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Memories of Nashville: Now
“Because you don’t have to wait for something to be gone to revisit it.” We admit it. We’re big on nostalgia at NPT. And we think you are, too. Just look at the titles of some of our most popular documentaries: Memories of Nashville. Memories of Downtown Nashville. Memories of Sulphur Dell. Nashville: The 20th [...]
A Special Message About Federal Funding from the Presidents of NPT and WPLN
In a joint opinion piece in today’s Tennessean, Beth Curley, president and CEO of Nashville Public Television (NPT) and Rob Gordon, the president and CEO of WPLN (Nashville Public Radio) make their case for the importance of federal funding for public broadcasting. “Public broadcasting is America’s largest classroom,” they write. “Both public television and public [...]
Beth Curley Announces NPT Reports: Children`s Health Crisis
It’s not a child’s fault if she or he is overweight, or in poor general health as a result of improper nutrition, lack of inoculations or inadequate exercise. The situation has become too dire to lay blame. We must begin the work now to fix it. — NPT president and CEO Beth Curley in The [...]
Tennessee Now 24th in Foreign Born Residents
The Tennessean reports that census figures, out this week on America’s foreign-born population, “show Tennessee — and particularly Middle Tennessee — becoming an increasingly popular destination for immigrants.” “Since 1990, the state gained nearly 200,000 foreign-born residents,” writes Chris Echegaray, “an increase that moved Tennessee’s ranking from 31st to 24th for the number of immigrants [...]
Faith Hill Christmas Album Fulfills a Dream
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvwPKloeg9U"] Faith Hill had long dreamed of recording a Christmas album, she told Beverly Keel of the Tennessean. And she wanted to get it just right, taking almost three years to complete Joy to the World. “”I was so proud that I didn’t just record (it) in haste and then put it out because everyone [...]
Tennessean Highlights Its Opryland Photo Archive
Coinciding with the broadcast of our new documentary MEMORIES OF OPRYLAND, The Tennessean has dug into its own archives to pull together a fantastic online photo gallery dedicated to the now defunct theme park. The more than 70 pictures cover everything from the groundbreaking for the theme park in 1970 to the breaking of rock [...]
The Health and Wealth Connection
The Tennessean‘s Dwight Lewis writes about the upcoming four-part PBS documentary UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? In Sickness and in Wealth, on NPT-Channel 8 starting this Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. Central. UNNATURAL CAUSES looks at what’s making us sick in the first place, investigating startling new findings that suggest there [...]
JOE ELMORE CREATES A SOUNDTRACK FOR "GEARHEADS."
Joe Elmore, all-around good guy and host of NPT’s popular long-running magazine show Tennessee Crossroads, can now add “recording artist” to his list of titles. Ken Beck profiled Joe and his new release Gearheads (Volume One) this week in the Tennessean. The CD is collection of classic songs and original compositions about cars — driving [...]
