The 411: Supporting local public television
I’ve mentioned before that our television viewing area has two PBS stations- one for Chattanooga and one for Georgia. It is kind of like a mother’s little helper everyday. In fact, this post right now is being brought to you by the words Curious and George.
I was a big fan of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. My cousin likes to tell the story of how I always knew when Mr. Roger’s would be on, even though I couldn’t tell time. I would drop whatever I was doing to go watch Mr. Roger’s. I have fond memories of Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow. I am glad to pass this along to Fuller in his early development of learning skills.
Last week Fuller’s morning viewing schedule was interrupted by nice ladies telling the kids to get their parents so they could hear an important announcement about their station. It was the standard “Please give to PBS” pitch that comes about once a quarter.
Our PBS station, WTCI, has a Kids Klub program where you can support the station and get a bunch of kid stuff in return. For $40 we got a Curious George t-shirt and tickets to a lot of local attractions. Fuller’s name will be on TV the week of his birthday (every kids’ dream, right?), and we get to go to a special fun day at Lake Winnie this summer. The nice ladies wore me down and I called up to pledge my $40. Fuller’s t-shirt should be here in 4 to 6 weeks. Hopefully it will still fit.
Another bonus of watching so much PBS is that we heard about the Family Fun Day with the Walk Around Cookie Monster. It was held this past Saturday and I made it a point to get out of the house and take Fuller to meet the famous Cookie. It was also another small way to support our local PBS station ($3 per person to get in). And Fuller got to do one of his favorite activities- bounce in an inflatable obstacle course.
Is public television part of your family? Do you support local public television? Do you remember PBS as a kid?
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March 19th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Hi Alli!
We sure DO watch PBS, almost everyday. We live in the boonies, and don’t get cable TV, and PBS fills in that gap. Over the years we’ve become quite fond of the British comedies, The Old House, Masterpiece Theatre, the Mystery series, Nova, etc. etc. There are lots of great gardening and cooking shows on there, too. I’ve even been known to watch a few Sesame Street programs! LOL
We have a great local show called The Biscuit Brothers. It’s a wonderful production that teaches the basics of music in a fun way. Kids AND adults love it, and pretty soon it will be on nationwide!
bobbi c.