Local arts groups receive more than $1.8 million from foundation
Many arts groups benefited from a total of more than $1.8 million in grants from the Akron Community Foundation ... Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio Inc., for television productions of the Akron Symphony Orchestra's "Gospel Meets Symphony" performance, $15,000.

Published July 9, 2008, Aurora Advocate and Bedford Times-Register weekly papers

In the heat of the summer comes some quality TV
Summer typically is the time when you get programming with all the substance of cotton candy ... But thanks to cable and PBS, we're entering a two-night run of original programming that is remarkable in quantity and variety.

Published July 13, 2008, The Plain Dealer

PBS 45 & 49 changing name to Western Reserve Public Media
PBS 45 & 49 will launch a new corporate identity this fall as Western Reserve Public Media.

Published July 3, 2008, West Side Leader

PBS 45 & 49 changes name to Western Reserve Public Media
PBS 45 & 49 will launch a new corporate identity this fall as Western Reserve Public Media. The new identity better reflects the public broadcaster's regional coverage, which unifies the four major metropolitan areas of Northeast Ohio -- Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Youngstown.

Published June 29, 2008, Record Publishing weekly papers

Newfangled name
On Tuesday, sister stations WNEO Channel 45 and WEAO Channel 49 will change their umbrella designation from PBS 45 & 49 to Western Reserve Public Media.

Published June 29, 2008, The Plain Dealer

New name
PBS 45 & 49 will change its name this fall to Western Reserve Public Media to reflect the public broadcaster's regional coverage, including Canton, Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown.

Published June 29, 2008, Canton Repository

$1.2 million in grants push entrepreneurship
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation — the Hudson organization that supports entrepreneurship and free enterprise programs — has announced $1.2 million in grants.

Published June 25 2008, Akron Beacon Journal

Tracing family roots as slave traders
What if you found out that your Rhode Island ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history?

Published June 22, 2008, Canton Repository

Ingenuity on parade
Fifteen beginner inventors take their concepts from idea to finished product on "Everyday Edisons," a PBS reality series starting its second season this month. It has a local connection: product designer Carole Ruffin, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Published June 21, 2008, The Plain Dealer

PBS show gets some designing touches from Cleveland Institute of art graduate
Fifteen beginner inventors take their concepts from idea to finished product on "Everyday Edisons," a PBS reality series starting its second season this month.

Published June 19, 2008, The Plain Dealer

Winners listed in Reading Rainbow contest
PBS 45 49 announced the local winners in the kindergarten through third-grade categories of the Reading Rainbow 14th annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.

Published June 17, 2008, The Vindicator

PBS 45/49, WKSU-FM Team With WKYC to Add New Downtown Akron Studio
PBS 45/49 and WKSU-FM will join Cleveland-based NBC affiliate WKYC in group-leasing the ground-level broadcasting studios of downtown Akron’s United Building.

Published June 16, 2008, Kent State University's eInside faculty and staff online newsletter

Symphony on PBS
During the 2006 Brucknerfest, the Cleveland Orchestra played the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 at the Abbey of St. Florian in Linz, Austria.

Published June 11, 2008, Akron Beacon Journal

God as they understand him
This week, thousands of recovering alcoholics will converge on Akron to celebrate "Founders Day." But what about people who have different faith traditions, or none at all? Can they still be helped through the 12 steps?

Published June 10, 2008, Record-Courier

Documentary looks at faith and Alcoholics Anonymous
The place of religious faith in Alcoholics Anonymous gets extensive consideration in the documentary God As We Understand Him: A Film About Faith and the 12 Step Movement.

Published June 10, 2008, Akron Beacon Journal

Rubber City Welcome
WEAO Channel 49 and WKSU FM/89.7 are opening bureaus in Akron, thanks to agreements with the city of Akron and WKYC Channel 3.

Published June 8, 2008, The Plain Dealer

Lush life
A historical account of [Alcoholics Anonymous] is now chronicled on film in the 58-minute doc, God as We Understand Him: A Film About Faith and the 12-Step Movement.

Published June 4, 2008, Scene Magazine

Rex's Monday TV picks: Tune to 'Antiques Roadshow'
An 18th-century Goan ivory doll, a Russian porcelain charger and a circa 1785 Massachusetts shelf clock dating to 1785 are among the items featured on tonight’s episode of popular PBS series “Antiques Roadshow.”

Published June 2, 2008, The Times-Reporter

Steps in history
The locally produced documentary "God as We Understand Him: A Film About Faith and the 12 Step Movement" will have its broadcast premiere and free local screenings to mark national Founders' Day activities in Akron, the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Published June 1, 2008, The Plain Dealer