Press Room - MPT in the News
MPT in the news
2/13/26: Hagerstown Herald-Mail Media, MPT to highlight Washington County role in Maryland’s corn challenges
2/9/26: Delmarva Public Media, Outdoors Maryland Closes the Season with Seals, Otters, and Stories from the Field
2/5/26: Yahoo! Finance, MotorWeek announces its 2026 Drivers’ Choice Awards including Best of the Year: Dodge Charger
1/23/26: Current, Public TV stations lean into local film initiatives
1/3/26: The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Public Television ‘committed’ to lifelong learning after federal funding ends
12/16/25: The Baltimore Banner, Journalist Charles Robinson remembered for 'legendary' coverage of politics, minority communities
12/16/25: The Afro, Charles F. Robinson III, award-winning journalist and news director, dies at 69
11/10/25, Fox5 - Live Zone, Guy Lambert interview with Stefanie Robey about season 37 of Outdoors Maryland
11/7/25: What’s Up? Media, New Season of MPT’s Maryland Farm & Harvest Debuts November 11
10/29/25: WYPR-FM, Midday on Cars: Do you have what you need for winter car care? Plus, is the U.S. being left behind on EVs? (featured MotorWeek’s John Davis)
9/18/25: The Southern Maryland Chronicle, MPT Premieres Addiction Recovery Documentary
9/3/25: WYPR - Midday program, Public media is at a turning point. What can it do to build trust? And what do funding cuts mean for Maryland’s public television? (CEO Steven Schupak interview with Tom Hall)
8/8/25: Baltimore Fishbowl, New Thurgood Marshall documentary produced by MPT lands in September
8/1/25: Cecil Whig, Local filmmakers’ documentary set for Maryland Public Television premiere
7/22/25: The Baltimore Banner, Maryland’s airwaves lost a federal lifeline, but public media won’t go silent
7/1/25: Baltimore Fishbowl, Chesapeake Collectibles has Clancy, Crystal Caverns, Comics, and more in July
7/1/25: Washington Family magazine (July print issue, page 23 and online), MPT Helps Develop PBS KIDS Animated Series with Autistic Main Character (also appears in Chesapeake Family Life)
6/17/25: Realscreen, Exclusive: PBS slates Thurgood Marshall bio-doc from EP Stanley Nelson
6/17/25: The Talbot Spy, Richard Bodorff named Chair of Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission
5/15/25: JMORE Magazine, Longtime MPT Leaders Larry Unger and George Beneman Set to Retire
5/1/25: Delmarva Now, Cal Ripken Jr. narrates stunning aerial views in Maryland by Air
4/19/25: WBAL-TV and WBAL.com,Bay Week: Celebrating the Chesapeake with Maryland Public Television
4/15/25: Chesapeake Bay Magazine, MPT’s Chesapeake Bay Week Debuts Six New Films
3/11/25: Baltimore Fishbowl, MPT and WBAL collaborate to produce Key Bridge documentary
3/7/25: The Baltimore Banner, Maryland Public Television names new president and CEO
2/24/25: TV Technology, APTS Presents 2025 Pillar of Public Service Award to Larry Unger
1/3/25: Chesapeake Family Life, New Maryland Public Television Center Addresses Media Literacy for Teens and Tweens (also featured in Baltimore’s Child and Washington Family)
2/7/25: WMAR-TV, Maryland Public Television opens new center to teach young and old how to be media literate
Samples of MPT's 50th Anniversary Coverage
10/04/19: Maryland Matters, MPT to Air an Evening of Nostalgia to Mark 50th Anniversary
09/27/19: The Baltimore Times, Maryland Public Television Celebrates 50 Years
09/23/19: Washington Family magazine, Tune In, Get Smart – MPT's 50 Years Include Great Programs For Kids
09/01/19: Baltimore Style magazine, MPT Celebrates its 50th
07/31/19: The Daily Record, MPT celebrates milestone 50th anniversary
07/18/19: Baltimore magazine, Public Trust
06/28/19: WBAL-TV, Maryland Public Television celebrates 50th anniversary with major renovation
06/07/19: Comcast Newsmakers, Maryland Public Television’s 50th Anniversary