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Welcome to the MPT's
online pressroom for professional media. Here you can download materials
for use in covering MPT's television, education, outreach and multimedia
activities. See our pressroom
usage policy.
If you don't find what
you need here, please contact:
Jessica Leshnoff
Communications Specialist
(410) 581-4293
jleshnoff@mpt.org
For other PBS programming information, please visit the PBS pressroom.
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| Fire Up the Grill With Grillmaster Steven Raichlen & MPT |
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 Steven Raichlen, creator of the award-winning public television series, Barbecue University and author of the best-selling Barbecue Bible and How to Grill is back with a sizzling new television show designed to help viewers take their grilling skills to the next level: Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen. To celebrate this new grilling series, MPT is hosting the Summer Sizzle contest and event.
Release Date: August 05, 2008 full
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| Governor O’Malley Live on MPT’s Direct Connection |
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 Governor Martin O’Malley will join MPT host Jeff Salkin for a live, in-studio interview on Direct Connection Monday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Release Date: July 25, 2008 full
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| Elizabeth Morgan Named Maryland Public Broadcasting Commissioner |
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Governor Martin O’Malley has appointed Washington County Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Morgan to the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission. Established in 1966, the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission—a governor-appointed, 11-member body—oversees the critical infrastructure necessary for delivery of programming on MPT and helps guide the broadcaster’s strategic vision.
Release Date: June 16, 2008 full
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| Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Inspires the World |
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 Experience the journey—and meet the pioneers—behind Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and its impact around the world with Global Harbors: A Waterfront Renaissance, a new 60-minute documentary shot in HD that will air on MPT Tuesday, June 10 at 10 p.m.
Release Date: June 02, 2008 full
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| RFK Remembered |
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 MPT is honored to be the first television station since 1968 to broadcast Robert Kennedy Remembered, a tribute honoring the late politician’s life and work, Thursday June 5 at 8 p.m.—the 40th anniversary of his assassination.
Release Date: May 28, 2008 full
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| MPT Celebrates 11 Emmy Award Nominations |
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 MPT is celebrating 11 Emmy Award nominations—more than any other public television station in the Maryland/DC area—for 2007 from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Release Date: May 22, 2008 full
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| Foster Care Stories: A Place To Be |
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 In conjunction with National Foster Care Month, a heartfelt and powerful new documentary, Foster Care Stories: A Place to Be, will air on MPT Thursday, May 15 at 8:30 p.m.
Release Date: May 12, 2008 full
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