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June 2009 | July 2009

June -- Top Picks for the Month

June 1-6      
Dr. Wayne Dyer: Excuses Begone! - June 1 press release photo
Hearts of Glass: The Story of Blenko Glass - June 2 press release  
Great Performances "Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: In Concert at Madison Square Garden" - June 2 press release photo
Great Performances "Stevie Wonder: Live at Last" - June 4 press release photo
American Masters "Neil Young: Don't Be Denied" - June 5 press release photo
Magic Moments: The Best of '50s Pop - June 6 press release photo

June 7-13      
Economic Growth: A HORIZON Special An Eight/KAET Production - June 10 press release  

June 14-20      
Ask a Mortgage Expert: Facing the Mortgage Crisis - June 17 press release  
Frontline "Breaking the Bank" - June 16 press release photo
Great Performances "Chess in Concert" - June 17 press release photo

June 22-27      
History Detectives - June 22, 29
ASU Professor new co-host of PBS series
Caption photo 1: Heritage educator Sylvia Brenner (right) guides History Detectives host Eduardo Pagán through the interpretive center at Pancho Villa State Park. The exhibit details many aspects of the raid, but Brenner has never seen the souvenior watch fob.
Caption photo 2: History Detectives host Eduardo Pagán poses with re-enactors of the 1916 Pancho Villa raid on Columbus, New Mexico. They portray the Villistas who rode with Villa and the U.S. Calvarymen who chased them back into Mexico.

press release photo 1: Pagan and Sylvia

photo 2: Pagan and re-enactors
 
The Music Instinct: Science and Song - June 24 press release photo  
Be More Awards 2009 - June 24 press release    


July 2009

July 1-4      
Arizona State of Mind - July 1 press release    
A Capitol Fourth - July 4 press release photo  
American Masters: Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes - July 1 press release photo  
Wide Angle - July 1 press release    


July 5-11      
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People - July 5, 12, 19 and 26 press release    
Lark Rise to Candleford - July 5 press release    
Neil deGrasse Tyson: A HORIZON Special - July 6 press release    
P.O.V. "Life. Support. Music." - July 7 press release    
The Ascent of Money - July 8 press release    
Time Team America - July 8 press release    


July 12-18      
P.O.V. "The Reckoning" - July 14 press release    


About Eight/KAET-TV
Eight
specializes in the education of children, in-depth news and public affairs, lifelong learning, and the celebration of arts and culture -- utilizing the power of noncommercial television, the Internet, educational outreach services, and community-based initiatives. The PBS station began broadcasting from the campus of Arizona State University on January 30, 1961. Now more than 80 percent of Arizonans receive the signal through a network of translators, cable and satellite systems. With more than 1.3 million viewers each week, Eight consistently ranks among the most-viewed public television stations per capita in the country. Arizonans provide more than 60 percent of the station's annual budget.

Eight is a member-supported service of Arizona State University.

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