Press Release Archive
2012
- ¡ADELANTE! CREATES AWARENESS OF ABUSE OF UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
- MPTV Community Cinema Previews "Clinton: American Experience"
- MPTV FRIENDS TO TRANSFER FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR CHANNELS 10&36 TO MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TELEVISION
- BLACK NOUVEAU TO AIR SPECIAL SHOWCASING RUNNING REBELS TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS
- MPTV TO AIR DOCUMENTARY "CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO: LIBERTY OR LIES?"
- MPTV'S MARSHBURN SELECTED AS BLACK EXCELLENCE AWARD HONOREE
- Children's Writing Contest Deadline is March 5
- New MPTV Series Stars John McGivern
- New TRACKS AHEAD Explores Famed Trans-Siberian Railroad
- MPTV's WORLD to Carry State of the Union Address
- ¡ADELANTE! TO JOIN LOCAL V-Me Schedule
- MPTV AND PBS KIDS REPORT GROWTH ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS IN 2011
- PBS INTRODUCES NEW SERIES "MARKET WARS"
2011
- MPTV's Holiday Online Auction Raises Over $81,000
- MPTV's OUTDOOR WISCONSIN Premieres its 28th Season on January 12th
- HEALTHFUL INDIAN FLAVORS WITH ALAMELU - Second Season Premieres January 7th
- MPTV Special Explores Lady Elgin Disaster
- MPTV Cinema Previews New McGivern Series
- Public TV and Radio Target Dropout Problem
- MPTV Hosts Santa On December Shows
- ¡Adelante! To Join Local V-Me Schedule
- MPTV Holiday Programming
- MPTV Community Cinema Profiles Kenya's Maathai
- MPTV Mitten Drive Has Warm Ending
- MPTV Brings Home Midwest Emmy Award
- MPTV Spotlights Local Art, Culture
- Holiday Art, Gift Fair Supports MPTV
- MPTV Children's Contest Showcases Young Writers
- Executive Director of MPTV Friends Passes Away
- MPTV Online Auction Offers 1,500 items
- MPTV Offers Local Angle On Pearl Jam, Ballet
- Native American Language Revival to Be Explored
- Adelante! Explores Immigration Issues
- MPTV's 4th Street Forum Moves to Earlier Time
- MPTV Nominees Announced for Midwest Emmy Awards
- MPTV Appraisal Fair Seeks Treasures
- MPTV Community Cinema Explores Forgotten Hero's Saga
- Mitten Drive Warms Hands and Hearts
- Pre-Prohibition Party Slated at Miller Pub
- MPTV Kicks Off New Local Shows in September
- MPTV to Broadcast Concert Commemorating 10th Anniversary of 9.11 Attacks
- Two Wisconsinites selected as winners of PBS Teachers Innovation Awards
- MARQUETTE & UWM STUDENTS INCLUDED IN ANNIVERSARY FREEDOM RIDE
- 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS REVISIT U.S. BATTLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
- 43rd ANNUAL GREAT TV AUCTION HITS A MILLION IN 9 DAYS
- 2011 MPTV STUDENT OPS DAY "MILWAUKEE MADE" SLATED FOR SATURDAY, MAY 14
- MPTV PRODUCER ABRAMS WINS WBA AWARD
- Freedom Riders on Oprah This Wednesday
- May Community Cinema - Freedom Walkers for Milwaukee
- 43rd ANNUAL GREAT TV AUCTION IN STARTING BLOCK
- GLADIATOR OF GRILLING COMING TO TOWN
- SIX-PART AUTISM SERIES STARTS TONIGHT ON NEWSHOUR
- BHUTTO AND FREEDOM WALKERS FEATURED IN SEASON'S LAST TWO COMMUNITY CINEMAS
- MPTV APRIL HIGHLIGHTS ON 10 & 36
- MPTV to Broadcast County Executive Candidate Forum Friday & Sunday
- MPTV STUDENT SCHARDIN FINDS SUCCESS AGAIN
- FISH FRY PRODUCER VISITS 15 WISCONSIN SUPPER CLUBS IN NEW SPECIAL
- MARCH PREMIERES & HIGHLIGHTS
- CALL NOW TO SAVE PUBLIC MEDIA! HOUSE SET TO VOTE TO CUT ALL FUNDING.
- AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT FOR MPTV AUCTION
- DOWNTON ABBEY - SERIES 2 IN WORKS FOR 2012
- MPTV CHANNEL 36.1 GOES HIGH DEFINITION NEXT MONDAY
- CINEMA SCREENINGS SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
- MPTV WINS CIRCUS PROMO AWARD
- MPTV SET TO IMPROVE JOB OUTLOOK
- MPTV TO BROADCAST COUNTY EXECUTIVE CANDIDATES FORUM FRIDAY & SUNDAY
- TOSA EAST GRAD NAMED EBERT SHOW CO-HOST
- PREMIERES & HIGHLIGHTS WARM UP COLD DAYS OF JANUARY
- Consortium Unveils "170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting" Campaign
2010
- TOSA BAND LONDON APPEARANCE TO AIR 1/1/11 ON MPTV
- Producer Jack Abrams Launches 27th Season
- FEEL GOOD MOVIE OF THE SEASON FROM MPTV COMMUNITY CINEMA
- LOCAL CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE TO AIR IN MPTV
- Writing Workshop Scheduled for January
- MPTV TO AIR NEW EBERT SERIES STARTING IN JANUARY
- Freedom Ride College Student Application
- HOLIDAY 2010 PROGRAMS ON MPTV
- UPCOMING I REMEMBER SHOWS
- WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS?
- NOVEMBER NIGHTLY HIGHLIGHTS ON MPTV
- No-Cost-to-Go MPTV Holiday Art & Gift Fair - Nov. 20 & 21
- DONATIONS UP FOR MPTV'S ANNUAL MITTENS & MORE DRIVE
- JOHN McGIVERN's "EARLY STORIES" WINS
- A FILM FROM THE HEART OF COAL COUNTRY ASKS WHO CONTROLS OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
- MPTV GANG HONORED WITH EIGHT EMMY NOMINATIONS
- COMMUNITY CINEMA & MITTEN DRIVE START MPTV FALL OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR AGES
- OCTOBER PREMIERES ON MPTV
- OUTDOOR WISCONSIN RECEIVES FOUR WRITING ASSOCIATION AWARDS
- "HIDDEN HOMELESS" DOCUMENTARY FINDS LOST GIRL IN MILWAUKEE
- MPTV "I AM FIT GENERATION" 5 4 3 2 1 GO! WINNERS ANNOUNCED
- Education Series Set for 4th Street Forum
- BLACK NOUVEAU KICKS OFF 19TH SEASON
- ¡ADELANTE! SPECIAL FOCUSES ON BATTLE FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION
- PREMIERES FOR MPTV TV & COMMUNITY CINEMA IN SEPTEMBER
- CHANGES ARE MANY FOR MPTV IN SEPTEMBER
- MPTV PRODUCERS HONORED
- AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS ON MPTV 10.1 HD & 36.1
- STATEWIDE BROADCAST OF AUG. 25 DEBATE BREAKS GROUND IN POLITICAL COVERAGE
- LOCAL KIDS WIN PBS WRITING CONTEST
- JULY HIGHLIGHTS ON 10 HD & 36.1
- MILWAUKEE NOSTALGIA SHOW PRODUCER CALLS FOR IMAGES
- Stay Cool with COOKING RAW
- Caroline & Shenita COOKING RAW Premieres July 10
- KAGEN HEARINGS ON MPTV 36.3 WORLD
- JUNE PREMIERES ON MPTV 10.1 HD & 36.1
- JUNE SPECIAL ENCORE BROADCASTS
- MPTV LOCAL PRODUCTIONS WIN AWARDS
- TWO DEBUT ON MPTV
- MPTV Arts Digest 5/17 Launch
- STUDENTS TAKE OVER MPTV 36.1
- DESPITE BLACKOUT, 42nd ANNUAL GREAT TV AUCTION HITS A MILLION
- MAY PRIME TIME HIGHLIGLHTS
- MPTV Works to Address Area's Obesity Problem
- MPTV Launches Healthful Indian Cooking Site
- April Primetime Highlights on MPTV 10.1 HD & 36.1
- Contest Winners Announced
- Looking Scruffy Like Red Green Could Win Contest
- March Primetime Premieres on MPTV 10.1 HD & 36.1 DT
- MPTV Community Cinema Previews
- MPTV Visits Kenosha for Public Town Hall Meeting
- March Primetime Premieres on MPTV 10.1 HD & 36.1 DT
- Airing 2/10 MPTV Special Blueprint for Education
- February Program Highlights For MPTV 10 HD & 36.1
- Writing Workshop Scheduled for January
- MPTV Community Cinema Previews Blueprint on Tomorrow's Education
- 26th Season of OUTDOOR WISCONSIN Launches
- Consortium Unveils "170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting" Campaign
- FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Shown at 1/6 Community Cinema
- PREMIERES & HIGHLIGHTS WARM UP COLD DAYS OF JANUARY
- January 2010 MPTV Highlights
2009
- MPTV's Classic Movies Brighten January Weekends
- Ethan Lightner Receives Emmy
- Senior Rockers Star in Preview
- Mitten Drive Results
- 10 & 36 November Highlights
- Nov. 5 Community Cinema: Successful MPS Principals
- Staffers & Students at MPTV 10&36 Receive Six Emmy Nominations
- VACATION STATION CONTEST RESULTS Hometown Kids Shine
- Volunteerism in Milwaukee Focus of MPTV Special
- Keeping Kids' Fingers Toasty Warm is Goal of MPTV Cold Weather Gear Drive
- MPTV Kicks off New Season of I Remember, ¡Adelante!, Black Nouveau, Interchange, 4th Street Forum
- Marshburn and Collins Accept Award for BLACK NOUVEAU
- Ken Burn's HD National Parks Kicks Off Free Community Cinema Season
- MPTV Responds to Mortgage Crisis
- August Program Highlights on MPTV 10.1HD & 36.1
- 4 Local Kids Are National Winners in Reading Rainbow Contest
- Biz Kid$ Contest
- Nearly Half the Country to Air MPTV Circus Parade Production
- MPTV Announces Commentators for Great Circus Parade
- MPTV Held Two-Day Phone Bank
- Mr. Steve from PBS Kids Came for MPTV Zoo Day June 13
- MPTV 10.1 to Broadcast 2009 Great Circus Parade Live in High Definition
- A BRAVES NEW WORLD - June 4th
- MPTV Schedules Memorial Day Weekend Specials
- AUCTION TOPS A MILLION AGAIN!
- WED. 5/13 Community Cinema's Free Public Screening of Nature in the City (MKE Urban Ecology Center)
- STUDENTS TAKE OVER STATION
- MPTV LOCAL PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCE MAY HIGHLIGHTS
- ZIMMERMAN CEO JOINS MPTV FRIENDS BOARD
- MPTV Hosts First DAY OF THE CHILD on May 1
- MPTV FRIENDS HIRES RICK LORE FROM PBS
- Underwater Turbine Team Aims to Harness Green Energy & Inspire New Math & Science Students
- MPTV FRIENDS ADDS MARQUETTE PROVOST
- 4/9 -- Crips and Bloods Gangs is Cinema Topic
- 4/7 -- MPTV LISTENS TO GERMANTOWN
- 3/31 Cinema Special: COMING HOME MILITARY FAMILIES COPE
- Reading Rainbow Award Winners Named
- A BRAVES NEW WORLD Encore Presentation
- 3/12/09 CC Premieres A BRAVES NEW WORLD
- Broadcasting Students Receive Awards
- 15th READING RAINBOW CONTEST DEADLINE IS MARCH 2
- Community Cinema: ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING, 2/12 at 7 P.M.
- FRIENDS HOST CELEBRITY CHEF RICK BAYLESS EVENT
- New 13-Hour Line-up for Weekday Kids' Show
- Abrams Launches 25th Season
- MPTV 10 & 36 to Participate in 1/12/09 DTV Pass/Fail Test
- I REMEMBER: Louie Bashell
- January 2010 MPTV Highlights
- Justice Gone Awry Documentary Screened at MPTV Community Cinema
2008
- HEALTHCARE TOPICS SPOTLIGHTED IN JANUARY
- I REMEMBER: Eyes on Milwaukee's Horizon
- I REMEMBER: TV Historian Dick Golembiewski
- January Highlights/Premieres
- I REMEMBER: The FBI -- 100 Years
- MPTV Community Cinema presents HEALTHCARE: THE WISCONSIN PRESCRIPTION
- FCC COMMISSIONER MEETS PUBLIC TUESDAY AT MARQUETTE TO
- I REMEMBER: Presents Chinese Milwaukee
- December Highlights for MPTV Family of Programs
- Free Film Screening Profiles the Sick and Uninsured
- I REMEMBER: Studs Terkel Interview Rebroadcast
- MPTV Community Cinema Presents I.O.U.S.A
- I REMEMBER: Clark Weber's Rock 'n Roll Radio
- I REMEMBER: Jim Peck Hosts 9to5 Former Director Ellen Bravo
- MPTV Hires New Publicist/Grant Writer
- Free Film Screening Explores the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of 1968
- MPTV Community Cinema Presents Chosen Towns
- Town Hall Meeting to Address Student Discipline and School Violence
- MPTV Relocates Digital Channels
- New Children's Schedule Highlights Learning Skills
- Black Nouveau Wins National Journalism Award
- National Winners Announced
- IR Replays Oulahan Interview
- Inner City Struggle Explored
- Chautauqua Presents Forest Service History
- IR Hosts Anselmo Vilarreal
- IR Interviews Antiques Expert
- MPTV Outreach Project Honored
- Gardening Program Debuts
- Auction Earns $1 Million Plus
- Tracks Ahead Travels Premieres
- TV Audience Sought
- Moyers' Interview Rescheduled
- Depression in Men Explored
- Zeidler Lecture on MPTV
- 4th St. Forum Sets May Agenda
- Kennan Forum on MPTV
- MPTV Wins Broadcasting Awards
- MPTV Earns Telly Award
- Brady Street Story Told
- Auction Announces Artists
- Student Programs to Air
- World Music Festival Airs
- Gurda's Appearance Cancelled
- New Documentary Profiles Milwaukee's Muslim Faithful
- Making of Milwaukee at Discovery World
- King Corn Story to Air
- IR: Joshua Glover-Runaway Slave
- Supreme Court Debate to Air
- County Executive Debate
- Reading Rainbow Winners Announced
- MPTV Cinema Previews King Corn
- Black Nouveau Hosts Astronaut
- Antiques, Art Show and Sale Set
- MPTV Offers Mahler's Resurrection
- Frinzi Interview Replays
- Punching In Examines Inner City
- Outdoor Wisconsin Sets Banquet
- BN Tells Soldier's Story
- MPTV Re-Airs Taylor Interview
- IR Explores Bowling
- Milwaukee Ballet's Romeo and Juliet to Air
- IR: North Point Lighthouse
- Black Nouveau Explores Digital
- The Jewish Americans to Air
- ¡Adelante! Explores Compassionate Care
- Community Cinema Offers Prayer In America
- Dreyfus Interview to Air
2007
- Cooking Simply Second Season
- IR: Harmonica Benefits
- Reading Rainbow Contest Announced
- Pioneers of TV To Air
- IR Hosts Aukofer
- Chief Holton on Black Nouveau
- Dave and Carole Host Variety Show
- IR: Pioneers of Television
- Four Tops on Black Nouveau
- Samson Special to Air
- MPTV Emmy Awards
- Film Examines Ralph Nader
- Doctors without Borders
- MPTV Holiday Programs
- IR Marks Goldmann's Closing
- Adelante! Receives Awards
- Holiday Art Fair Planned
- Deer Hunt 07 Airs Nov. 8
- Community Cinema Nov. 8
- On-Air Holiday Auction Planned
- 50th Anniversary Special to Air
- Antiques Roadshow Premiere
- MPTV Receives Emmy Nomnations
- IR Highlights Company F
- MPTV to Televise Lehrer's Visit
- Antiques Roadshow Airs Milwaukee Programs
- Antiques Appraisals Offered
- 50th Anniversary Open House
- Clifford Book Drive Begins
- 4th St. Forum Sets Agenda
- MPTV Brings Lehrer to Milwaukee
- Preview Features Miss Navajo
- Documentary Explores Religious Life
- 4th Street Hosts Doctors Without Borders
- Black Nouveau Features WWII Soldiers
- WWII-Wisconsin Stories
- Adelante Explores Risks for Immigrants
- MPTV Expands HD Simulcast
- MPTV Offers New Cinema Series
- MPTV Launches World Channel
- MPTV Seeks WWII Stories
- MPTV Offers Classical Music
- Reading Rainbow National Winners Announced
- MPTV's 50th Programs, Events
- Auction Tops $1 million Again
- MPTV Joins On Demand
- MPTV Añade Canal en Español
- MPTV Adds Spanish Channel
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