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May 2024 History Programming

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May 2024 History Programming

This month’s history programming schedule on PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1) and Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2).

PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1)

Where Neon Goes to Die
Saturday, May 4, at 3 AM

Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. “Bud” Kieser
Saturday, May 11, at 6 AM
Sunday, May 12, at midnight
Wednesday, May 15, at 3 AM

Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller 
Sunday, May 12, at 11 AM
Thursday, May 16, at 4:30 PM

Ken Burns: Hemingway
Sunday, May 12, at 1 PM

Ken Burns: Country Music
Sunday, May 12, at 3 PM
Saturday, May 18, at 10 PM

Ken Burns: Muhammad Ali
Sunday, May 12, at 4:30 PM

Lucy Worsley Investigates, Madness of King George
Sunday, May 12, at 8 PM
Monday, May 13, at 2 AM

Design in Mind: Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Schafer
Monday, May 13, at 12:30 AM
Monday, May 20, at 3:30 PM

The Lincoln School Story
Wednesday, May 15, at 9:30 PM
Thursday, May 16, at 2:30 AM
Sunday, May 19, at 11 PM
Friday, May 31, at 5 PM

Pompeii: The New Dig
Wednesday, May 15–29, at 10 PM
Thursdays, May 16–30, at 3 AM
Mondays, May 20–June 3, at 5 PM

Lucy Worsley Investigates, Princes in the Tower
Sunday, May 19, at 8 PM
Monday, May 20, at 2 AM

Perfect House, Magic City: The World of Alfred Browning Parker
Monday, May 20, at midnight

American Experience, The Riot Report 
Tuesday, May 21, at 9 PM
Wednesday, May 22, at 2 AM

Her Name Was Grace Kelly
Thursday, May 23, at 10 PM
Friday, May 24, at 3 AM
Tuesday, May 28, at 9 PM
Wednesday, May 29, at 2 AM

PBS Western Reserve: A Study in Persistence
Friday, May 24, at 5 PM

Black College Football Hall of Fame: Journey to Canton 
Friday, May 24, at 10:30 PM

Rick Steves’ Fascism in Europe
Sunday, May 26, at 2:30 PM
Friday, May 31, at 2:30 AM

Lifeline: Pearl Harbor’s Unknown Hero
Sunday, May 26, at 4 PM

Veterans of America — Our Heroes in Uniform: Out of Our Brains, Not Out of Our Minds
Sunday, May 26, at 5:30 PM

National Memorial Day Concert
Sunday, May 26, at 8 PM & 9:30 PM

Doolittle’s Raiders: A Final Toast 
Sunday, May 26, at 11 PM
Wednesday, May 29, at 3 AM

USS Indianapolis: The Final Chapter
Monday, May 27, at 2 PM

Memoirs of World War II
Monday, May 27, at 3:30 PM
Friday, May 31, at 2 AM

 

Fusion (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2)

We’ll Meet Again 
Thursdays, May 2–9, at 8 PM

The Story of China 
Fridays, May 3–17, at 9 PM

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 
Saturdays, May 4 & 11, at 9 PM

The Devil’s Instrument 
Sunday, May 5, at 4 PM
Saturday, May 18, at 1:30 PM

American Masters, Tyrus Wong 
Monday, May 6, at 8 PM

The Unforgettable Augustus Post 
Monday, May 6, at 9:30 PM

Frontline, The Last Survivors 
Saturday, May 11, at 3 PM

The Lincoln School Story
Thursday, May 16, at 8 PM
Saturday, May 18, at 4:30 PM
Friday, May 24, at 7 PM

Fanny: The Right to Rock 
Monday, May 13, at 8 PM

Independent Lens, The Donut King 
Monday, May 13, at 9:30 PM
Saturday, May 18, at noon

American Masters, Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 
Saturday, May 18, at 9 PM

Lucy Worsley Investigates, Madness of King George 
Sunday, May 19, at noon

The Byron Janis Story 
Sunday, May 19, at 4 PM

Design in Mind: Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Schafer 
Sunday, May 19, at 7:30 PM
Tuesday, May 28, at 10:30 PM

Veterans of America — Our Heroes in Uniform: Out of Our Brains, Not Out of Our Minds 
Friday, May 24, at 7:30 PM

Memoirs of World War II
Saturday, May 25, at 1:30 PM

Day of Days: June 6, 1944 
Saturday, May 25, at 2 PM

American Experience, The Riot Report 
Saturday, May 25, at 3 PM
Monday, May 27, at 8 PM

Lucy Worsley Investigates, Princes in the Tower 
Sunday, May 26, at noon

Her Name Was Grace Kelly 
Friday, May 24, at 8 PM
Thursday, May 30, at 8 PM