ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE FEATURED ON WQED'S EXPERIENCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 24, 2011

CONTACT:
George Hazimanolis
412-622-1366
ghazimanolis@wqed.org

ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE FEATURED ON WQED’S EXPERIENCE

PITTSBURGH—On Monday, January 31, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. EXPERIENCE: The Animal Rescue League Story will premiere on WQED-TV.

In 1909, The Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania was started by a group of five local animal lovers. Originally, the League’s work consisted of recovering lost pets and reuniting them with their families and feeding abandoned cats and dogs. WQED-TV’s Michael Bartley reports on what this organization has developed into today: a multi-faceted community service providing behavioral training, wildlife rehabilitation and an animal foster program among others. This half-hour documentary will tell viewers about the history, challenges, successes, outreach, and volunteers throughout the 102 year history of this beloved organization.

EXPERIENCE is a half-hour, locally-produced documentary series that airs on WQED-TV Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Additional episode information, links and past episodes of EXPERIENCE may be found online at wqed.org/experience. For updates on EXPERIENCE viewers may “Like” the show’s fan page on Facebook.

WQED Pittsburgh, honored with the 2007 and 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Award for Station Excellence, was founded in 1954 as the nation’s first community-supported broadcaster. The people of WQED create, produce and distribute quality programs, products and services to engage, inform, educate and entertain the public within their community and around the world. WQED Pittsburgh is one of the first broadcasters in the country to be fully high-definition (HD) in its studio and field production capabilities. It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED: The Neighborhood Channel; WQED: The Create Channel; WQEX-TV (A ShopNBC affiliate); Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive (www.wqed.org); and The WQED Education Department.