January 2023 Public Media CONNECT Member Program Guide

To Our Viewers, Members, Partners and Supporters:

Welcome to the 2022 Public Media Connect Report to the Community. We are proud to share last year’s local and educational accomplishments and celebrate the important role Public Media plays in the lives of families across Southwest Ohio.

As we continue to maneuver the workplace of today and the issues that surround us, CET, ThinkTV and SOITA embraced a more deliberate and creative focus with our work in local programming and education. We delivered award-winning local documentaries, digital-first content and played an active role as a community partner, listening to community voices and participating in many community engagement initiatives.

Across our 12 broadcast and digital platforms, we created new content to support our local arts, celebrate diverse voices, inspire lifelong learners and reflect on the world around us. Our work in education was particularly impactful and provided resources to assist children, families and educators adapting to hybrid learning and our work in early child care and professional development for teachers continued across the region.

In 2022, we embarked on the single largest educational project in our organization’s history - Ohio Learns 360 - which delivers tools for afterschool care providers, teachers, caregivers and families to address the education impacts of COVID-19 on K-5 learners. This threeyear project is a partnership with the Ohio Department of Education and a state-wide collaboration with all of the Ohio PBS stations.

Some of the most important work we accomplished in 2022 was to increase our engagement within our communities. We continued our partnerships with cultural institutions and offered screenings and panel discussions around the Holocaust (The U.S. and the Holocaust), redlining (Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton and Springfield) and women’s suffrage (Let Ohio Women Vote). We hosted local debates and partnered with our NPR affiliates across the state.

As we managed local and educational services at home, we kept our eyes forward, investigating the technology that will take public media into the future. Both ThinkTV and CET are part of a team of local stations preparing for ATSC 3.0, a new standard that will offer even more interactivity with the user at home. How we explore, discover and harness these new assets will bring an even more powerful learning experience to the public media audience.

Most importantly, we remained dedicated to you and your families. Thanks to your generous support, your local public television stations were able to continue our good work and continue to be the most widely-used nonprofit in the region. None of this would be possible without you. We thank you.

Barney Wright Kitty Lensman Chair, Board of Trustees President & CEO

Barney Wright, Chair, Board of Trustees

Kitty Lensman President & CEO

CONTENT COMMUNITY, HISTORY, MATH & SCIENCE

CET and ThinkTV are proud to produce multi-platform content that speaks directly to our mission to strengthen the communities we serve through programs and services that inspire and inform, educate and engage, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning and the power of diverse perspectives. In 2022, we told powerful stories embedded in local history, highlighted fabulous artists throughout our communities, asked tough questions of local election candidates, created programs for students and more.

Community Affairs

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District Debate – We partnered with Cincinnati Public Radio and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber to host a debate between Republican Congressman Steve Chabot and his Democratic challenger, Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Landsman. The debate was broadcast live on CET and WVXU as well as streamed on all our partner platforms. It was moderated by Lucy May, WVXU’s Cincinnati Edition host, with panelists from WVXU, WCPO 9 News and the Chamber.

Urban Consulate Presents Our partnership with Urban Consulate Cincinnati resulted in conversations about educational equity at the end of 2021, which was nominated for an Emmy Award, and equity in community development in early 2022. In addition to the esteemed panel, the nominated feature included dozens of regional students sharing their experiences with equity.

History and Documentary

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield – This one-hour program tells the national and local story of redlining, a practice that embedded racial segregation and inequality into the development of American cities and suburbs. The impact of the federal policy is captured in the stories of local citizens who reflect on the many ways it has shaped their world. The documentary is now being used in college classrooms and will air nationally on more than 75 percent of PBS stations.

Let Ohio Women Vote – While this film was produced and premiered in 2021, the film won an Emmy Award for digital content in the summer of 2022. The film also aired across our stations this year and was featured heavily online as part of the conversation about the importance of voting.

Support for Learners

$martPath – This engaging and easy-to-use series is a way for K-3 students to learn about money and have fun while doing it. In 2022, we began production on six new music videos for this award-winning series. This project features the talents of Megan Piphus (Sesame Street) and is a partnership between Public Media Connect and The Alpaugh Family Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati.

Science Around Cincy & OutSCIder Classroom – While Science Around Cincy is still available to stream, producer and host Chris Anderson and his team have been working on a new series called OutSCIder Classroom. Segments of the program – which looks at environmental and field science by visiting U.S. National Parks – are available on the program’s YouTube page, as well as on PBS LearningMedia. Episodes will hit CET airwaves in 2023.

Public Media Connect is the regional partnership between CET, ThinkTV and SOITA. CET and ThinkTV are the PBS affiliates in Cincinnati and Dayton, respectively, and SOITA is the Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association.

Public Media Connect serves a regional population of 3.6 million people.

Program Services

CET HD CET Arts CET Create

ThinkTV16HD ThinkTV14HD ThinkTV16Again ThinkTV14Prime ThinkTV16Life ThinkTV14Kids ThinkTV16Ohio/World ThinkTV14World ThinkTV16Kids

This documentary won a major Public Media Award at the National Educational Telecommunications Association conference.

CONTENT ARTS, CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Arts and Culture

SHOWCASE with Barbara Kellar – Host Barbara Kellar entered her 16th year of hosting the program (with an additional seven years hosting its predecessor CET Express) for another new season of this show about Cincinnati’s cultural luminaries. Guests of note in 2022 included internationally-recognized portrait artist Carl Samson; former Ohio Governor Bob Taft, speaking on the history of the Taft family; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra principal cellist, Ilya Finkelshteyn, and more.

The Art Show – We continued our tradition of excellence by bringing viewers stories highlighting Southwest Ohio’s strong, vibrant and thriving arts and cultural communities across platforms with broadcast shows, YouTube videos, Facebook specials and a soon-to-be-released podcast. Highlights in 2022 included The Cincinnati Art Museum’s Black Futures Series, Quest Special Forces All-Star dance Team, Ohio Heritage Fellowship program winner, Padma Chebrolu and more.

inception, including 12 full episodes last year. This series features host Stephanie and can be found on our websites, YouTube, and Facebook. Relish in the meditative process of measuring, mixing, and kneading all while learning how to create your own delicious baked goods.

Hobby Hunting – Created during the height of the COVID-19 shutdowns, this digital-only collection – including videos and articles – hit 50 episodes in the fall of 2022. From holiday crafts to activities that get your kids outside to recipes for new favorites, Hobby Hunting has something for everyone and can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and our websites.

Parent Hacks This digital-only series is packed with activities for young children and tips for parents to keep their lives more organized. Episodes in 2022 include how to make things like a homework station, shape-sorting suncatcher, homemade baby food, creative fruit snacks, outfit organizers and more. Parent Hacks can be found on Facebook, Pinterest and on our websites.

Carnival of the Animals: Remix – Designed for children ages 3-8, this program was recorded in October 2022, in partnership with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and will be released in early 2023. The show will take listeners through a journey around the world, visiting all seven continents and exploring the animals and musical styles of each region. Infusing a variety of multi-dimensional art forms and musical styles – as well as introducing a lineup of new animal characters – Carnival of the Animals: Remix will bring a modern twist to this classic in a new arrangement for chamber orchestra, piano, and local and international guest artists.

Digital-Only Productions

The Baking Journal – This digital series continued production in 2022. More than 30 videos have been released since its

EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS

While Public Media Connect may be best known for our 12 PBS channels, we put a lot of resources into supporting teachers, students, parents and caregivers. CET, ThinkTV and SOITA have a robust team of educators, education professionals and educational technology experts who offer workshops, lead training sessions, create curriculum, build solutions for schools and much more. Here is a small sample of the work we did this year:

For Educators

Google Summit – In May 2022, SOITA held the 12th Annual Ohio Google Summit in Sandusky, Ohio. More than 500 educators from 187 school districts gathered for compelling sessions about combining Google and Google-friendly tools with best practices in educational technology and teaching. The hybrid event also allowed an additional 100 virtual attendees to participate.

For the Love of EdTech – Our first podcast now has more than 20 episodes available. These lively discussions explore what’s going on in today’s classrooms. Some of the great topics include STEAM activities, sports, assistive technologies and using technology with primary students.

Crayons to Computers – Teachers received free Daniel Tiger kits at Crayons to Computers in Cincinnati. Each Make Believe Play kit includes media and materials for 20 different lessons that support social and emotional learning.

Talking Jobs – This peer-to-peer video series is designed to lead first-time career seekers on a personal discovery of job possibilities. Smart tips and important considerations about life skills, job markets, workplace culture, and the gig economy can help pave the way to successful, rewarding futures.

Engineering Your Future: Middle School Edition – This service introduces tweens and teens to STEM career possibilities, before they reach high school. This video collection is designed to inspire girls and students of color - as well as all students - to consider engineering and other in-demand STEM careers with real stories from young STEM professionals who look like them.

Flight Camp at Camp H.O.P.E. - We partnered with the Omega CDC’s Camp H.O.P.E. at Fairview Elementary School in Dayton to provide Flight Camp, a STEM enrichment program for grades K-4. Daily hands-on learning experiences about simple machines, the physics of flight and the history of flight in our region - plus a field trip to Carillon Historical Park – taught students the story of the Wright Brothers and the amazing role Dayton played in the invention of flight.

Streaming and Social Media

Schoolwide Indicators of SEL Designed for educators and administrators, this video series provides guidance and insights for districts implementing social and emotional learning on a schoolwide basis. The series is produced in partnership with the Montgomery County ESC and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning.

Be My Neighbor Day: ThinkTV and the Fred Rogers Company brought Be My Neighbor Day to the Dayton region. ThinkTV held events with fun family activities that encourage learning in neighborhoods throughout the city. The carnival-like atmosphere included 10 activities for children and promoted positive child/caregiver interaction. ThinkTV engaged with more than 6,000 families and distributed 2,000 summer activity books.

Regional Vision. Local Service.

Public Media Connect IN THE COMMUNITY

As a local PBS station, we are committed to being part of our community far beyond broadcast. We spent 2022 working with youth, especially in the West End in Cincinnati and in underserved neighborhoods in Dayton, hosting screenings and events, and launching our statewide Ohio Learns 360 project. Learn more about those efforts:

Ohio Learns 360: With a $5 million grant from the Ohio Department of Education, all Ohio PBS stations, under the leadership of CET and ThinkTV, are working to accelerate learning during out-of-school time, providing PBS resources to local summer programs, after-school programs and families at home. The programs are designed to help address the impacts COVID-19 had on education.

Adopt a Class - We have 12 staff participating in Adopt a Class, which matches volunteer mentors to local classrooms. Teams have been making monthly visits to one kindergarten and one first grade classroom at Hays-Porter Elementary in the West End in Cincinnati. Our students are young, but we are teaching them how CET and ThinkTV go about educating and enriching the lives of others, particularly through storytelling, and reinforcing the skills needed to be successful in our different roles.

Screenings - We held multiple screenings in the community of both The U.S. and the Holocaust and our locally-produced documentary, Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield. These two films allowed for deep conversations and panel discussions around human rights, equity and diversity. We look forward to continuing to discuss these films at additional events in the future.

Chef Lidia Bastianich - Chef Lidia Bastianich visited Cincinnati and Dayton in April for four sold-out events! We had a great time watching her cooking demonstrations, discussing her passion for food and family, and her love of PBS.

Paula Kerger, the President and CEO of PBS, visited Cincinnati for an event with NextUp. We were proud to be a media sponsor of the event and pleased to be able to host Paula at CET.

FUNDING

What we do is only possible because of support from Viewers Like You, either through individual memberships, planned gifts, corporate support or in-kind donations. While CET and ThinkTV do receive limited government support, which provides “seed funding” for the stations, voluntary community support remains the most important contributor to Public Media Connect’s budget. Viewers Like You make Public Media Connect possible.

Total 2022 Revenue: $14,774,000

Total 2022 Expense: $13,404,000

Community Funding 41.12% - $6,075,000

Earned 16.92% - $2,500,000

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Funding 14.96% - $2,211,000

In-Kind Donations 10.70% - $1,580,000

State and County funding 6.65% - $983,000

CPB Stabilization Grant 6.63% - $979,000

Restricted Project Funding 3.02% - $446,000

Public Media Connect Board of Trustees

Officers

Barney Wright, Chair

Dave Taylor, Vice Chair

Brian Silverberg, Treasurer

Dr. Stephanie Amlung, Secretary

Dorothy (Kitty) Lensman President & CEO

Trustees

Brian Bolam

Lee Bushman

Shannon Cox

Dr. Roshni Dasgupta

Richard Finan

Dawn Gilmore Jack Greiner

Carrie Haley

Bethany Hartman

Jason Hightower

Stephanie Hogue

Brian Hylander

Jeff Ireland

Chara Fisher Jackson

Dr. Alvin Jones

Barbara Kellar

Crystal Kendrick Kelly MacDonald

Christopher Owens Karen Spina

Barbara Weyand

Local Content, Programming, Distribution and Education Services 57.42% - $7,697,000

Promotion and Marketing 17.19% - $2,304,000 General and Administrative 16.76% - $2,247,000 Depreciation 6.21% - $832,000 Fundraising 2.42% - $324,000

Community Advisory Councils

CET

Carol N. Aquino

Dawn Bertsche

Paula Brehm-Heeger

Michael Dektas

Kimber L. Fender

Rabbi Abie Ingber

Lorena Mora-Mowry

Dr. John Owens Jorge Perez

ThinkTV

Cassie Barlow

Basim Blunt

Michael Carter

Sean Creighton Harry Delaney

Kim Duncan

Diane Farrell Lindsay Maxam Randi Thomas Georgie Woessner

Regional Vision. Local Service.

Daytime Listing

CET & CETHD

THINKTV14 & THINKTV14HD

WEEKDAYS

6:00am Amanpour and Company 12:30pm Elinor Wonders Why

7:00am Molly of Denali 1:00pm Drama Block

7:30am Wild Kratts 3:00pm Nature Cat

8:00am Hero Elementary 3:30pm Wild Kratts

8:30am Alma’s Way 4:00pm Alma’s Way

9:00am Curious George 4:30pm Xavier Riddle

9:30am Daniel Tiger 5:00pm Odd Squad

10:00am Rosie’s Rules 5:30pm Arthur

10:30am Donkey Hodie 6:00pm BBC World News

11:00am Sesame Street 6:30pm DW The Day

11:30am Pinkalicious 7:00pm PBS NewsHour

Noon Dinosaur Train

SATURDAYS

6:00am Amanpour and Company 12:30pm Milk Street

7:00am Quilting Arts 1:00pm To Dine For

7:30am It’s Sew Easy 1:30pm Pati’s Mexican Table

8:00am Fons and Porter 2:00pm America’s Test Kitchen

8:30am Woodsmith Shop 2:30pm Cook’s Country

9:00am This Old House 4:00pm This Old House

9:30am Ask This Old House 4:30pm Ask This Old House

10:00am Garden Home 5:00pm Energy Switch

10:30am Greener World 5:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

11:00am Wealthtrack 6:00pm The Art Show

11:30am Second Opinion 6:30pm SHOWCASE

Noon MotorWeek 7:00pm Legacy List w/ Matt Paxton

SUNDAYS

6:00am Nature 11:30am SciGirls

7:00am Rick Steves’ Europe Noon Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

7:30am Samantha Brown 12:30pm State of Ohio

8:00am To the Contrary 1:00pm Various

8:30am GZero World 4:00pm Carol’s Favorites

9:00am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 5:00pm Energy Switch

9:30am Daniel Tiger 5:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

10:00am Donkey Hodie 6:00pm Various

10:30am Elinor Wonders Why 7:00pm Nature

11:00am Kids Stew

THINKTV16 & THINKTV16HD

WEEKDAYS

6:00am NHK Newsline 1:00pm Cooking Program

6:30am BBC World News 1:30pm Travel Program

7:00am Classical Stretch 2:00pm Needlecraft Program

7:30am Sit and Be Fit 2:30pm Cooking Program

8:00am Daniel Tiger 3:00pm Amanpour and Co.

8:30am Sesame Street 4:00pm Elinor Wonders Why

9:00am Splash and Bubbles 4:30pm Hero Elementary

9:30am Arthur 5:00pm Wild Kratts

10:00am Nature Cat 5:30pm Wild Kratts

10:30am Ready Jet Go! 6:00pm Donkey Hodie

11:00am Molly of Denali 6:30pm Rosie’s Rules

11:30am Let’s Go Luna 7:00pm NHK Newsline

Noon Alma’s Way 7:30pm DW News

12:30pm Clifford

SATURDAYS

5:00am Amanpour and Company 11:30am Christina Cooks

6:00am To the Contrary Noon Kevin Belton’s Cooking LA

6:30am Washington Week 12:30pm Project Smoke

7:00am Biz Kid$ 1:00pm Joy of Painting

7:30am SciGirls 1:30pm Paint This

8:00am Super Why! 2:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe

8:30am Dinosaur Train 2:30pm Samantha Brown

9:00am Pinkalicious 3:00pm Walking Victorian England

9:30am Daniel Tiger 4:00pm NOVA

10:00am Sarah’s Weeknight Meals 5:00pm Nature

10:30am Life in Bloom 6:00pm Classic Gospel

11:00am Lidia’s Kitchen 7:00pm Song of Mountainsthe

SUNDAYS

6:00am Public Square 11:00am This Old House

6:30am Closer To Truth 11:30am Ask This Old House

7:00am State of Ohio Noon Classic Gospel

7:30am White House Chronicle 1:00pm Lawrence Welk

8:00am Woodsmith Shop 2:00pm Movie Classic Films

8:30am American Woodshop 4:00pm Various

9:00am School of Greatness 5:00pm Death in Paradise

9:30am America’s Heartland 6:00pm Trains that Changed the World

10:00am Start Up 7:00pm Foyle’s War

10:30am MotorWeek

WEEKDAYS

6:00am BBC World News 1:00pm Sesame Street

6:30am Happy Yoga 1:30pm Rosie’s Rules

7:00am Molly of Denali 2:00pm Daniel Tiger

7:30am Wild Kratts 2:30pm Let’s Go Luna

8:00am Hero Elementary 3:00pm Nature Cat

8:30am Alma’s Way 3:30pm Wild Kratts

9:00am Curious George 4:00pm Alma’s Way

9:30am Daniel Tiger 4:30pm Xavier Riddle

10:00am Rosie’s Rules 5:00pm Odd Squad

10:30am Donkey Hodie 5:30pm Arthur

11:00am Sesame Street 6:00pm PBS NewsHour

11:30am Pinkalicious 7:00pm BBC News

Noon Dinosaur Train 7:30pm Travel Program

12:30pm Elinor Wonders Why

SATURDAYS

6:00am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 12:30pm Simply Ming

6:30am Arthur 1:00pm America’s Test Kitchen

7:00am Molly of Denali 1:30pm Cook’s Country

7:30am Wild Kratts 2:00pm Christina Cooks

8:00am Hero Elementary 2:30pm How She Rolls

8:30am Alma’s Way 3:00pm Greener World

9:00am Curious George 3:30pm Garden Home

9:30am Kid Stew 4:00pm MotorWeek

10:00am This Old House 4:30pm America’s Heartland

10:30am Ask This Old House 5:00pm Legacy List

11:00am American Woodshop 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

11:30am Weeknight Meals 6:30pm Rick Steves

Noon Milk Street 7:00pm Lawrence Welk

SUNDAYS

6:00am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 11:00am State of Ohio

6:30am Splash and Bubbles 11:30am To The Contrary

7:00am Molly of Denali Noon Wealthtrack

7:30am Wild Kratts 12:30pm White House Chronicle

8:00am Hero Elementary 1:00pm Various

8:30am Xavier Riddle 5:00pm Tell Me More

9:00am Let’s Go Luna 5:30pm The Art Show

9:30am Daniel Tiger 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend

10:00am SciGirls 6:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

10:30am Biz Kid$ 7:00pm Various

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