Relive “Classics” From the 1960’s on WVPT

In this “new” program, memorable music appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” from the 1960s include: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, the Beach Boys, the Animals, the Mamas and the Papas, the Young Rascals, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Petula Clark, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Sly and the Family Stone, Tommy James and Herman’s Hermits. “Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics – The 60’s” – hosted by Paul Shaffer.  Tune in for this special program Saturday November 28^th at 5pm on WVPT.  And you can pledge your financial support to keep great programs on WVPT!

You Can Be “Thankful” For Great Performances On WVPT

Spend Thanksgiving Night with WVPT and enjoy some GREAT Performance programs!

At 8pm tune-in for the new ‘Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring The Rockettes”. This holiday special features numbers like legendary “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and thrill as Santa takes you on a magical ride to his workshop at the North Pole, where playful ragdolls come to life. Everyone marvels at the stunning reenactment of the first Christmas in the “Living Nativity”

 

Then at 9:30 you are sure to enjoy“The Three Tenors Christmas”, a holiday favorite with The Three Tenors, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and the late Luciano Pavarotti. Taped in December 1999 at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, accompanied by the Vienna Symphony and joined by the Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen Children’s Choir, this program features popular Christmas songs such as “White Christmas,” “Jingle Bells,” as well as beloved carols and sacred songs such as “O Holy Night,” and “Amazing Grace.”

On The Next FRONTLINE: “The Card Game”

As credit card companies face rising public anger, new regulation from Washington and a potential perfect storm of economic bad news, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the future of the massive consumer loan industry and its impact on a fragile national economy.  Tune in to THE CARD GAME, Tuesday November 24^th at 9PM on WVPT.

What Are Dreams? – Find Out On the Next NOVA

What are dreams and why do we have them? NOVA joins leading dream researchers as they embark on a variety of neurological and psychological experiments to investigate the world of sleep and dreams. Delving deep into the thoughts and brains of a variety of dreamers, scientists are asking important questions about the purpose of this mysterious realm we escape to at night. Do dreams allow us to get a good night’s sleep? Do they improve memory? Do they allow us to be more creative? Can they solve our problems or even help us survive the hazards of everyday life?  Tune in to NOVA: What Are Dreams?, Tuesday November 24^th at 8pm on WVPT.

What’s On WVPT These Days? Check Out The New Schedules Page!

Check out the new WVPT On-Line Schedules Page.  Now you can view AND print daily and weekly program schedules.  A great new tool!

WVPT is Your Source for PBS and More, on-air, on-line and in the community!

On The Next FRONTLINE: “A Death In Tehran”

At the height of the protests following Iran’s controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death–filmed on a camera phone, then uploaded to the Web–quickly became an international outrage, and Soltan became the face of a powerful movement that threatened the hard-line government’s hold on power.

In  A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE revisits the events of last summer, shedding new light on the life and death of Neda Soltan and the movement she helped inspire.

Tune in Tuesday November 17th at 9PM on WVPT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SESAME STREET!

Today – November 10th 2009  SESAME STREET celebrates its 40th Birthday!!  Many of us grew up with Sesame Street and now have children or grandchildren doing the same.

Sesame Street is an important part of WVPT’s programming efforts on PBS KIDS.

“Beatlemania” in the Soviet Union – The Untold Story. . .

“HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN”  is the extraordinary and untold story of how the Beatles punctured the Iron Curtain. In August 1962, award-winning director Leslie Woodhead made a two-minute film, in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, with a raw and unrecorded group of unknown rockers — the Beatles. Twenty-five years later, while making a series of films in Russia, Woodhead learned just how powerful Beatlemania was in the Soviet Union.

Tune in Monday November 9th at 10PM to WVPT – Your Source for PBS and MORE!

On The Next NOVA: Part 2 of “Becoming Human”

In “Birth of Humanity,” the second part of the three-part series “Becoming Human” NOVA investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us–”Turkana Boy”–an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya. These early humans are thought to have developed key innovations that helped them thrive, including hunting large prey, the use of fire, and extensive social bonds. Tune in Tuesday November 10th at 8PM on WVPT.

All You Want To Know About . . . LIZARDS!

They look like dragons and inspire visions of fire-spitting monsters. But Monitor Lizards with their long claws, razor-sharp teeth, and muscular, whip-like tails are actually monitors, the largest lizards now walking the planet. With their acute intelligence, these lizards—including the largest of all, the Komodo dragon—are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals. Thriving on Earth essentially unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs, they are a very successful species, versatile at adapting to all kinds of settings.

NOVA “Lizard Kings” looks at what makes these long-tongued reptiles so similar to mammals and what has allowed them to become such unique survivors.

Tune in Tuesday October 20^th at 8pm on WVPT and WVPT-HD.