PBS Stations Carrying "Eritrea struggle to survive" Watch for your local station

PBS Stations Carrying "Eritrea struggle to survive" Watch for your local station

It is a great feeling to see a positive documentary about the can do nation of Eritrea throughout the USA. I will attempt to explain in a nutshell about how PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) works in the USA and then give out details and updates of where the documentary "Eritrea's struggle to survive" will be shown and has already aired. PBS the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States, which hold collective ownership.

PBS was founded in 1970 and unlike the model of America's commercial television networks, in which affiliates give up portions of their local advertising airtime in exchange for network programming, PBS member stations pay substantial fees for the shows acquired and distributed by the national organization. This relationship means that PBS member stations have greater latitude in local scheduling than their commercial counterparts. Scheduling of PBS-distributed series may vary greatly from market to market. This can be a source of tension as stations seek to preserve their localism and PBS strives to market a consistent national line-up. However, PBS has a policy of "common carriage" requiring most stations to clear the national prime time programs on a common schedule, so that they can be more effectively marketed on a national basis.

The documentary will continue to air on different channels throughout North America. While we can't exactly give out details of every city we will do our best to inform you. Here below are the lists of where the documentary has been shown so far.

August 2010

• WXXI, Rochester, New York, 80h largest media market in America.

November 21, 2010

• WBCC, Orlando, Florida, 19h largest media market in America, .1.25% of US households reached. Aired at 2:00am.

November 27, 2010

• WBCC, Orlando, Florida, 19h largest media market in America, .1.25% of US households reached. Aired at 9:00pm (prime time).

December 5, 2010

• WSWP Grandview, West Virginia, 155th largest media market in America, .12% of US households reached. Aired at 10:00pm (prime time).

• WNPB Morgantown, West Virginia, 168th largest media market in America, .10% of US households reached. Aired at 10:00pm (prime time).

• WPBY Charleston, West Virginia, 64th largest media market in America, .44% of US households reached. Aired at 10:00pm (prime time).

December 6, 2010

• KENW Amarillo, New Mexico, 131th largest media market in America, .17% of US households reached. Aired at 1:00am.

December 8, 2010

• KQED San Francisco, 6th largest media market in America, 2.18% of US households reached. Aired at 9:00am.

• KQED San Francisco, 6th largest media market in America, 2.18% of US households reached. Aired at 12:00pm.

December 11, 2010

• KSYS Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 6:00pm.

• KSYS-2 Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 6:00pm.

December 13, 2010

• KSYS Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 8:00pm (prime time).

• KSYS-2 Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 8:00pm (prime time).

December 14, 2010

• KSYS Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 11:00pm.

• KSYS-2 Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Aired at 11:00pm.

Here below are is a heads up to Eritreans and friends of Eritreans who can follow the airings for the rest of this month and January 2011.

December 22, 2010

• KSYS Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Airing at 9:00pm (prime time).

• KSYS-2 Medford, Oregon, 140th largest media market in America, .15% of US households reached. Airing at 9:00pm (prime time).

December 23, 2010

• WPSU Johnstown-Altoona, Pennsylvania, 102nd largest media market in America, .25% of US households reached. Airing at 8:00pm (prime time).

January 3, 2011

• WEAO Cleveland-Akron, Ohio, 18h largest media market in America, 2.18% of US households reached. Airing at 1:00am.

• WNEO Youngstown, Ohio, 111h largest media market in America, .23% of US households reached. Airing at 1:00am.

January 5, 2011

• WMPT2 Washington-Baltimore, 8th largest media market in America, 2.3 million US households reached. Airing at 11:00pm. (see how to find local channel numbers below)

One airing we know of in January comes in the DC area on January 5th at 11:00 pm on WMPT2 – Maryland Public Television’s digital channel.

If you have Comcast in DC, MPT2 is channel 268 in the whole DC area. (http://www.mpt.org/comcast) If you have Verizon Fios it is channel 480. If you have Cox it is channel 811. Areas outside DC are listed here (http://www.mpt.org/coveragechart).

The program has aired on is scheduled to air several times on PBS stations in December. Our carriage reports are not very forward-looking, and indeed we are frequently playing catch-up with airings. However, the December airings are very strong and have included some very large markets such as San Francisco.

The program will also air in Texas on KLRU-TV Austin Texas four times on three different days. For more details just click on the following link to the TV station.

http://www.klru.org/schedule/ViewProgram.php?VsnID=227235

The air dates are January 19th at 10 PM and then again January 20th, at 2AM and it will also be repeated on January 22nd at 2AM and 4 PM respectively. This is a great way to share the beauty of Eritrea to the American people.

It is a top-notch documentary that tells the story of the gallant people of Eritrea. I urge all to let your friends know and BE PROUD of your country. We will keep you update as new stations start carrying the documentary.

Meanwhile you can continue to purchase your DVD's from Amazon

Thank you

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to all and may God/Allah continue to bless Eritrea forever.

Zelalemawi Zikri Swatna,

Mike Seium