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If you are from the press and would like to speak to someone about PBS Western Reserve please contact:

Madeline Myers
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mmyers@PBSWesternReserve.org
330-474-5032

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More childhood, please™

Press Release: Akron Children’s TV Series “More childhood, please.™” Heads to PBS Western Reserve(April 30, 2025)

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More Childhood, Please - Akron Children's Hospital

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife

Press Release: New PBS Western Reserve Nature Series Spotlights Ohio’s Wetlands(March 24, 2025)

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By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife, Welcome to the Wetlands

The World According to Polka, Season 2

Press Release: Award-Winning Series The World According to Polka Returns with New Season and Halloween Special(Oct. 1, 2024)

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World According to Polka - Simply Slavic — Simply Slavic

World According to Polka - Paczki Party — Paczki Party

World According to Polka - Beach — Surf’s Up

World According to Polka - Oldenburg Freudenfest — Oldenburg Freudenfest

The World According to Polka Halloween Spook-Tacular

City Centric, Season 2

Press Release: Local Community Leaders to Be Featured in “City Centric” on PBS Western Reserve(Aug. 15, 2024)

Full list of guests on the second season of “City Centric.”

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PBS Western Reserve Wins Two Emmy Awards

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Wins Two Emmy Awards (June 24, 2024)

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Photo caption (L-R): Mitch Lawrence, Chardon Polka Band; Natalie Pillsbury, PBS Western Reserve; Jake Kouwe, Chardon Polka Band; Jeff Grau, co-creator, The World According to Polka; Phillip Sieb, producer/director, The Master Craftsman; Ryan Donchess, PBS Western Reserve; Fred Barrett, PBS Western Reserve.

PBS Western Reserve announces new leadership for its board of directors.

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Announces Stephen Colecchi as New Board Chair (June 3, 2024)

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INDEPENDENT LENS “Greener Pastures”

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve to Air Documentary about Mental Health Crises Among Farmers (March 26, 2024)

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Dairy farmer, Jay Simeral saws wood at the backdrop of his Adena, Ohio farm.
Credit: Sam Mirpoorian

Natalie Pillsbury, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Press Release: Natalie Pillsbury Is New PBS Western Reserve Leader (March 1, 2024)

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PBS Western Reserve: A Study in Persistence

Press Release: PBS WESTERN RESERVE: A STUDY IN PERSISTENCE to Premiere on Jan. 3 (Dec. 15, 2023)

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Pledge event filming at Kent State University in 1979.

Educational Services employee Kathy Cybulski poses with Big Bird at a 1982 event.

WNEO / WEAO Channels 45 & 49 sign-off screen in the 1980s.

50th anniversary of WNEO’s first broadcast

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of WNEO’s First Broadcast with Open House (Nov. 2, 2023)

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From 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 12:30 p.m., children can meet iconic trickster The Cat in the Hat.
THE CAT IN THE HAT — Copyright 1957, 1985 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! logo and word mark TM 2010 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Portfolio Entertainment Inc and Collingwood O’Hare Productions Ltd. All rights reserved. Distributed by NCircle Entertainment®, a division of Source Interlink Distribution, LLC.09040NC.

The Master Craftsman — From 1–2 p.m., Windsor chairmaker Richard Grell, featured in the documentary THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN, will give a woodworking demonstration.

Marauder Men: In Their Own Words

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve to Premiere MARAUDER MEN: IN THEIR OWN WORDS on Veterans Day (Oct. 12, 2023)

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B-26 at the MAPS Air Museum in Canton, Ohio

The World According to Polka

Press Release: The Chardon Polka Band Takes a Polka Adventure in New PBS Western Reserve Series (Sept. 13, 2023)

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World According to Polka, Let's Go Bowling

World According to Polka, Polkas in Nature
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World According to Polka, Polkas and Pierogies

World According to Polka, Small Town Summer

Jeffery Good, Interim President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Press Release: Jeffery Good Named Interim Leader of PBS Western Reserve (Aug. 25, 2023)

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City Centric

Press Release: New PBS Western Reserve Series CITY CENTRIC Shines Light on Community Achievers (Aug. 17, 2023)

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David Rotterman, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Announces the Unexpected Passing of President and CEO David Rotterman (Aug. 10, 2023)

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David Rotterman, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Ringling, Akron & the ‘Blue Heaven’ Circuit

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve to Premiere RINGLING, AKRON & THE ‘BLUE HEAVEN’ CIRCUIT (Aug. 8, 2023)

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David Rotterman, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Press Release: Following Nationwide Search, PBS Western Reserve Has New Leader (July 3, 2023)

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Trina Cutter, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve President and CEO to Retire in June 2023 (Jan. 18, 2023)

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Trina Cutter, President and CEO of PBS Western Reserve

The Master Craftsman

Press Release: Local Chair Craftsman Richard Grell Is Subject of New Documentary Premiering on PBS Western Reserve (Dec. 12, 2022)

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Regional Emmy Award

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Wins Regional Emmy Award For LINES BROKEN: THE STORY OF MARION MOTLEY (June 27, 2022)

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Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley

The Ohio and Erie Canal

Press Release: New Documentary Explores Ohio and Erie Canal’s Evolving Significance (June 21, 2022)

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Canal Lock - Photo credit: Ian Adams — Photo credit: Ian Adams

Training for Freedom

Press Release: New Documentary Detailing Ohio Civil Rights Story to Premiere on PBS Western Reserve (Feb. 13, 2022)

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Demonstration of nonviolent self-defense, June 1964. M351 Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, Historical Manuscripts, The University of Southern Mississippi.

Singing during orientation, June 1964. M351 Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, Historical Manuscripts, The University of Southern Mississippi.

Western College Sign with Three Young People; June 1964. M351 Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, Historical Manuscripts, The University of Southern Mississippi.

Voter Registration, July 1964. M351 Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, Historical Manuscripts, The University of Southern Mississippi.

A Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Gets Festive With Holiday Specials (Dec. 1, 2021)

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A Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band — Jake Kouwe

A Polka Christmas with The Chardon Polka Band

PBS Western Reserve Honors African American History and Culture with Special Programming in February

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve Honors African American History and Culture with Special Programming in February (Jan. 21, 2021)

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Black College Football Hall of Fame: Journey to Canton

Lines Broken: The Story of Marion Motley

Nick Cave, Summit Lake: Heard

Under Fire, Under Siege: Strikebreakers in Kent, Ohio

Press Release: PBS Western Reserve to Present TV Premiere of UNDER FIRE, UNDER SIEGE: STRIKEBREAKERS IN KENT, OHIO (Dec. 17, 2020)

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Kent police chief in 1936, St. Clair West, directs a frightened strikebreaker to the door to the jail.

Kent police chief in 1936, St. Clair West, examines some of the weapons confiscated from strikebreakers in the Black & Decker plant.

Polka Across America

Press Release: TV Premiere of POLKA ACROSS AMERICA to Air on PBS Western Reserve (Dec. 4, 2020)

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Members of the Chardon Polka Band (left to right): Mitch Lawrence, Jake Kouwe, Mike Franklin and Bob Young.

Marlene Rodriguez of Los Reales del Norte - Modesto, California — Marlene Rodriguez of Los Reales del Norte — Modesto, California

Michelle and Danny Jerabek of Copper Box Band - Oshkosh, Wisconsin — Michelle and Danny Jerabek of Copper Box Band — Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Nathan Plumbar - Opelousas, Louisiana — Nathan Plumbar — Opelousas, Louisiana

Roxy from Die Sauerkrauts Band - Los Angeles, California — Roxy from Die Sauerkrauts Band — Los Angeles, California

The Forgotten Dead

Press Release: THE FORGOTTEN DEAD to Premiere on PBS Western Reserve (Aug. 14, 2020)

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