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MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE PUBLIC STUDIO TOURS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 7 & 8 - 10/14/2009
Free public tours of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Rogers Studio at WQED Pittsburgh thanks to sponsorship from The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh
 | Community Engagement Diversity Awareness Month Program to Air on WQED-TV - 10/05/2009
UCP/CLASS and WQED are partnering for Disability Awareness Month to hold a press screening of the film called "Including Samuel."
| Community Engagement KEN BURNS'S NATIONAL PARKS DOCUMENTARY BRINGS PROGRAMMING, EVENTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO WQED AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER - 09/08/2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea Premieres September 27 through October 2, 2009 on WQED-TV (13.1 digital)WQED-TV THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE RETURNS TO WQED FOR FIRST TIME IN 8 YEARS - 09/01/2009
Not since Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ceased production in 2001 has the public seen King Friday XIII's Castle the Owl's Tree and other set pieces together which transformed WQED's Studio A into Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
| Community Engagement Flood City Music Festival - 08/10/2009
WQED-FM 89.3 personalities will join the fun at the AmeriServe Flood City Music Festival in Johnstown.
| WQED-FM 89.3 WQED Multimedia Board of Directors Approves Five-Year Strategic Plan - 07/23/2009
The Board of Directors of WQED Multimedia approves a new strategic plan to guide the organization's management and board into the new fiscal year and beyond.
| Corporate Announcements STATEMENT FROM WQED PITTSBURGH IN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA STATE BUDGET - 07/07/2009
| Corporate Announcements LINCOLN HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION HONORS WQED'S RICK SEBAK WITH GREGORY M. FRANZWA AWARD - 06/24/2009
WQED's Rick Sebak, Producer/Writer/Narrator of "A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway," has been honored with the first-ever Gregory M. Franzwa Award from the Lincoln Highway Association.
| In the News Inside the Budget Battle - 06/22/2009
A one-hour program featuring Governor Ed Rendell and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati contrasting solutions to Pennsylvania's Fiscal Year 2010 budget.
| WQED-TV WQED-FM 89.3 sponsors full summer of free concert fun - 06/08/2009
Classical WQED-FM 89.3 sponsors concerts at Bach, Beethoven & Brunch and First Fridays at the Frick.
| WQED-FM 89.3 Reading Rainbow Winners Announced - 06/04/2009
Winners of the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest have been announced by WQED and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
| Education WQED plans major presence at Three Rivers Arts Festival - 06/03/2009
WQED Pittsburgh will have a major presence at this year's Three Rivers Arts Festival - as sponsor of the WQED Family Entertainment Tent and with Classical WQED-FM 89.3 broadcasting live with highlights from the Festival during its ten-day run.
| Community Engagement A Hot Dog Program - 06/03/2009
Producer Rick Sebak's All-American celebration of those fabulous and phenomenally popular little sausages in their soft little buns.
| WQED-TV WQED Programming for Gay Pride Month in June - 05/29/2009
WQED celebrates southwestern Pennsylvania's GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) community during Gay Pride Month with four outstanding and critically-acclaimed programs with very different subject matter.
| WQED-TV WQED sells Pittsburgh Magazine - 05/29/2009
| Corporate Announcements Seniors Series Explores Regional Resources June 8-11 on WQED-TV - 05/28/2009
WQED-TV's OnQ series on seniors: "Age Well, Age Wise."
| WQED-TV "Green" Pledge Drive Planned at WQED-FM 89.3 - 05/21/2009
WQED-FM 89.3 will hold its first-ever Green Pledge Drive May 26 through June 2, 2009.
| WQED-FM 89.3 WQED's Queen of Hearts to visit Steel Valley School District - 05/18/2009
WQED's Queen of Hearts - a costume character from WQED' Stories Start Action program who brings stories to life - will appear at Franklin Primary School, 220 E. Oliver Road in Munhall on Tuesday, May 26 from 9:30 to 11am.
| Education The Old Children's Hospital - A Life Saving Legacy - 05/08/2009
OnQ's Tonia Caruso takes a look back at how Children's Hospital first began and at the life saving innovations that were pioneered there.
| WQED-TV List of WQED cooking shows since 1993 - 05/08/2009
WQED has produced cooking marathons with Chris Fennimore since 1993. These programs have been popular with local and national audiences and have been used as successful fund raising vehicles.
| About WQED 'C' is for Cake Cooking Marathon - 05/07/2009
C is for Cake is WQED's newest cooking marathon and is a scrumptious assortment of delectable confections frpm recipes sent in by viewers.
| WQED-TV Shore Things - 05/05/2009
Shore Things looks at some of the things that make hanging out at the beach so enticing to people of all ages.
| WQED-TV An Ice Cream Show - 05/04/2009
An Ice Cream Show is a warm and friendly celebration of America's favorite frozen dessert and the places where you can buy a scoop.
| WQED-TV Sanwiches That You Will Like - 05/04/2009
Sandwiches That You Will Like is an exciting explosion of American voices talking about favorite sandwiches, tastes, traditions and toppings.
| WQED-TV ROYAL STORYTELLER FOR WQED LITERACY PROGRAM TO VISIT ARMSTRONG DISTRICT SCHOOL - 04/22/2009
Lenape Elementary School in Ford City will host WQED’s storyteller The Queen of Hearts for a 10 a.m. program on Friday, May 1 for its first grade students.
| Education OnQ "Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art" and Gay Pittsburgh - 04/20/2009
OnQ presents a special episode with a look at Persad Center’s “Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art” art auction followed by a panel discussion on the state of Gay Pittsburgh.
| WQED-TV Queen of Hearts at Edgewood Primary School - 04/02/2009
WQED's Queen of Hearts makes a personal appearance in Kindergarten class.
| Education WQED Pittsburgh Board elects new Board and Community Advisory Board Members - 03/30/2009
| Corporate Announcements WQED ISSUES CLARIFICATION ABOUT ITS FINANCES ANDCOST-CUTTING MEASURES - 03/30/2009
| Corporate Announcements Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries - 03/23/2009
A stunning documentary on the literary and spiritual force of Peter Matthiessen.
| WQED-TV America's Home Cooking: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking - 03/19/2009
WQED Pittsburgh’s Chris Fennimore takes to the kitchen to prepare recipes used by thrifty gourmets for years.
| WQED-TV 400 Years of the Telescope - 03/18/2009
The documentary kicks off a year-long community celebration by WQED to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
| WQED-TV Lenten specials bring the Vatican to WQED - 03/06/2009
WQED features two programs on the Vatican in honor of the Lenten season.
| WQED-TV Stevie Wonder in Performance at the White House - 02/23/2009
Stevie Wonder will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Obama.
| WQED-TV QED Cooks: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking - 02/19/2009
WQED's Chris Fennimore prepares recipes used by frugal gourmets for years.
| WQED-TV Duquesne Light African American Leadership Awards - 02/17/2009
WQED and Duquesne Light celebrate the 19th Annual Duquesne Light African American Leadership Awards to showcase the extraordinary accomplishments of those who influence the success of the African American community in western Pennsylvania.Community Engagement More Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop - 01/30/2009
A once in-a-lifetime reunion of music legends -- with a surprise appearance by Little Richard and an exhilarating performance of "Keep-A-Knockin'."
| WQED-TV Reading Rainbow Contest - 01/14/2009
Students in grades kindergarten through third are invited to write and illustrate original storybooks and enter them in the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow & Illustrators Contest.
| Education WQED's Black Horizons Celebrates 40th Anniversary - 12/29/2008
The nation's longest-running minority affairs program celebrates forty years of serving the region's African American population
| WQED-TV WQED: The Create Channel Premieres as WQED’S Third Digital Channel - 12/23/2008
WQED: The Create Channel joins the lineup of WQED digital channels beginning January 5, 2009.
| WQED-TV Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania's Tuskegee Airmen - 12/18/2008
The story of the struggle and ultimate triumph of African American pilots in World War II
| WQED-TV OnQ - Gators Football Program - 12/16/2008
OnQ features the Garfield Gators football program for children ages 5 - 14.
| WQED-TV WQED-FM 89.3 Holiday Programming for December 2008 - 12/03/2008
Classical WQED-FM 89.3 airs an extensive schedule of favorite holiday music for Christmas, Chanukah and the New Year beginning in early December.
| WQED-FM 89.3 Holiday Table Season 2 - 11/13/2008
Program is designed to bring viewers creative cooking and decorating ideas for the holidays.
| WQED-TV MARYLAND COLLEGE STUDENTS WIN 2ND ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS - 11/05/2008
The Fall Tide from Frostburg State University won the college Battle of the Bands competition presented by WQED Pittsburgh and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center.
| Community Engagement Great Old Amusement Parks - 11/03/2008
Great Old Amusement Parks celebrates some of the pre-Disney parks that are still thriving as well as a few of the classic parks that are gone.
| WQED-TV Battle of the Bands - 10/28/2008
The second annual Battle of the Bands presented by WQED and the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus will take place November 2, 2008.
| Community Engagement Gettysburg's New Battle: Saving the Stone Soldiers - 10/28/2008
Gettysburg’s New Battle showcases the 1300-plus monuments or “stone soldiers” located at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, PA.
| WQED-TV Pittsburgh N' At with Dave & Dave - 10/24/2008
A fun and fast-moving hour-long celebration of Pittsburgh, produced and moderated by WQED's Dave Rhodes and Dave Hallewell
| WQED-TV From Heart to Heart: Beethoven's Plea for Peace - 10/16/2008
WQED is the presenting station of "From Heart to Heart: Beethoven's Plea for Peace." a ninety-minute program co-produced by WDR Television in Germany and Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. The program is distributed by American Public Television (AP
| WQED-TV Gardens of Pennsylvania - 10/15/2008
From WQED - a tour of Pennsylvania's horticultural treasures. The program tells a story of different gardens throughout the state.
| WQED-TV A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway - 10/07/2008
Rick Sebak's national PBS special looks at the nation's first transcontinental highway
| WQED-TV Dave & Dave Strange Pennsylvania - 10/07/2008
WQED's Dave & Dave find the unusual in Pennsylvania
| WQED-TV WQED Offers Free Digital Television (DTV) Workshops - 10/06/2008
The antionwide switch to digital television is coming in February 2009 and WQED is helping viewers prepare with a series of free digital television (DTV) workshops.
| Community Engagement WQED-FM 89.3 Broadcasts Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Performances - 09/23/2008
WQED-FM 89.3 will broadcast four live Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Performances in the 2008 - 2009 Season
| WQED-FM 89.3 WQED-FM 89.3 Commemorates High Holy Days - 09/22/2008
WQED-FM 89.3 presents Birthday of the World, a two-part series commemorating the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
| WQED-FM 89.3 WQED-FM 89.3 Personalities at First Fridays at the Frick in 2008 - 05/22/2008
WQED-FM 89.3 personalities will be on hand for two performances during this summer's First Fridays at the Frick concert series in Mellon Park.
| WQED-FM 89.3 Invented, Engineered & Pioneered In Pittsburgh - 04/04/2008
Produced as part of WQED's celebration of Pittsburgh's 250th birthday, this program celebrated the innovative spirit of Pittsburgh and the engineers who make it possible.
| WQED-TV WQED-FM 89.3 Programming for Passover and Holocaust Remembrance 2008 - 03/18/2008
WQED-FM 89.3 celebrates Passover and recognizes Holocaust Remembrance Day with a series of classical specials.
| WQED-FM 89.3 African American Leadership Awards - 02/25/2008
WQED partners with Duquesne Light to showcase the extraordinary accomplishments of those who influence the success of the African American community in western PennsylvaniaCommunity Engagement Chef Class - 02/01/2008
Chef Class is a cooking school series from Marjorie Poore Productions, long-time producers of some of PBS' most successful cooking series.
| WQED-TV Secrets of a Chef - 04/02/2007
WQED-TV Jim Crow Pennsylvania - 02/01/2007
Jim Crow Pennsylvania explores “Jim Crow’s” effect and legacy on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state whose southern border is the Mason-Dixon line that divided the free north from the slave states.
| WQED-TV In Country: A Vietnam Story - 11/01/2006
In Country: A Vietnam Story, tells two emotional stories; separate yet intertwined of a group of African American veterans who return to Vietnam.
| WQED-TV Eat Pennsylvania: A Keystone Plate Special with Dave & Dave - 09/29/2006
The Commonwealth is the backdrop for a showcase of charmingly different eateries and restaurants.
| WQED-TV Holiday Table - 09/13/2006
Delicious recipes and festive entertaining tips, this series covers holidays from Halloween to New Years and Valentine's Day.
| WQED-TV What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh? - 02/15/2006
WQED’s Emmy Award-winning producer Rick Sebak takes viewers on a tour of the city that was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and is now a leading center for medicine, education and science, while still retaining its old world charm.
| WQED-TV The War That Made America - 11/15/2005
The War That Made America brings to life the French and Indian War, a vastly important but poorly understood chapter in our nation’s history that set the American colonies – and George Washington – on a completely unexpected path to Revolution.
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