 Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change In 1965, a courageous group of St. Louis nuns traveled to Selma, Ala., to support the voting rights of blacks in what was an unprecedented political action by Catholic sisters.

February 28 Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed Brooklyn-based Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm made history when she vied for the presidency in 1972. This event is a collaboration with P.O.V., PBS’ award-winning non-fiction series.

Visit www.pbs.org/pov. Special guest, City of Rochester Councilmember Lovely A. Warren, Esq.

For a full schedule of all Black History month programming on WXXI-TV and radio, visit www.WXXI.org/bh.

Sponsored by: WXXI, Pothos Productions, Operation Higher Learning, Freedom Trail Commission, USA Youth Soccer Academy, WHTK-1280 “What’s Going on with Brown & Allen,” Families & Friends of Murdered Children & Victims of Violence.

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You may wonder what you can do to impact the future of our community.

A gift to WXXI is truly a gift to the entire community.

Nearly everyone is touched in some way by the programming and services we offer and your support with your membership: > Education > Public affairs and civic dialogue > Arts and Culture > Services for the disabled > Health initiatives Planned Giving Vehicles include: > Bequests through your will > Charitable Gift Annuities that pay you income throughout your lifetime as well as a charitable deduction > Through 2009, you may make a gift to WXXI directly from your IRA. If you would like information on how to make a planned gift, please contact Kathy Russell Reed at (585) 258-0319 or at krussell@wxxi.org. You can also find out more about planned gifts and even calculate your income and tax advantages at our website www.wxxi. org. Click on ‘Support WXXI’ and then on ‘Planned Giving.’

WXXI…Be More…Invested!

Welcomes DAVID CAY JOHNSTON Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author David Cay Johnston, will join WXXI this month. Johnston is contributing to WXXI’s Center for Public Affairs programming on television, radio and the Web. As part of the Center’s mission to promote deeper understanding of community issues, Johnston begins with a four-part economic history series, How Did We Get Here?

It premieres on Need to Know beginning Friday, Feb. 6 at 8:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV. This unique series traces our economic system to the beginning of civilization, revealing founding principles and age-old struggles that have survived thousands of years of humanity. Each week, Johnston will provide an engaging new perspective on our current economic plight, through the words of philosophers, ancient stone carvings, powerful leaders, and an eloquent peasant.

Johnston recently retired from The New York Times, where he was a senior reporter covering tax policy and other economic issues. Johnston is also a columnist for the journal Tax Notes, and teaches the law of the ancient world at Syracuse University Law School. He is also the author of New York Times bestsellers Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch.

MEMBERCARD PLUS BENEFIT OF THE MONTH Rochester Museum Science Center & Planetarium 657 East Avenue Rochester

Valid for 2-for-1 admission during the month Featuring ‘GPS Adventures’ through March 15 For details call (585) 271-4320

PHOTO: PICTURE HISTORY AND GATES: CREDIT: PAM RISDON, CABLE RISDON PHOTOGRAPHY

Perhaps you are supporting a variety of organizations so you are “spreading the wealth”, but want to make a more lasting impression. Have you ever considered one of the many planned giving opportunities available? There are gifts that can leave a legacy for generations to come. Some vehicles offer lifetime income for you or a loved one and may have significant tax advantages.

MING PHOTO: ANTHONY TIEULI FOR WGBH

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MING PHOTO: ANTHONY TIEULI FOR WGBH

A Moveable Feast WITH AMERICA’S FAVORITE CHEFS Don’t miss this special salute to American cooking traditions, featuring six of the country’s favorite chefs to represent the diversity of food and culture that makes the US the world’s great melting pot: Simply Ming’s Ming Tsai; Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie’s Ruth Reichl; Lidia’s Italy’s Lidia Bastianich; Mexico - One Plate at a Time’s Rick Bayless; Made In Spain’s José Andrés; and America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated’s Chris Kimball.

Setting the stage for a show full of mouth-watering dishes perfect for family and friends, the program begins with all of the chefs sharing the stage in a communal kitchen. Then, in the spirit of a potluck dinner, each chef contributes a single course to the banquet, then “passes the plate” to the next chef. It concludes with all six chefs tasting the dishes of their colleagues at this one-of-a-kind progressive dinner and sharing stories about their dishes.

A MOVEABLE FEAST WITH AMERICA’S FAVORITE CHEFS airs Saturday, February 28 at 11:30 a.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1, cable1011, cable 11) Ming Tsai

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Looking for PHOTO: PICTURE HISTORY AND GATES: CREDIT: PAM RISDON, CABLE RISDON PHOTOGRAPHY

LINCOLN In celebration of the Lincoln Bicentennial, WXXI is pleased to present Looking for Lincoln, a two-hour special that explores the life and legacy of the man widely considered one of America’s best and most enigmatic presidents. Hosted by Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Gates shows how the Lincoln legend grew out of controversy, greed, love, clashing political perspectives, power struggles and considerable disagreement over how the 16th president should be remembered. His quest to piece together Lincoln’s complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, DC, and face-to-face with people who live with Lincoln every day—relic hunters, re-enactors and others for whom the study of Lincoln is a passion.

LOOKING FOR LINCOLN airs Wednesday, February 11 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1, cable1011, cable 11)

Forgotten Ellis Island FORGOTTEN ELLIS ISLAND brings the lost history of Ellis Island Hospital to life—and reminds viewers how America became the diverse nation it is today. For more than five decades, the 22 brick buildings that once housed Ellis Island Hospital were abandoned, left to ruin. A tree had sprouted through the linoleum floor outside one of the hospital’s four operating rooms. Vines of ivy grew through cracks in the windows lining the 500-foot-long hallway that connected the many hospital wards, autopsy amphitheatre and kitchens. Lost were the stories of the immigrant patients who lay in beds with a view of the Statue of Liberty, remembered only by the generation PHOTO: U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES that had lived them.

FORGOTTEN ELLIS ISLAND airs Monday, February 2 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1, cable1011, cable 11)

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TV SCHEDULE

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| Nature “Prince of the Alps” | Masterpiece Classic “Sense and Sensibility” Part 1 | Doc Martin 2 MON | Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 2 | Polio Crusade: American Experience | Forgotten Ellis Island 3 TUE | NOVA “The Spy Factory” | Frontline “My Father, My Brother and Me” | Independent Lens “... Petey Greene” 4 WED | Monarchy…Royal Family “State Visit, Pt. 1” | George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize | PBS Previews 5 THU | This Old House Hour | Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 2 | Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness...

6 FRI | Washington Week | Need to Know | Bill Moyers’ Journal | McLaughlin Group | NOW on PBS 7 SAT | Sherlock Holmes “The Solitary Cyclist” | Keeping Up… | As Time Goes By | Executive Stress | Fresh Fields 8 SUN | Nature “Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears” | Masterpiece Classic “Sense and Sensibility” Part 2 | Doc Martin 9 MON | Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 3 | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience| PBS Previews 10 TUE | NOVA “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial” | Independent Lens “Tulia, Texas” 11 WED | Monarchy…Royal Family “State Visit, Pt. 2” | Looking for Lincoln Hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 12 THU | This Old House Hour | Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 3 | Globe Trekker “Germany” 13 FRI | Washington Week | Need to Know | Bill Moyers’ Journal | McLaughlin Group | NOW on PBS 14 SAT | Sherlock Holmes “The Crooked Man” | Keeping Up… | As Time Goes By | Executive Stress | Fresh Fields 15 SUN | Nature “Cats vs. Dogs” | Masterpiece Classic “Oliver Twist” Part 1 | Doc Martin 16 MON | Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 1 | Lobotomist: American Experience | Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings 17 TUE | NOVA “The Four-Winged Dinosaur” | Frontline | Ind. Lens “Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life” 18 WED | Monarchy… Royal Family “Headquarters” | American Masters “Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About” 19 THU | This Old House Hour | Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 1 | Globe Trekker “Alps & Lapland” 20 FRI | Washington Week | Need to Know | Bill Moyers’ Journal | McLaughlin Group | NOW on PBS 21 SAT | Sherlock Holmes “The Speckled Band” | Keeping Up… | As Time Goes By | Executive Stress | Fresh Fields 22 SUN | Nature “In the Valley of the Wolves” | Masterpiece Classic “Oliver Twist” Part 2 | Doc Martin 23 MON | Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 2 | A Class Apart: American Experience | History Detectives 24 TUE | NOVA “Rat Attack” | Frontline | Ind. Lens “The Order of Myths” 25 WED | Monarchy…Royal Family “Head of State” | America’s Ballroom Challenge 26 THU | This Old House Hour | Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 2 | Globe Trekker “Peru & Amazon” 27 FRI | Washington Week | Need to Know | Bill Moyers’ Journal | McLaughlin Group | NOW on PBS 28 SAT | (7:00p) Welk Stars: Through the Years | As Time Goes By Reunion Special 1 SUN

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SPOTLIGHT ON A DAYTIME PROGRAM

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG Television’s most lovable pup is back with his heartwarming one-hour Valentine’s Day special, Love at First Bark. The special features love- and friendship-filled episodes from Clifford’s Puppy Days and Clifford The Big Red Dog. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG: LOVE AT FIRST BARK airs Saturday, February 14 at 8:30 a.m. on WXXI-TV/HD (DT21.1, cable1011, cable 11)

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GED Connection (Mon.) CC TV411 (Tue. not on 2/3) CC Workplace Essential Skills (Wed. also on 2/3) CC Crossroads Café (Thu.) CC GED Connection (Fri.) CC

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Workplace Essential Skills (Mon.) CC Learn to Read (Tue.) GED Connection (Wed.) CC Crossroads Café (Thu.) CC GED Connection (Fri.) CC

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Reading Rainbow CC D))) (Mon.-Wed.) Assignment: The World (Thu.-Fri.)

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Math Works (Thu.-Fri.)

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Between the Lions CC D)))

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Arthur CC D)))

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Martha Speaks CC D)))

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Curious George CC D)))

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Sid the Science Kid CC

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Super Why! CC

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Sesame Street CC D)))

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Dragon Tales CC D)))

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* Please note that all programs are subject to change. For up-todate program listings, please log onto wxxi.org. For a complete WXXI Digital Television schedule, visit WXXI.org and click on TV Schedules. To report trouble with reception when tuning in to WXXI-TV, or to alert WXXI of service interruptions, please call (585) 258-0331.

Where to find WXXI’s DTV Channels: Cable 1011 | Cable 11 DT 21.1

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It’s a Big Big World CC D)))

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Barney & Friends CC D)))

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Caillou CC

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Clifford the Big Red Dog CC D)))

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Curious George CC D)))

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Arthur CC D)))

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WordGirl CC D)))

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Electric Company (Mon.) Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman CC D))) (Tue.-Fri.)

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Homework Hotline (Mon.-Thu. Not on 2/16-19) Biz Kid$ CC (Fri. Also on 2/16-19)

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BBC World News CC

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Nightly Business Report CC

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NewsHour with Jim Lehrer CC

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Cable 433 | DT 21.3

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A World of Art: Works in Progress “Lorna Simpson/Guillermo Gómez-Peña” 7:00 Sesame Street “Max the Magician” D))) 8:00 Thomas & Friends “Differences” D))) 8:30 Bob the Builder “Valley Newcomers!” D))) 9:00 Make Way for Noddy “Noddy’s Pet Chicken/Don’t Be Late Noddy” 9:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog “Cleo Gets a Cone/A Job Well Read” D))) 10:00 Saddle Club “Friends and Family” 10:30 Biz Kid$ “How Credit Affects Your Life” 11:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 11:30 Foreign Exchange Noon To the Contrary 12:30p Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

1:00 It’s the Economy, NY! 1:30 Second Opinion “Coronary Microvascular Disease” This heart disease predominantly affects women and is often overlooked and under-diagnosed. For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi. org/secondopinion. (R) (TBR) 2:00 New York Wine & Table “Finger Lakes East” Host Susan Hunt dives into the heart of the area that is becoming known as the Napa Valley of the East.

2:30 Sewing With Nancy “Sweatshirts for All Seasons” 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop “Holly Wood Spectacular” D))) 3:30 MotorWeek “2009 Detroit Auto Show” Features the 2009 North American International Auto Show and the Chevrolet Aveo 5.

4:00 CityWise 4:30 Inside Washington 5:00 This Old House “Brooklyn Project” Part 1 (R) 5:30 Ask This Old House “Staining a Deck/Preventing Sewage Backups” (R) 6:00 BBC World News This Week 6:30 New York Now 7:00 OnStage “Maria Gillard” Her original songs are a mix of folk, blues, and swingy jazz, propelled by a rich alto voice. Log on to wxxi.org/onstage.

8:00 Nature “Prince of the Alps” This wilderness story centers on a majestic red deer, a leader in her herd, and her young calf. D))) 9:00 Masterpiece Classic “Sense and Sensibility” A Rochester audience favorite last Spring, this is the story of poor, levelheaded Elinore and her impulsive sister Marianne who attract a trio of promising gentlemen. Starring Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield, adapted by Andrew Davies, and directed

by John Alexander. Part 1 of 2 (R) 10:30 Doc Martin “Out of the Woods” Before his wedding, Mark gets lost in the woods with his best man and receives an adder bite.

PBS Previews “We Shall Remain: American Experience” A sneak preview of the upcoming series that will showcase stories in native American history from a native perspective. (TBR)

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Soundstage “Foreigner” The rock act performs smash hits from the 70s and 80s.

Presidents in Our Backyard Big Green Rabbit “At the Zoo: What is Endangered?/Hoppin’ in the Rainforest” Out of the Past “Realms” Earth Revealed “Earth’s Interior/The Sea Floor”

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Antiques Roadshow “Dallas, TX” An 18thcentury miniature desk has drawers stuffed with 300 years of family documents and history. Part 2 of 3 (TBR) Polio Crusade: American Experience Chronicles the decades-long crusade to eradicate one of the 20th century’s most dreaded diseases. D))) Forgotten Ellis Island See page 9 for details. D))) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 French in Action “Getting and Spending I & II” 2:00 Destinos “Un Viaje a México: La Capital” Episodes 41 & 42, unit VII. 3:00 Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition “The Behaving Brain/The Responsive Brain” 4:00 Wild Chronicles Explores woodland chimps who have recently been discovered sharpening sticks and using them like spears to hunt.

4:30 Wild Chronicles Travels to Botswana’s Okavango delta to check on the largest population of elephants in Africa.

Tuesday 3 8:00p

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NOVA “The Spy Factory” Explores the technology used by the National Security Agency to conduct warrant-less operations. (TBA) Frontline “My Father, My Brother and Me” A journalist with Parkinson’s explores the scientific and ethical debate surrounding the disease. (TBR) Independent Lens “Adjust Your Color: The Truth

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About Petey Greene” Don Cheadle narrates a look at how radio’s first shock jock battled the system and his own demons. (TBR) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

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12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 The Whole Child “By Leaps and Bounds/Babies are Children Too” 2:00 Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy After a baby’s birth, the umbilical cord can provide hope to other patients with numerous diseases.

2:30 Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy Simple yoga moves help relieve the discomfort of back pain during pregnancy.

3:00 Moneytrack “Real Estate: Is it Really Your Best Investment?/The Financial Makeover Show” D))) 4:00 Design Squad “PVC Kayak/Green Machines” D)))

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Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work “The State Visit” Follows the preparations of four American hosts as they get ready for a visit from the Queen of England. Part 1 of a 2-part episode.

George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize Jon Stewart, Richard Belzer, Joan Rivers, Lily Tomlin, Bill Maher, and more unite at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to honor the late comedian who died in June of 2008.

PBS Previews “We Shall Remain: American Experience” (R) (TBR) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Berenstain Bears “Trouble With Pets/The Sitter/ Trick or Treat/Lend a Helping Hand” D))) 2:00 Keeping Kids Healthy “Holistic Medicine: An Alternative Approach/Computers and Backpacks: Back Trouble for Your Child?” D))) 2:30 Keeping Kids Healthy “Childrearing Transitions: Adapting to a New Baby/Coping with Your PreTeen” D))) 3:00 Hands On: Crafts for Kids “Dimensional Art/Going Green” D))) 4:00 Biz Kid$ “Using Your Credit–Crazy or Compelling?/ Budgeting Basics”

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This Old House Hour “House Weston Project, Part 14/Repairing Backyard Gate/Drafty Window” Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 2 of 3 (R) (TBR) Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change Explores the role of Catholic nuns on the voting rights marches of 1965 in Selma, Alabama.

Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Child Development: Stepping Stones “The Developing Person/A Scientific Approach” 2:00 Freedom Files “Freedom to Live: The Death Penalty/Freedom to Marry: Same-Sex Couples” 3:00 A Place of Our Own “Ages & Stages: 1-2/The Importance of Storytelling” 4:00 Los Niños en su Casa “Narracion de Cuentos/ Servicios Medicos a Bajo Costo”

Friday 6 8:00p 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Washington Week Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

Bill Moyers’ Journal The McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

12:30a 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00

Tavis Smiley Washington Week NOW on PBS Foreign Exchange The McLaughlin Group Washington Week NOW on PBS Transforming America: U.S. History “Moving to the City/A Dream Deferred”

OVERNIGHT

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The World of Abnormal Psychology “The Nature of Stress” Sesame Street D)))

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Arthur “Happy Anniversary, Parts I & II” D))) Clifford the Big Red Dog “Fan Mail/Hooray for Cleo” D))) 9:00 WordGirl “Coupon Madness/When Life Gives You Potatoes...” D))) 9:30 Hometime “Garage Update” 10:00 This Old House “Brooklyn Project” Part 2 (TBR) 10:30 Ask This Old House “Pruning a Tree/Installing a Shower Mixing Valve” (TBR) 11:00 New Yankee Workshop “Dough Box” 11:30 Ciao Italia “Delicious Kiwi” Noon Lidia’s Italy “Tender Pork Chops, Loose Polenta” 12:30p Victory Garden “Edible” 1:00 Garden Smart Visits the Madison Arboretum.

1:30 Simply Ming “Tamarind/Brown Sugar” 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated “Dinner with a Latin Accent” 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals “Vegetable Plates” 3:00 Second Opinion “Hospital Acquired Infection” Focuses on the steps healthcare systems and patients can take to avoid the spread of infections.

For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi. org/secondopinion. (R) (TBR) 3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home “Sweet Retreats” 4:00 International DanceSport World Championships 2007 Part 3 of 3 5:00 Wild Chronicles Researchers aim to survey everything that lives in the oceans from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe “Istanbul” 6:00 Antiques Roadshow “Dallas, TX” Part 2 of 3 (R) 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “Tribute to Irving Berlin” 8:00 Sherlock Holmes “The Solitary Cyclist” A mysterious cyclist may be connected to three men trying to defraud a woman of her inheritance.

9:00 Keeping Up Appearances “The Christening” 9:30 As Time Goes By “What Now?” 10:00 Executive Stress 10:30 Fresh Fields “Des Det Res” 11:00 Doctor Who “Evolution of the Daleks” OVERNIGHT Mid.

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Austin City Limits “Drive-By Truckers/Ryan Bingham” The hard-rocking roots music storytellers perform new tunes, followed by the dusty Texas troubadour.

NOVA “The Spy Factory” D))) (R) Frontline “My Father, My Brother and Me” (R) Independent Lens “Adjust Your Color: The Truth About Petey Greene” (R) Second Opinion “Breast Cancer Recurrence” (R)

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Second Opinion “Osteoarthritis” (R)

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Sunday 8 6:00a

A World of Art: Works in Progress “Hung Liu/ Judy Baca” 7:00 Sesame Street “Fairytale Emergencies” D))) 8:00 Thomas & Friends “Personality” D))) 8:30 Bob the Builder “Splasher to the Rescue” D))) 9:00 Make Way for Noddy “The Great Train Race/A Bike for Big Ears” 9:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog “That’s Snow Lie/A Friend in Need” D))) 10:00 Saddle Club “Desk Jockey” 10:30 Biz Kid$ “The Art of Negotiation” 11:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 11:30 Foreign Exchange Noon To the Contrary 12:30p Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

1:00 It’s the Economy, NY! 1:30 Second Opinion “Hospital Acquired Infection” For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi. org/secondopinion. (R) (TBR) 2:00 New York Wine & Table “Finger Lakes West” Host Susan Hunt visits a few wineries and explores a sauerkraut festival, the Naples Grape Festival, and more.

2:30 Sewing With Nancy “Ready Set Serge” Part 1 of 2 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop “A Viking Tool Chest” D))) 3:30 MotorWeek “Ford Mustang” Featured are the 2010 Ford Mustang, ‘09 Audi A4 Sedan, Lexus RX 450H, and Nissan 370z.

4:00 CityWise 4:30 Inside Washington 5:00 This Old House “Brooklyn Project” Part 2 (R) 5:30 Ask This Old House “Pruning a Tree/Installing a Shower Mixing Valve” (R) 6:00 BBC World News This Week 6:30 New York Now 7:00 OnStage “The Demos” Rochester City Newspaper’s Frank De Blase says, “With a gift for melody, simple yet poignant songs, sweet harmonies, and a guitar sound that is as much today as it is the ‘60s, The Demos is one of the best pop bands playing today.”

Log on to wxxi.org/onstage.

8:00 Nature “Drakensberg: Barrier of Spears” Beneath the mountains in Southern Africa lies a hostile environment for creatures that live there.

9:00 Masterpiece Classic “Sense and Sensibility” Part 2 of 2 10:30 Doc Martin “Erotomania” A visiting Salvation Army member is trying to trace a missing woman.

11:30 Get Ready for Digital TV Useful information about the digital transition. (R) (TBR) OVERNIGHT Mid.

Soundstage “B.B. King” The reigning king of blues plays staggering guitar jams.

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Get Ready for Digital TV (R) Conflict, Unity & Love: The TKF Story The father of a murdered 20-year-old man and the grandfather of his son’s 14-year-old assailant speak out together about the “power of forgiveness” and breaking the cycle of violence. (R) Big Green Rabbit “Charlie’s Backyard Adventure: What is Communication?/Taking Care: What is an Environment?”

Out of the Past “The Spirit World: Religion and Ideology” Earth Revealed “The Birth of a Theory/Plate Dynamics”

Monday 9 8:00p

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Antiques Roadshow “Dallas, TX” Features a western-themed painting by Saturday Evening Post illustrator William H.D. Koerner. Part 3 of 3 (TBR) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience Recounts the death of America’s first assassinated president and the manhunt for his assailant, John Wilkes Booth.

Viewers interested in President Lincoln might enjoy “Looking for Lincoln” on 2/11 at 9p.

PBS Previews “We Shall Remain: American Experience” (R) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 French in Action “Getting and Spending III & IV” 2:00 Destinos “Un Viaje a México: La Capital” Episodes 43 & 44, unit VII. 3:00 Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition “The Developing Child/Language Development” 4:00 Wild Chronicles A visual display of what global warming could do to Earth.

4:30 Wild Chronicles An elephant birth control program in South Africa and bird species research in the Dominican Republic.

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search for justice centers on troubling evidence that surrounds a 1999 drug sting and its leader. (TBR) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 The Whole Child “Dealing With Feelings/I’m Glad I’m Me” 2:00 Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy A certified nurse and midwife discusses pre-natal tests and genetic testing options. D))) 2:30 Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy Hope for Children, Inc. provides insight about the adoption process.

3:00 Moneytrack “American Dream/Changing Lanes” D))) 4:00 Design Squad “Gravity Bikes/Water Dancing” D)))

Wednesday 11 8:00p 9:00

11:00 11:30

Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work “The State Visit” Part 2 of a 2-part episode.

Looking for Lincoln Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Doris Kearns Goodwin investigate myths surrounding President Lincoln. D))) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Berenstain Bears “Trouble with Money/Double Dare/Out for the Team/Count Their Blessings” D))) 2:00 Keeping Kids Healthy “Grandparents Who Parent/ Finding the Right Doctor” D))) 2:30 Keeping Kids Healthy “Living with Friedreich’s Ataxia” D))) 3:00 Hands On Crafts for Kids “Outdoors/In the Classroom” D))) 4:00 Biz Kid$ “Understanding Business Ethics/Saving and Investing for Your Future”

Thursday 12 Tuesday 10 8:00p

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NOVA “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial” Interviews tell the story of science teachers who refused to teach intelligent design in school. D))) (R) (TBR) Independent Lens “Tulia, Texas” A small town’s

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This Old House Hour “Weston Project, Part 15/Painting Kitchen Cabinets/Installing Cabinet Accessories” Antiques Roadshow “Dallas” Part 3 of 3 (R) (TBR) Globe Trekker “Germany” D))) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

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OVERNIGHT 12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Child Development: Stepping Stones “Nature and Nurture: The Dance of Life/The Wondrous Journey” 2:00 Freedom Files “Freedom to Vote: Protecting the Ballot/Freedom to Parent: Lesbian & Gay Families” 3:00 A Place of Our Own “Low-cost Health Services/ Positive Discipline” 4:00 Los Niños en su Casa “Disciplina Positiva/Edades y Etapas: 1-2 Años”

Friday 13 8:00p 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Washington Week Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

Bill Moyers’ Journal The McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00

Tavis Smiley Washington Week NOW on PBS Foreign Exchange The McLaughlin Group Washington Week NOW on PBS Transforming America “The Worker’s Struggle/ The Populist Challenge”

12:30p Victory Garden “Hybrid 2: Discover a Colorful Variety of Gardening Tips” 1:00 Garden Smart “Gardening Lessons and Early Rural Cemeteries” 1:30 Simply Ming “Miso/Butter” 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated “The Crunchiest Pork Chops Ever” 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals “Burgers” Includes a portobello burger with a gorgonzola cheese.

3:00 Second Opinion “Vaccines” Vaccines have eradicated diseases, but some people have concerns about the risks of immunizations. For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi.org/secondopinion. (R) (TBR) 3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home “Dazzling Daffodils” 4:00 Monarchy with Davis Starkey “The Early Kings” In the violent and chaotic dark ages, a uniquely English idea of monarchy emerged. (R) 5:00 Wild Chronicles 5:30 Rick Steves’ Europe “Iran, Yesterday and Today” 6:00 Antiques Roadshow “Dallas, TX” Part 3 of 3 (R) 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “Songs of the South” 8:00 Sherlock Holmes “The Crooked Man” A tragic love story exposes the identity of a deformed man.

9:00 Keeping Up Appearances “A Strange Man” 9:30 As Time Goes By “You Must Remember This...”

10:00 Executive Stress 10:30 Fresh Fields “Something in the Oven” 11:00 Doctor Who “The Lazarus Experiment” OVERNIGHT Mid.

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Austin City Limits “Sarah McLachlan/Duffy” The songwriter performs from her greatest hits set, and the rising star follows with grooving pop soul.

NOVA “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial” D))) (R) Independent Lens “Tulia, Texas” (R) Second Opinion “Inflammation” (R) Second Opinion “Coronary Microvascular Disease” (R)

Saturday 14 6:00a 7:00 8:00 8:30 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Noon

The World of Abnormal Psychology “The Anxiety Disorders” Sesame Street “Elmo Wishes for a Pet Dinosaur” D))) Arthur “The Curse of the Grebes/Arthur Changes Gears” D))) Clifford’s Valentine’s Day Special This is a onehour special. See page 11 for details. D))) Hometime “Digging Out the Yard” This Old House (TBR) Ask This Old House (TBR) New Yankee Workshop “Garden Gate” Ciao Italia “Dinner is Ready” Lidia’s Italy “Risotto Fresh and Green”

Sunday 15 6:00a 7:00 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30

A World of Art: Works in Progress “Beverly Buchanan/June Wayne” Sesame Street “Baby Bear’s New Baby Sitter” D))) Thomas & Friends “Listening” D))) Bob the Builder “A Very Important Visitor” D))) Make Way for Noddy “Catch a Falling Star/Noddy and the Big Chicken Round-Up” Clifford the Big Red Dog “Special T-Bone/Jetta’s Sneak Peek” D))) Saddle Club “Musical Chairs” Biz Kid$ “The World is a Risky Place”

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Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Foreign Exchange To the Contrary Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

It’s the Economy, NY! Second Opinion “Vaccines” For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi.org/secondopinion.

(R) (TBR) New York Wine & Table “Niagara & Lake Erie” Host Susan Hunt visits the state’s new wine region and the Niagara Escarpment, and learns about Welch’s grape juice.

Sewing With Nancy “Ready Set Serge” Part 2 of 2 The Woodwright’s Shop “Woodworking in Berea” D))) MotorWeek “Drivers’ Choice Awards” The 2009 Drivers’ Choice Awards and MotorWeek’s Best of the Year.

CityWise Inside Washington This Old House (R) Ask This Old House (R) BBC World News This Week New York Now OnStage “The Chesterfield Kings” During the late 70s and early 80s, while most bands were trying to ride the New Wave, Rochester’s own Chesterfield Kings set their own course into the past... destination 1966. Pioneers of the garage rock revival, the band continues to raise the bar on the reborn scene. Log on to wxxi.org/onstage.

Nature “Why We Love Cats & Dogs” Animal behaviorists and devoted owners weigh in on the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers. D))) Masterpiece Classic “Oliver Twist” This new adaptation stars Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy in Dickens’ tale of a young orphan who is sent to the workhouse. Part 1 of 2 Doc Martin “Old Dogs” Martin is still as clumsy as ever when it comes to forming relationships with women.

American Stamps Designers and artists for the U.S. Postal Service share the details of their stamp creation process.

1:00a 2:00 2:30 3:00 4:00

Soundstage “Umphrey’s McGee” The jam-band performs with swirling guitars, power, and finesse.

Electronic Field Trips “Baseball’s Greatest Hit” Big Green Rabbit “Big Green Hop” Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures “How it All Began/Lost and Found” NEW SERIES! Out of the Past “Collapse” Earth Revealed “Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents/Earth’s Structures”

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Antiques Roadshow “Wichita, KS” A 1949 payroll check made out to baseball rookie Mickey Mantle scores a high-flying value. Part 1 of 3 (TBR) Lobotomist: American Experience Walter Freeman invented the radical procedure which would later be declared as a barbaric mistake. D))) Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings Chronicles the abolition of slavery from the plantations of Georgia through the Revolutionary War. Worldfocus OVERNIGHT

Mid. 1:00a 2:00 3:00 4:00 4:30

Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

French in Action “Getting and Spending V/ Geography and Tourism I” Destinos “Un Viaje a México: La Capital” Episodes 45 & 46, unit VII. Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition “Sensation and Perception/Learning” Wild Chronicles Conservationists try to save the Galapagos Islands from an invasive species: humans.

Wild Chronicles Explores how global warming might wreck the icy home of Alaska’s guillemots.

As this guide went to press, Congress was deliberating over whether to delay the February 17 analog shut off date or not. Stay tuned to WXXI for the latest DTV transition updates.

Tuesday 17 8:00p

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NOVA “The Four-Winged Dinosaur” Fossil finds of feathered microraptors challenge old ideas about the origin of bird flight. D))) (R) (TBR) Frontline “Inside the Meltdown” (TBR) Independent Lens “Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life” Explores the life and career of the unheralded man who changed jazz and popular music forever.

Worldfocus OVERNIGHT

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Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

The Whole Child “Listening to Families/ Everybody’s Special” Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy RealBirth, a childbirth education organization, discusses preparations for delivery.

Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy A two-time cancer survivor discusses battling cancer and preserving her fertility.

Moneytrack “Special Edition/Kids and Money” D))) Design Squad “Backyard Thrill Ride/Big Bugs” D)))

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Friday 20 Wednesday 18 8:00p 9:00

11:00 11:30

Monarchy: Royal Family at Work “Headquarters” A rare glimpse inside Buckingham palace.

American Masters “Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About” profiles the great ballet choreographer of Broadway.

Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Berenstain Bears “Slumber Party/Talent Show” D))) 1:30 Berenstain Bears “The Haunted Lighthouse/The Baby Chipmunk” D))) 2:00 Keeping Kids Healthy “Great Nutrition for the Cheapest Price/Adapting to Your Child’s Personality” D))) 2:30 Keeping Kids Healthy “Breastfeeding Your Baby: How Do You Make it Work?” D))) 3:00 Hands On Crafts for Kids “In The Kitchen/Your Room” D))) 4:00 Biz Kid$ “A Closer Look at Financial Careers/ Money Moves (Global Economy)”

8:00p 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

OVERNIGHT 12:30a 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00

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11:00 11:30

This Old House Hour “Weston Project, Part 16/ Converting a Bathtub/Solar-Powered Fountain” Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 1 of 3 (R) (TBR) Globe Trekker “Alps & Lapland” Host Holly Morris travels by dogsled to an Easter festival celebration and scales the awe-inspiring Matterhorn. D))) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Child Development: Stepping Stones “A Delicate Grasp/Grow, Baby, Grow” 2:00 Freedom Files “Freedom to Dream: Rights of Immigrants/Freedom from Government Spying: Surveillance” 3:00 A Place of Our Own “Week in Review (Earned Income Tax Credits) Ages & Stages: 2-3” 4:00 Los Niños en su Casa “Recuento Semanal (Crédito Tributario por Ingreso)/Ciencia en su Casa”

Tavis Smiley Washington Week NOW on PBS Foreign Exchange The McLaughlin Group Washington Week NOW on PBS Transforming America “The Question of Empire/ The Progressive Paradox”

Saturday 21 6:00a

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Washington Week Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

Bill Moyers’ Journal The McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

The World of Abnormal Psychology “Psychological Factors and Physical Illness” 7:00 Sesame Street “Ralphie the Parrot Flies Away” D))) 8:00 Arthur “The Election/Francine Goes to War” D))) 8:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog “My Best Friend/Cleo’s Fair Share” D))) 9:00 WordGirl “Mr. Big’s Big Plan/Vocab Bee” D))) 9:30 Hometime “Urban Terraces” 10:00 This Old House (TBR) 10:30 Ask This Old House (TBR) 11:00 New Yankee Workshop “Serving Trays” 11:30 Ciao Italia “Cooking Live with Sal Scognamilla” Noon Lidia’s Italy “To Crumb or Not to Crumb” 12:30p Victory Garden “Trends: Get On the Cutting Edge of Your Garden” D))) 1:00 Garden Smart “Fall Gardening in Oregon” 1:30 Simply Ming “Silken Tofu/Zucchini” 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated “Easy Apple Desserts” 2:30 Sara’s Weeknight Meals “Just Open the Pantry” 3:00 Second Opinion “Hearing Loss” Learn how to protect yourself from hearing loss. Treatments include hearing aids and surgery. For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi.org/secondopinion. (R) 3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home “Vegetable Delight” 4:00 Monarchy with David Starkey “Medieval Monarchs” King Henry II of England was a

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medieval superstar, and this episode outlines his family’s legendary saga. (R) Wild Chronicles Rick Steves’ Europe “Burgundy: Profound France” Antiques Roadshow “Wichita, KS” Part 1 of 3 (R) Lawrence Welk Show “Academy Awards” Sherlock Holmes “The Speckled Band” Holmes investigates a man who keeps a deadly snake which may have been used as a strange murder tool.

Keeping Up Appearances “Driving Mrs. Fortesque” As Time Goes By Executive Stress Fresh Fields “A Night to Remember” Doctor Who “42”

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Sewing With Nancy “Sew Boutique for Kids” Part 1 of 2 The Woodwright’s Shop “A Ship in a Bottle” D))) MotorWeek “Nissan 370z” Features the Nissan 370z, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Saturn Vue Green Line 2-Mode Hybrid, and Volvo XC60.

CityWise Inside Washington This Old House (R) Ask This Old House (R) BBC World News This Week New York Now

OVERNIGHT Mid.

1:00a 2:00 3:00 4:00

Austin City Limits “Kings of Leon/Roky Erickson” The Nashville band of brothers rocks the studio, followed by the Texas rock and roll legend.

NOVA “The Four-Winged Dinosaur” D))) (R) Frontline “Inside the Meltdown” (TBR) History Detectives Second Opinion “Hospital Acquired Infection” (R)

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Second Opinion “Vaccines” (R)

OnStage: Buddhahood > 7:00pm

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Sunday 22 8:00 6:00a

A World of Art: Works in Progress “Milton Resnick/Goat Island” 7:00 Sesame Street “Rosita & Zoe Turn Maria Into a Chicken” D))) 8:00 Thomas & Friends “Surprises” D))) 8:30 Bob the Builder “The Environment” D))) 9:00 Make Way for Noddy “The Magic Powder/Don’t Be Scared Noddy” 9:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog “Clifford’s Carnival/ Clifford’s Doggy Reunion” D))) 10:00 Saddle Club “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” 10:30 Biz Kid$ “Economic Cycles (What Goes Up Must Come Down)” 11:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly 11:30 Foreign Exchange Noon To the Contrary 12:30p Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

1:00 It’s the Economy, NY! 1:30 Second Opinion “Hearing Loss” For transcripts and additional resources, visit wxxi.org/secondopinion. (R) (TBR) 2:00 New York Wine & Table “North Country” Agriculture in the Adirondacks, wine ice cream, and the inspiration of a Northern winery.

9:00 10:30 11:30

OnStage “Buddhahood” The band’s several vocalists join a full horn section, steel drums, bass, drums, and guitar to create tunes that are as uplifting spiritually and emotionally as they are physically. Log on to wxxi.org/onstage. (R) Nature “In the Valley of the Wolves” An intimate record of the lives of the Druids, the most celebrated wolf pack in North America.

Masterpiece Classic “Oliver Twist” Part 2 of 2.

Doc Martin “In Loco” Louisa seeks a promotion at the Portwenn school.

In the Life Log on to www.inthelife.org for February’s episode information.

OVERNIGHT

Mid.

1:00a 2:00

3:00 3:30 4:00

Soundstage “Seal” The musician adds his signature touch to create stirring renditions of some amazing soul songs.

Satellite Town Meeting: Education News Parents Can Use Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures “The Farm Yard Field Trip/Betsy’s Green Thumb/Boots, Boots, Boots/Team Player” Bridging World History “Mapping and Measuring the Past” Bridging World History “History and Memory” Earth Revealed “Earthquakes/Geologic Time”

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Monday 23 8:00p

9:00

Antiques Roadshow “Wichita, KS” Features a set of 1914 and 1915 Cracker Jack baseball cards.

Part 2 of 3 (TBR) A Class Apart: American Experience The story of a Mexican-American lawyer who took a smalltown murder case to the Supreme Court.

9:00 10:00

11:30

fruit. The rats run amok, destroying crops and precipitating a crippling famine throughout the area. This is a gripping tale of nature’s capacity to engender human suffering, and an investigation into the botanical mystery of why the bamboo flowers with clockwork precision every half century. (TBR) Frontline “Ten Trillion and Counting” (TBR) Independent Lens “The Order of Myths” This complex look at race relations focuses on the segregated events at Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama.

Worldfocus OVERNIGHT

Mid. 1:00a 2:00

History Detectives > 10:00pm

10:00

11:00 11:30

History Detectives This special edition investigates a slave songbook and a guitar said to belong to folksinger Josh White.

Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 French in Action “Geography and Tourism II & III” 2:00 Destinos “Un Viaje a México: La Capital” Episodes 47 & 48, unit VII. 3:00 Discovering Psychology - Updated Edition “Remembering and Forgetting/Cognitive Processes” 4:00 Wild Chronicles The American Prairie Foundation works to reintroduce bison to their old prairie home.

4:30 Wild Chronicles Microscopic organisms in Yellowstone’s hot springs may provide hints about early life on Earth.

Tuesday 24 8:00p

NOVA “Rat Attack” The inhabitants of the remote Indian state of Mizoram suffer a horrendous ordeal when an indigenous species of bamboo blooms once every half-century, spurring an explosion in the rat population which feeds off the bamboo’s

PHOTO: CAROLYN WEISS

2:30 3:00 4:00

Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

The Whole Child “Getting Along Together/Building Inner Controls” Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy The benefits of infant massage.

Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy Finding outdoor experiences for children.

Moneytrack “Moneytrack Revisited/A True Investing 101” D))) Design Squad “Aquatic Robots/Band Cam” D)))

Wednesday 25 8:00p

9:00

11:00 11:30

Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work “Head of State” Showcases the Queen of England’s role in the elaborate state opening of Parliament in London.

America’s Ballroom Challenge Actress-Singer Jean Louisa Kelly hosts a winner-take-all battle for the title of “America’s Best Ballroom Couple.”

Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

OVERNIGHT

12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Berenstain Bears “Get the Gimmies/The Greeneyed Monster/The Wishing Star/The Homework Hassle” D))) 2:00 Keeping Kids Healthy “Anorexia: Recognizing and Combating it in Your Child” D))) 2:30 Keeping Kids Healthy “Celiac Disease” D))) 3:00 Hands On Crafts for Kids “On the Road/At Home” D))) 4:00 Biz Kid$ “Bulls, Bears, and Financial Markets/Sell, Sell, Sell (The Science of Sales)”

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7:00 8:00 8:30

8:00p 9:00 10:00

11:00 11:30

This Old House Hour “Brooklyn Project, Part 1/ Staining a Deck/Preventing Sewage Backups” Antiques Roadshow “Wichita” Part 2 of 3 (R) (TBR) Globe Trekker “Peru & Amazon” Host Bradley Cooper travels the path of the Incas and visits glacial Ausangate mountain, and in the Amazon, host Eils Nevitt travels by boat to Anavilhanas Island and fishes for deadly black piranha. D))) Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 1:00p

OVERNIGHT 12:30a Tavis Smiley 1:00 Child Development: Stepping Stones “The Little Scientists/Getting to Know You” 2:00 Freedom Files “Freedom to Know: Sex Education/ Freedom to Learn: School to Prison Pipeline” 3:00 A Place of Our Own “Science in Your Home/Stress & Your Child” 4:00 Los Niños en su Casa “El Estrés y los Niños/Autismo”

2:30

4:00

Friday 27 5:00 8:00p 8:30 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30

Washington Week Need to Know Log on to wxxi.org/ntk.

Bill Moyers’ Journal The McLaughlin Group NOW on PBS Worldfocus Charlie Rose See charlierose.com for guest list.

7:00

OVERNIGHT 12:30a 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00

Tavis Smiley Washington Week NOW on PBS Foreign Exchange The McLaughlin Group Washington Week NOW on PBS Transforming America: U.S. History “The War to End All Wars/Modern Times”

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Sesame Street “Big Bird’s Nest Sale” D))) Arthur “D.W. Tale Spins/Prunella Gets it Twice” D))) Clifford the Big Red Dog “Special Delivery/Ferry Tale” D))) WordGirl “Field Day Fund with Robo-Tobey/The Two Brains Boogie” Hometime “Caretaker’s Home” This Old House (TBR) Ask This Old House (TBR) New Yankee Workshop “Carousel Table” A Moveable Feast With America’s Favorite Chefs See page 9 for details. (TBR) A Moveable Feast With America’s Favorite Chefs This is an encore presentation. (R) The Ultra Mind Solution: Defeat Depression, Overcome Anxiety, and Sharpen Your Mind Dr. Mark Hyman, who has appeared as a panelist on WXXI’s popular series, Second Opinion, describes how anyone can address depression, anxiety, brain-fog, and more—not by drugs or psychotherapy, but with an easy and understandable diet and supplements plan.

Heart Healthy Yoga: Yoga for the Rest of Us Pioneering Yoga instructor (and former Rochestarian!) Peggy Cappy demonstrates the heart-healthy benefits of yoga and proves that you don’t have to bend like a pretzel to be an avid yoga practitioner.

Rick Steves’ Romantic’s Europe Famed host Rick Steves visits some of the most romantic spots in Spain’s Barcelona and Catalunya, travels the dreamy Dordogne river valley in France, and adventures “beyond Prague” in the Czech Republic.

The Welk Stars: Through the Years This brand new, 2009 special is hosted by Mary Lou Metzger and features outstanding musical production numbers showcasing Anacani, Bobby Burgess, Jo Ann Castle, Henry Cuesta, Dick Dale, Ken Delo, Arthur Duncan, Ralna English, Joe Feeney, Myron Floren, Guy Hovis, Jack Imel, The Lennon Sisters, Tom Netherton, Bob Ralston, Jimmy Roberts, and Norma Zimmer. The above stars will also be spotlighted in short biographies, illustrated by their own personal collection of photographs.

As Time Goes By Reunion Special Great Performances “The Police Farewell Tour” OVERNIGHT

Saturday 28 6:00a

The World of Abnormal Psychology “Personality Disorders”

12:30a Ribbon of Sand Meryl Streep narrates this examination of the unique ecosystem of the Cape Lookout National Seashore.

1:00 NOVA “Rat Attack” (R) 2:00 Frontline “Ten Trillion and Counting” (R) 3:00 History Detectives

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REPEATS SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY primetime repeats

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Antiques Roadshow Episodes air Monday at 8p with repeats on the following Thursday at 9p and Saturday at 6p.

Ask This Old House Episodes air Saturday at 10:30a with repeats the following Sunday at 5:30p.

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Frontline “My Father, My Brother and Me” Airs 2/3 at 9p. Repeats on 2/8 at 2a. “Inside the Meltdown” Airs 2/17 at 9p.

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Repeats on 2/22 at 2a. “Ten Trillion and Counting” Airs 2/24 at 9p. Repeats on 3/1 at 2a.

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Get Ready for Digital TV Airs 2/8 at 11:30p. Repeats on 2/9 at 1a.

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Independent Lens “Adjust Your Color: The Truth About Petey Greene” Airs 2/3 at 10p. Repeats on 2/8 at 3a. “Tulia, Texas” Airs 2/10 at 10p. Repeats on 2/15 at 3a.

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McLaughlin Group Episodes air Friday at 10p with repeats on the following Saturday at 2:30a.

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Need to Know Airs Friday at 8:30p with repeats on the following Sunday at 12:30p

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NOVA “The Four-Winged Dinosaur” Airs 2/17 at 8p. Repeats on 2/22 at 1a. “Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial”

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Airs 2/10 at 8p. Repeats on 2/15 at 1a. “Rats Attack” Airs 2/24 at 8p. Repeats on 3/1 at 1a. “Spy Factory” Airs 2/3 at 8p.

Repeats on 2/8 at 1a.

FRONTLINE “My Father, My Brother and Me” Beginning with the story of his own diagnosis several years ago, correspondent Dave Iverson sets out on a personal journey to understand Parkinson’s disease.

INDEPENDENT LENS Adjust Your Color: The Truth About Petey Greene America’s first shock-jock, Washington, DC, radio personality Ralph “Petey” Greene, overcame poverty, drug addiction and prison time.

Pictured: David Iverson with his father, Bill, in1949.

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PBS Previews “We Shall Remain: American Experience” Airs 2/1 at 11:30p. Repeats on 2/4 at 11:30p, 2/9 at 10:30p.

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Airs 2/21 at 3p. Repeats on 2/22 at 1:30p. “Hospital Acquired Infection” Airs 2/7 at 3p. Repeats on 2/8 at 1:30p, 2/22 at 4a.

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“Vaccines” Airs 2/14 at 3p. Repeats on 2/15 at 3p, 2/22 at 4:30a.

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This Old House Episodes air Saturday at 10a with repeats the following Sunday at 5p.

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INDEPENDENT LENS PHOTO: COURTESY OF LOREN MENDELL/ITVS FRONTLINE PHOTO: DAVID IVERSON

PHOPHOTO: ANTHONY CAUSITO: MIKE COMMINS

Second Opinion “Coronary Microvascular Disease” Airs 2/1 at 1:30p. Repeats on 2/15 at 4:30a. “Hearing Loss”

february 2009 Shock played by Chris Sullivan, works in the diner and provides the beats.

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Hector Ruiz played by Josh Segarra, is a 20year-old college student (and older brother to Jessica) that has the power to visually recall things he’s seen, even if only peripherally.

Lisa Heffenbacher played by Jenni Barber, is a high school student with the power to solve any word problem at super human speed.

Keith Watson played by Ricky Smith, is a 13-yearold boy with the power to turn words into graphics/ animation.

Jessica Ruiz played by Priscilla Diaz, is a 13-year-old girl with total aural recall allowing her to replay and display speech as text.

PHOPHOTO: ANTHONY CAUSITO: MIKE COMMINS

Hey You GUUUYYYYYSS! It’s back!

Sesame Workshop’s classic series, The Electric Company, steps out of the ‘70s and explores reading with a new generation of kids. With healthy doses of comedy, hiphop music, and out of this world entertainment, The Electric Company is designed to combat the literacy crisis facing America’s second graders, and is re-energized to recognize the media-driven generation of today.

The show is brought to life with a 15-minute narrative storyline that is interspersed with segments that include curricular clusters of music videos, sketch comedy, animation and short films.

The cast of characters of The Electric Company is a group of do-gooders who keep the neighborhood safe with their literacy superpowers and solve problems often created by a group of troublemakers called “The Pranksters.” Stationed from their home base, The Electric Diner, the team consists of four core cast members.

Teaching letter sounds and words through a series of short films that occur within each episode is vocal percussionist, Chris Sullivan, who plays “Shock,” an Electric Company member who works in the diner and provides the beat as the Company carries out its missions.

Season one of the new The Electric Company features comedy segments with Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, kid comedian and actor Kyle Massey, former NFL superstar and Today Show correspondent Tiki Barber, rapper Common and 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer; music videos with Grammy Award winning musician Wyclef Jean and hip-hop superstar Sean Kingston.

THE ELECTRIC COMPANY airs Mondays at 4:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD

•••• •• KELLY RIPA

•••• •••• • SEAN KINGSTON

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CREATE/THINKBRIGHT DTV 21.3/cable 433

On WXXI-DT21.3 (cable 433) WXXI carries two program streams: Create, airing from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., showcases the best cooking, travel, fine living and how-to programming public television has to offer. ThinkBright, broadcasting from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., is a statewide, education-based channel that airs two hours of commercial-free children’s programming daily at 6 p.m., and hosts thematic programming each day beginning at 8 p.m. You can visit WXXI.org for a complete schedule. Below is the Create schedule for weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in February.

Knit & Crochet Today, hosted by actress Kassie DePaiva (One Life to Live), features the top color and apparel designers as well as experts in the field. In each entertaining episode, knowledgeable guests demonstrate the most popular knit and crochet techniques for creating multicolored patterns, socks, purses, baby clothing and a variety of other projects. In between, Brett Bara — the editor-in-chief of Crochet Today Magazine and a frequent guest on the DIY series Knitty Gritty —interviews notable designers, authors, bloggers, Web publishers and everyday crafters at knitting conventions and industry trade shows across the country.

CREATE 9 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

Rick Steves’ Europe (Mon. through Fri.)

Donna Dewberry Show (Mon., Fri.) The Best of the Joy of Painting (Tue., Thu.)

9:30 a.m.

Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places! with Watercolor (Wed.)

Equitrekking (Mon., Wed., Fri. Ending 2/6) Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge (Mon., Wed., Fri. Starting 2/9)

1 p.m.

Burt Wolf Travels & Traditions (Tue., Thu.)

Jacques Pepin More Fast Food MY Way (Mon., Wed., Thu.) Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class (Tue. Ending 2/3)

10 a.m.

Chef’s Story (Tue., Thu. Starting 2/5)

Garden Smart (Mon., Wed.) Victory Garden (Tue., Thu.)

1:30 p.m.

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home (Fri.)

Lidia’s Italy (Mon., Wed., Fri.) Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen (Tue., Thu.)

10:30 a.m.

This Old House (Mon., Fri.)

2 p.m.

New Yankee Workshop (Tue., Thu.)

Spain… On the Road Again (Mon., Fri. Episodes 1 hr.)

Ask This Old House (Wed.)

Christina Cooks (Tue., Thu.) Healthy Flavors (Wed.)

11 a.m.

American Woodshop (Mon., Fri.)

2:30 p.m.

Katie Brown Workshop (Tue., Thu.)

Seasoned with Spirit (Tue., Thu. Ending 2/17)

For Your Home (Wed.)

Endless Feast (Tue., Thu. Starting 2/19) Perfect Day (Wed.)

11:30 a.m.

Cultivating Life (Mon., Wed., Fri.)

3 p.m.

Moment of Luxury (Tue., Thu. )

Rick Steves’ Europe (Mon. through Fri. Not on 2/11-25) Rick Steves’ Europe Classics (Mon. through Fri., 2/11-25)

12 p.m.

Sewing with Nancy (Mon., Fri.) Your Brush with Nature (Tue., Thu.) Knit & Crotchet Today (Wed.)

january 2009

THINKBRIGHT AND WORLD

THINKBRIGHT

WORLD

DTV 21.3/cable 433

DTV 21.2/cable 524

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. ThinkBright broadcasts a block of non-commercial, non-violent children’s programming.

KIDS PROGRAMMING

8 p.m.

6pm

Arthur (Saturdays), Curious George (Sundays), Super Why (weekdays)

NOW on PBS (Sundays)

6:30pm

Wordgirl (Saturdays), Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman (Sundays), Sid the Science Kid (weekdays)

Wild Chronicles (Monday, 2/23)

7pm

Animalia (Saturdays and Sundays), Martha Speaks (weekdays)

Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency (Tuesday, 2/10 at 7 p.m.)

7:30pm

Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari (Saturdays), Dragonfly TV (Sundays), Curious George (weekdays)

Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change (Tuesday, 2/24)

Ride of Our Lives (Mondays, 2/3-2/16)

By Invitation (Tuesday, 2/3) Looking for Lincoln (Tuesday, 2/17 starts at 7 p.m.)

Independent Lens (Wednesdays, on 2/18 & 2/25 at 7:30 p.m.)

NOVA (Thursdays, on 2/5 & 2/12 starts at 7 p.m.)

ThinkBright airs programs under a theme each night, below are the themes: Sundays .......................... Family & Educational Nights Mondays ......................... Healthy for Life Nights Tuesdays ......................... Arts & Performance Nights Wednesdays ................... History & Biography Nights Thursdays ....................... Heritage & Diversity Nights Fridays............................. Think Globally Nights Saturdays........................ Science & Nature Nights THINKBRIGHT HIGHLIGHTS

Slavery and the Making of America Sunday, February 1 at 9 p.m.

This groundbreaking series chronicles the institution of American slavery from its origins in 1619.

Jim Knox’s Wild Zoofari Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

This live-action, high-definition, children’s wildlife series is filmed at the world’s premier zoos and aquariums. Its focus is fun, education, and wildlife conservation for kids and families.

Wai Lana Yoga Tuesdays at 6:30 a.m.

This program features serenityand strength-inducing poses while introducing an emphasis on yoga for stress relief, which can be achieved through a combination of cleansing asanas (exercises), breathing techniques, relaxation and meditation sessions.

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (Friday, 2/6) Flying the Secret Sky: The Story of the RAF Ferry (Friday, 2/13) The Story of India (Friday, 2/27) Nature (Saturdays)

8:30 p.m.

McLaughlin Group (Sundays) Ride of Our Lives (Mondays 2/3-2/16) The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: American Experience (Tuesday, 2/10) POV’s Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep South (Friday, 2/20)

9 p.m.

Nature (Sundays) American Experience (Mondays) Frontline (Tuesdays, except 2/11) Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Program (Wednesday, 2/11) Scientific American Frontiers (Thursdays) Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (Friday, 2/6) Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom (Friday, 2/13) Linguist (Friday, 2/27) History Detectives (Saturdays)

9:30 p.m.

Young Lincoln (Friday, 1/9) When Life was Young (Saturday, 1/10) Ten Crucial Days-The Road to Liberty (Saturday, 1/17) Inside Washington (Sunday, 1/18)

10 p.m.

Global Voices (Sundays) NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Mondays – Fridays) History Detectives (Saturdays)

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Pipedreams LIVE! Now and then, Pipedreams host Michael Barone likes to venture out into the real world, to contravene convention, cordially communicate, and, with luck, transfer some of the essence of the weekly Pipedreams broadcasts into audience-friendly performance events that entertain audiences young and old who come out to hear organ music in a vibrant concert setting. The result is Pipedreams Live! and WXXI-FM 91.5 is pleased to partner with the Eastman School of Music (ESM), Rochester Theater Organ Society, and the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists to bring this special concert event to Rochester.

This three-day event, February 13-15, includes concerts on the Paul Fritts’s Opus 26 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Craighead-Saunders Organ at Christ Church, and the Wurlitzer at the Auditorium Theatre. Each concert will feature ESM students as well as three ESM organ faculty members: David Higgs, Hans Davidsson and William Porter. Pipedreams host Michael Barone hosts each concert with special appearances by Richard Gladwell, host of With Heart & Voice.

They’ll provide verbal program notes, converse with players and composers, and demonstrate the mechanism and sound-palette of the featured instrument. To learn more, visit wxxi.org/pipedreams.

CONCERT LOCATIONS AND INFORMATION All concerts are free and open to the public.

Friday, February 13 at 7 p.m.

Sacred Heart Cathedral, 296 Flower City Park Saturday, February 14 at 7 p.m.

Christ Church, 141 East Avenue Pipedreams host Michael Barone (left) and WXXI’s Richard Gladwell (right)

ABOUT

Pipedreams THE RADIO SERIES Pipedreams spotlights extraordinary instruments and performers playing awe-inspiring music. The eloquent and good-humored host Michael Barone hosts the weekly program.

PIPEDREAMS airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Classical 91.5/HD91.5-2.

Sunday, February 15 at 2:30 p.m.

Auditorium Theatre, 885 E Main Street PHOTOS: AUDITORIUM THEATRE: RTOS-GRIERSON WURLITZER (ROCHESTER THEATER ORGAN SOCIETY); RICHARD NEIDICH (ABOVE) CHRIST CHURCH, EPISCOPAL: CRAIGHEAD-SAUNDERS ORGANCREDIT: JONATHAN ORTLOFF (BELOW)

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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

The Grammy-winning LOS ANGELES GUITAR QUARTET (LAGQ) has forged an unmatched reputation for making brilliant and compelling music with little more than four acoustic guitars, an uncanny musical vocabulary and a boundless spirit of musical innovation and cross-cultural adventure. The LAGQ bring all of this to the Henry Epstein Studio at WXXI as they perform live and chat with host Julia Figueras.

Celebrating their twenty-seventh year on the concert stage, the members of the LAGQ continue to set the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles, while perennially redefining themselves in their musical explorations.

With over a dozen recordings over the past two decades, they have established themselves as masters of the classics, as well as the creators of the unique syntheses of world-music and contemporary styles that have made the “LAGQPHOTO: WWW.LAGQ.COM sound” a favorite around the world.

BACKSTAGE PASS airs Friday, February 13 at 1 p.m., and repeats Sunday, February 15 at 2 p.m. on Classical 91.5/90.3/HD91.5-1

Center Stage at Wolf Trap

CENTER STAGE AT WOLF TRAP showcases live performance from some of today’s finest chamber musicians, recorded in the Barns at Wolf Trap, a year-round facility that is hailed as one of DC’s “premier venues for classical music.” This 13-week series of one-hour programs includes unscripted and spontaneous conversations with co-hosts Rich Kleinfeldt and Bill McGlaughlin.

CENTER STAGE AT WOLF TRAP airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m., beginning February 3 on Classical 91.5/90.3/ HD91.5-1

highlights

Mendelssohn

MADNESS Felix Mendelssohn turns 200 on February 3 and he sounds as fresh and vibrant as ever!

Tune in to Classical 91.5 all day as we celebrate this musical landmark with Mendelssohn Mania!

You’ll hear some of Mendelssohn’s finest and most important works throughout the day, including excerpts from a great Bach masterpiece that Mendelssohn rescued from obscurity. Join us as we say, “Felicitations, Felix,” all day February 3!

Pipedreams, on Sunday, February 1 at 8 p.m. and Exploring Music, on Monday, February 2 and Tuesday, February 3 at 7 p.m., are also celebrating the bicentennial of Medelssohn. See page 29.

MENDELSSOHN MADNESS runs all day, Tuesday, February 3 on Classical 91.5/90.3/HD91.5-1

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CLASSICAL PROGRAMMING

FEBRUARY classical programming Classical91.5/WJSL90.3/HD91.5-1

Monday-Friday

6a 7a

Saturday

Sunday

The Sunshine Show

Classical Music

with Simon Pontin

with John Andres

The Sunshine Show with Simon Pontin

8a

With Heart and Voice Salmagundy

9a

with Richard Gladwell

with Simon Pontin

10a Sunday Baroque 11a

Classical Music with Julia Figueras

NOON

Fascinatin’ Rhythm Classical Music with Marianne Carberry

Saint Paul Sunday

1p Classical Music 24 2p Metropolitan Opera (start and end times vary)

3p Classical Music 4p 5p

From the Top

6p 7p

Exploring Music

A Prairie Home Companion

Syndicated Orchestral Series

Gilmore International Keyboard Festival With Heart & Voice

with Bill McGlaughlin

8p 9p

New York Philharmonic

with Chris Van Hof

Thistle & Shamrock Pipedreams

(see listings for details)

Echoes 10p

Hearts of Space Classical Music

11p

from PRI

MID.

Echoes

Music of the 21st Century Classical Music

with Chris Hickey

from PRI

Classical 24

Fridays, 10:00 p.m. until 12 a.m. to 6a

indicates a WXXI Production For a copy of the complete WJSL 90.3 schedule, log on to wxxi.org/wjsl or call 585-258-0253.

Jon Kimura Parker

The Maulbronn Monastery Church

JoAnn Falletta Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

february 2009

Sunday Saint Paul Sunday Thomas Hampson, bar; Craig Rutenberg, p Jorja Fleezanis, v; Karl Paulnack, p OPUS ONE Zuill Bailey, c; Awadagin Pratt, p

Gilmore International Keyboard Festival 2/1

2/8

2:00pm Backstage Pass 2/15

See page 27 for details.

3:00pm The New York Philharmonic 2/1

2/8

2/15 2/22

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 R. Strauss: Burleske Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (Philip Smith, tr; Sheryl Staples, v; Robert Langevin, f; Liang Wang, ob; Emanuel Ax, p; Lorin Maazel, cond) Murail: Gondwana Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11 Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques Debussy: La Mer (Olli Mustonen, p; Ludovic Morlot, cond) Knussen: Violin Concerto Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Pinchas Zukerman, v; Gustavo Dudamel, cond) Haydn: Symphony No. 89, Selected arias Brahms: Serenade No. 1 (Thomas Quasthoff, bs-bar; Riccardo Muti, cond)

2/15 2/22

2/1

2/8

2/15

2/22

From the Hoyt Sherman Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa we hear a 17-year-old baritone singing an aria from the Marriage of Figaro and a guitar quartet from Minnesota.

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, with music director JoAnn Falletta, joins From the Top at its summer home, Artpark, for a show featuring an 18 year-old pianist who performs a movement of the famous Poulenc Double Concerto with the orchestra.

Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops join From the Top at the Cincinnati Music Hall for a program that features a 12-year-old pianist playing Bach and a 16-year-old violinist performing the Mendelssohn Double.

From the Top travels to the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire to present a group of musicians studying at the Heifetz International Music Institute.

Mozart: Excerpts from Violin Sonatas (David Owen Norris, p; Monica Huggett, v) Chopin: Excerpts from 24 Preludes (Rafel Blechacz, p) Rzewski: Natural Things (Opus 21 Ensemble) Beethoven: Excerpt from Sonata in c (Stephen Hough, p) Janacék: Capriccio for Piano, Left Hand and Winds (Jeremy Denk, p; Gilmore Festival Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Harvey, cond) Messiaen: Excerpts from Vision de l’amen (Lori Sims & Yu-Lien The, p) Grieg: Piano Concerto (André Watts, p; Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra; David Lockington, cond) Messiaen: Excerpts from The End of Time Schubert: Sonata in c (Mitsuko Uchida and Friends)

7:00pm With Heart & Voice 2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22

The Sixteen & Harry Christophers Bach, Gabrieli, Tallis, Mozart Peeters, Lobo, Dumont, Stanford Music from a Castle Church

8:00pm Pipedreams 2/1

5:00pm From the Top

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2/8

2/15

2/22

Mendelssohn the Musician We celebrate the bicentennial of composer, recitalist, promoter, and creator of the most important organ works after Bach.

Gloria! Composers from four centuries create energetic musical manifestations of a timeless, singular song of praise.

A Miami Organ Festival Finalists in the 2008 Competition play the Ruffatti pipe organ at Church of the Epiphany.

Widor Two, Too A dramatic, romantic French organ symphony with some of its composer’s other thoughts.

Monday 7:00pm Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin 2/2

2/9

Mendelssohn To celebrate Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday, we’ll survey the works of one of the greatest musical minds of all time.

It Was A Lover and His Lass Composers influenced by the great elixir of love.

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The Proud Tower – Part 1 Music from the Gilded Age to the Great War. The Proud Tower – Part 2

2/18 2/25

8:00pm

Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kije Respighi: The Pines of Rome (Cliff Colnot, cond) Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (Ludovic Morlot, cond)

Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts 2/2

2/9 2/16 2/23 2/30

Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra Purcell: Chaconne from Dido and Aeneas Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford (Lisa Batiashvili, v; Lawrence Power, vla; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Roger Norrington, cond) Choral music as performed on May 9-14, 2008 in the Marktoberdorf, Bavaria Tensions: Music In The Power Plant In Heimbach Early Music Days In Regensburg Maulbronn Monastery Concerts performed on July 24, 2008 in the Maulbronn Monastery Church

Thursday 8:00pm BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2/5

2/12

Tuesday

2/19

8:00pm Center Stage at Wolf Trap 2/3

2/10

2/17

2/24

Bach/Stanton: Organ Fugue, Little (Washington Sax Quartet) Haydn: String Quartet in C (Takács String Quartet) Fung: Miniatures for Clarinet and String Quartet (John Bruce Yeh, cl; Maia Quartet) Strauss: Sonata in F (David Finckel & Wu Han) Arensky: Duo Piano Suite, Silhouettes (TengstrandSun Piano Duo) Garrop: String Quartet No. 2, Demons and Angels (Biava Quartet) Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 (Gryphon Trio) Piazzolla: Oblivion (Washington Sax Quartet) Hatzis: Old Photographs (Gryphon Trio) Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout (Chiara String Quartet) Grieg: Cello Sonata (David Finckel & Wu Han) Gershwin/Bill Grossman: Three Preludes (Washington Sax Quartet) Dubois: The Quatuor (Washington Sax Quartet) Pann: Differences for cello and piano (David Ying, c; Elinor Freer, p) Brahms: String Quartet (Takács String Quartet)

Wednesday

2/26

Friday 1:00pm Backstage Pass 2/13

APM Symphony Cast 2/6

2/13

8:00pm

2/11

Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian (Myung Whun Chung, cond) Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Osmo Vänskä, cond) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Bernard Haitink, cond)

See page 27 for details.

8:00pm

Civic Orchestra of Chicago 2/4

Berio: Four Original Versions of Luigi Boccherini’s Ritirata notturna di Madrid Salonen: Piano Concerto Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 (Yefim Bronfman, p; Daniel Gingrich, h; EsaPekka Salonen, cond) Verdi: Gloria all’Egitto from Aïda, Va, pensiero from Nabucco Debussy: Nocturnes for Orchestra (Sir Georg Solti, cond) Brahms: A German Requiem (James Levine, cond) Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Hindemith: Overture to Neues vom Tage, Trauermusik Friedman: Sacred Heart: Explosion Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Pinchas Zukerman, vla and cond) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 Augusta Reed Thomas: Gathering Paradise, Emily Dickinson Settings Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 Rossini: William Tell Overture (John Sharp, c; Heidi Grant Murphy, s Charles Dutoit, cond)

2/20

Schubert: Symphony No. 3 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 Haydn: Symphony No. 101, The Clock (Stephen Hough, p; San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, cond) Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Douglas Boyd, cond) Wagenaar: Overture to Cyrano de Bergerac Barber: Violin Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Vesko Eschkenazy, v; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, cond)

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Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot, Tea for Two, Piano Concerto No. 1 Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian (Jon Kimura Parker, p; Mark Hughes, tr; Houston Symphony; Hans Graf, cond)

A Prairie Home Companion 2/7 2/14

2/28

Thistle & Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie

Fascinatin’ Rhythm

2/7

Details That Matter Love Songs about Love Songs Days Gone By Fashion Show

2/14 2/21

1:00pm The Metropolitan Opera 2/7 2/14 2/21 2/28

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Live HD Theater performance) Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Celia: Adriana Lecouvreur Verdi: Il Trovatore

A live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN A live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN A live broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN TBA

8:00pm

11:00am 2/7 2/14 2/21 2/28

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2/28

Classically Celtic Music that draws upon traditional roots whilst oozing classical style.

Celtic Romance Soulful ballads and songs of loving, leaving, and loneliness – Celtic music of the heart.

Underneath the Stars The featured music this week looks to the Northern and Western skies for inspiration, detailing ancient landscapes that have always drawn meaning, guidance and solace from the sun, moon and stars.

Welsh Momentum This week we bring you established and emerging artists, including Drymbago, Mim Twm Llai, Gwenan Gibbard, and Crasdant.

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WXXI stations outperform Rochester’s market index for desirable consumers:

• Advanced Degrees (97% more likely) • College Graduates (48% more likely) • Plan on taking college level courses in next 12 months and aged 35+ (63% more likely) • Annual Household Income: $100,000+ (53% more likely) • Home Market Value: $200,000+ (37% more likely) • Arts Patrons who frequent opera, symphony and theater (72% more likely) • Plan on buying a car (38% more likely) • Frequent restaurant diners (54% more likely) • Voted in past year in local, state and national elections (36% more likely) • Dual-income families with kids under age 6 in childcare (22% more likely) • Do NOT have cable or satellite (38% more likely) With a long term sponsorship, WXXI can enhance your business image now, and offer lasting impact over time. To find out more, contact Rachael Kriteman-Landau, Director of Sales and Marketing, 585-258-0285 or underwriting@wxxi.org

february 2009

88.5 WRUR

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Monday-Friday Midnight

DJ Speciality Shows

2:00 am

The Difference

3:00 am

World Café

5:00 am

Morning Edition

9:00 am

Open Tunings with Scott Regan

Noon

The All Weather Lunch

2:00 pm

World Café

4:00 pm

All Things Considered

6:00 pm

Sounds Eclectic (Monday) Mountain Stage (Tuesday) Mystery Train (Wednesday) ONSTAGE >> (Thursday) Rejuvination (Friday)

7:00 pm

Radio Rock (Thursday)

8:00 pm

DJ Specialty Shows (Monday-Thursday)

9:00 pm

Blacks and Blues (Fridays)

TUNE IN TO WRUR-FM 88.5 every Thursday evening at 6 p.m. for OnStage, the radio and TV series where diverse musical performances by the region’s finest musicians intersperse with intimate interviews and compelling stories. OnStage rebroadcasts on WRUR-FM Saturdays at 3 p.m. The TV version airs Sundays at 7 p.m. on WXXI-TV/HD.

Saturday Midnight

Beale Street Caravan

1:00 am

The Difference

8:00 am

A Variety of Folk

10:00 am

Best of Open Tunings

Noon

La Dolce Vita

2:00 pm

Putumayo World Music Hour

3:00 pm

ONSTAGE >>

4:00 pm

Radio Rock

5:00 pm

E-Town

6:00 pm

American Routes

9:00 pm

The Grateful Dead Hour

10:00 pm

DJ Specialty Shows

Sunday Midnight

Mystery Train

2:00 am

The Difference

8:00 am

The World of Gospel

10:00 am

Irish Party House

Noon

The Jewish Sound

2:00 pm

Mountain Stage

4:00 pm

A Prairie Home Companion

6:00 pm

Jazz with Ruth Elaine

8:00 pm

What’s New

9:00 pm

Marian McPartland

10:00 pm

Black Classics with Talik

THE DEMOS > FEBRUARY 5 With a gift for melody, simple yet poignant songs, sweet harmonies, and a guitar sound that is as much today as it is the ‘60s, the Demos is one of the best pop bands playing today.

Their music is simplified to the point that works whether strummed electrically or acoustically.

CHESTERFIELD KINGS > FEBRUARY 12 During the late 70s and early 80s, while most bands were trying to ride the New Wave, Rochester’s own Chesterfield Kings set their own course into the past... destination 1966.

Pioneers of the garage rock revival, the band continues to raise the bar on the reborn scene.

BUDDHAHOOD > FEBRUARY 19 The band’s several vocalists join a full horn section, steel drums, bass, drums, and guitar to create tunes that are as uplifting spiritually and emotionally as they are physically.

JOE BEARD & THE JOHN COLE BLUES BAND > FEBRUARY 26 Rochester’s celebrated blues artists Joe Beard and The John Cole Blues Band hit the stage for a very special OnStage. As each are musical legends in their own right, they came together for a remarkable performance.

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MEDITERANNEA

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

BOLT

MACBETH

Opera Opera Everywhere!

CLASSICAL 91.5 encourages you to attend one of the many operas screening at local theaters in February.

The Little Theatre hosts the best selection of international operas, while Regal Eastview and Tinseltown present a live, HD simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. For Little Theatre ticket information call 258-0400 or visit www.thelittle.org. For the Met Opera ticket information, call Regal Eastview at 425-0420 and Tinseltown at 247-2180, or www.fathomevents.com.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 AT 12 NOON THE LITTLE THEATRE

DON CARLO Considered to be Giuseppe Verdi’s greatest work, Don Carlo is a story based on conflicts in the life of Prince Carlos of Asturias, after his betrothed Elisabeth of Valois was married instead to his father, King Philip II of Spain, as part of the peace treaty ending the Italian War between the Houses of Habsburg and Valois.

Conductor: Daniele Gatti; Cast: Giuseppe Filianoti, Fiorenza Cedolins, Matti Salminen.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 AT 6PM & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AT 12 NOON THE LITTLE THEATRE

LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK Shostakovich’s opera delineates the story of the unhappy Katerina who is driven to murder so she can pursue her romance with Sergei, one of her husband’s workers.

Director: Lev Dodin; Conductor: James Conlon; Cast: Vladimir Vaneev, Vsevolod Grivnov, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Sergej Kunaev.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 AT 1PM REGAL EASTVIEW AND TINSELTOWN

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s fragile heroine, with tenor Rolando Villazón in the part of her lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production is staged as a Victorian ghost story.

Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Mary Zimmerman, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 6PM & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AT 12 NOON THE LITTLE THEATRE

MEDITERANNEA Mediterranea, which does not indulge in the folklore but varies the musical genres that range from popular Turkish music to Ligeti and Mozart to archaic Grecian melodies, focuses on the gestures and the moves in a refined balance between lyricism and pure energy.

Choreographer: Mauro Bigonzetti; Performers: Massimo Murru, Antonino Sutera, Francesca Podini, Gabriele Corrado, Antonella Albano, Andrea Volpintesta.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT 6PM & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 AT12 NOON THE LITTLE THEATRE

BOLT Dimitri Shostakovich’s second ballet, BOLT, brings serious and popular music and dance all together including Komsomol routines, Red Army marches, circus acrobatics, and vaudeville antics.

Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky; Conductor: Pavel Sorokin Performers: Anastasia Yatsenko, Andreï Merkuriev, Denis Savin, Morikhiro Iwata Ballet of the Bolshoï theatre/ Orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre.

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AM HIGHLIGHTS

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THE PROMISED LAND: Different Takes on the Legacy of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King had a dream.

“I’ve seen the promised land,” he said. “I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”

It’s more that four decades since he spoke those words — words that still ring in our ears, especially as we celebrate what would have been Dr. King’s 80th birthday.

During a one-hour special, The Promised Land: Different Takes on the Legacy of Martin Luther King, activist, environmentalist, humanitarian Majora Carter gauges the reach of King’s influence. How far have we come? What has been the impact on our kids, and our communities?

THE PROMISED LAND: Different Takes on the Legacy of Martin Luther King airs Saturday, February 7 at 3 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5-2

damali ayo

Heather Raffo

Thomas Lauderdale

Mixed Race is the fastest growing minority in America.

The arts have opened up new ideas through colorblind casting, fusion in music, the visual arts and literature. Just as each racial/ethnic group influences and changes artistic styles and movements, Mixed Race artists help to create fusion and bridges cultural and traditional differences.

Hosted and produced by Dmae Roberts, In the Mix: Conversations with Artists ... Between Races is a personal exploration of Mixed Race. The documentary features Lou Diamond Phillips, writer Lisa See, playwright Heather Raffo, conceptual artist/writer damali ayo, poet Robert Karimi, musican Phillip Blanchett, visual artist Phyllis Fast, Oregon Shakespeare actor Demetra Pittman and Thomas Lauderdale of the band Pink Martini.

IN THE MIX: Conversations with Artists… Between Races airs Saturday, February 28 at 3 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5

CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS…BETWEEN RACES

IN THE MIX:

AM highlights LADY WRITES THE BLUES: The Rose Marie McCoy Story Born in 1922, Rose Marie McCoy grew up in a tin shack in rural Arkansas. By the 1960s, she had become one of the most prolific songwriters of her generation. Her songs have been recorded by Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley, Dizzy Gillespie, Ike & Tina Turner, Big Maybelle, Ruth Brown, James Brown, Bette Midler, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis and Aretha Franklin. Her success was even more remarkable since she worked in an era when blacks and women were largely excluded from the business side of the music industry.

But despite publishing over 850 songs, McCoy remains largely unknown.

Hosted by singer-songwriter Maxine Brown, “Lady Writes the Blues: The Rose Marie McCoy Story” shines a long overdue spotlight on McCoy, who wrote her first song, “After All,” in 1942.

LADY WRITES THE BLUES: The Rose Marie McCoy Story airs Saturday, February 14 at 3 p.m. on AM1370/HD91.5-2

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FEBRUARY AM schedule AM1370/HD91.5-2

Monday-Friday

Saturday

5:30a

Legislative Gazette

6:00

Capital Connection

Sunday

A World of Possibilities

6:30 7:00 8:00

Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep and Renée Montagne and local host Alex Crichton Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3 and WXXI-FM HD-2

9:00 10:00

The Diane Rehm Show 11:00

Inside Europe

On the Media

Only a Game

Speaking of Faith

Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen

and local host Jen Markham

and local host Brad Smith

Car Talk

Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!

1.800.433.8850

Car Talk Whad’Ya Know?

NOON

1370 Connection A Prarie Home Companion

with Bob Smith 585.263.9994 1:00p

2:00

Marketplace Money Perspectives with Curt Smith Talk of the Nation

Thistle & Shamrock

1.800.989.TALK 3:00 4:00

1370 Forum All Things Considered with Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel

Mountain Stage Living On Earth

and local host Rachel Ward

All Things Considered with Andrea Seabrook

6:00

Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3, and WXXI-FM HD-2

Latino USA

6:30

Marketplace

Need to Know

7:00

Fresh Air

8:00

News & Notes

9:00

1370 Connection

5:00

All Things Considered with Andrea Seabrook

This American Life

with Bob Smith

Mostly Jazz with Tom Hampson

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz

Afropop Worldwide

What’s New with Mark Grube

Riverwalk Jazz

10:00 11:00 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

MID. to 5a

Mostly Jazz with Tom Hampson

LeShow Perspectives w/ Curt Smith Car Talk This American Life The Tavis Smiley Show (until 1 a.m.)

BBC World Service

Jazz from Lincoln Center

BBC World Service

Beale Street Caravan What’s New with Mark Grube

Weekend Radio

BBC World Service

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WXXI HD RADIO SCHEDULE WXXI HD RADIO hosts three audio channels—91.5-1, which broadcasts our classical music programming heard on FM 91.5/90.3 with the highest definition of sound, and 91.5-2, which broadcasts news and information programming heard on AM 1370. A third channel, 91.5-3, offers a whole new variety of talk radio and news programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International not found in our current radio schedules. See the schedule for WXXI-FM HD 91.5-3 below, and for a complete schedule, log on to WXXI.org/radio/hd.

91.5-1 Cla ical 91.5 in HD HOUR

SUNDAY

MONDAY

12:00 am

Tavis Smiley

1:00 am

Fresh Air Weekend Humankind

2:00 am

Inside Europe

On the Media

3:00 am

Latino USA

3:30am

Need to Know

4:00am

Living on Earth

5:00am

91.5-3

91.5-2

Program Schedule

AM 1370 in HD TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

The Story

The Story

The Story

The Story

The Story

Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

Inside Europe

A World of Possibilities

Living on Earth

Selected Shorts

This American Life

The Sound of the Young America

Marketplace Money

Speaking of Faith

Changing World

Splendid Table

Perspectives BBC World Service

6:00 am BBC World Service 6:30 am 7:00 am

BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service BBC World Service Selected Shorts

8:00 am 8:30 am 9:00 am

Bob Edwards Weekend

Changing World

Weekend Edition

On Point

On Point

On Point

On Point

On Point

Weekend Edition

Day to Day

Day to Day

Day to Day

Day to Day

Day to Day

Tavis Smiley

1:00 pm

Marketplace Money Splendid Table

News & Notes

News & Notes

News & Notes

News & Notes

News & Notes

2:00 pm

Technation

To the Point

To the Point

To the Point

To the Point

To the Point

3:00 pm

This American Life Perspectives

Fresh Air

Fresh Air

Fresh Air

Fresh Air

Fresh Air

BBC Newshour

BBC Newshour

BBC Newshour

BBC Newshour

BBC Newshour

The World

The World

The World

The World

The World

Marketplace

Marketplace

Marketplace

Marketplace

Marketplace

As It Happens

As It Happens

As It Happens

As It Happens

As It Happens

Marketplace Update All Things Considered

Marketplace Update All Things Considered

Marketplace Update All Things Considered

Marketplace Update All Things Considered

Marketplace Update All Things Considered

10-11:00 am 12:00 pm

4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm

Zorba Paster Health Studio 360

6:30 pm 7:00 pm

9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm

A World of Possibilities

Word for Word

7:30 pm 8:00 pm

Studio 360 Fresh Air Weekend Bob Edwards Weekend

All Things Considered Best of Our Knowledge Wiretap

Diane Rehm Show Diane Rehm Show Diane Rehm Show Diane Rehm Show Diane Rehm Show

Speaking of Faith All Things Considered On the Media Car Talk Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

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MAILING

WXXI Public Broadcasting Council 280 State Street • P.O. Box 30021 Rochester, New York 14603-3021 (585) 325 -7500

PERIODICAL

VOICES LECTURE FOR FEBRUARY

P.O.V. – Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North Join Producer/Director Katrina Browne to view and learn about her film Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North.

This documentary is about Browne’s slave-trading ancestors and their complicity in slavery. It follows ten descendants as they retrace the Triangle Trade, exploring the contemporary legacy of slavery for themselves as white Americans. The film premiered January ‘08 at the Sundance Film Festival, and aired on PBS as part of P.O.V. in June.

WXXI will host a screening of Browne’s film at 12 noon on Sunday, February 22 followed by Browne’s presentation at 2 p.m.

A box lunch will be served during the screening. The screening and presentation will take place at WXXI’s Studios, 280 State Street in Rochester. Tickets are $10 for WXXI members, $25 for non-members.

To order tickets, call 585-258-0200 or visit WXXI.org/voices.

WXXI VOICES LECTURE ON FEBRUARY 22, 2009 Film Screening at 12 Noon | Lecture begins at 2 p.m.

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