Sara DeWitt: A Nashville Kid at Heart
8/7/2026 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
PBS Kids' Sara DeWitt shares her Nashville roots and public media's impact.
Nashville PBS pledge spot featuring Sara DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager of PBS Kids, sharing her personal Nashville upbringing watching Channel 8 programming as a child. She closes by reflecting on the vital role public television plays in connecting with communities and amplifying children's learning through personal engagement.
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Nashville PBS is a local public television program presented by Nashville PBS
Sara DeWitt: A Nashville Kid at Heart
8/7/2026 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Nashville PBS pledge spot featuring Sara DeWitt, senior vice president and general manager of PBS Kids, sharing her personal Nashville upbringing watching Channel 8 programming as a child. She closes by reflecting on the vital role public television plays in connecting with communities and amplifying children's learning through personal engagement.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Hi, I'm Sara DeWitt, and I'm the head of PBS KIDS, and I am from Nashville.
And I remember coming home from Centennial Park Daycare Center (bright music) and getting my downtime, safe space time with WDCN 8, watching "Sesame Street," "Electric Company," and "3-2-1 Contact."
I can still sing all the songs for you.
So proud to be from Nashville.
So having that personal connection, being able to really talk to kids on the ground, being able to connect with their teachers and bring things to life on paper, in song, through moving their bodies just amplifies the learning in so many ways.
It's so important that this kind of work can happen on the ground, and it's so central to the mission of public television, to really take this into communities and connect with the community of Nashville in a way that can really help them learn and grow from these shows.
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