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July 29, 2019

KCET Wins Most Los Angeles Area Emmys® For Third Year Running

CONTACT: JP Shields 747-201-5886 jpshields@PMGSoCal.org Local Public Television Stations KCET and PBS SoCal Led This Year’s Tally of Emmy Wins with a Combined Seven Awards on Saturday Night — Six of Which Went to ...
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July 16, 2019

New Season of Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES Premieres Fridays on PBS

Season Kicks Off with “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage,” a co-presentation of VOCES and AMERICAN MASTERS (LOS ANGELES, CA) — Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) today announced that Season 5 of ...
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July 15, 2019

PBS SoCal Receives $1.3 Million in Grants From Overdeck Family Foundation and Heising-Simons Foundation To Fund the Compton Family Math Initiative

CONTACT Allison Gray 747.201.5298 AGray@pbssocal.org Education Initiative Aims to Improve Educational Outcomes for Compton Children by Engaging Families in the Development of Early Childhood Math Proficiency Los Angeles, Calif. – July 15, 2019 – PBS ...
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June 27, 2019

Paul Nelson Named Chief Financial Officer of the Public Media Group of Southern California, the Parent Organization of PBS SoCal, KCET and Link TV

The Public Media Group of Southern California, formed last year by the merger of PBS SoCal and KCETLink Media Group named Paul Nelson its Chief Financial Officer, reporting directly to Andrew ...
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June 13, 2019

50th Anniversary of Moon Landing Commemorated As PBS SoCal and KCET Launch ‘SUMMER OF SPACE’ With Over 20 New Hours of Out of This World Programming

PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s home for PBS and award-winning original public media programs, announced today a special “SUMMER OF SPACE” programming slate to commemorate the semicentennial moon landing ...
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June 13, 2019

Discover the Untold Story Behind Southern California’s Aerospace Industry; BLUE SKY METROPOLIS Premieres July 14 on KCET

To commemorate the semicentennial moon landing anniversary, KCET will premiere a new original miniseries BLUE SKY METROPOLIS, a historical documentary produced in partnership with the Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jones, ...
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June 11, 2019

KCET and PBS SoCal Nominated for 22 Los Angeles Area Emmys; Combined Total Ties for the Most of All Other LA Broadcasters

The Public Media Group of Southern California formed by the merger of PBS SoCal and KCETLink Media Group, has received 22 nominations for the 71st Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® ...
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June 6, 2019

KCET Announces Launch of LOST LA Curriculum Project Building Local History Lessons and Classroom Activities For K-12 Students

KCET launched an all-new, statewide K-12 curriculum initiative centered on the Emmy® winning documentary history series LOST LA, a co-production with the University of Southern California Libraries, that uncovers local ...
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June 4, 2019

PBS SoCal Earns Five Telly Awards in the 40th Annual Celebration of the Best in Television

PBS SoCal, Southern California's home for the premieres of new PBS programs, is proud to announce it earned five Telly Awards for its original programming in the categories of Biography, ...
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May 29, 2019

PBS SoCal Hosts Free 5th Annual Summer Learning Day June 22

PBS SoCal, Southern California’s home for PBS, will host its 5th Annual Summer Learning Day Sat., June 22 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center. ...
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