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JULY 2011 From the President’s Desk Dear Friends, A big “thank you” for your support during our June on-air pledge drive! Charitable contributions from viewers like you provide PBS39 with over 50% of our an- nual operating income. I am excited to announce that con- struction on the PBS39 Public Media and Educational Center is complete! Having moved to our new facility in late June, our Production team is currently acclimating to new state-of-the-art equipment, folks in Education are preparing for a new series of Healthy Kid Initiative pro- grams starting this fall, and the entire staff is gearing up for our Grand Opening Celebration on September 10th! Free interactive tours, live music on the Air Products Town Square, cooking demonstrations and other family-fun activities are just a few of the festivities planned for our Grand Opening Celebration on Sat- urday, September 10th. Mark your calendar, and plan to join us to celebrate this new excit- ing chapter for both PBS39 and the SteelStacks arts and cultural campus in Southside Bethlehem. More details about the event will follow in next month’s program- ming guide. Best wishes for a wonderful summer, Patricia C. Simon President & CEO, PBS39

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JULY 2011

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friends,

A big “thank you” for your supportduring our June on-air pledgedrive! Charitable contributionsfrom viewers like you providePBS39 with over 50% of our an-nual operating income.

I am excited to announce that con-struction on the PBS39 PublicMedia and Educational Center iscomplete!

Having moved to our new facilityin late June, our Production teamis currently acclimating to newstate-of-the-art equipment, folks inEducation are preparing for a newseries of Healthy Kid Initiative pro-grams starting this fall, and theentire staff is gearing up for ourGrand Opening Celebration onSeptember 10th!

Free interactive tours, live musicon the Air Products Town Square,cooking demonstrations and otherfamily-fun activities are just a fewof the festivities planned for ourGrand Opening Celebration on Sat-urday, September 10th.

Mark your calendar, and plan tojoin us to celebrate this new excit-ing chapter for both PBS39 andthe SteelStacks arts and culturalcampus in Southside Bethlehem.More details about the event willfollow in next month’s program-ming guide.

Best wishes for a wonderfulsummer,

Patricia C. Simon

President & CEO, PBS39

JULY 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series V: The Pale HorseJulia McKenzie is back as Agatha Christie’s detective with a gentle smile and probing mind in the allnew episode “The Pale Horse.” Miss Marple’s old friend is found murdered, and when she receives a list of names sent by the victim before his death, Miss Marple seeks justice.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics11:00 Eastenders

11 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 1)Discoveries include an 1826 Ten-nessee hunting horn; a Regency cellarette once owned by poet Lord Byron; and an heirloom necklace whose centerpiece is a five-carat diamond.

9:00 Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio,TX (hour 1)Highlights include: a controver-sial silver statue of St. Catherine; an early 19th-century heirloom needlepoint sampler from a New-port, Rhode Island, ancestor; and a massive desk and bookcase, made in the mid-19th-century German-Texan tradition.

10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: AmericanExperience: Shattered

12 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9049:00 Pioneers of Television: Late Night10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

13 Wednesday8:00 Nature: Oceans in Glass: Behind

the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

9:00 NOVA: Kings of Camouflage10:00 Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean

Adventures: Sea Ghosts

14 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 1)9:00 The Civil War: Simply Murder-1863/

The Universe of Battle-1863

15 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

American Smooth9:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

American Rhythm10:30 Need to Know

Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pm Nightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo InDepth

1 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Baseball: The Tenth Inning;

Bottom of the Tenth

2 Saturday8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Times Goes By10:00 Old Guys10:30 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Earl

Keen / Hayes Carll

3 Sunday8:00 Nature: The Gorilla King

Titus, king of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, is one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Ian Redmond docu-ments Titus’ extraordinary life, from his early days to his rise to power asa silverback.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot XI Hallowe’en PartyAriadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker, Harry Potter) returns to join forces with Poirot to investigate a

drowning at a Hallowe'en Party. As they look further, they uncover a series of mysterious deaths in the village that could be connected.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics11:00 Eastenders

4 Monday8:00 A Capitol Fourth

America’s biggest and brightest birthday party, features unrivaled musical performances by some of the country’s best known and award-winning musicians. Repeats at 9:30pm

5 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 903

Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo Pagán wonders why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I and Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume.

9:00 Pioneers of Television: Sitcoms10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

6 Wednesday8:00 Nature: The Gorilla King9:00 NOVA: Ape Genius10:00 NOVASCIENCENOW: How Smart

Are Animals?

7 Thursday8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Trash to

TreasureHighlights include an autographed script of the Academy Award-win-ning 1935 John Ford movie “The In-

former”; a rare circa 1885 Zuni pot;precious relics from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall mansion.

9:00 The Civil War: A Very Bloody Af-fair-1862 / Forever Free-1862

8 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Britain’s Royal Weddings

The intimate story of Britain's royal weddings, from the Queen

Mother through to Princess Mar-garet. (part 1)

9:30 Britain’s Royal Weddings (part 2)10:30 Need to Know

9 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Rosanne Cash/

Brandi Carlisle

10 Sunday8:00 Nature: Oceans in Glass: Behind

the Scenes of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

the possible existence of a powerful shadowy conspiracy group. Ed Stoppard (Upstairs Downstairs) co-stars.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

25 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 3)9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Spokane, WA

(hour 2)10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A

House Divided: American Experi-ence: The Frightful War

26 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9069:00 Pioneers of Television: Game Shows10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

27 Wednesday8:00 NOVA: Lizard Kings9:00 NOVA: Dinosaurs10:00 Niagara Falls

28 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 3)9:00 The Civil War: War is All Hell-

1865/The Better Angels Of OurNature-1865

29 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 America’s Ballroom Challenge:

Grand Finale9:30 To Market, To Market To Buy A Fat Pig10:30 Need To Know

30 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Elvis Costello/

The Band of Heathens

31 Sunday8:00 Nature: Black Mamba9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: ZEN: Ratking

When a set of kidnappers won't play by the rules, Zen must work against the clock — and his tyrannical new boss — to save the life of a politicallypowerful industrialist. Ben Miles (The Forsyte Saga) co-stars.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

24 Sunday8:00 NATURE: The Cheetah Orphans

When the mother of two cheetah cubs is killed, a veteran filmmaker

becomes their new parent, beginninga two-year emotional rollercoaster as he prepares them to return to the wild.

9:00 Masterpiece Mystery: ZEN: CabalWhen a playboy plummets from a bridge, Zen must determine suicide or murder, all the while navigating

6 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Drive-By Truck-

ers / Ryan Bingham

17 Sunday8:00 NATURE: In the Valley of the Wolves9:00 Masterpiece Mystery!: ZEN

VendettaSolving a politically-charged mur-der and winning a beautiful woman's heart nearly prevents Zen from learning that he is the object of a psychopath's murderous vendetta. With Stanley Townsend (Sherlock).

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Classics11:00 Eastenders

18 Monday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 2)9:00 Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio,

TX (hour2)10:00 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A

House Divided: American Experi-ence: The Dearest of All Things

19 Tuesday8:00 History Detectives: Episode 9059:00 History of Television: Variety

Shows10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

20 Wednesday8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Lost in the

Amazon9:00 NOVA: The Great Inca Rebellion10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre

21 Thursday8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga,

TN (hour 2)9:00 The Civil War: Valley of the

Shadow of Death-1864 / Most Hal-lowed Ground-1864

22 Friday8:00 Washington Week8:30 Americas Ballroom Challenge:

International Standard9:30 Americas Ballroom Challenge:

International Latin10:30 Need to Know

23 Saturday8:00 See July 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Steve Earle /

Kris Kristofferson

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