“WNET Up Next” Takes Show on the Road to The Apollo Theater

02/20/20 • 25 min

Miles Davis, Round
Midnight Recording Session. June 1956. Photo: Don Hunstein/Sony Music Archives.

Updated January 31, 2022.

In conjunction with the broadcast premiere of American Masters‘ presentation of Stanley Nelson’s film Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool in 2020, WNET Up Next paid a visit to New York’s famed Apollo Theater. During an Apollo Open House “Celebration of Cool,” the film had a preview screening followed by a panel discussion led by the anchor/host of WBGO-FM’s Newark Today and NJ Spotlight News correspondent Michael Hill (now WNYC’s Morning Edition host). Participants included filmmaker Stanley Nelson and a group of musicians and associates of Miles including Keyon Harrold, James Mtume, Angeleisha L. Rogers and Davis’ nephew, drummer Vince Wilburn.

The panelists reflected on their associations with Miles Davis and the film, which had its nationwide broadcast premiere on PBS on February 25, 2020. The film is now available for streaming via the American Masters website (pbs.org/milesdavis) and the THIRTEEN Explore app (thirteen.org/explore). The conversation also continues on social media by using the hashtag #MilesDavisPBS.

Recorded: February 1, 2020 at the Apollo Theater

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Audio Engineering – Josh Broome

Producer/Host – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

Special Thanks: Mary Burke, Director of WNET Public Programs and Community Engagement

WNET UP NEXT is a presentation of the Design, On Air Promotion, Fundraising and Traffic Department of The WNET Group.

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Miles Davis, Round
Midnight Recording Session. June 1956. Photo: Don Hunstein/Sony Music Archives.

Updated January 31, 2022.

Recorded: February 1, 2020 at the Apollo Theater

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Audio Engineering – Josh Broome

Producer/Host – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

Special Thanks: Mary Burke, Director of WNET Public Programs and Community Engagement

WNET UP NEXT is a presentation of the Design, On Air Promotion, Fundraising and Traffic Department of The WNET Group.

The post “WNET Up Next” Takes Show on the Road to The Apollo Theater appeared first on The WNET Group.

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A Look at “Live From Lincoln Center” on WNET Up Next

In the midst of a hectic holiday season, WNET Up Next pauses to take a look at Live From Lincoln Center with Producer Douglas Chang. The iconic series premiered on PBS in 1976 and has presented an amazing array of concerts, ballets, and theatre pieces from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts here in New York, winning 17 Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards in the process.

Douglas Chang, who began his broadcast career at WNET with the arts show City Arts, has had a varied career in public media including stints at POV and at KCET in Los Angeles. He has been with LFLC since 2012 and shares with WNET Up Next host Tom Stewart stories about the many challenges and exciting process of capturing live performances on video.

On December 31 at 8pm, Live From Lincoln Center will present a special New Year’s Eve concert with the New York Philharmonic from David Geffen Hall. The evening, hosted by Bernadette Peters is called “Celebrating Sondheim” and will feature vocal performances by Tony Award-winning actress Katrina Lenk, and orchestral suites of Sondheim’s music from Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Assassins, and Sunday in the Park with George, among others.

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Recorded: November 21, 2019 at WNET’s Audio D

Audio Engineers – Josh Broome, Jon Berman & Evan Joseph

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Host/Producer – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

WNET UP NEXT is a presentation of the Design, On Air Promotion, Fundraising and Traffic Department of The WNET Group.

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Enter the World of Create TV with WNET Up Next

Create TV, now in existence for more than 15 years, is a joint venture of WNET, Boston’s WGBH and American Public Television (APT). It serves its audience an entire channel devoted to public media’s most popular lifestyle and how-to shows in the genres of food, home and garden, travel, arts and crafts, and fitness.

Naima Smith, Create TV Program Manager and a founding member of its team, shares with WNET Up Next host Tom Stewart the story of the channel, its history, its mission, its audience, and its development and evolution over the years.

Now in 239 markets with an audience of more than 40 million, Create TV features a wide array of programming with iconic public media hosts from Bob Ross and Rick Steves to Martha Stewart and Lidia Bastianich. These stars of Create TV are joined by many other programs such as Cook’s Country and This Old House. The channel also features interstitial segments from Chef Mike Colameco called The Bite, about the world of food and restaurants.

In the New York area, Create TV is available on digital broadcast 21.2. On cable, the station is featured on Spectrum 1277, Optimum 133 and Verizon 471

For more about Create TV log on to www.CreateTV.com.

Recorded: February 6, 2020 at WNET’s Audio C

Audio Engineering – Josh Broome

Editor – Samantha Lobo

Host/Producer – Tom Stewart

Executive Producer – Daena McBride

Special Thanks: Jennifer Pane-Abrahamson

WNET UP NEXT is a presentation of the Design, On Air Promotion, Fundraising and Traffic Department of The WNET Group.

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