WSKG celebrates Earth Day with special programming
During the week of April 21 and through the end of the month, WSKG invites you to tune in and learn about the current status of our environment, scientific innovations and how to become more environmentally conscious.
On Tuesday, April 22 at 1 pm, WSKG radio’s Crystal Sarakas hosts Thinking Green, a special Earth Day call-in program featuring a discussion of how we can make changes in our lives that are Earth-friendly, whether it’s a large project like building a new home or something as ordinary as changing a shower curtain. Thinking Green airs at 1 pm with a rebroadcast at 7 pm on WSKG radio. The program will also be available for on-demand listening at WSKG.ORG.
WSKG Television hosts a line-up of science and environmental programming for Earth Day and beyond, as well as special programming for kids.
On the PBS KIDS preschool block, Miss Lori and Hooper teach children how to recycle their trash at home, and new stories from Dot’s Story Factory show how kids at home can celebrate the planet. Earth Day-themed episodes from CURIOUS GEORGE, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG and IT’S A BIG BIG WORLD will air alongside themed music videos from the award-winning kids’ rock band Milkshake.
PBS KIDS GO!, for elementary school kids, celebrates Earth Day with themed programming from ARTHUR, MAYA & MIGUEL and CYBERCHASE. Throughout the late afternoon programming block, PBS KIDS GO! presents creative ideas for kids to take care of the environment by recycling, cleaning up their neighborhoods and more.
Other programming on environmental issues include:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Edward Norton hosts this two-part special. “Most Dangerous Catch”: Over-fishing is affecting life far beyond the shoreline, including Earth’s own life support systems. “Dirty Secrets”: Striped bass are succumbing to flesh-eating bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay. Majestic seabirds are starving in Hawai’i. Coral reefs are weakening under a growing assault of invisible contaminants. How are these mysteries related? In HD where available. http://www.pbs.org/strangedays
NOVA
“Car of the Future”
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET
Tom and Ray Magliozzi of NPR’s “Car Talk” take viewers on a roller-coaster ride into the world of cars as NOVA takes a look at the latest and greatest in the automotive industry. In HD where available.
FRONTLINE “Hot Politics” (Repeat)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting go behind the scenes to explore how bi-partisan political and economic forces prevented the U.S. government from confronting what may be one of the most serious problems facing humanity today — global warming.
INDEPENDENT LENS “The Creek Runs Red” (Repeat)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET
This program explores the human response to an environmental disaster and the complex connection between people and place in the mining town that the EPA calls the most toxic place in America — Picher, Oklahoma. In HD where available.
