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Panhandle PBS strives to bring you, our members and our entire region, thought-provoking dialogue exploring issues, ideas and dreams that make living in the Panhandle a truly unique experience. Our continued development of high-quality, local programming is designed to help us all think and ponder issues about the world we call home. Our programming gives a public voice to a diversity of perspectives that make up our community. In an ever more complicated world, we pledge our continued support to the stories of you and your world. Our goal is to tell a story that empowers and educates individuals to achieve their potential while strengthening the social fabric that makes living in our area so special.

Panhandle PBS programming, through its many communications channels on air and online, is more accessible than ever. Our multi-platform media organization serves the Panhandle through television, social media, mobile devices, the web and in the classroom. Our productions expand the minds of children, keep citizens informed on politics and give insight into robust business events of the region. Our community collaborations with local arts organizations, businesses, educators and leaders continue to tell their stories through our Live Here and Play Here productions.

We know our members trust public media as their go-to source for a local and world view not available on other media outlets. Panhandle PBS counts on your support. You are the lifeblood of our efforts. Your membership, underwriting and donations allow us to connect with our viewers. We thank you. We thank all our supporters along with hundreds of interested and excited content providers that allow us into their lives to tell their stories. You are the reason we are here and able to serve the community of the Texas Panhandle.

Kevin BallGeneral ManagerPanhandle PBS

Living a Connected Life in the Texas Panhandle

Local Content Initiatives

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Live HereLive Here, our public affairs and community program, investigates issues of importance to the people of Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle. Whether it’s education, community affairs, local elections or the arts, Live Here gives a closer look at life in the Texas Panhandle region. The following episodes were produced by Panhandle PBS from September 2015 - August 2016. • First Generation College Students: Obstacles, Fears and Discoveries• Retrospective interviews with Superintendents of Amarillo and Canyon Independent School

Districts• Law Enforcement: Eyes on the Law• Amarillo MPEV (Multi Purpose Event Venue) Vote, Parts 1 & 2• Election Follow-Up• A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich, Celebrity Chef and

PBS Icon• In Depth with Shanna Peeples, National Teacher of the

Year• Unusual Jobs• City Managers in Transition• Artistically Speaking, guitarist Hayden Pedigo, and Yellow

City Sounds Live• Millennials• Yellow City Sounds Live: Red River Songwriters• Live Candidate’s Forum• A Cultural Conversation: What Hispanic Means to Me,

including Interview with Art Collector and Comedian Cheech Marin

• Dialing in on 911• Help Wanted – A Lot: Technical Skills Gap and Worker Shortage• The Economics of Art: The Texas Cultural District Designation Program and the Economic Impact

of the Arts• Understanding Autism• Amarillo City Councilman Brian Eades: Exit Interview• Shots Fired: Firearms Forensic Training with Amarillo Police Department• Life by the Barrel: Perryton, TX, and the Oil Price Downturn• Handing over the Reins: Retiring West Texas A&M University President, Dr. J. Patrick O’Brien• Yellow City Sounds Live: Don Conoscenti

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Play HerePanhandle PBS launched Play Here – a web and social media initiative focusing on the breadth of the Texas Panhandle arts and entertainment scenes. Blog postings every weekday including arts previews, feature stories on local visual and performing arts events, and reviews of theatrical productions and movies.

“The Season”“The Season” is a new exploration of Amarillo’s arts entities, telling the inside story of what it takes to stage performances and mount exhibitions, one group and one season at a time. To kick off this multimedia series of webisodes, blog posts and segments on Live Here, Panhandle PBS began following Amarillo Little Theatre with the following episodes produced June – August, 2016:

• Episode 1: “First and foremost, is it going to sell?” The process of selecting plays and musicals that the company will stage.

• Episode 2: “That’s the million-dollar question.” Exploring the nine musicals and plays ALT will stage for its historic 90th season.

• Episode 3: “I’m actually making people feel something.” Exploring the summer camps for young actors offered by Amarillo Little Theatre Academy and the life skills they teach.

• Episode 4: “You always have complete confidence in him.” Profiling the head of the art, dance and theater department at West Texas A&M University and frequent ALT collaborator.

• Episode 5: “Wow. We were all naked on stage together.” How ALT dealt with a potentially mortifying mistake in its production of The Full Monty.

Yellow City Sounds LivePanhandle PBS and Amarillo College’s student-run radio station FM90 partnered to launch a new live concert series in our studios – Yellow City Sounds Live. Approximately 350 audience members enjoyed five concerts which were also captured for television broadcast, on-demand viewing online, and broadcast live on FM90. The concerts featured renowned musicians with Panhandle ties that highlight their best work. As part of our continuing efforts to provide Amarillo College Matney Mass Media students with practical experiences, numerous Amarillo College student workers operated cameras and managed the radio booth for the series. The concerts included:

• Drew Kennedy 11/19/15• Red River Songwriters 1/22/16• Don Conoscenti 4/23/16• Mike Fuller 6/10/16• Yvonne Perea 7/30/16

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Candidates ForumPanhandle PBS hosted a forum in our studios of the candidates vying for 47th District Attorney, Potter County Attorney and Potter County Commissioner Precinct 3 on February 18, 2016. Moderated by Panhandle PBS with local media representatives taking part, the event featured Q&A shedding light on important issues facing our region. The forum was broadcast on air, shared online for on-demand viewing, and made available to local commercial television stations.

Friends of Aeolian Skinner Opus 1024 Classical Concert Series PartnershipIn an effort to enlighten area students about the arts, Panhandle PBS partnered with Friends of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1024 Classical Concert Series to livestream world-renowned musicians live

from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts in Amarillo. In addition to the live performances, the four-part series provided students an opportunity to ask the artists questions about their instruments, preparation, and performances. The concerts, also available for on-demand viewing on our website, included:

• Miro String Quartet 9/14/15 • Felix Hell, Concert Organist 10/19/15• Todd Green, Multi-Instrumentalist 3/2/16• Thomas Trotter, Concert Organist 4/11/16

Amarillo Museum of Art: Dawe & Bell Exhibition Content Partnership Panhandle PBS installed three time lapse cameras on three floors of the Amarillo Museum of Art in June 2016 to capture the installation of Gabriel Dawe’s site-specific work of art in the central atrium space of the museum. Plexus 33 was made of thousands of individual strands of thread – overlapping, intertwining, and providing a unique visual experience. In addition, the station interviewed Dawe and artist Larry Bell, along with the Museum’s Curator of Art Alex Gregory, discussing their work and processes as shown in the museum’s exhibition, Side by Side: Larry Bell and Gabriel Dawe. Video from both the discussion and installation was shared through the station and Amarillo Museum of Art’s web and social media outlets.

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American Graduate Day EventAs part of a national public media initiative to bring awareness to the nation’s dropout crisis, Panhandle PBS took part in American Graduate Day by hosting a station event with 40 community stakeholders on September 29, 2015. The event featured four community education champions, including National Educator of the Year Shanna Peeples, whose efforts in student success were highlighted, while audience questions (live and via Twitter) were addressed. The event was broadcast and made available online following the event.

Common Reader Program with Amarillo College and author Ruta SepetysPanhandle PBS is proud to partner annually with Amarillo College and the Matney Mass Media program in interviewing the College’s Common Reader author. This year’s author, Ruta Sepetys, visited with faculty and students in our studios on October 29, 2015, about her book, Between Shades of Gray, and its topic of the Baltic people’s genocide in the 1940s. The interview was later broadcast on Panhandle PBS and made available online for on-demand viewing by Amarillo College faculty, staff, students and the broader Panhandle audience.

Making North America Screening EventNearly 200 college students, faculty members and the general public enjoyed a film screening of NOVA’s Making North America on October 15, 2015, with commentary from local geology experts invited by our community partner and host, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.

Monster Bash at the Don Harrington Discovery CenterHoliday treats, including PBS Kids pencils, bookmarks, and stickers, were provided to 1,000 children and family members at the Don Harrington Discovery Center’s Monster Bash family event on October 30, 2015. Panhandle PBS was proud to partner with DHDC in this festive holiday event, providing kids and families a fun and educational environment for trick-or-treating.

Amarillo Public Library Book DonationThrough a Scholastic Books/PBS Kids partnership, Panhandle PBS was able to obtain 900 books for young children and provide them to the Amarillo Public Library in December 2015 for their 2016 summer reading program and storytelling workshops to encourage early childhood literacy by empowering children and families to read together.

Community Engagement Initiatives and Activities

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Sherlock Theatrical EventPanhandle PBS was proud to be a station partner with Fathom Events in promoting and providing free passes to the public for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride and its special theatrical screening event on January 5, 2016.

Cheech Marin interview/AMoA partnershipWe were pleased to interview comedian and art collector Cheech Marin in partnership with the Amarillo Museum of Art on February 9, 2016. This content benefitted both the museum and the station, for on air and online content, as well as museum purposes.

Downton Abbey Finale Screening EventWith the culmination of the crowd-pleasing MASTERPIECE series, Downton Abbey, Panhandle PBS delighted in sharing the series finale with 150 enthusiastic attendees at the downtown campus of Amarillo College on March 6, 2016. Costumed guests enjoyed afternoon tea and door prizes provided by MASTERPIECE and WGBH while viewing and reacting to the finale.

“Life After Downton” EventFor those seeking solace, Amarillo Public Library and Panhandle PBS partnered to host a “Life after Downton” event on March 7, 2016 at which 15 attendees shared their favorite Downton Abbey moments, took part in a trivia contest, and learned about upcoming MASTERPIECE series to help them survive in a post-Downton Abbey world.

Borger Lions Club – National Parks of Texas PreviewTwenty members of the Lions Club in Borger, Texas, enjoyed a sneak peek at the Texas PBS production, In Contact with Beauty: The National Parks of Texas at their April 20, 2016 meeting, while learning more about Panhandle PBS, its local and national programming, and community engagement initiatives.

Hutchinson County Historical Museum Screening – National Parks of TexasAs the Hutchinson County Historical Museum sits in the “backyard” of Alibates Quarries National Monument, the museum was a natural partner to host a screening event of the new Texas PBS production, In Contact with Beauty: The National Parks of Texas, on April 23, 2016.

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Explore the Outdoors Events with Amarillo ZooApproximately 800 children and family members enjoyed becoming better stewards of our natural world on three “Earth Day...Every Day” events in partnership with the Amarillo Zoo on April 9, 16, and 23, 2016. The events featured a variety of hands on activities including planting take-home wildflower gardens, creating pinecone bird feeders, taking home live ladybugs for natural pest control, crafting animal masks as well as live animal demonstrations, a PBS Kids “watch room” with conservation-themed programming, and PBS costume characters.

Curious George Community VisitsOn April 22, 2016, Panhandle PBS brought Curious George to students at the Amarillo College Child Development Lab, Li’l Badgers youth program at Amarillo College, and young patients at Northwest Texas Children’s Hospital, while telling stories, brightening days, and encouraging a total of 170 young children and their families to read and be curious about the world around them.

Whittier Elementary Community Resource Fair 4/28/16Five hundred children and family members attended the Whittier Elementary School Community Resource Fair in Amarillo in April 2016, where Panhandle PBS was a partner in providing PBS Kids and family resources on programming and educational tools to augment learning in a variety of subject areas including science, math, social studies and language arts.

Digital Media CampTwelve middle school students explored their interests in TV, radio and online media as they took part in Digital Media Camp – an offering through the Amarillo College Kids’ College Badger Kids Camps. The students learned about potential careers in broadcasting and communication while working in the Matney Mass Media program labs, the studio and control room at Panhandle PBS, and in the booth at FM90 from July 11-15, 2016.

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Amarillo Little Theatre Film Festival PartnershipAmarillo Little Theatre and Panhandle PBS presented Storytellers: The 1960’s Summer Film Festival on July 15 and 16, 2016. The two-day festival reached approximately 200 attendees and featured documentary films on the 1960s including TV Family, How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, 1964, and Last Days in Vietnam. Guest speaker Dr. Bryan Vizzini from West Texas A&M University led discussions on each the film, and filmmaker Dr. Ethan Thompson discussed his film, TV Family, as part of the event.

AMA-Con: Panhandle PBS Watch RoomAmarillo Public Library’s AMA-Con is an anime, comic, gaming, and pop culture convention which attracted over 7,000 attendees on July 23 and 24, 2016. New this year was the Panhandle PBS “watch room” featuring several PBS documentaries and youth programs tying into the event’s themes. PBS content shared included Thank You for Playing, Cosplay: Crafting a Secret Identity, Odd Squad: The Movie, and three episodes of SciGirls, the PBS Kids series encouraging girls in STEM careers.

Panhandle Math & Science ConferenceThe Panhandle Math and Science Conference was held on July 26 and 27, 2016, at West Texas A&M University in partnership with Region 16 Education Service Center. Panhandle PBS shared information about PBS LearningMedia, local and national PBS programming with approximately 300 educators through an information booth, and also hosted two breakout sessions training 75 educators on how to use PBS LearningMedia in their math and science classrooms.

Create! Panhandle PBS Watch RoomPanhandle PBS was pleased to share arts content at Create! – a new family event in downtown Amarillo organized by Center City on August 20, 2016, featuring local artists, cuisine and music. Panhandle PBS’ watch room, located inside the Amarillo Public Library’s Downtown branch, featured varied performing and visual arts trailers, web shorts and programs, including episodes of Panhandle PBS’ The Season, as well as other PBS digital content.

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American Cancer Society AwardFor our engagement work around the Ken Burns film, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Panhandle PBS received the Media Partner Award from the American Cancer Society, Amarillo Chapter, on December 9, 2015. The station interviewed numerous individuals in our area about their cancer experiences and shared them on air, online and on display banners to bring attention not only to the film, but also important regional and national cancer resources and initiatives.

Lidia Bastianich Event, Culinary Arts Student Partnership, and StorytellingPanhandle PBS brought renowned chef, cookbook author, and PBS program host Lidia Bastianich to Amarillo on October 8 and 9, 2015. The station fundraising event was held at Public House Restaurant in Amarillo, where a multi-course meal of her dishes were prepared and served to 90 attendees. Ten high school culinary arts students from Amarillo Independent School District served as wait staff, providing practical experience in a professional setting with a renowned guest chef. In addition, 40 Amarillo ISD high school culinary arts students and eight faculty members enjoyed a one-on-one station event with Ms. Bastianich at the Panhandle PBS studios, with opportunities to ask questions and learn from Ms. Bastianich’s career path. Also as part of her visit, Panhandle PBS partnered with Amarillo Public Library in offering a free public storytelling program with Ms. Bastianich at the Downtown Library, where she read her children’s book, Lidia’s Christmas Kitchen: Nonna Tell Me a Story to 20 children and adults.

Station Events and Honors

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Big Idea ChallengeVolunteers and supporters took part in the station’s Big Idea Challenge throughout the month of April 2016, which creatively combined scavenger hunts, clue decoding, and personal fundraising through competitive teams. Thirty-five participants engaged 175 donors to support the station, learn more about its mission, programming and engagement efforts, and have fun with friends, family, and co-workers along the way.

Steven Raichlen Event, Culinary Arts Student PartnershipPBS chef and cookbook author Steven Raichlen joined Panhandle PBS at a station fundraising event on May 24, 2016, with over 100 attendees enjoying his recipes and hearing about his approach to smoking BBQ – all coinciding with his new cookbook, Project Smoke. Students from Canyon ISD’s Culinary Arts program gained real-life experience as servers at the event.

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Mission

Vision

Values

Panhandle PBS provides a gathering place for intelligent, trusted community engagement to educate, enlighten, entertain and empower the people of the Texas Panhandle and the world.

Panhandle PBS will be the leading community resource empowering people to discover their world, broaden their horizons, and become active participants in shaping their future.

• Education – Panhandle PBS believes that education is a fundamental element to empowering citizens and that lifelong learning is a critical element of effective citizenship.

• Excellence/Quality – Panhandle PBS believes that excellence, quality and positive results should define any program or service that it offers to the community.

• Innovation – Panhandle PBS believes that we must embrace new approaches through thoughtful risk taking and collaboration in order to fulfill our essential mission.

• Meaningful Relationships – Panhandle PBS believes that services provided should be based upon the needs and expectations of the community that we serve and that those needs must be discovered through meaningful relationships.

• Service – Panhandle PBS believes that we are accountable to the community for the programming and services that we provide and that the station exists to serve the community.

• Trust – Panhandle PBS believes that trust provides the critical foundation for the success of individuals and the community. We believe that trust is built through mutual respect, communication and working together.

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Panhandle PBS remains a truly local television station while providing dependable

national content that its viewers have grown up with and still love. Panhandle PBS

gives local citizens a real voice and a real platform from which to be heard.

I am proud to serve as the chairman of the Panhandle PBS advisory council. Our

meetings allow Panhandle residents an insider’s voice into programming ideas and

important local content. Local programming like “Live Here” gains splashes of flavor

from local people who have a heart for the local community.

Through local events and partnerships like Yellow City Sounds Live, Panhandle PBS

proves that Community Gathers Here is much more than a feel-good sentiment. If you

visit the station, take part in community engagement initiatives, or watch the programs,

you genuinely can find community.

Matt Morgan

2017 Panhandle PBS Advisory Council Chair

The Panhandle PBS Advisory Council provides a vehicle for effective community input to the station’s governing body and license holder (Amarillo College Board of Regents) and to station management regarding programming, community service and outreach activities, and policies that impact the specific needs of the community.

Judy Babcock

Bob Balliett

Jason Crespin

Regina Dinga

Alise Dixon

Tad Fowler

Nola Hagemeier

Jamie Johnson

Joel Kaplan

Russell Lowery-Hart

Patrick Miller

Cameron Monroe

Matt Morgan

Lindsey Murphy

Neal Nossaman

Emily Quinn

Wes Reeves

Linde Shadle

Roy Urrutia

Dave Walker

Mackenzie Weir

Panhandle PBS Advisory Council Members:

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