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  Alabama Public Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile television station WALA-TV donated its former transmitter in Spanish Fort to APT in 1964, allowing WEIQ to bring the network to Mobile and Baldwin counties in November.
APT) - WXTX 54 (FOX) (The Tube on DT2) - WLGA 66 (The CW)
APT) - WTVY 4 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2 and The CW on DT3) - WJJN-LP 5 (Ind.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alabama_Public_Television   (1230 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
WAIQ was the first APT station to broadcast a digital signal as Channel 14 in 2003, but it was later changed to Channel 27 on account of Montgomery station.
APT airing these types of programs would have put the network's future in jeopardy, so they followed orders by state officials during the 1960s and 1970s.
Alabama Public Television has nine affiliates, three of which were operational when APT began broadcasts in 1955.
www.gogog.com /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alabama_Public_Television   (613 words)

  
 Huntsville, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fourth Alabama Infantry, which contained two Huntsville companies, were the first Alabama troops to fight in the war and were present at the end when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox in April 1865.
Public transit in Huntsville is run by the city's Department of Parking and Public Transit.
The Huntsville Madison County Public Library[50] founded in 1818, is Alabama's oldest continually operating library system with 12 branches throughout the county including one bookmobile.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huntsville%2C_Alabama   (4275 words)

  
 Discovering Alabama
Alabama contains a remarkable array of nature–forests, rivers, wildlands, and wildlife–abundant across a diverse landscape from the mountains to the prairielands to the gulf coast.
Alabama's wildlands were integral to the daily lives of Native Americans who often celebrated nature in their spiritual practices.
By the 1800s, Alabama's plentiful game, timberlands, water, and soils were the lure for waves of settlers seeking this bounty of nature as their hope for a new life.
www.discoveringalabama.com   (302 words)

  
 Discovering Alabama - Show List/Schedule
Alabama's great variety of terrain, wild habitats, native plants and animals rank it among the most naturally diverse in the nation.
Although remote, this part of Alabama today enjoys distinguished recognition for the successful cooperation of local organizations and landowners in correcting the serious "non-point source" pollution problems that for years caused Bear Creek to be officially closed to human use.
Alabama’s Little River Canyon has been called “the Grand Canyon of the South.” And, indeed, it is one of the most dramatic physiographic features in the South.
www.discoveringalabama.org /schedule.html   (3354 words)

  
 Public Broadcasting Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States, with some member stations available by cable in Canada.
Unlike the commercial television broadcast model of American networks such as NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox, in which affiliates give up portions of their local advertising airtime in exchange for network programming, PBS member stations pay substantial fees for the shows acquired and distributed by the national organization.
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 [2] required a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature." It also prohibited the federal government from interfering or controlling what is broadcast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service   (2509 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mobile television station WALA donated its former transmitter in Spanish Fort to APT in 1964, allowing WEIQ to bring the network to Mobile and Baldwin counties in November.
APT management feared that airing these types of programs would have put the network's future in jeopardy, due to potential losses of appropriations from offended or outraged public officials.
Alabama Public Television has 9 affiliates including the 1st 3 of which were operational when APT began broadcasts in 1955-1956 on Educational Independent.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/WBIQ   (934 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television (APT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Alabama Public Television is America’s first education television network, celebrating 50 years of service to the people of Alabama in 2005.
Alabama Public Television operates nine analog and nine digital transmitters across the state providing high quality television programming and educational services.
Alabama Public Television motivates children to learn, empowers students and teachers to succeed and provides a lifelong path to knowledge.
www.ilc.com /alabamaptv.html   (454 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alabama
Alabama's government is supervised by the Alabama Constitution, which was ratified in 1901.
The legislative branch is the Alabama Legislature, a bicameral assembly composed of the Alabama House of Representatives, with 105 members, and the Alabama Senate, with 35 members.
Alabama state politics gained nationwide and international attention in the 1950s and 1960s during the American Civil Rights Movement, when it bureaucratically, and at times, violently resisted protests for electoral and social reform.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Alabama   (2199 words)

  
 Stars fall on Alabama PTV this month.
They were the beginning of the network that is now Alabama Public Television (APT), nine public television stations licensed to the Alabama Educational Television Commission.
It is produced at the University of Alabama Center for Public Television, which also produces documentaries for APT each year.
The Five Star Group (APT and Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi state networks) is launching a "Birth to School" project this year to provide workshops and distance learning classes for parents and childcare providers.
www.netaonline.org /APTV.htm   (529 words)

  
 The Alabama Ballet | Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
APT celebrates its 50th anniversary and the premiere of their documentary, Alabama Ballet: The Making of Romeo and Juliet.
Alabama Ballet: The Making of Romeo & Juliet was produced and directed by Alabama Public Television’s Celia Carey, who also produced and directed the 2005 Regional Emmy Award winner Quiltmakers of Gees Bend.
APT premiered clips of the documentary during their Golden Anniversary Celebration November 3 at the Birmingham Museum of Art.
www.alabamaballet.org /cgi/viewnews.cgi?newsid1131123318,43477,   (320 words)

  
 SeaChange News Releases
At its Birmingham headquarters, APT uses one centralized Broadcast MediaCluster to build and store program schedules for delivery to its nine broadcast stations, which are connected by microwave link.
"Alabama had some of the first educational television stations in the nation," says APT Executive Director Allan Pizzato, "and we were the first public television state network in the country, a model which was later adopted by dozens of other states.
Alabama Public Television's rich schedule of PBS and local programs provide entertainment and learning opportunities for people throughout the state.
www.schange.com /news_events/releases/2002/pr291.asp   (421 words)

  
 Discovery Health Connection v2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
APTPLUS is available at no cost to every K-12 public, private, and church school and homeschoolers in Alabama, as well as schools of education at every college and university across the state.
This new partnership with APT is the eighth of its kind for Discovery Education.
Through strategic partnerships with over 25 public television stations across the country, its public service initiatives, products, and joint business ventures, Discovery Education helps educators around the world engage students in the joy of learning by allowing them to explore the world and satisfy their natural curiosity.
www.discoveryhealthconnection.com /public/newsArticle.cfm?news_id=427   (578 words)

  
 Libertarian Party v. Alabama Public Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Montgomery, Alabama—In a decision issued October 3, 2002 by Honorable Myron H. Thompson, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama has upheld the plans of Alabama Public TV to organize and air a debate among candidates for Governor of Alabama without including the Libertarian Party candidate.
Alabama Educational Television Commission, which operates the Alabama Public TV network, organized a debate to be held and broadcast on October 20 between the candidates for Governor of Alabama.
After an expedited hearing procedure, the court found that the 5% voter support threshold adopted by Alabama Public TV for the debate is viewpoint neutral and reasonable, and does not violate the constitutional rights of Mr.
www.expertclick.com /Newsreleasewire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=2827   (392 words)

  
 Public Television Stations Recognize Leaders In Advocacy On Behalf Of Public Broadcasting
In presenting the award to Allan Pizzato of Alabama Public Television, Lawson said: When funding for the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, or PTFP, was in jeopardy, Allan helped secure a strong advocate in the House and Senate to preserve that funding.
The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) was established to support the continued growth and development of a strong and financially sound noncommercial television service for the American public.
As broadcasters make the transition to digital, APTS is working to ensure the federal government continues its commitment to universal public television services.
www.apts.org /news/Public-Television-Stations-Recognize-Leaders-In-Advocacy-On-Behalf-Of-Public-Broadcasting.cfm   (660 words)

  
 NTIA / PTFP: Public Broadcasting Coverage
WLRH is operated by the Alabama Educational Television Commission, the state agency that provides Alabama’s public television service.
Alabama has increased the percentage of the population receiving a public radio signal from 83% in 1989 to 89.8% currently.
Mountains in the far northeast corner of Alabama and the Tennessee River Valley compromise coverage in Jackson and DeKalb counties, where 20,550 residents are without public radio service.
www.ntia.doc.gov /ptfp/coverage/al.htm   (539 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television
On Thursday, October 10th, Alabama Public Television will present a two-hour statewide conversation concerning Alabama's K-12 public school system.
Audiences will gather at locations around the state to discuss issues facing Alabama's 128 local school systems and the public schools.
State School Superintendent Ed Richardson, Ed.D. will answer questions from the audience, as well as from online submissions, and talk about projects, plans, and efforts to educate the more than 731,000 students attending Alabama's public schools.
www.aptv.org /aptnews.asp?NewsID=38   (249 words)

  
 alabama public television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Between 1932 and 1972, approximately six hundred African American men in Alabama served as unwitting guinea pigs in what is now considered one of the worst examples of arrogance, racism, and duplicity in American medical research—the Tuskegee syphilis study.
The text, written by architectural critic and historian Aaron Betsky, is based on interviews with the architect and the surgeon whose vision it was to create this world-class c....
Focusing on Alabama's textile industry, this study looks at the complex motivations behind the "whites-only" route taken by the Progressive reform movement in the South.
www.bob-marley-jammin.com /kwp/alabama_public_television.html   (495 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television | Swan Television Show | Who Invented Television | Live Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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www.drumandbassrepublic.com /alabama-public-television.htm   (247 words)

  
 Alabama Internet Sites, Houston Cole Library, Jacksonville State University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Located 25 miles west of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and 35 miles east of Columbus, Mississipp at the junction of U.S. Highway 82 and Alabama Highway 159, Gordo is one of four major municipalities in Pickens County with a population of approximately 2,000.
The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) is responsible for receiving and administering state funds as provided by the State Legislature, and federal funds as provided by the Library Services and Technology Act(LSTA).
Broadcasting at 3000 watts, the station is an auxiliary affiliate of National Public Radio which provides the universtiy and surrounding communites with quality programming, and is the flagship station for all JSU major sporting events.
www.jsu.edu /depart/library/graphic/alabama.htm   (9524 words)

  
 al.com: News
As APT's first News Director she wrote the Code of News Ethics and Operating Guidelines, a structural and ethical framework that continues to guide the news department.
Beginning in the mid-1970s Polizos' pioneered long-form documentaries for APT, focusing on the relationships between Alabama, the South, and the nation-at-large.
Polizos leaves APT to be become head of public relations and journalism advisor for St. James, a college preparatory school in Montgomery.
www.al.com /news/independent/index.ssf?/base/news/115269571374850.xml&coll=4   (333 words)

  
 Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
ALAO President and founder of EyeCare Alabama, Dr. Won Kim, will be featured in an Alabama Public TV documentary, "Remaking American Medicine," set to air on Thursday evening, Oct. 19th at 8:30 p.m.
Kim is one of only three (3) Alabama physicians recognized for their innovative work in reducing health care disparity in Alabama.
Alabama Governor, Bob Riley, held a special press conference in Selma on Aug. 7th to honor EyeCare Alabama and the Black Belt Eye Care Consortium (BBECC).
www.aleyemd.com /news.asp   (1023 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television Teachers Page
Alabama Public Television’s free digital resource library for teachers – APTPLUS – has entered its third year of service for Alabama teachers.
In June 2005, Mueller joined Alabama Public Television Education Specialist Libby Davis at the Alabama Educational Technology Conference to share her ideas and experiences with other educators who are interested in utilizing APTPLUS in their classroom instruction.
An LCD projector in her classroom displays video segments, photographs, graphs, and other elements from the digital library for everyone in the class to see while Mueller is teaching a lesson.
www.aptv.org /Learning/APTPlus/testimony.asp   (628 words)

  
 Artemis Media Project
“Alabama Musicians,” three modules for Alabama Public Radio which trace the influence of Alabama musicians on the development of this All-American music.
"Voices of Slavery," a public television documentary produced in 2004 for Alabama Public Television and the Center for Public Television and Radio with funding support from National Endowment for the Humanities, tells the story of the federal and privately funded national projects to record the recollections of former slaves in their own voices.
Using archival recordings restored through digital technology, "Gee’s Bend" examined the rural all-fl farming community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, as it existed on the Fourth of July, 1941, when folklorist Robert Sonkin arrived in the Bend with a recording machine to capture the music and life of the community.
www.artemismedia.org   (441 words)

  
 Alabama Barbecue Restaurants Featured in Documentary -- MaxShores.com
Alabama Public Television viewers learned about some of the state's most popular barbecue restaurants with the debut of the documentary, "A Taste of Hog Heaven" in November 2003.
In fact, there are four locations in east Alabama and west Georgia, and none of them are on 13th Street.
The documentary was produced by Dwight Cammeron and Max Shores of The University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio, a service department of the University of Alabama College of Communication.
www.maxshores.com /films/bbq.htm   (840 words)

  
 On The Media- The Rabbit Test
The majority, some 300, including Alabama Public Television, have said no. The executive director of APTV, Allan Pizzato, was quoted in the New York Times saying "We don't want to violate the trust parents have with us." Joining us from Birmingham is Allan Pizzato.
BROOKE GLADSTONE: Allan Pizzato is the executive director for Alabama Public Television in Birmingham, Alabama.
And I think that just because public broadcasting is taken for granted in other parts of the country, over the years, it has brought an amazing diversity of programming to a state which, otherwise, I think might never have seen it.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_021105_rabbit.html   (1148 words)

  
 Alabama Public Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
University of Alabama Center for Public Television airing on Alabama Public Television include: The Alabama Experience...
nonprofit, tax-exempt coalition of public interest groups and individuals whose goal is to foster broad access to affordable, usable information and communication services and technology.
Public station for central Texas producing national and local programming, including Austin City Limits.
www.dcraptv.com /alabama-public-television.html   (159 words)

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