PBS 50th Anniversary Gala August 8th

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WPBS-TV will host its 50th Anniversary Gala at the Antique Boat Museum on Friday, August 8, 2008, with special guest, Paula Kerger. Ms. Kerger is president and chief executive officer of PBS, the nation’s largest noncommercial media organization with more than 355 member stations throughout the nation.

Ms. Kerger joined PBS as its sixth president and chief executive in March 2006 after serving for more than a decade at Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) - the parent company of Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York - where her ultimate position was executive vice president and CEO. Her tenure boasts many achievements, including WNET’s completion in 1997 of the largest successful endowment campaign ever undertaken by a public television station.

Since her arrival at PBS, Ms. Kerger’s commitment to high-quality content, education, diversity and the use of new technology to bring public media into the lives of all Americans has resulted in a broad range of initiatives. Among recent accomplishments are the premiere of Ken Burns’s THE WAR, which earned the highest rating of any PBS program in the last 10 years, the debut of such acclaimed children’s programs as CURIOUS GEORGE and SUPERWHY, both in the top 10 programs for children 2-5, new primetime science and arts series, as well as the debut of the comprehensive online site for educators, PBS Teachers. Innovative partnerships with such companies as iTunes, Netflix, Amazon’s UnBox, Vuze and BitTorrent will ensure that PBS programming is even more accessible than ever.

Ms. Kerger is a director of the PBS Foundation, an independent organization that raises private sector funding for PBS, and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

In both 2006 and 2007, the Hollywood Reporter included Ms. Kerger in the “Women in Entertainment Power 100,” an annual survey of the nation’s top women executives in media. In 2005, she was named to the Women’s Forum, an organization of 300 leading women in New York’s arts and business scenes. Ms. Kerger received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Baltimore. She and her husband Joseph live in Washington, DC.

WPBS-TV will celebrate 50 Years of Broadcasting Excellence on Friday, August 8, 2008, with board, staff, volunteers, members and special friends of WPBS-TV. A gilded picnic, character appearances and ‘live’ entertainment are highlights of the upcoming celebration. “We have had many recent significant achievements and much to be proud of,” stated Mr. Thomas Hanley, President & General Manager.

WPBS-TV is a non-profit public television station serving approximately 650,000 households throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario. WPBS-TV’s mission is to educate, entertain and inform in order to enhance the lives of those it serves

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