Releases Filed Under: WQED-TV

NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY HELPS TO DEMYSTIFY THE TRAGEDY OF TEEN SUICIDE

"Breakfast Special" Goes Out for America's Most Important Meal
A New PBS Documentary Celebrates Traditional And Unusual Morning Treats

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY HAS PITTSBURGH ASKING "WHAT'S IN THE WATER?"
OnQ to Air Series Examining Local Water Challenges Including the Marcellus Shale

NEW FAMILY TV SHOW TO FOCUS ON HEALTH, SCIENCE
Pilot Created by Duquesne Professor to Premiere on Monday

"WHAT'S FOR DINNER?" OFFERS THOUSANDS OF SIMPLE, HEALTHY RECIPES

TAKE A "ROAD TRIP" WITH RICK SEBAK AND WQED: THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANNEL IN MAY

JUNE MEANS IT'S OFFICIALLY "TIME FOR SUMMER FUN" WITH WQED

"RIGHT OnQ" BRINGS AWARD-WINNING SHOWS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MARCH

Eat Pennsylvania 2: The Second Course with Dave & Dave
WQED's Dave & Dave return to the highways of Pennsylvania to find more unusual cuisine.

Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop
A once-in-a-lifetime reunion of music legends. Performers include Frankie Valli, Little Richard, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Fred Parris & The Five Satins, Lou Christie, Lenny Welch.

OnQ Background, List of Specials, and Awards.
A brief description of WQED's Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award-winning local program, OnQ. Included is a list of specials and a list of awards.

2010 press releases in WQED-TV

OBESITY EPIDEMIC TAKES ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL SPOTLIGHT
"OBESITY: A GROWING PROBLEM" Monday, March 1-Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:30 p.m. on WQED-TV (13.1 digital) An OnQ series sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

2009 press releases in WQED-TV

SCIENCE PROGRAM TARGETING UNDERSERVED MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION BY AMERICAN PUBLIC TELEVISION (APT)
"Science Mission 101" premieres on WQED-TV Thursday, November 12 at 8 p.m.

To Market To Market To Buy A Fat Pig
WQED's Rick Sebak travels the country to highlight market houses, market places and farmers' markets.

KEN BURNS'S NATIONAL PARKS DOCUMENTARY BRINGS PROGRAMMING, EVENTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO WQED AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER
The National Parks: America's Best Idea Premieres September 27 through October 2, 2009 on WQED-TV (13.1 digital)

WQED's Rick Sebak Takes a Look at Things "Right Beside The River"
WQED producer Rick Sebak celebrates the Pittsburgh region's rivers and the things you find relatively close to them.

Inside the Budget Battle
A one-hour program featuring Governor Ed Rendell and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati contrasting solutions to Pennsylvania's Fiscal Year 2010 budget.

The Valley That Changed the World
The gripping story of the birth of an industry and the developments over the ensuing century and a half that affected everyday lives as well as world politics.

A Hot Dog Program
Producer Rick Sebak's All-American celebration of those fabulous and phenomenally popular little sausages in their soft little buns.

Plans for Flight 93 Memorial Highlighted on OnQ Magazine
A summary of WQED's plans for a community engagement initiative with the National Parks Service.

WQED Programming for Gay Pride Month in June
WQED celebrates southwestern Pennsylvania's GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) community during Gay Pride Month with four outstanding and critically-acclaimed programs with very different subject matter.

Seniors Series Explores Regional Resources June 8-11 on WQED-TV
WQED-TV's OnQ series on seniors: "Age Well, Age Wise."

The Old Children's Hospital - A Life Saving Legacy
OnQ's Tonia Caruso takes a look back at how Children's Hospital first began and at the life saving innovations that were pioneered there.

'C' is for Cake Cooking Marathon
C is for Cake is WQED's newest cooking marathon and is a scrumptious assortment of delectable confections frpm recipes sent in by viewers.

It's The Neighborhoods
A program that celebrates areas in western Pennsylvania that illustrate some of the factors that make neighborhoods around here charming and comfortable places to live.

Shore Things
Shore Things looks at some of the things that make hanging out at the beach so enticing to people of all ages.

Sanwiches That You Will Like
Sandwiches That You Will Like is an exciting explosion of American voices talking about favorite sandwiches, tastes, traditions and toppings.

An Ice Cream Show
An Ice Cream Show is a warm and friendly celebration of America's favorite frozen dessert and the places where you can buy a scoop.

OnQ "Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art" and Gay Pittsburgh
OnQ presents a special episode with a look at Persad Center’s “Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art” art auction followed by a panel discussion on the state of Gay Pittsburgh.

Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries
A stunning documentary on the literary and spiritual force of Peter Matthiessen.

America's Home Cooking: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking
WQED Pittsburgh’s Chris Fennimore takes to the kitchen to prepare recipes used by thrifty gourmets for years.

400 Years of the Telescope
The documentary kicks off a year-long community celebration by WQED to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

Lenten specials bring the Vatican to WQED
WQED features two programs on the Vatican in honor of the Lenten season.

Mystery Manor and the National Negro Opera Company
WQED’s OnQ airs a special segment on The National Negro Opera Company and the landmark building in which it began.

Stevie Wonder in Performance at the White House
Stevie Wonder will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from President Obama.

QED Cooks: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking
WQED's Chris Fennimore prepares recipes used by frugal gourmets for years.

More Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop
A once in-a-lifetime reunion of music legends -- with a surprise appearance by Little Richard and an exhilarating performance of "Keep-A-Knockin'."

2008 press releases in WQED-TV

WQED's Black Horizons Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The nation's longest-running minority affairs program celebrates forty years of serving the region's African American population

WQED: The Create Channel Premieres as WQED’S Third Digital Channel
WQED: The Create Channel joins the lineup of WQED digital channels beginning January 5, 2009.

Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania's Tuskegee Airmen
The story of the struggle and ultimate triumph of African American pilots in World War II

OnQ - Gators Football Program
OnQ features the Garfield Gators football program for children ages 5 - 14.

Holiday Table Season 2
Program is designed to bring viewers creative cooking and decorating ideas for the holidays.

Great Old Amusement Parks
Great Old Amusement Parks celebrates some of the pre-Disney parks that are still thriving as well as a few of the classic parks that are gone.

Gettysburg's New Battle: Saving the Stone Soldiers
Gettysburg’s New Battle showcases the 1300-plus monuments or “stone soldiers” located at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, PA.

Pittsburgh N' At with Dave & Dave
A fun and fast-moving hour-long celebration of Pittsburgh, produced and moderated by WQED's Dave Rhodes and Dave Hallewell

From Heart to Heart: Beethoven's Plea for Peace
WQED is the presenting station of "From Heart to Heart: Beethoven's Plea for Peace." a ninety-minute program co-produced by WDR Television in Germany and Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. The program is distributed by American Public Television (AP

Gardens of Pennsylvania
From WQED - a tour of Pennsylvania's horticultural treasures. The program tells a story of different gardens throughout the state.

A Ride Along The Lincoln Highway
Rick Sebak's national PBS special looks at the nation's first transcontinental highway

Dave & Dave Strange Pennsylvania
WQED's Dave & Dave find the unusual in Pennsylvania

Invented, Engineered & Pioneered In Pittsburgh
Produced as part of WQED's celebration of Pittsburgh's 250th birthday, this program celebrated the innovative spirit of Pittsburgh and the engineers who make it possible.

Chef Class
Chef Class is a cooking school series from Marjorie Poore Productions, long-time producers of some of PBS' most successful cooking series.

2007 press releases in WQED-TV

Secrets of a Chef

Jim Crow Pennsylvania
Jim Crow Pennsylvania explores “Jim Crow’s” effect and legacy on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a state whose southern border is the Mason-Dixon line that divided the free north from the slave states.

2006 press releases in WQED-TV

In Country: A Vietnam Story
In Country: A Vietnam Story, tells two emotional stories; separate yet intertwined of a group of African American veterans who return to Vietnam.

Eat Pennsylvania: A Keystone Plate Special with Dave & Dave
The Commonwealth is the backdrop for a showcase of charmingly different eateries and restaurants.

Holiday Table
Delicious recipes and festive entertaining tips, this series covers holidays from Halloween to New Years and Valentine's Day.

What Makes Pittsburgh Pittsburgh?
WQED’s Emmy Award-winning producer Rick Sebak takes viewers on a tour of the city that was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution and is now a leading center for medicine, education and science, while still retaining its old world charm.

2005 press releases in WQED-TV

The War That Made America
The War That Made America brings to life the French and Indian War, a vastly important but poorly understood chapter in our nation’s history that set the American colonies – and George Washington – on a completely unexpected path to Revolution.