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Reflecting On the Importance and Impact of Loretta Lynn with Angela Opell Adkins
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Reflecting On the Importance and Impact of Loretta Lynn with Angela Opell Adkins Throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, the country music industry was desperately trying to produce songs that would appeal to a wider demographic than the chiefly Appalachian and southern working class that the genre had sprung from. As it would… Read More
WOUB-TV Spring Showcase Program Guide Feb. 26 – March 17
WOUB-TV is ready to shepherd in warmer weather and brighter days with our Spring Showcase programming February 26 through March 17! WOUB’s Spring Showcase features a wide variety of programming. From a profile of Marian Anderson, the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera (American Experience: Voice of Freedom) to telling the story… Read More
‘The Black Church’ Examines History of the Black Church in America Feb. 16-17
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · ‘The Black Church’ Examines History of the Black Church in America Feb. 16-17 The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a four-hour, two-part documentary following the 400-year history of the Black church in America, from its genesis as a vital source of strength and community for enslaved… Read More
‘9to5’ Examines Grassroots Movement for Women’s Workplace Equality
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It wasn’t long ago that employers in the United States could get away with a shockingly wide range of discriminatory actions towards female employees. On Monday, February 1 at 10 p.m. ET, WOUB-TV will broadcast 9to5: The Story of a Movement, a documentary that traces the development of Boston 9to5, a grassroots women’s and labor… Read More
A Guide to WOUB’s 2020 Holiday Showcase Dec. 29 – Jan. 4
As the year comes to a close, WOUB-TV is spotlighting a wide variety of programming with our 2020 Holiday Showcase. Check out our guide below for all the pertinent information on when to catch your favorite programs! You can find WOUB-TV’s schedule, as well as information on any encore presentations, at this link: woub.org/woubtvschedules. TUESDAY, DECEMBER… Read More
Examining Metallica in Time for WOUB’s Broadcast of ‘S&M2’ Oct. 29
By: Emily Votaw
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Those unfamiliar with Metallica likely wouldn’t readily associate the iconic heavy metal band with the 109-year-old San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. However, in the spring of 1999, the thrash metal greats (one of the big four bands of the genre alongside Anthrax, Megadeath, and Slayer) performed tracks spanning from their 1984 Ride the Lightning album to… Read More
High Stakes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy & The Court’s Future: A PBS NewsHour Special TONIGHT at 8 p.m.
At this moment, the country is mourning a historic civil rights figure and a cultural icon, and people are also being torn further in political acrimony over the fight to fill her seat. NewsHour will focus on both of these major themes, with conversations with people who knew and worked with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, others… Read More
Live Stream of WOUB HD Now Available Online
Located on woub.org and pbs.org ATHENS, OH – A live stream of WOUB TV is now available online for anyone in the region who wants to watch on their computer, phone or tablet. The live stream of WOUB HD 20.1/44.1 launched late last week. “We know that many people have cut the cord and are… Read More
Summer Celebration of Programming: A Guide
By: Emily Votaw
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Friday, August 16 through Tuesday, August 27 marks WOUB’s August Celebration of Programming. During that time period, WOUB-TV has a sprawling array of programming planned, from the insightful national parks documentary by Ken Burns; to a wide variety of musical performances; to an exciting “Downtown Abbey Live!” feature that will allow viewers to fall in… Read More
SamJam Bluegrass Festival Returns to Piketon Labor Day Weekend
By: Emily Votaw
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The SamJam Bluegrass Festival is a sprawling, five-day celebration of Appalachia’s native music genre, which takes place in Piketon, OH Wednesday, August 28 through Sunday, September 1. This year the festival features the likes of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Turning Ground, The Cleverlys, and many more. WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke to the festival’s organizers,… Read More
Looking Back at Woodstock, 50 Years On
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In 1969, the first man landed on the moon just a month after the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village ignited the fight for LGBT rights in the U.S. All over the country, the Civil Rights and Women’s Liberation movements were in full swing, eking out equality for women and people of color while public resistance… Read More
WOUB-TV’s 2018 Membership Drive Programming: Pledge Your Support Today!
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB-TV’s annual Thanksgiving time pledge will kick off on Turkey Day itself, Thursday, November 22. This year, WOUB has a number of fascinating documentaries on beloved pop culture figures, breathtaking recordings of iconic live musical performances, oodles of health and wellness programming and lots more, making for a truly appeasing Thanksgiving time programming spread. Check… Read More
A Guide to WOUB-TV’s August 2018 Pledge
By: Emily Votaw
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Beginning Friday, August 17, WOUB will hold our August pledge drive, featuring programming highlighting everything from The Grateful Dead to Dionne Warwick, advice on how to improve your body and mind, and more. Take a look at this guide to some of our pledge programs below. Keep tabs on this link for the most updated… Read More
WOUB-HD to Spotlight Flight of Groundbreaking Chefs
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Over the course of a summer abroad in Paris in the mid- ‘60s, social activist and chef Alice Waters was forever changed by the delicate simplicity of good bread, jam, and wine. Some 20 years previous, iconic celebrity chef Julia Child experienced a sensual awakening after a meal of oysters, Sole meunière, and, of course,… Read More
‘Plants Behaving Badly’ Back on WOUB-HD May 10
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Ohio University greenhouse manager Harold Blazier handles the green and crimson speckled, fleshy body of a pitcher plant’s signature pitfall trap on a humid afternoon in early May with a precise gentleness. He points to a bobbing pool of liquid visible through the thin plant membrane walls. “That’s where they catch their prey,” he says,… Read More
WOUB-TV Premiering 20.2 CLASSIC and 20.3 LIFE April 1
By: Emily Votaw
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Starting April 1 at midnight – no foolin’ – WOUB-TV will be offering its 35-county viewership a line-up of classic public television picks on their revamped 20.2 and 20.3 channels. Click here for the new programming line-up. WOUB 20.2 CLASSIC will now feature the likes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Joy… Read More
‘To Walk Invisible: the Brontë Sisters’ To Broadcast On WOUB-TV Sunday
By: Emily Votaw
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Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Brontë grew up the daughters of a priest in a parsonage nestled on the windy moors near the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire over 150 years ago. Emily’s Wuthering Heights, Charlotte’s Jane Eyre and Anne’s The Tenant of WildfellHall (among some of their other works) would eventually be… Read More
‘John Denver: Country Boy’ to Air on WOUB-TV Tonight, Monday
By: Emily Votaw
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Over the course of his career, John Denver (birth name Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) released a slew of hit songs that bridged the oft-wide gap between popular and entirely acoustic music. Denver was also one of the first musicians to put together benefit concerts to raise funds for political and humanitarian causes, such as worldwide… Read More
‘Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller’ to Air Saturday On WOUB-TV
By: Emily Votaw
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Carolyn Lewis, the former director and general manager of WOUB Center for Public Media, was in Dallas, TX for a Public Broadcasting meeting in 1990 when she first heard of Ken Burns. “The Civil War was just premiering on PBS and this little, tiny fellow comes walking out on stage to talk about this new… Read More
Mardi Gras Indians Tradition Examined In OSU Newark Documentaries
By: Emily Votaw
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Late February marks the annual celebration of Carnival, or Mardi Gras, a festive season that takes place before the Christian liturgical season of Lent. One of the most time-honored, and, at one time, most secretive, portions of the Carnival celebration in New Orleans is the parade of the Mardi Gras Indians. The tradition has ties… Read More