PBS Program Contacts
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Reading Rainbow
Producer:
Lancit Media
601 West 50th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Web site:
pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
Program descriptions, activity suggestions, and broadcast schedule.
E-mail:
rdgrainbow@aol.com
Reading Rainbow is currently sponsoring the Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. If you heard about the contest by way of your local station, please contact them directly for more information.
Postal and email addresses for PBS member stations are available on PBS Online at Station Finder. Check with your local station regarding their participation in the Young Writers contest before you request an independent entry. Although all contest winners will receive a certificate, only those that participate through their local station will be recognized nationally.
However, if you found out about the contest from another source, and you are certain that your local station is not participating, feel free to fax, email or call the producers of Reading Rainbow to request
an independent entry at:
GPN
Attn: Dianne Miller
Fax: (800) 306-2330
Phone: (800) 228-4630
Email:
gpn@unlinfo.unl.edu
Videos:
Reading Rainbow is not available on home video at this time.
Red Dwarf
Distributor:
American Public Television
55 Summer St., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 338-4455
Web site:
http://www.reddwarf.co.uk
Features character profiles, news, photos, interviews and merchandise.
E-mail:
None at this time.
Red Dwarf is not a PBS program. PBS member stations are free to purchase programs from other distributors such as American Public Television, which distributes this show. If your question concerns your
local station's broadcast of this program (such as requesting that it be added to their schedule, or shown at a different time) please contact your local station directly. Member stations' postal and
e-mail addresses are listed on PBS Online at Station Finder.
Please contact APTVS directly with any questions concerning the program itself.
Videos:
Videos of Red Dwarf are available through The Video Catalog at (800) 733-2232 or Signals at (800) 669-9696.
Red Files
Producer:
Abamedia
P.O. Box 125
Fort Worth, TX 76101
(817) 336-0777
Web site:
pbs.org/redfiles
Explore the Soviet view of recent history through interviews with key Soviet participants, never-before-seen archival film and declassified dossiers.
E-mail:
abamedia@abamedia.com
Videos:
Videos are available online at ShopPBS, or by calling (800) 828-4PBS.
Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood
Producer:
WNET
450 West 33rd Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 560-3000
Website:
pbs.org/redgold/
Get your blood pumping at this companion site that explores blood in all its facets. Follow this vital fluid's journey through one human body to another through transfusion, check out a blood history
timeline, download lessons and much more.
E-mail:
programming@thirteen.org
Videos:
Videos are available from WNET by calling (800) 336-1917.
Regina's Vegetarian Table
Producer:
LuminArt Productions
239 Lynx Drive
Sedona, AZ 86336
Web site:
pbs.org/regina/
Recipes and program information, "Regina's Desk," and more.
E-mail:
regina@pbs.org
Videos:
Videos are not available, but to order the cookbook from Regina's Vegetarian Table, call PBS Home Video at (800) 828-4PBS.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Producer:
WNET
450 West 33rd Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(888) 665-7537
Website:
pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/
In-depth coverage of that week's top stories, religious calendar, and online discussion forums.
E-mail:
programming@thirteen.org
Videos:
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is not available on home video.
Republican Convention Coverage: A NewsHour Special
Producer:
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
2700 Quincy Street #250
(703) 998-2138
Website:
pbs.org/newshour/election2000/gopconvention
Anchored by Jim Lehrer, this special includes three hours of primetime coverage each evening of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia (July 31-August 3) interspersed with analysis, interviews and
commentary by senior Newshour correspondents.
E-mail:
newshour@pbs.org
River of Iron: Dreams of a Grand Canyon Railroad
Producer:
KUAT
University of Arizona
MLB Room 223
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-5828
Website:
None at this time
E-mail:
serres@kuat.pbs.org
Videos:
Videocassettes are available for $18.95 plus shipping and handling. To order, please call 1-800-PLAY PBS, or write to:
PBS Video
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
The Road to Bloody Sunday
Producer:
Oregon Public Broadcasting
7140 S.W. Macadam Avenue
Portland, OR 97219-3099
(503) 244-9900
Web site:
None at this time.
E-mail:
audience_services@opb.org
Videos:
Videos are available online at ShopPBS, or by calling (800) 828-4PBS.
The Router Workshop
Producer:
Prairie Public Television
207 North 5th Street
P.O. Box 3240
Fargo, ND 58108-3240
(800) 359-6900
Web site:
pbs.org/routerworkshop/
Read daily woodworking tips, access an episode guide, learn more about the program hosts, and join a discussion forum.
E-mail:
routerworkshop@pbs.org
Videos:
Bob and Rick Rosendohl's "The Router," a 130-page book which includes a plan to build the router table and bench plus numerous tips, techniques, and educational information, is available by
calling (888) 252-0225
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