“Country music comes from right in here…this heart and

soul that we all have,” says Garth Brooks. “You can dance to

it, you can cry to it,” adds Dolly Parton. Country music refl ects

all of us.

Director Ken Burns presents Country Music, a multi-episode

series that explores country music’s roots, how it evolved

and the trailblazers who created and shaped it. Longtime

collaborators, Dayton Duncan is writer/producer, and Julie

Dunfey is producer.

Country Music is “a way to tell stories about people who

felt their stories weren’t being told and it ended up much

more complicated, much deeper and in some ways more

emotionally resonant than I ever thought the fi lm would

be,” said Burns discussing his experiences with this

project that has been eight years in the making.

“Country music is essentially simple,” he continued.

“Songwriter Harlan Howard said; ‘It’s three chords and

the truth, but that’s its beauty. It’s about basic human

emotions and who we are.’”

The epic production chronicles the early days of

country music from southern Appalachia’s songs

of struggle, heartbreak and faith to the rollicking

Western swing of Texas, California‘s honky-tonks

and Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry.

Early songs got passed on from one family to another.

The Carter family with Sara, cousin Maybelle and her three

daughters put country music on the map. They invented

a kind of harmony singing used for years and popularized

dozens of songs that became country standards. Then June

married Johnny Cash, and the Cash-Carter family

had lasting infl uence. Johnny Cash became

immensely popular — and so country music

advanced and changed.

Common to all of Burns’ fi lms is impeccable

research that translates into lively storytelling.

The crew looked through 100,000 photographs,

viewed 700 hours of archival footage and conducted

interviews with more than 100 people including Marty Stuart,

Rosanne Cash, Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton,

Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and others.

At the fi lm‘s heart are the stories of unforgettable songs and

the artists who created them — there are nearly 600 music

cues during the 16 hours.

“The fi lm in every episode is about strong and extraordinarily

talented women,” said Burns. “Women are central to this story,

from Sara Carter and ‘Mother’ Maybelle, all the way through to

Dolly Parton and the great women performers now.”

The fi lm witnesses the rise of bluegrass music with Bill

Monroe and reveals how one of country music‘s offspring —

rockabilly — morphed into rock and roll in Memphis. The

narrative ends in the mid-1990s as young Garth Brooks

emerges from a small venue in Nashville

to achieve phenomenal success and

bring country music to an entirely new

level of popularity.

It’s a musical journey you won’t want

to miss! Country Music begins Sunday,

September 15 at 8 p.m. on SCETV.

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Do you long for a little escape? Do you miss the beloved characters, magnifi cent costumes and all the splendor of the great estate?

Wait no more! You can enjoy all six seasons of Downton Abbey on SCETV Passport, a benefi t for members at the $6.25 a month or $75 annual level. You can “binge watch” season by season or pick your favorite episodes. With SCETV Passport, you can choose from hundreds of hours of SCETV and PBS programming, available 24/7!

Then, before you know it, in mid-September, you’ll be able to enjoy the “new era” of Downton Abbey when it comes to your local theater. The movie

is set in 1927, a couple of years after the end of the TV series, and centers around the royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary.

Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora Crawley, talked about being a part of the new fi lm, “Of course it was great,” she said. “They’re my family; they have been for so long.” Writer Julian Fellowes, who admitted he was “daunted” by the task to transform Downton Abbey from a television series to a feature fi lm, added, “It was nice to have everyone back, sitting around the dining table again.”

As the trailer proclaims, “We’ve been expecting you.”

Known fondly as the “Mother Church of Country Music,” the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville was once the home of the Grand Ole Opry and the place where country music found an audience beyond its own back porch.

To announce and promote Country Music, Ken Burns and his crew boarded a specially decked-out bus and went on tour, wrapping up his trip with a blockbuster concert, Country Music: Live at the Ryman, a Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns.

Burns hosts the evening, which features some of country music’s all-time favorites such as “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” sung by Holly Williams, “Crazy” sung by Rhiannon Giddens and “Coal Miner’s Daughter” performed by Kathy Mattea.

Other performers include Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Brenda Lee, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Asleep at the Wheel and Dwight Yoakam. Clips from the documentary will also be shown.

Tune in and enjoy. It will be a wonderful time to reminisce or learn something new about a music genre that is still very much alive today.

Airs Sunday, September at 8 p.m.

on SCETV.

A CONCERT CELEBRATINGTHE FILM BY KEN BURNS

2 The Endowment Insider A Word from … COBY HENNECY

MembershipETV Endowment864-591-0046

members@etvendowment.orgwww.etvendowment.orgETV Endowment of SC

401 E. Kennedy St., Suite B-1Spartanburg, SC 29302

ProgrammingSCETV and SC Public Radio:

803-737-3200 or 800-922-5437audienceservices@scetv.org and

listenerservices@scpublicradio.orgwww.scetv.org and www.scpublicradio.org

Dear ETV Endowment Member,As the summer draws to a close and kids

head back to school, I think about the role SCETV and SC Public Radio play in educating, informing and entertaining our viewers. We are bombarded with so much information from social media and other sources that it is increasingly important to be able to have a reliable source of high-quality programming.

People of all ages turn to SCETV and SC Public Radio because they know they can trust our news, documentaries and other programs. In fact, for the 16th consecutive year, PBS and its member stations have been named #1 in public trust among American institutions in a nationwide annual survey.

PBS KIDS is also viewed by parents as the most educational media brand, substantially outranking other cable and commercial networks. It provides quality commercial-free family time.

The ETV Endowment works hard each day to earn and keep your trust. For the eighth consecutive year, the ETV Endowment has placed in the top 4% of all U.S. charities evaluated by Charity Navigator. Our rating is evidence that we are trustworthy stewards of the gifts that are entrusted to us. With your trust and support of our mission, we will continue to serve our community for many years to come.

Here’s to a new season of information and inspiration, thanks to you!

Sincerely,

Coby Cartrette Hennecy, CPA, CFREExecutive DirectorETV Endowment of South Carolina

Listings are subject to change. For the latest schedule updates, visit scetv.org.

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What are journalists really striving for?

Press, presented by

Masterpiece, is a six-part drama

that goes into the newsroom

and behind-the-scenes to reveal

the tensions, dilemmas and

decisions that journalists must

face every day.

Set in London, Pressrevolves around two fi ctional

rival newspapers, The Herald,

a broadsheet that values

journalistic integrity, and The Post, a tabloid that thrives on

sensationalism and getting

the story at all costs. Charlotte Riley (King Charles III ) stars as news editor of The Herald while Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red Line ) plays the role of editor of The Post. They are joined by Priyanga Burford (King Charles III ) as The Herald ’s editor and

David Suchet (Poirot ) who plays chairman

and CEO of Worldwide News,

owner of The Post.The competition is fi erce,

and the amount of content they

have to create in a very short time

span is incredible. Each day starts

with an editorial daily conference,

during which the lead journalists

pitch their stories. They jockey for

position as to what will be featured.

Then the journalists scatter to hunt

for information, get their interviews,

talk with their sources and write

their articles. The deadline arrives,

and that day’s edition is off to the printers.

Ten hours later, they start with a blank

page again.

You’ll be drawn into a newspaper world

with a spellbinding rhythm all its own.

Begins Sunday, October 6 at 10 p.m.

on SCETV.

Revealing the facts and history behind the news…

Tweets... TV news reports... newspapers...

Facebook... We are bombarded with so

much information; it’s a daily challenge to

sort fact from fi ction.

Retro Report on PBS, a new weekly

one-hour program, can help. Produced

by Retro Report, a nonprofi t organization

that offers the public a complete picture of

important stories, the program delivers a

fresh perspective on the news with often

surprising connections to the past.

Hosted by journalist Celeste Headlee

and artist Masud Olufani, Retro Report on PBS dissects and examines news stories

employing scientists, researchers and

thoroughly documented evidence. Each

episode will explore four distinct stories and

feature a special segment with New Yorkerhumorist and author Andy Borowitz.

You’ll learn more about controversial

topics such as how Colin Kaepernick’s

bended knee during the national anthem

was deeply rooted in the 1968 Mexico City

Olympics protest, how today’s recycling

movement was fueled by a news story

about a barge full of garbage in the 1980s

and why modern U.S. drug-approval laws

are so strict.

Airs Mondays and Tuesdays, October 7-29

at 9 p.m. on SCETV.

ODYSSEYThe Chamber Music Society in Greece

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln

Center takes you on a fascinating journey to

Greece where the classical tradition began.

Airing as part of the Live From Lincoln Center series, the program features works

embodying the essence of classical music

in iconic settings such as the Ancient

Theatre of Larissa and the historic Church

of the Taxiarchon in Pelion.

The next destination is the cosmopolitan

hub of Athens, with a performance at

the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural

Center, designed by renowned architect

Renzo Piano. The journey culminates in

Delphi, the sacred precinct of Apollo, the

god of music, poetry, light and healing.

A statement from the Chamber Music

Society’s artistic directors, David Finckel

and Wu Han, reads: “Our trip to the cradle

of Western civilization proved to be a

musical odyssey like none other we or our

fellow musicians had taken. It was with a

deep sense of purpose that we ventured

there and with a profound feeling of

enlightenment that we returned home.”

Airs Friday, September 6 at 9 p.m.

on SCETV.

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Nonprofi t evaluator Charity Navigator has awarded the ETV Endowment its eighth consecutive 4-star rating, placing the Endowment in the top 4% of all U.S. charities.

This is the highest possible rating and indicates that the ETV Endowment adheres to best practices and executes its mission in a fi nancially effi cient way.

With more than 1.5 million American charities, Charity Navigator aims to accentuate the work of effi cient and transparent organizations. The 4-star rating assures you, our donors, that when you make a donation, you can trust the Endowment will manage your contributions in a fi scally responsible and transparent way.

“Attaining a 4-star rating verifi es that the ETV Endowment of South Carolina exceeds industry standards.” said Michael Thatcher, president and CEO of Charity Navigator. “Only 4% of the charities we evaluate have received at least eight consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that the ETV Endowment outperforms most other charities in America.”

“For more than 40 years we’ve been diligent stewards of the generous gifts we receive from our members. We’ve honored our commitment, ensuring that your donations support the programming we all enjoy. It’s that commitment that has earned us the highest Charity Navigator rating for the eighth year in a row for demonstrating strong fi nancial health and commitment to transparency and accountability,” said Coby Hennecy, Executive Director.

Thank you to all of our members who put your trust in the Endowment and support public broadcasting in South Carolina!

Making It Grow, a live, interactive call-in program produced by SCETV and Clemson University, recently received two Telly Awards, bringing its total to 17. Clemson Extension Agent and host Amanda McNulty and a team of fellow Extension agents, botanists and horticulturists focus on gardening topics while highlighting interesting places and products from around the state.

The Telly Awards named the “Prescribed Burn” segment a Bronze winner in the education category and the “Holiday Special” segment a Bronze winner in the information category.

“It’s rewarding when we partner with agents and others in bringing knowledge and entertainment to our viewers; and it’s especially rewarding that they are recognized for their background and innovation,” said McNulty. Making It Grow is also the past recipient of six Emmy Awards.

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Charlie’s Place, a SCETV Carolina Stories production, received two honors recently: an Emmy Award for Best Historical/Cultural Program from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast and a Bronze Telly Award in the history category.

Charlie’s Place tells the story of an African-American nightclub opened by Charlie and Sarah Fitzgerald in Myrtle Beach during segregation. All were welcome, and the mixed crowd defi ed the color barrier to drink, dance and have fun listening to the greatest musicians on the southern Chitlin’ Circuit. The good times abruptly ended on the night of August 26, 1950, when the Ku Klux Klan attacked the nightclub. Although this story ends in tragedy, it began with the goodwill of people who were brought together by music and a man who didn’t see color lines.

“Charlie’s Place was a beacon for many in the segregated South, and it was privilege to bring that story to our audience,” said producer Betsy Newman.

Thanks to the City of Myrtle Beach, the Myrtle Beach Rotary Club, the Humanities Council SC, Burroughs & Chapin and the Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce for their support and help in telling this important South Carolina story. Additional support was provided by the ETV Endowment through the Local Production Fund.

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He was called “dashingly romantic,” a “fearless performer” and an actor whose work on stage and screen “took the world by storm.”

American Masters and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage, a revealing portrait of the groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City and Hollywood.

In New York, he found it diffi cult to fi nd roles until he met Joseph Papp and joined the New York Shakespeare Festival. His fi rst role was Macduff in a Mobile Theater production of Macbeth.

His best-known roles include the history-making productions of Titus Andronicus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew with Meryl Streep and fi lms such as Romero, Presumed Innocent and The Addams Family.

His story is told in his own voice through archival interviews and in the words of those who knew him best — his wife, Merel, his sons, relatives and colleagues including Rita Moreno, Jimmy Smits and James Earl Jones.

Ever-present throughout Juliá’s story is the cultural landscape of the entertainment world and the boundaries he broke. He amassed a varied body of timeless work that is still helping to pave the way for Latino actors today.

Airs Friday, September 13 at 9 p.m. on SCETV.

American Masters presents…

RaúlJuliáThe World’s a Stage

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