February 2015 INSIDE NET

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Message from NET Leadership

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever celebrated the silver anniversary of the famed record company when it debuted in 1983, and it became an immediate sensation.

Buzzworthy moments included reunions by The Miracles, The Supremes and The Jackson 5; the first battle of the bands between The Temptations and Four Tops; and the hottest comedian in the world at the time, Richard Pryor, as host. But, the highlight that generated the most discussion was Michael Jackson’s world premiere of the moonwalk.

Unseen for more than 20 years, the incredible Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever comes to NET Television this month, featuring many more major Motown artists including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, Jr. Walker and the Commodores.

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. on NET1

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As a public media station, NET strives to bring you

varying points of view and perspective about our cities, our state and our world. We want many voices and conversations to be part of our programming, as well as our work in the community. Our goal is diversity – but what exactly does that mean? As I recently discovered, defining diversity is more difficult than I thought.

This month, NET welcomed a team from NPR to facilitate our continued discussions about diversity and how it touches all of our work – both internally and externally. The word diversity typically brings up thoughts about race or gender, but the NPR team guided us in our exploration of how geography, class, age, ideology, sexual orientation and faith can also be part of the definition of diversity.

Presenter Keith Woods, NPR’s vice president of diversity in news and operations, defined diversity as “inclusion in the face of exclusion.” And, I was intrigued by one of the questions

posed to us – Who isn’t in the conversation? As we concluded our two-day workshop, we were encouraged to “suspend the process” in our interactions with people – pausing to gather information, add reflection and gain insight. This clarity is valuable, according to Woods, because it results in sharper leaders and a stronger workforce.

I believe it can also result in a stronger NET. Reflecting our community is an essential part of our mission. The core of our journalist promise is that we are reporting about you. In the coming months, you will find out how you can participate in a range of issues as a member of our community.

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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. on NET1

Upcoming NET Happenings

Coming Spring 2015

The longest running war in human history is fought with razor-sharp scalpels, invisible rays and lethal poisons, and its battlegrounds are deep within the human cell. This spring, Ken Burns presents Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Airing March 30 and 31, and April 1, at 8 p.m. CT on NET Television, Burns’ six-hour film interweaves a sweeping historical documentary with intimate profiles of patients and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, to the brink of effective treatments.

Community screenings of Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies and town hall-style discussions are being planned for late February and early March in Lincoln, Omaha and Norfolk. NET Television is also producing a Nebraska-based documentary about cancer that will air Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. CT on NET Television.

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Community Screening & Discussion Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m. CT Bryan Health East • 1600 South 48th Street • Lincoln

PREMIERE SCREENING

Ken Burns Presents Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies

EARTH A New WildWednesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. CT NET Studios – Lincoln 1800 North 33rd Street This event is free, but reservations are required.Contact NET Customer Service at 800-634-6788 or visit netnebraska.org/earthscreening

Join NET and The Nature Conservancy-Nebraska for a special screening and

Story Sharing WALL

cancerfilms.org/story-wall

Patients, caregivers, family members and others affected by cancer are invited to share their personal stories on the cancer Story Sharing Wall, a part of Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies community outreach. Photos and videos are allowed, and you can share what you write on social media. Stories may also be submitted anonymously.

EARTH A New Wild takes viewers to stunningly beautiful locations in 29 different countries for a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the planet’s wildest places and most fascinating species. Up-close footage of giant pandas, humpback whales, African lions and Arctic reindeer reveals that humans and animals can share habitat, and it can be mutually beneficial.

The five part series, EARTH A New Wild, begins with a two-hour premiere on NET1 Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. CT, and continues Wednesdays throughout February at 9 p.m. CT on NET1.

discussion event focused on the Plains. The evening will feature wild grassland habitats from Africa and Russia to the Great Plains, in excerpts from the new PBS series EARTH A New Wild, as

well as the chance to view new photos and video from Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado by the Platte Basin Timelapse project.

Panelists include conserva- tion photographer Michael Forsberg; Chris Helzer, The Nature Conservancy; Rick Edwards, Director of the UNL Center for Great Plains Studies; Craig Allen, UNL School of Natural Resources; and Mike Farrell, NET.

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PRIMETIME Feb. 1-7 EARTH A New Wild Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. CT on NET1 Take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the planet’s wildest places and most fascinating species, including giant pandas, humpback whales, African lions and Arctic reindeer.

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America’s Test Kitchen

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

Great British Baking Show Six remain-ing bakers prepare yeast-leavened cakes and two tortes.

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 5 Meet Rose’s new acquaintance and watch Bricker and Robert lose control.

Nick Stellino Cooking with Friends

Martha Bakes

Antiques Roadshow: Austin, Hour Two

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country

Antiques Roadshow: San Diego, CA, Pt. 1

New Scandinavian Cooking

Martha Bakes

Genealogy Roadshow Uncover fasci-nating family stories at the New Orleans Board of Trade.



Big Burn: American Experience Three million acres burn and at least 78 firefighters die in a 1910 wildfires.


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Nature: Legendary White Stallions The striking white Lipizzaner stallions of the famed Spanish Riding School in Vienna


EARTH A New Wild A fresh look at human-kind’s relationship with the planet’s wildest places and animals >>


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Big Red Wrap-Up Signing Day Special



Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 5 Meet Rose’s new acquaintance and watch Bricker and Robert lose control.


Martha Bakes

Hockey: More Than a Game Celebrate the spirit, traditions and compelling stories behind one of the world’s fastest sports.


New Tricks The team re-investigates the murder of the young mother whose husband was convicted for the crime.


Martha Bakes

Doc Martin Martin lies about his haemophobia whilst interviewing for a surgeon’s job.

Martha Bakes P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table

As Time Goes By

Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Keeping Up Appearances

Chef John Besh’s Family Table

Nature: Penguin Post Office Shakespeare Uncovered

Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

Local USA Finding One’s Voice

Film School Shorts

America Reframed Our Mockingbird

Naturescene: Wildcat Hills

FRONTLINE

Control Diabetes For Life: Back To The Basics

EARTH a New Wild (6 p.m.) Big Red Wrap-Up Signing Day Special

Super Skyscrapers One World Trade Center

Nebraska Stories It Gets Better

BBC Newsnight

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Big Red Wrap-Up Recruit Signing Day Special Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. CT on NET1 How will the Huskers do next season and who will commit to play under new head coach Mike Riley? Join Big Red Wrap-Up and discuss the future of Nebraska football during this recruiting special.

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NET & Local Programs are Listed in Red.Black History Programs are Listed in Blue

Masterpiece Mystery!: Grantchester, Pt. 3 Find out if an old woman’s death was a coincidence.

Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe

Great Estates Scotland This castle was the stand-in for “Duneagle” in a Downton Abbey Christmas episode.

Rudy Maxa’s World


Bluegrass Under-ground


Path Appears Activists fight for women’s rights in West Virginia, Colombia and Haiti.

This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Nebraska Stories Nebras-ka’s Schindler

Lidia’s Kitchen

Marching Once More: 60 Years After the Battle of

Cook’s Country

FRONTLINE


Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

Hometime Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions


Ultimate Restorations


Ask This Old House


Sahara with Michael Palin A Line in the Sand - endless sand dunes and diverse range of cultures and history

Rudy Maxa’s World


Globe Trekker: Indonesia: Java & Sumatra (11:02)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot Wasp’s Nest – The detective investigates a murder that hasn’t been committed

Hometime Rick Steves’ Europe

Dalziel and Pascoe A Time to Go (Pt. 1 of 2)

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions


Big Red Wrap-UpSigning Day Special


Foyle’s War Sabotage, murder and adultery at a RAF hospital bring Foyle face to face with the impact of war


Washington Week with Gwen Ifill


Charlie Rose - The Week


As Time Goes By

DCI Banks As Banks looks to convict the murderer of a schoolgirl, the investigation distances him from Helen.

Martha Bakes Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Baking with Julia

The Café Reap What You Sow – Part 2

Austin City Limits: Foo Fighters


Martha Bakes

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Global Voices Last Train Home POV: Listening is An Act of Love

Nature: Penguin Post Office

PBS Newshour Nightly Business Report

Journal Charlie Rose









America Reframed Our Mockingbird Super Skyscrapers

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PRIMETIME Feb. 8-14 American Experience: The Forgotten Plague Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. CT on NET1 By the dawn of the 19th century, tuberculosis had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. See how the battle against the deadly bacteria has had a profound and lasting impact on America.

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Martha Bakes

Antiques Roadshow: Austin, Hour Three


Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana


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Genealogy Roadshow Uncover fasci-nating family stories at Union Station in St. Louis.



The Forgotten Plague: American Expe-rience The historic battle against tubercu-losis


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Nature: Animal Odd Couples Love knows no boundaries in the animal kingdom.


NOVA: Building Wonders: Colosseum - Roman Death Trap


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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 6 Relations between Robert and Cora are strained.




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Nebraska Stories Nebraska’s Schindler

Lidia’s Kitchen

Maverick Hockey Western Michigan vs. UNO live from Omaha’s CenturyLink Center >>

Cook’s Country New Scandinavian Cooking

Martha Bakes

Doc Martin

Smart Travels - Eur. with Rudy Maxa

Pati’s Mexican Table

As Time Goes By

Katie Brown Workshop


P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

Nature: Legendary White Stallions Shakespeare Uncovered

Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

Local USA Head Trauma at War

Film School Shorts

America Reframed The Hill Summer Hill

Homecoming: Nebraska Veterans

Harpist’s Legacy: Ann Hobson

FRONTLINE: Being Mortal

E.N. Thompson Are Social Media A Threat to Human Creativity? Peony Park (UNO)

The Forgotten Plague: American Experience

Big Burn: American Experience

Super SkyscrapersThe Vertical City

Nebraska Stories Nebraska’s Schindler BBC Newsnight

Great British Baking Show The bakers are tested on all kinds of weird, wonder-ful pastries.

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 6 Relations between Robert and Cora are strained.

Big Red Wrap-Up Signing Day Special

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Maverick Hockey Friday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. CT on NET1 It’s the coolest game in Nebraska! Tonight Western Michigan takes on UNO in live action from the CenturyLink Arena ice in Omaha. A production of NET Sports

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Ask This Old House

Rick Steves’ Europe Rudy Maxa’s World


Bluegrass Under-ground


Path Appears Uncovering gender oppression and human rights violations in the U.S. and around the world.

This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

Lidia’s Kitchen

Racing the Rez

Cook’s Country

Nebraska Stories It Get’s Better

FRONTLINE


Evening with Gwen Ifill





EARTH a New Wild Scientists believe the Amazon could be the most bio-diverse place on earth

Ask This Old House


Sahara with Michael Palin Desti-nation Timbuktu – A thousand mile journey

Rudy Maxa’s World


Globe Trekker: Central Japan (11:02)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot The Tragedy at Marsden Manor


Dalziel and Pascoe A Time to Go (Pt. 2 of 2)




Consider This...






As Time Goes By

DCI Banks Banks is drawn into a massive search for a boy taken by bogus social workers.

Beauty of Oil Painting

Jazzy Vegetarian Lidia Celebrates America

The Café (10:35) There’s No Place Like Home

Austin City Limits: 2014 Hall of Fame Special


Path Appears Mia Farrow, Jennifer Garner, Ashley Judd, Eva Longoria and others uncover human rights violations.

Education of Harvey Gantt

Nature: Legendary White Stallions











America Reframed The Hill Summer Hill Super SkyscrapersThe Vertical City

Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester, Pt. 4 A shocking murder reveals the depths of homophobia in Cambridge.

Extraordinary Women Hedy LaMarr’s smoldering femme fatale looks made her beautiful and controversial.

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PRIMETIME Feb. 15-21 Nebraska Stories Monday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. CT on NET1 Go behind the scenes of Omaha’s exploding fashion underground; meet an auto mechanic and Army veteran turned artist; hear the Pathfinder Chorus; plus watch the annual migration of White Pelicans. A production of NET Television

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Great British Baking Show The competitors must make enriched Sweet Fruit Loaves.



Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 7 Edith’s secret may be revealed and Rose introduces Atticus and Mary.

Chef’s Life Martha Bakes

Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck, Hour One




Martha Bakes

Genealogy Roadshow The genealogists visit the Historical Society of PA and see more than 350 years of American history.



The Italian Americans Italian immi-grants struggle to stay connected to each other and their culture.


Nature: The Last Orangutan Eden See work being done to save wild orangutans in the jungles of Northern Sumatra


NOVA: Building Wonders: Petra - Lost City of Stone Experts carve a temple-tomb to find out how the people of Petra built their city of stone.


Martha Bakes

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 7 Edith’s secret may be revealed.



Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck, Hour One


Nebraska Stories Runway Magic

Lidia’s Kitchen

Shooting in the Wild A look at wild-life film production

Cook’s Country

New Tricks: Cry Me a River The UCOS reopens the thirty year old murder of porn king.


Martha Bakes

Doc Martin: Do Not DisturbMartin attends to a bloodied victim of an accident without hesitation.

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Hong Kong

As Time Goes By



Travel with Kids

Nature: Animal Odd Couples Shakespeare Uncovered

Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Film School Shorts

America Reframed Shell Shocked POV: 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story

Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers (6:30 p.m.)

Colored Frames

Need to Succeed: Closing Omaha’s Black Male Achievement Gap

State of Education In Nebraska


The Italian Americans (6 p.m.) Instruments of Change

Secrets of the Dead: The World’s Biggest Bomb


BBC Newsnight

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The Italian Americans Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. CT on NET1 Trace four generations of Italian-American lives, from late 19th century immigration to today. It’s a backdrop for the stories of families – and their struggles to stay connected to each other and their culture – while making their way in America.

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Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester, Pt. 5 Sidney and Geordie happen upon a murder and show Scotland Yard a thing or two.

Ask This Old House


Extraordinary Women Stylish Audrey Hepburn takes Hollywood by storm.

Rudy Maxa’s World


Bluegrass Underground



This Old House

Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photog-raphers and the Emergence of a People

Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope


Nebraska StoriesRunway Magic


Editor and the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan Editor and the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan





EARTH a New Wild Predators may hold the secret to bringing back productivity to all our oceans.

Ask This Old House


Sahara with Michael Palin: Absolute Desert The desert from the ancient Egyptians to today

Rudy Maxa’s World


Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Tea (11:02)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Double ClueThe story of Poirot’s first encounter with the beautiful and mysterious Countess Vera


Dalziel and Pascoe The British Grenadier (Pt. 1 of 2)




Consider This...

Foyle’s War: Enemy Fire, Part 2 Sabotage, murder and adultery at a RAF hospital brings Foyle face to face with the impact of war





Lidia’s Kitchen

As Time Goes By

Cook’s Country

DCI Banks: A Piece of My Heart Banks races to locate a mysterious recording that appears to connect Jack Barber and the members of The Crystal Kiss.

Smart Travels - with Rudy Maxa


Cook’s Country Hands on Crafts For Kids

Austin City Limits: Gary Clark Jr./Alabama Shakes


Path Appears Activists fighting sex trafficking in America Nature: Animal Odd Couples

Nebraska Stories











America Reframed Shell Shocked POV: 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story Secrets of the Dead

>> The Italian Americans (continues)

The Café (10:35) Afternoon Teas

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PRIMETIME Feb. 22-28 Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert: The Power of Music Friday, Feb. 27 at 7 and 10:30 p.m. This captivating family music special features the amazing 12-year-old composer, pianist and entertainer performing with passion and heart as his fingers fly across the piano keys.

State of Educa-tion In Nebraska


Now What? Understanding The Brain & Behaviors

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Great British Baking Show It’s semi-fi-nals time and the tension is palpable as the bakers take on Patisseries.



Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Sea-son 5 - Episode 8 Preparations for Rose’s day and Edith’s arrangement is working >>


Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck, Hour Two




Martha Bakes

Genealogy Roadshow Best of Genealogy Roadshow



The Italian Americans A second generation of Italian Americans enters the labor move-ment, politics and entertainment. >>


Nature: Owl Power See how owls hunt, fly, see and hear – and how they influence 21st-century design


NOVA: Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia – Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery


Martha Bakes

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 5 - Episode 8 Preparations for Rose’s day and Edith’s arrangement is working




Antiques Road-show: Bismarck, Hour Two

Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert: The Power of Music The 12-year old performer presents a powerhouse combina-tion of musical talent with an upbeat and inspiring song list.

Lawrence Welk’s TV TreasuresAn all-encompassing documentary about the legendary television series.

Rick Steves’ Europe: Remote, Sacred, Wild

Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country New Scandinavian Cooking

Martha Bakes

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Celebrate the silver anniversary of the famed record company with major Motown artists >>

Jazzy Vegetarian Pati’s Mexican Table

Delicious Tv’s Veg-an Mashup

Cook’s Country

Nature: Owl Power See how owls hunt, fly, see and hear.

Shakespeare Uncovered: Othello with David Harewood

American Masters: August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand


America Reframed A Will for the Woods

Independent Lens: American Denial Black/White & Brown: Brown Versus the Board of Education of Topeka

The Italian Americans (6 p.m.) Queen of Swing

Secrets of the Dead: Bugging Hitler’s Soldiers

Nebraska Stories BBC Newsnight

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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. CT on NET1 Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Motown with reunions of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Four Tops and more!

Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert: The Power of Music The 12-year old performs inspiring music.

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Ask This Old House

Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester, Pt. 6 Crime-solving partners and friends continue their work.

Rick Steves’ Europe Rudy Maxa’s World

Extraordinary Women: Indira Ghandi The first female leader of the world’s largest democracy



Heiress and Her Chateau Meet women who built, loved, and preserved an archi-tectural masterpiece


Independent Lens: American Denial Gunnar Myrdal’s investigation of Jim Crow racism is used to explore biases.


Lidia’s Kitchen

Black Kungfu Experience

Cook’s Country


Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee





EARTH a New Wild: Water Take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship with water in the wildest places on planet earth.

Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe

Sahara with Michael Palin: Dire Straits Crossing the desolate border from Niger to Algeria.

Rudy Maxa’s World


Globe Trekker: Across America: Route 66 & Beyond

Hometime

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of the Spanish Chest Poirot protects a woman from her violent husband.

Rick Steves’ Europe Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

Dalziel and Pascoe The British Grenadier (Pt. 2 of 2)



Inside Foyle’s War A behind-the-scenes special about the award-winning series that has captured loyal fans.

This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope


Pati’s Mexican Table

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Celebrate with major Motown artists

Jazzy Vegetarian Pati’s Mexican Table

Cook’s Country America’s Test Kitchen

In Search of Shakespeare Shakespeare Uncovered: Othello with David Harewood

Nature: The Last Orangutan Eden











America Reframed The Will for the Woods Secrets of the Dead

>> The Italian Americans (continues)

>> Antiques Road-show (continues)

>> Downton Abbey (continues)

>> Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (continues)

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NET3 Create NET3 Create features popular home, cooking, garden, how-to, travel and lifestyle series.

SUNDAY-FRIDAY 6:00 am Cooking 8:00 am Travel 9:00 am Home & How-To & Cooking NooN Cooking 2:00 pm Travel 3:30 pm Home & How-To 5:30 pm Cooking 9:00 pm Cooking, Travel & How-To (repeats overnight)

NET1 Daytime Schedule MONDAY-FRIDAY

6:00 am Caillou 6:30 am Arthur 7:00 am Odd Squad 7:30 am Wild Kratts 8:00 am Curious George 8:30 am Curious George 9:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 am Sesame Street 11:00 am Dinosaur Train 11:30 am Dinosaur Train NooN Peg + Cat 12:30 pm Peg + Cat 1:00 pm Super Why! 1:30 pm Thomas & Friends 2:00 pm Sesame Street (Half hour program) 2:30 pm Cat in the Hat 3:00 pm Curious George 3:30 pm Curious George 4:00 pm Arthur 4:30 pm Odd Squad 5:00 pm Wild Kratts 5:30 pm Wild Kratts 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour

SATURDAY 6:00 am America’s Heartland 6:30 am Market to Market 7:00 am Market Journal 7:30 am Rough Cut - Woodworking (2/28) Pledge TBA 8:00 am Woodwright’s Shop 8:30 am Hometime 9:00 am This Old House 9:30 am Ask This Old House 10:00 am Garden Smart 10:30 am Backyard Farmer Presents: Lifestyle Gardening 11:00 am Martha Bakes11:30 am Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Noon Lidia’s Kitchen12:30 pm America’s Test Kitchen 1:00 pm Sewing with Nancy 1:30 pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 2:00 pm Quilting Arts 2:30 pm Best of the Joy of Painting 3:00 pm Mineral Explorers (2/21) NSAA Wrestling Championships (2/28) Ed Slott’s Retirement Roadmap! 3:30 pm Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions 4:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 pm Expeditions with Patrick Mcmillan 5:00 pm This Old House Hour 6:00 pm Lawrence Welk Show

If you experience an issue with TV, radio or web reception, contact the NET Technical Customer Service Center at 1-800-698-3426. Current outages are posted at netNebraska.org, and available by calling 402-472-9333 and selecting Option #8. Visit netNebraska.org/television for more information, or call 402-472-9333, ext. 217.

SUNDAY 6:00 am Barney & Friends 6:30 am Bob the Builder 7:00 am Curious George 7:30 am Curious George 8:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (2/22) Nebraska High School Bowling Championships-Girls 8:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:00 am Sesame Street (Half hour program) 9:30 am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 10:00 am Clifford the Big Red Dog10:30 am (2/1) Celtic Woman: Emerald (2/8) (2/15) McLaughlin Group11:00 am (2/8) (2/15) BBC Newsnight11:30 am (2/8) (2/15) Consider This... Noon (2/8) (2/22) Foyle’s War (2/15) Secrets of Westminster 1:00 pm 2014 Blues Music Awards 12:30 pm (2/1) Texas Tenors - You Should Dream 1:00 pm (2/8) (2/15) (2/22) Shakespeare Uncovered 2:00 pm (2/1) Nebraska Women’s Basketball (2/8) (2/15) (2/22) Shakespeare Uncovered 3:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances 3:30 pm As Time Goes By 4:00 pm (2/1) Best of 50s Pop (2/8) (2/15) (2/22) Agatha Christie’s Poirot 5:00 pm Moyers & Company 5:30 pm (2/8) (2/15) (2/22) New Tricks 6:00 pm Doc Martin

NET2 World NET2 World brings you the best of PBS favorites like Independent Lens, Nature and Frontline, plus special documentaries, NET Television local productions and NET News features.

WEEKDAY NEWS 6:00 am BBC World News 11:00 am Tavis Smiley 4:00 pm Charlie Rose 8:00 pm (Fri) Washington Week in Review 8:30 pm (Fri) Charlie Rose: The Week 9:00 pm PBS NewsHour 10:00 pm Nightly Business Report 11:00 pm Charlie Rose Plus PBS NewsHour Weekend Saturday and Sunday at 5:30 pm

NET Television Schedule

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NET recently faced the failure of one of these critical

tubes at our Hastings KHNE television transmitter, forcing us to operate at only 10 percent of our normal power for three weeks. This greatly impacted the quality of our over-the-air signal for viewers in the area who don’t watch NET on cable or satellite. KHNE is one of nine full power DTV (digital) broadcast stations and 15 DTV translators that make up the NET Television network. The network is a partnership between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. NET Radio is comprised of nine full power FM stations and five FM translators.

NET Maintains Statewide Networks

Amazingly, there was only one replacement tube available in the whole world, and it was located in England. The tube cost more than $45,000, and required specialized technical assistance to install. Our Hastings area viewers were frustrated but patient as we worked through the challenges of locating, shipping and installing this rare part.

There are three other transmitters that use the same tube technology in NET’s statewide television network, and our engineering staff is working to determine a cause for the premature tube failure, as well as working to locate a spare one should it be needed. Although there is newer, less expensive transmitter technology available, it has not been cost-effective for NET to replace all of its existing equipment. Operating and maintaining the statewide television network, as well as nine full power radio transmitters for NET Radio, is an expensive proposition. Financial support from the State of Nebraska and the University of Nebraska are essential to maintaining this network and ensuring that every citizen of Nebraska has access to NET Television and Radio programming. A technical outage such as the one we experienced in Hastings reminds us all of the importance of this stable source of funding.

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NET Radio Schedule NET Radio Main FM ScheduleAvailable anywhere with the NET Radio Nebraska App Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 8:58 am Writers Almanac 9:03 am Morning Concert (Friday Live) NooN Afternoon Concert All About Books (Thursday at 12:04), Classics by Request (Friday at 1:00) 4:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 6:30 pm Fresh Air 7:30 pm Performance Today 9:30 pm Classical Music overnight Saturday

6:00 am On Being 7:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Money 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm RadioLab 3:00 pm This American Life 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm The Thistle and Shamrock 8:00 pm Jazz Currents 10:00 pm Classical Music overnight Sunday

6:00 am Millennium of Music 7:00 am On Being 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Nebraska Concerts 3:00 pm Travel with Rick Steves 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm This American Life 6:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Music from Hearts of Space 11:00 pm Classical Music overnight

NET Radio HD-2 ScheduleAvailable with an HD Radio across most of Nebraska or anywhere with an Internet connection or with the NET Radio Nebraska App

HD-2 Monday-Friday 5:00 am Morning Edition - Neb. News at 6:44, 8:44 9:00 am On Point 11:00 am Fresh Air NooN Ask Me Another (M), RadioLab (T), TED Radio Hour (W), Snap Judgment (Th), Latino USA (F) 1:00 pm Here & Now 3:00 pm All Things Considered - Neb. News at 4:44 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 8:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! NooN Marketplace Money 1:00 pm The Splendid Table 2:00 pm On Being 3:00 pm On the Media 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion 7:00 pm Jazz all evening & overnight HD-2 Sunday 8:00 am Weekend Edition - Neb. Humanities at 9:30 10:00 am Car Talk 11:00 am A Prairie Home Companion 1:00 pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! 2:00 pm The Splendid Table 3:00 pm Fresh Air Weekends 4:00 pm Weekend All Things Considered 5:00 pm American Routes 7:00 pm The Verge 9:00 pm Jazz overnight

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Steve Inskeep

Weekdays at 5 -9 a.m. CTWAKE UP to your world

Ben Bohall

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Morning Edition on NET RadioWaking up is hard to do, but it’s easier with NPR’s Morning Edition. Hosts Renée Montagne, Steve Inskeep and David Greene bring the day’s stories and news to radio listeners on the go.

Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country, and takes listeners around America and the world.

It provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts – all with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories.

Here in Nebraska, NET Radio’s Ben Bohall hosts local segments of Morning Edition, reporting news and weather information for listeners across the state. “It’s always been kind of my dream job to be a Morning Edition host,” he said.

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From the car to home – my daily companion – thanks!

NancyNET Radio listener

Kearney

Pulpy:A magazine or book printed on cheap paper and often dealing with sensational material

Did You Know?

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NET RADIO FREQUENCIES: Alliance KTNE 91.1 FM, Bassett KMNE 90.3 FM, Chadron KCNE 91.9 FM, Lexington KLNE 88.7 FM, Lincoln KUCV 91.1 FM, Norfolk KXNE 89.3 FM, Merriman KRNE 91.5 FM, Hastings KHNE 89.1 FM, North Platte KPNE 91.7 FM

The Plains have brought forth many famous authors. But the writers you’ve never heard of are worth reading, too. Fine writers have been and still are lost for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of their work. A new NET

Radio series, website and iBook have been created for listeners and readers to discover Plains authors who achieved fame, but for various reasons have become “lost” to contemporary readers.

A collaboration between NET Radio and the Center for Great Plains Studies, Lost Writers of the Plains offers a historical interpretation of why the writing, careers or Plains connection has been forgotten for a Bohemian poet, a stark realist, a champion of African American literature, a defender of the common man – and four other intriguing authors.

For essays, audio, video, poems, plays and the works as they originally appeared in the journal Prairie Schooner, go to netNebraska.org/lostwriters. (The site will be available in mid-February.) The iBook will be available from the iTunes store.

Beginning March 6, essays about the authors will air three times each week on NET Radio – during Friday Live (Fridays at 9 – 10 a.m. CT); during Weekend Edition (Saturdays at 9:35 a.m. CT); and during All Things Considered (Sundays at 4:35 p.m. CT). The featured writers, in order of appearance in the series, are: LaSelle Gilman, Margaret Haughawout, Dorothy Thomas, Bertram Austin Lewis, W. Zolley Lerner, Earl Guy, Faye Cashatt Lewis and Ervin Krause.

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NET Television

If a Super Bowl Sunday complete with professional football, crazy fans, creative commercials and hot wings isn’t how you’d like to spend Feb. 1, then turn to NET Television. We have an entire day of alternative programming for you to enjoy. It’s filled with a variety of music and just a dribble of must-see sports – Nebraska Women’s Basketball.

Watch “Super” Programs on NET

Sunday, Feb. 1 NET1

Western Michigan vs.

UNO

Friday, Feb. 137:30 p.m. CT

NET1 and streamed at netNebraska.org

NEBRASKA WOMEN’S

BASKETBALL

MICHIGAN vs. NEBRASKA

Sunday, Feb. 12 p.m. CT

NET1

LIVE from Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena

10:30 a.m. CT

Celtic Woman: Emerald

Celebrate the rich musical heritage of the Emerald Isles with enchanting re-imagined versions of fan favorites from a treasure chest of Celtic songs. 12:30 p.m. CT

The Texas Tenors – You Should Dream

This talented and charismatic trio combines breathtaking vocals, humor and cowboy charm to make great music from the worlds of country, folk, opera and Broadway. 2 p.m. CT

Nebraska Women’s Basketball Michigan vs. Nebraska

Connie Yori’s Huskers welcome the Michigan Wolverines to the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

4 p.m. CT Best of 50s Pop

Hear the happiest hits from the days of poodle skirts and penny loafers. It’s an unforgettable concert featuring singing sensations from a kinder and gentler time.

A production of NET Sports

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NSAAWRESTLING

Saturday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. CT

A special quad-screen live broadcast from Omaha’s

CenturyLink Center

Girls: Sunday, Feb. 22 at 8 a.m. CT

Boys: Sunday, March 1 at 8 a.m. CT

(Recorded at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln)

Saturday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. CT

Live coverage from the Bob Devaney Sports

Center in Lincoln

High School Sports Championships

All on NET1, streamed at netNebraska.org and on the NET Nebraska mobile app

HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING

Big Red Wrap-Up Recruit Signing Day Special Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. CT on NET1

Sunday, Feb. 1

The next season of Nebraska football will be all about the new – new coaches, new ideas, new players and new traditions. And, there’s no shortage of speculation about how the Huskers will do and who will commit to play for the new Big Red team.

The future of Nebraska football is the topic on a Big Red Wrap-Up Recruit Signing Day Special. Nate Clouse of HuskerOnline and recruiting expert Sean Callahan join host Kevin Kugler to talk about National Signing Day.

Watch this recruiting special Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. CT on NET1, stream the show live at netNebraska.org/BigRedWrapUp, or connect with Nebraska’s most interactive sports show on social media. Like Big Red Wrap-Up on Facebook or follow the show on Twitter.

NSAASWIMMING

AND DIVING

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PBS Kids

Curious George Happy Valentine’s Day, George! & Oh Deer Monday, Feb. 9 at 8 a.m. CT on NET1

George wants to make his friends the best Valentine’s Day card ever, but even with four paws, it takes a long time to create homemade cards for everyone. So, George creates the first-ever monkey Valentine’s Printing Press! And, when a hungry deer keeps nibbling on the flowers in the garden, George uses all of his five senses and a special recipe to keep the deer out.

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood It’s Love Day & Daniel’s Love Day Surprises Monday, Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. CT on NET1 In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel Tiger and all of his friends come up with their own special ways to show their love and care for one another. The kids dance, sing, and tell jokes to say “I love you.” Plus, Grandpere is coming to visit! How can Daniel find a way to show how much he loves him? With a treasure hunt, that’s how! Daniel hides little hearts all over the house for Grandpere to find, unless little Margaret finds them first!

PBS Kids Valentine’s Day special programming

If you love PBS kids, then celebrate Valentine’s Day with special programs

featuring your favorite characters!

Hold onto your cookies! As Sesame Street celebrates 45 years of helping children grow smarter, stronger and kinder, it will premiere a brand new one-hour special to delight Cookie Monster fans of all ages. Sesame Street: The Cookie Thief is a nail-biting, cookie-munching thriller that celebrates the arts and a new cookie art museum that has just opened on Sesame Street. Surrounded by beautiful cookie paintings, like “Girl with the Cookie Earring” and the “Muncha Lisa,” Cookie Monster and his friends feel like they’re in a whole new world. But when art suddenly starts to disappear, Cookie Monster quickly becomes a suspect. Can Cookie Monster clear his name? Will they find the missing art in time, or will Cookie Monster be banished from the museum forever? It’s an action-packed special that helps kids explore concepts such as impulse control, following directions and monitoring emotions – all with help from a friendly Cookie Monster.

Sesame Street The Cookie Thief

Monday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. CT on NET1

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Thursday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. CT on NET2 World

State of Education: Standing Up to Poverty and It Takes a Community

Risher to Lead NET Communication Efforts

NET and Nebraska Loves Public Schools are partners in The State of Education – a series that helps Nebraska’s students and teachers meet their most pressing educational challenges. This month, two programs from the series look at the

role community partnerships play in public schools and what happens when students don’t have access to basic necessities.

The State of Education: It Takes a Community looks at how everyday Nebraskans participate in public education to ensure the viability of our state. New models define education as a shared responsibility in our society, and suggest the problems are for whole communities to solve, not just individual teachers, schools or districts.

“What schools need to be able to do is develop well-rounded, diverse, creative thinkers. It’s a big task and not one that schools can do alone,” said Luisa Palomo, a teacher at Liberty Elementary School in Omaha.

Most of us enjoy having enough to eat, a safe place to live and a warm bed to sleep in each night, but what happens when a child doesn’t have access to what we consider so basic? The State of Education: Standing Up to Poverty explores the issues facing low-income students across our state and the impact socio-economic barriers can have on an entire school and community. The program challenges viewers to get involved and offers examples of how communities and individuals can help close the opportunity gap.

Cameron Risher, NET’s new Director of Communications, has worked in communications and media for more than 15 years, mostly in public media. And, she’s happy to be back

in the industry working at NET, one of the nation’s premiere organizations. Risher will lead the team responsible for communication, promotion, advertising and social media efforts on behalf of NET Television and Radio.

Risher worked for a television production subsidiary of WIS, the NBC affiliate station in Columbia, South Carolina before she essentially crafted and filled the position of Community Relations Manager at South Carolina Educational Television and

Radio (SCETV). For almost eight years, she was part of a team that planned the station’s outreach events, as well as directed advertising and public relations.

Originally from Connecticut, Risher also worked for an independent production company that produced a children’s television series distributed to public television stations through American Public Television. Most recently, she was the Director of Communications and Events for the South Carolina Petroleum Marketing Association, a statewide organization supporting the petroleum marketers and the convenience store industry.

As an alumna of the University of South Carolina, she will be cheering on the Gamecocks from afar. When she’s not working, Risher enjoys sharing her time with others. “I am looking forward to volunteering in the community and getting to know Nebraska and the ‘neighborhood’ – a la ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” she said with a laugh.

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Engaging Nebraska

The Italian AmericansTuesdays, Feb. 17 & 24 at 8 p.m. CT on NET1

The new series, The Italian Americans explores the evolution of Italian Americans from the late nineteenth century to today, from “outsiders” once viewed with suspicion and mistrust to some of the most prominent leaders of business, politics and the arts today.

The Italian Americans reveals the unique and distinctive qualities of one immigrant group’s experience, and how these qualities, over time, have shaped and challenged America. Unlike other immigrant groups, many Italians did not come to America to stay. At the turn of the 20th century, most came to work, earn money to support their families, and eventually return home. Nearly half of the first generation Italian immigrants did return to Italy. For those that made America home, their struggle to maintain a distinct Italian culture was guided by remarkably powerful ideals of family that had always been at the center of their lives.

Monday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. CT on NET1

Nebraska Stories explores compelling personal tales the people, places, history and culture that make Nebraska unique. In the first episode, you’ll see stories about fashion, art, music and nature.

Nebraska Stories goes behind the scenes of Omaha’s exploding fashion underground to see the last minute struggles of putting art on a runway, and to meet the designers who have made Omaha Fashion Week the fifth-largest in the country. Then, travel across the state to Imperial, Neb., where an auto mechanic turned Army veteran turned artist has become one of the premiere sports-art artists of his generation.

In another segment, swing by Fremont, Neb., to hear the music and meet the men who sing in one of the best barbershop choruses in the world – the Pathfinder Chorus. And lastly, visit the Harlan County Reservoir, one of the largest bodies of water within the North American Central Flyway and a primary stopover for migrating birds, including the majestic White Pelican.

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They want to see your treasures and hear your tales,

so apply for tickets today!

is coming to Omaha June 27!

netNebraska.org/roadshow

Sundays at 8 p.m. CT through March 1

Repeats Thursdays through March 5

Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. CT on NET1 For centuries, owls have been fascinating hallmarks of children’s stories and folk tales the world over. But, what actually makes owls so special? Using the camera technology, computer graphics, x-rays and ultra-microscopes available in the modern world, take a new look at owls in more detail than ever before. The real stories behind how they hunt, how their vision and hearing work, and how they fly so silently are influencing 21st-century technology and design, from high-tech aircraft and submarines to innovative hearing aids.

Owl Power

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Black History Month on NET Television

Marian Anderson

NET Radio Celebrates African American Musicians During Black History Month, NET Radio will broadcast a series called African American Voices, a celebration of African American musicians The series highlights the contributions of African American classical musicians, from powerhouse singers such as Jessye Norman, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson to Pulitzer Prize winning composer George Walker, conductor James DePriest and many others. African American Voices will air on NET Radio weekdays in February at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. CT. The series comes to NET Radio from Daniel Gilliam and WUOL in Louisville, Kentucky.

Tuesday, Feb. 3 10 p.m. CT Underground Railroad: The William Still Story Wednesday, Feb. 4 10 p.m. CT Sahara with Michael Palin: A Line in the Sand Sunday, Feb. 8 1 p.m. CT Shakespeare Uncovered: The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman 2 p.m. CT Shakespeare Uncovered: Othello with David Harewood Monday, Feb. 9 8 p.m. CT Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana Wednesday, Feb. 11 10 p.m. CT Sahara with Michael Palin: Destination Timbuktu

NET1 Programs

Did You Know?One of the most

prominent civil rights leaders in the U.S., Malcolm X (Little), was born in Omaha. He focused on Black pride and economic reliance until he was killed in 1965.

Black history month commemorates the achievements of African-Americans in the U.S. and brings attention to the contributions of African Americans to American

history. Although this tradition officially began in 1976, it celebrates historic events since 1915, when the thirteenth amendment of the American constitution abolished slavery.

NET Television honors the contributions of African Americans with special programming on NET1 and NET2 World during Black History Month.

Monday, Feb. 16 9:30 p.m. CT Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly – Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Tuesday, Feb. 17 10 p.m. CT Editor and the Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan Wednesday, Feb. 18 10 p.m. CT Sahara with Michael Palin: Absolute Desert Monday, Feb. 23 10 p.m. CT Independent Lens: American Denial Tuesday, Feb. 24 10 p.m. CT Evening with Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Wednesday, Feb. 25 10 p.m. CT Sahara with Michael Palin: Dire Straits Saturday, Feb. 28 8 & 10:30 p.m. CT Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Independent Lens: Through A Lens Darkly – Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Monday, Feb. 16 9:30 p.m. CT on NET1 A photo from Lincoln native John Johnson, an African American photographer, is featured in the film. He was born in Lincoln, Neb., to an escaped slave and his wife, graduated from high school and briefly attended the University of Nebraska. Johnson worked in manual labor, but was a talented community photographer who took as many as 500 photos with his bulky camera. Historians describe Johnson’s photos as “elevating” and “ennobling,” and part of what blossomed into the Harlem Renaissance.

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CEO: Mark Leonard ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING:Debbie Hamlett DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT: Jennifer Herstein DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS: Cameron RisherEDITOR:Kim RogersMULTIMEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Lisa CraigKristi KoserNET FOUNDATIONS FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR: Carol Russell, Omaha VICE CHAIR: Nicholas Baxter, OmahaSECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnASST. SECRETARY: David Feingold, LincolnDebbie Hamlett, Lincoln Michael Winkle, LincolnBOARD MEMBERS: Will Armstrong, Grand Island Lucy Buntain Comine, Lincoln Dana Falter, Lincoln Dr. William Griffin, Omaha Margaret Hornady-David, Grand Island Laura Jana, M.D., Omaha Steve Kiene, Lincoln Kris McElligott, Grand Island Dan O’Neill, North Platte Don Pederson, Lincoln Margaret Sibbitt, Hyannis Kathleen Thuman, LincolnNET COMMISSION CHAIR: Clay Smith, LincolnVICE CHAIR:J. Richard Shoemaker, Cambridge SECRETARY/TREASURER: Mark Leonard, LincolnASST. SECRETARY/TREASURER: Randal Hansen, LincolnCOMMISSIONERS: Dennis Baack, Lincoln Dr. Kenneth Bird, Omaha Dr. Matt Blomstedt, Lincoln Kim Dinsdale, Grand IslandCurt Frye, Wayne Patricia Kircher, Omaha Dr. Fred Ohles, LincolnDarlene Starman, LincolnDara Troutman, LincolnCONTACTS:NET Foundations for Television and Radio 1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503 netNebraska.org/foundation FOR INFORMATION CALL:800-634-6788 or 402-472-6788 NET is a proud member of

The mission of NET is to enrich lives and engage minds by connecting communities and celebrating Nebraska with services that educate and enlighten.

Michele Peón-Casanova Director of Major & Planned Giving 800-634-6788, ext. 375 [email protected]

Bridget Robbins Omaha Director of Development 402-932-2110 [email protected]

Jenny Herstein Director of Development 800-634-6788, ext. 556 [email protected]

Have a question about membership, estate gifts or planning your will?

Charitable Gift Annuities Benefit NET and You

Would receiving a fixed amount of money, spread in equal payments during the rest of your lifetime, be a valuable supplement to your retirement income?

The NET Foundation can help reach this goal by establishing a charitable gift annuity with your gift of $10,000, or more. In exchange for your participation in this simple contract, NET will pay you, and if you wish, a second beneficiary. The income you receive is determined by the amount of your gift and your age(s). Any residual assets remain with NET upon your death, and the payments are guaranteed by the general resources of the NET Foundation.

Gift annuities can be established using cash or appreciated securities held for longer than one year. When cash is used, more of your income is tax free.

BENEFITS To You:

• Generous, partially tax-free income for life

• An immediate income tax deduction

• Reduced capital gain taxes if appreciated securities are used to establish the annuity

• Membership in NET’s Friends of the Future Society

• The satisfaction of making a significant contribution to the future of NET and public broadcasting

A similar type of annuity is the deferred charitable gift annuity. With a deferred gift annuity, you could receive even higher life income payments and a higher immediate income tax deduction because the payments to you do not begin until a specified future date that you choose. In either case, at your death, the proceeds of the gift annuity become part of a permanently restricted endowment at NET.

The NET website offers more information about charitable gift annuities, including a calculator that can provide a financial illustration based on your expected contributions and age. (Visit netNebraska.org/CGAcalculator) NET’s planned giving officers are also available to discuss planned giving options and what might work for you.

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Dr. Christine Northrup: Glorious Women Never Age! Sunday, March 8 at 10 a.m. CT on NET1 (Check INSIDE NET next month for other broadcast times.)

Seven steps every woman should take in her journey to getting older – without aging.

March 7 – NSAA Girls State High School Basketball

March 14 – NSAA Boys State High School Basketball

Antiques Roadshow Monday, March 2 at 7 p.m. CT on NET1 Learn how to get tickets to Antiques Roadshow’s June 27 visit to Omaha!

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