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2003 PBS News Headlines
- PBS in 2003 (December 17, 2003)
- "PBS/NPR Newsbrief" Announces Journalists Beverly Kirk and Sheilah Kast as Anchors (November 19, 2003)
- PBS to Air U.S. Exclusive Interview - President Bush Talking With David Frost - on Eve of President's Visit to United Kingdom (November 12, 2003)
- Tucker Carlson Public Affairs Program Green-Lighted for Development at PBS (November 12, 2003)
- PBS Appoints Linda Simensky as
Senior Director, Programming, PBS KIDS ® (October 28, 2003)
- PBS Names Elizabeth Suarez Vice President, Development (October 7, 2003)
- PBS Appoints Jean Crawford Director for PBS Parents Web Site (October 6, 2003)
- PBS and Leading Colleges Join to Provide "Anytime, Anywhere" Access to Top Quality Distance Education College Courses and Degrees (September 25, 2003)
- PBS Celebrates
Hispanic Heritage Month
(September 16, 2003)
- "American Family" Returns to PBS This Fall (July 12, 2003)
- PBS Joins Legendary Producers, Award-Winning Actors, Journalists and Popular Newcomers to Bring the American Public the Best Music, Drama and Debate in Fall 2003 (July 12, 2003)
- Award-Winning PBS KIDS® Launches New Programming This Fall 2003 (July 12, 2003)
- iN DEMAND Adds Award-Winning Programs From PBS for
Kids-on-Demand Virtual Channel (June 8, 2003)
- PBS KIDS--Ready to Play! (June 5, 2003)
- School's Out! Celebrate Summer Learning With
PBS KIDS Share a Story (June 6, 2003)
- POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER Will Arrive Fall 2004 On PBS KIDS (May 29, 2003)
- New Study Shows PBS Programming Ranked #1 by the Nation's Educators (May 29, 2003)
- Stephanie Aaronson Appointed Senior Director, Media Relations and Program Promotion for PBS (May 27, 2003)
- PBS Scores Two Major Wins at Daytime Emmys Televised Ceremony (May 17, 2003)
- PBS Scores Most Children's Show Wins at Daytime Emmy Creative Craft Awards (May 11, 2003)
- PBS & Local Public Television Stations Across the Country Kick Off Events Celebrating Innovative Children's Literacy Campaign:
PBS KIDS Share A Story (May 7, 2003)
- Ellen Flahive to Join PBS as Vice President, Sponsorship Sales (April 10, 2003)
- PBS Online Web Sites Receive Three "Webby" Award Nominations (April 9, 2003)
- PBS.org Reports Record-Breaking Traffic in March (April 7, 2003)
- Bruce Jacobs Receives PBS Excellence in Engineering Award (April 4, 2003)
- PBS' First Quarter of 2003 Brings New Programming, Online Initiatives, Industry Awards and Growing Viewership (April 2, 2003)
- PBS Opens The Doors to Its Newest Educational Offering--"PBS CAMPUS" (March 17, 2003)
- PBS Changes Schedule To Offer A Special Night of In-Depth Programming- View of Iraq Situation (March 13, 2003)
- Barbara Levy Landes Appointed PBS' New CFO (March 13, 2003)
- PBS Dominates List of Nominations for Children's Programming for 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (March 12, 2003)
- PBS Launches Second Campaign On TiVo Showcases (March 4, 2003)
- Patricia Murphy Joins PBS as Corporate Communications Director and Speechwriter (March 3, 2003)
- PBS Statement Regarding Mister Rogers (February 27, 2003)
- Two PBS Documentaries - "Daughter From Danang" and "Prisoner of Paradise" - Nominated for Academy Awards® (February 13, 2003)
- Statement of Public Broadcasters In Response to the President's 2004 Budget Plan (February 3, 2003)
- PBS and CPB Continue to Lead Broadcast Industry in Public Affairs Programming in 2003 (January 10, 2003)
- Passion, Power and Betrayal Frame New "Masterpiece Theatre" Productions (January 10, 2003)
- MYSTERY! to Offer More Hillerman and Summertime Sleuthing (January 10, 2003)
- Ready to Brave a Brand New World? PBS and THIRTEEN/WNET New York Seek Applicants for COLONIAL HOUSE, the Next Installment of the Wildly Popular "Hands-On-History" Strand (January 10, 2003)
- New PBS Documentary, "1421: When China Discovered the World," Re-writes Global History in 2004(January 10, 2003)
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2002 PBS News Headlines
- 2002 A Year Of Excellence And Honors For PBS (December 30, 2002)
- First All-American Mystery! Is An All-Around Success For PBS (November 27, 2002)
- PBS Selects Accenture To Develop System Enabling Transition To Digital TV (November 21, 2002)
- James Guerra To Serve PBS Program Business Affairs As Outside Counsel (November 20, 2002)
- PBS Names Lea Sloan Vice President, Media Relations (November 18, 2002)
- PBS Video Launches Powerful Online Teaching Tool (November 13, 2002)
- ExxonMobil Honored with First PBS Corporate Leadership Award (October 28, 2002)
- PBS KIDS - #1 Children's Media Brand - Launches Its Most Ambitious Media Campaign (October 22, 2002)
- PBS Teams With Target Stores To Launch National Children's Literacy Campaign Led By Laura Bush and Levar Burton (October 12, 2002)
- PBS KIDS Series Between The Lions Proves Again That TV Can Help Children Learn to Read (October 8, 2002)
- PBS and NHK Sign Cooperation Agreement for HDTV Programs (October 8, 2002)
- PBS's Rebroadcast of Ken Burns's "The Civil War" Resonating with Viewers Across the Country (October 1, 2002)
- PBS Unveils Comprehensive Online Resource for One of its Most Important -- and Active -- Audiences: PBS Parents (September 26, 2002)
- PBS Grants License for SAGWA Books to Scholastic (September 16, 2002)
- PBS Dominates News and Documentary Emmys with 14 Awards(September 11, 2002)
- PBS Reorganizes Senior Management (September 6, 2002)
- Robert Ramsdell, Expert in Education and Professional Development, To Lead PBS TeacherLine (September 4, 2002)
- Communications Executive Laura Nichols Leaves PBS (August 14, 2002)
- PBS Launches Brand Campaign Urging Viewers to Be More (July 26, 2002)
- PBS Announces "Colonial House," A New Hands-on History Series in Which Modern-Day American Families Travel Back in Time to Live as 17th-Century Colonial Settlers
(July 26, 2002)
- Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore Set to Star in 'The Gin Game'
for Kcet/Hollywood's "PBS Hollywood Presents" (July 26, 2002)
- WGBH Boston to Present Two New PBS Programs (July 26, 2002)
- New Roster of Independent Non-Fiction Films Join PBS Primetime Lineup in 2003 (July 26, 2002)
- PBS Remembers September 11 (July 26, 2002)
- TiVo, PBS In Alliance To Promote 9/11 Documentaries And Commemorative Content (July 26, 2002)
- PBS Takes Top Honors at News and Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations for Second Consecutive Year (July 22, 2002)
- PBS Receives 11 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations (July 18, 2002)
- PBS and The Mills Corporation Forge Groundbreaking Cause-Marketing Alliance for PBS KIDS (June 27, 2002)
- History Comes Alive as PBS Unveils Five New Specials and Series
at Annual Meeting (June 26, 2002)
- PBS Unveils Long-Term Strategic Plan for "PBS KIDS"
in the Digital Age (June 24, 2002)
- PBS Launches "Ken Burns American Stories,"
New Weekly Series Featuring Burns's Documentaries
with Commentary by the Director, Premiering September 30 (June 24, 2002)
- Veteran PBS Executive Retires (May 23, 2002)
- PBS Scores Two More Wins at Daytime Emmys
Televised Ceremony (May 22, 2002)
- PBS Sponsorship Group Promotes Ellen Flahive
to Executive Director (May 14, 2002)
- PBS Ties for First Place and Scores Most Children's Wins
at Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards (May 13, 2002)
- Katherine Lauderdale Named Senior Vice President and
General Counsel at Public Broadcasting Service (May 9, 2002)
- Public Television and Insight Communications Agree on Digital Carriage
(May 6, 2002)
- PBS Kids Online Unveils a Variety of New Content Geared to School-Aged Kids
(April 15, 2002)
- KCTS/Seattle's 'Don't Buy It' Web Site Coming to PBS Kids Online
(April 15, 2002)
- "It's My Life" Launches on PBS Kids Online
(April 15, 2002)
- Cinar Corporation and PBS Partner Again to Produce New Episodes of the Award-Winning Show "Caillou" for Kids 2-5
(April 15, 2002)
- Frontline Takes a "World" View in New PBS Series
Premiering Thursday, May 23
(April 8, 2002)
- PBS DTV Signal Reaches More Than 50 Percent of the Nation
(April 5, 2002)
- PBS to Launch Nationwide Campaign to Promote Reading to Children
(April 3, 2002)
- Statement of Pat Mitchell, PBS President and CEO
(April 3, 2002)
- PBS Garners Most Children's Nominations at
29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Ceremony
(March 13, 2002)
- PBS "Gets Active" About E-Membership (March 12, 2002)
- PBS YOU Launches 'Standard Deviants School' Programming (February 26, 2002)
- Redford's Wildwood Enterprises and PBS Bring "Skinwalkers" to the Small Screen (February 21, 2002)
- PBS Names Tracey Beeker Vice President,
Strategic Partnerships And Licensing (February 20, 2002)
- PBS Commits More Air Time to Kids With a New Block of Programs
And New Specials in 2002 (January 8, 2002)
- PBS Launches "NOW with Bill Moyers" A Weekly News Series Offering Fresh Perspective and Analysis
Friday Evenings Beginning January 18, 2002 at 9 P.M. (January 7, 2002)
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2001 PBS News Headlines
- Public Television Announces Agreement with DIRECTV,
Inc. for Expansion and Continuation of Service on DIRECTV (December 20, 2001)
- Johnson & Johnson to be Exclusive Corporate
Underwriter for PBS Drama "American Family," Premiering January 23 (December
12, 2001)
- E-learning Pioneer Jinny Goldstein to Leave PBS
(November 28, 2001)
- PBS Announces Strategic Realignment (November
5, 2001)
- PBS Announces Relaunch Of PBS YOU Distance
Learning Service (November 5, 2001)
- PBS Investigates Bioterror Past, Present and Future
in Two Specials Airing Tuesday, November 13 (November 1, 2001)
- Rex Adams of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
Succeeds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Chairman Colin Campbell as PBS Board
Chairman (October 31, 2001)
- PBS Raises the Curtains for American Field Guide
-- An Unprecedented Online Resource for Lovers of the Outdoors (October 3,
2001)
- Life 360 Web site Launches on PBS.org (October
1, 2001)
- PBS and H Design Collaborate to Develop Interactive
TV Content for New PBS Series Life 360 (October 1, 2001)
- PBS and ExtendMedia Collaborate to Develop
Interactive TV Content for New PBS Series Life 360 (October 1, 2001)
- PBS and Chyron Collaborate to Develop Interactive
TV Content for New PBS Series Life 360 (October 1, 2001)
- PBS Children's Series Offers Kids Ideas for
Coping with the Aftermath of the Attacks On America (September 20, 2001)
- Gwen Ifill & Bill Moyers Co-Host "America
Responds: A National Conversation" to Air Following President's Address on
PBS Tonight (September 20, 2001)
- PBS to Broadcast "America: A Tribute to Heroes"
National Telethon, Friday, September 21 (September 19, 2001)
- PBS Schedules Special "America Responds"
Programming as Part of Its Ongoing Coverage of This Week's Events Friday,
September 14 Beginning At 8 P.M. (September 13, 2001)
- PBS Preempts Primetime Schedule for In-Depth
Coverage and Analysis of Terrorist Assault, "America Responds" (September
12, 2001)
- CPB and PBS Announce First Producers Academy
Fellows (September 6, 2001)
- Pat Mitchell Remarks to WinConference 2001
in Interlaken, Switzerland (July 5, 2001)
- PBS 2001-2002 Season Celebrates the Diversity
of America (August 16, 2001)
- Meryl Streep Salutes Teachers and Students
in "Back To School" Week on PBS Starting September 3 (August 14, 2001)
- PBS Partners With Channel 4 in Unprecedented
Expedition to Find Sunken World War II Battleships "Hood" and "Bismarck" for
New Specials Beginning Oct. 31 (July 27, 2001)
- Christian And Protestant Revolutions Examined
in PBS Specials On Peter and Paul and Martin Luther (July 27, 2001)
- PBS to Launch 'American Family,' First Latino
Drama on Broadcast Television, in January 2002 (July 27, 2001)
- PBS Breaks Out New Programming Genre With "Life 360"
on Friday Nights at 9:00 P.M. (July 27, 2001)
- From The Genesis of Early Man to the Genius
of a Modern Woman, PBS Unveils New Documentary Programs (July 26, 2001)
- PBS Online Again Wins 'Webby' Award For Best TV
Site (July 18, 2001)
- PBS, CPB and CARLTON International Establish
New $20 Million Production Fund (June 29, 2001)
- PBS Goes Local With The Award-Winning Kids Series
"ZOOM", June 15, 2001
- PBS and NPR Team Up to Produce a New Television
Initiative, June 14, 2001
- Meryl Streep Introduces "Back To School" Programming
on PBS in September, June 14, 2001
- PBS Announces Most Extensive Revamping of Primetime
Schedule in More Than 25 Years, June 7, 2001
- PBS and Member Stations to Celebrate "Interdependence"
at Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, June 14-16, June 5, 2001
- Senator Cochran Announces Wide-Ranging Literacy
Initiative in Mississippi, May 29, 2001
- PBS Names Marketing Executive Adrienne Cleere
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, May 21, 2001
- PBS Wins Two More Daytime Emmys at Televised Ceremony,
May 21, 2001
- PBS's "American High" Sparks Excitement And
Dialogue Among Teens And Adults, May 7, 2001
- Jennifer Fabian Browning Named Senior Director,
PBS Digital Cable and DBS Strategy, April 17, 2001
- PBS Awarded Markle Foundation Grant To Develop
Digital Strategy For Kids And Families, April 16, 2001
- Capitol Hill Veteran Laura Nichols Named PBS
Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, April
6, 2001
- 69 House Members Join Public Broadcasting Caucus,
April 3, 2001
- PBS Announces Strategic Realignment, March 15,
2001
- PBS And Triveni Digital Announce Interactive Television
Trials With Scientific American Frontiers, February 28, 2001
- PBS Debuts Another First in Interactive Television;
Wavexpress Selected to Provide Digital Broadcasting Platform, February 28,
2001
- National Expert in Child Care & Development Named
Head of PBS Ready to Learn Service, February 27, 2001
- PBS Unveils Grand Prize Winner And Runners-Up
In National "Build Your Own Campaign" Election Challenge, February 15, 2001
- PBS Announces Breakthough, Local/National, Videostreaming
Resource: American Field Guide, February 13, 2001
- Stephan Knobloch Promoted to Senior Director of
PBS TeacherLine, February 12, 2001
- Public TV Veteran Bea Morse Promoted to Senior Director,
PBS Broadcast Operations, February 9, 2001
- Former Rep. John Porter Elected to PBS Board,
February 5, 2001
- Discovery Communications Executive to Oversee
PBS's Content-Related Revenue-Generating Activities, February 1, 2001
- Public Broadcasters' Response to FCC Rulemaking
on Digital Must-Carry, January 24, 2001
- Academy Award®-Winning Film "Schindler's List"
To Air On PBS April 19 And 21 For Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 15, 2001
- "Public Square," A Multi-Media Collaboration
Of PBS And CPB, To Create A "National Conversation" On Topics Ranging From
Politics To Popular Culture, January 15, 2001
- PBS Presents Bill Moyers Investigative Report
On The Chemical Industry, New Arts, History And Religion Programs, January
15, 2001
- PBS and NPR Announce Landmark Collaboration, January
15, 2001
- PBS Unveils New Limited Series For Teens, Documentary
On Sigmund Freud's Early Life, And Conclusion To "New York," January 14, 2001
- PBS To Provide Digital Public TV Stations
With Inauguration Coverage In High-Definition Television, January 12, 2001
- Trisha Creekmore Joins PBS Interactive As Editorial
Director Of PBS.org, January 5, 2001
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2000 PBS News Headlines
- PBS Selects RespondTV to Build and Support Enhanced
TV Content in Select Markets, November 20, 2000
- PBS Names Stephan Scheel Senior Director of Techinical
Systems Planning, November 17, 2000
- PBS & Twin Entertainment Sign Deal To Create Educational
Interactive TV Games, November 17, 2000
- Public Broadcasting Service Launches One Of
The World's Most Sophisticated Professional Development Tools For Math Teachers,
November 16, 2000
- PBS.org Spotlights Web site Celebrating Statesman,
Soldier, Hero, Tyrant, Lover and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, November 8, 2000
- PBS.org and Oregon Public Broadcasting Launch
Web site Helping Educators and Students Explore the Controversial Legacy of
the Conquistadors, November 1, 2000
- PBS Member Stations Elect Board Members, October
24, 2000
- Two New Programming Executives to Join PBS,
October 24, 2000
- PBS Announces Innovative New Programming for
Kids, Teens and Adults, October 24, 2000
- PBS Provides Free Air Time to Major Presidential
Candidates, October 23, 2000
- Discovery Executive Lesli Rotenberg Is Named Senior
Vice President of Brand Management and Promotion at PBS, October 18, 2000
- Dozens of Local Congressional Debates to Complement
Live, National 'PBS Debate Night' Broadcast on Oct. 15, 2000
- Congressional Leaders Will Debate on Live National
Broadcast of PBS DEBATE NIGHT, October 2, 2000
- "TIME TO CHOOSE," A Live Broadcast Originating
From Five Local Public Broadcasting Stations, Premieres November 1 on PBS
and NPR, October 2, 2000
- Public Television and Time Warner Cable Agree
on Digital Carriage, September 19, 2000
- PBS Online Appoints Director of Station Services
and Strategy and Senior Manager of Parenting and Childcare, September 12,
2000
- PBS Sponsorship Group Announces New National
Director, September 5, 2000
- PBS Re-Engineers Technology & Operations Division,
August 17, 2000
- Teletubbies Say 'Again Again' to PBS Kids Online,
July 31, 2000
- PBS to Provide Digital Public TV Stations with
Political Convention Coverage in High-Definition Television, July 26, 2000
- PBS Joins Forces With NPR to Produce Live Pre-Election
Voter's Guide, July 13, 2000
- Cyberchase, A Groundbreaking Animated Adventure
Series Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana, Premieres Winter 2002
on PBS Kids, July 12, 2000
- PBS Kids Series Proves Children Can Learn to Read
From TV and Like It!, July 12, 2000
- PBS's New Positioning Campaign Targets Curious Viewers,
June 11, 2000
- PBS Establishes Regionally-Based Senior Programming
Team, June 10, 2000
- Seven PBS Stations Revamp Primetime Line-Up
For Pilot Schedule Project, June 10, 2000
- PBS Online Launches Democracy Project Election
2000 Site, June 10, 2000
- PBS and Member Stations to Spotlight "Content,
Connectivity & Community" In Nashville, June 9-12, June 5, 2000
- Wayne Godwin Named Executive Vice President for Member
Affairs at Public Broadcasting Service, May 8, 2000
- PBS Advances Five Communications Executives,
May 5, 2000
- PBS Online and KCET Launch "New Americans" Web
Site and Live Online Adventure Exploring the Immigrant Experience, April 10,
2000
- PBS Endorses DBS Local Station Retransmission Plan
From Local TV on Satellite (LTVS), April 8, 2000
- Get Behind the Podium as PBS Online Launches
'Great American Speeches' Web Site, April 7, 2000
- PBS Executive Peter Downey, Brilliant Public
Television Pioneer, Dies, March 28, 2000
- "PBS Showcase" To Feature U.S. Television Premiere
of "Buena Vista Social Club" on July 19, March 22, 2000
- Local PBS Stations To Receive $1.95 Million
Through CPB Grant For Election 2000 Programming, Online & Outreach Activities,
March 16, 2000
- PBS Chooses Award-Winning Agency, Fallon McElligott,
To Guide Positioning And Media Efforts, February 25, 2000
- PBS Names Patricia Nugent Head of Children's Programming,
February 23, 2000
- 'Frank Lloyd Wright' Wins Prestigious Milia d'Or
Award in Interactive TV Category, February 22, 2000
- Stu Kantor, PBS PR Stalwart, Named Director of
Creative Communications & Editorial Services for PBS Learning Media, February
17, 2000
- Cindy Gertz, Former Freddie Mac Executive, Appointed
CFO & Senior VP for Finance & Administration at PBS, February 14, 2000
- PBS Announces Joint Venture To Offer National
Online And Broadcast Sponsorships, February 14, 2000
- PBS and Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
To Launch PBS Kids Books, February 10, 2000
- PBS Names Pat Mitchell New President and CEO,
February 7, 2000
- December 1999 Pledge Drive Most Successful Ever,
February 2, 2000
- Young Surfers Can Go 'Behind the Scenes' and
Interact with Their Favorite Characters at the Relaunched PBS Kids Web Site
-- pbskids.org, February 1, 2000
- Amy Tan's Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Produced
by Cinegroupe in Association With Children's Television Workshop and IF/X
Productions, is Coming Daily to PBS KIDS, January 19, 2000
- PBS You -- "Your Own University" Arrives In January
On Echostar's Dish Network, January 11, 2000
- AOL and PBS Enter Strategic Online, On-Air Alliance,
January 8, 2000
- PBS Home Video to Create Three DVD Lines in 2000,
January 8, 2000
- PBS Announces Performing Arts Showcase Series,
January 8, 2000
- He's Big! He's Red! He's Coming to PBS Kids! Scholastic
Productions' "Clifford the Big Red Dog" Animated Series Debuts on PBS Fall
2000, January 7, 2000
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