Legacy Reporting 2023

STORIES UNDER THE STONES | 2/14/22 Cemeteries are more than burial grounds for the dead. They are windows into history. Cathy Wurzer travels the state to visit some fascinating Minnesotans at their final addresses. Cathy makes stops in Hibbing, Red Wing as well as Minneapolis and St. Paul. Along the way, we learn about noted war heroes, remarkable athletes, talented artists and beloved nurses. FILM IN THE CITIES | 2/21/22 In the early 1970s, a group of young artists started a film program for teens in the Twin Cities. Film in the Cities would go on to become a groundbreaking media arts and education organization. This retrospective is told through reflections from founders and former students and features rare and revealing super 8 student films from a half century ago. JIM CROW OF THE NORTH | 3/07/22 Why does Minnesota suffer through some of the worst racial disparities in the nation? One answer is the spread of racist, restrictive real estate covenants in the early 20th century. Jim Crow of the North charts the progression of racist policies and practices from the advent of restrictive covenants after the turn of the last century to their final elimination in the late 1960s. FIRES OF 1918 | 3/28/22 - A production of PBS North In 1918, fires killed nearly 500 people and displaced 50,000 more. From Moose Lake to Cloquet to Duluth, every survivor marked time from that point forward as "before the fire" or "after the fire." IRON RANGE: MINNESOTA BUILDING AMERICA | 4/11/22 Minnesota’s Iron Range built America from sea to shining sea. Steel buildings to enriched bread. Co-produced with the Minnesota Humanities Center. A HISTORY OF THE LAND 103 | 4/18/22 Witness 16,000 years of Minnesota's fascinating early history. Its unique place in North America is revealed through state-of-the-art animations and graphics. ELECTRONICLE 1980 | 5/16/22 News and culture features from an old Twin Cities PBS current affairs program offer a unique flashback to Minnesota at the dawn of the 80s. Electric-Chronicle or Electronicle creatively and critically probed the politics, people, and soul of the state. Writer Steve Marsh provides a contemporary twist on then and now.

DISTRIBUTION: TPT 2, TPT Life, MN Channel statewide, web, social media, digital video content Local broadcast hours: 327 hours | Local viewers reached: 1,441,570 (via Nielsen Ratings) National Distribution Highlights - Jim Crow of the North : Broadcast 1,170 hours; 43 states; U.S. TV Households Served by Airing Stations: 77%

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MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

LEGACY REPORTING: JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022

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