Press Releases
Reading Rainbow Contest Announced
Milwaukee Public Television has announced that it will sponsor the 14th annual Reading Rainbow "Young Writers and Illustrators Awards" competition for children in kindergarten through third grade in …
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Pioneers of TV To Air
A four-part series featuring interviews with an array of stars who were the Pioneers of Television will premiere on Milwaukee Public Television Wednesday, Jan. 2-23, on MPTV-10 at 7 p.m. The …
IR Hosts Aukofer
Newspaper veteran Frank Aukofer will review the civil rights struggle of the 1960s on I Remember Monday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. on Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV-10).
Aukofer's 1968 book, …
Chief Holton on Black Nouveau
Milwaukee's new chief of its Fire Department, Doug Holton, will be interviewed on Milwaukee Public Television's Black Nouveau Wednesday, Dec. 5, on MPTV-10 at 6:30 p.m.
Holton was named to his …
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Dave and Carole Host Variety Show
Dave Luczak and Carole Caine will present an evening of favorite holiday songs and plenty of seasonal spirit in Dave & Carole-Ing for Christmas, a one-hour variety show on Milwaukee Public …
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IR: Pioneers of Television
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A revealing, four-part documentary series about the stars of early television will be the focus of
I Remember Monday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. on Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV-10).
Steve …
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Four Tops on Black Nouveau
Abdul Duke Fakir, the oldest member of Motown's famed Four Tops, and Lawrence Payton, Jr., the newest member of the group, will be interviewed on Milwaukee Public Television's Black Nouveau …
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Samson Special to Air
Samson, the gorilla that endeared himself to thousands of visitors in his decades at the Milwaukee County Zoo, will be the star of Samson: Then and Now, a 30-minute Milwaukee Public Television …
MPTV Emmy Awards
Milwaukee Public Television's five-hour series tracing the community's history, The Making of Milwaukee, won two Emmys Sunday for outstanding achievement from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the …
Film Examines Ralph Nader
An Unreasonable Man will be the next preview in the MPTV Community Cinema series at Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. The monthly film series, sponsored by …
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