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APM’s COVID-19 Plans

APM is developing contingency plans to ensure that we can provide the utmost continuity for you and your audiences. Additionally, we want to provide you with important programming offers to support you during this challenging time.

Emergency Back Up from APM and the BBC for All Affiliates

As you are working on your own station’s contingency plans, we encourage you to include the BBC World Service as an emergency back-up. During this limited time, we invite all APM affiliate stations to turn to the BBC World Service as a back-up feed. See details below. APM and the BBC recognize that you are navigating through uncertainty and we want to make sure that our affiliates have access to content and resources to continue to serve the audience during uncertain times.

COVID-19 Live National Call-in Show

In response to station interest, we are partnering with MPR News to present a two-part live national call-in show — “COVID-19: Hard Questions, Real Answers.” The special will occur over two days at 2 p.m. ET, March 18 and March 19. The special will feature medical and public health professionals and our host will take live listener calls from across the country. More details found here and on ContentDepot.

How to gain access if you do not already carry BBC World Service

1. Email your Station Relations Representative with “BBC” in the subject line
2. Within 24 hours you will be granted access to the 24/7 page on ContentDepot
3. You will need to subscribe to each hour of programming, as ContentDepot program pages are set up as individual hourly live feeds (0000, 0100, 0200, etc.) for weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. You must subscribe to all hours you wish to receive.

BBC clocks and program schedules can be found here.

All stations

The coronavirus and potential lockdowns may affect the BBC’s output, but the BBC’s 24-hour stream will continue with as much live news as possible and recorded programs close to the current schedule. The BBC’s priority is to maintain the news bulletins and Newshour during this period.

We would also encourage you to consider creating a promo should you need to tap into the 24/7 feed. Here is an example:

This is a special STATION programming note. Due to conditions impacting regular program operations at this time, STATION is providing the BBC World Service until we are able to resume regular programming. We hope to return to our regularly scheduled program as soon as possible. Thank you. This is CALL LETTERS, STATION ID.

As always, please contact your Station Relations Representative or ICC (651-290-1563) with questions about programming or broadcast operations.

What’s coming up from APM – November 11-17

Here are the latest updates for upcoming programs. PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change. Additional details will be shared via ContentDepot as they become available.

News

Marketplace
Week of November 11

Marketplace (PM)
• Kai talks with Brigadier General Alex Fink about the Army’s marketing approach to recruiting Generation Z for service.
• Kai talks to John Becker and Megan Scott about updating Joy of Cooking, the kitchen “bible” for American cooks that John’s great-grandmother wrote.
• According to a recent crime data analysis by Safewise, if you live in Austin you’re more likely to have packages stolen off your porch than residents in any other American city. As the holiday season approaches and online shopping increases, Andy Uhler visits an Austin neighborhood to learn how online shoppers are protecting themselves from the scourge of “porch pirates,” and how the ever-present risk of theft is changing how they shop.

Classical

Performance Today
• November 11: Performance Today will broadcast a musical salute to veterans by Morton Gould in honor of Veteran’s Day.

Arts and Culture

Live from Here
November 16: LIVE – The Town Hall, New York City
Guests:
• They Might Be Giants
• Big Thief
• Cast of Betrayal
• Aoife O’Donovan
• Marina Franklin
• DW Gibson

Live from Here
November 16: LIVE – The Town Hall, New York City
Guests:
• They Might Be Giants
• Big Thief
• Cast of Betrayal
• Aoife O’Donovan
• Marina Franklin
• DW Gibson

The Splendid Table
November 15: Thanksgiving and immigrant chefs
• We get stories and recipes from Korean-American chef Ann Kim, Mexican-American chef Hugo Ortega, Serbian-American chef Miroslav Uskokovic and Indian-American chef Maneet Chauhan.

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.

Roots Beyond Race – Interactive Data Tools

The APM Research Lab has developed Roots Beyond Race, a data visualization that portrays Americans’ identity through the lens of racial and ethnic backgrounds across every state. We invite your newsroom and reporters to utilize Roots Beyond Race for insights and context in support of your news reporting and storytelling.

Available as part of your APM affiliation, the data can be used until  the Census 2020 data is released in spring/summer 2021 and is available exclusively to stations until the public release on November 12, 2019.

Visit the APM Research Lab page to learn more about:

  • Ideas for reporting applications (regional identities and stereotypes, 2020 Census representation, diversity and inclusion and more)
  • Data visualizations and select findings by state and how to embed on your own sites
  • Background on the APM Research Lab team, origin of the data and FAQ’s

The APM Research Lab is available for live or pre-recorded station two-ways with Andi Egbert, Senior Research Associate.

For questions about the data, how to apply to your own reporting and communities, or to schedule time with the APM Research Lab,  contact your Station Representative.

New Classical Special Celebrates JFK

Available April 29 – May 31, “From Casals to Camelot: Classical Music and John F. Kennedy” features performances by musicians invited to the White House during JFK’s presidency, as well as music composed in response to the Kennedy assassination, and for JFK events and anniversaries. Preview audio is available April 15.

Hosted by Andrea Blain, this new, one-hour special commemorates the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth, and explores how classical music featured during his presidency has become a potent means of remembering an American era that was both hopeful, and tinged with tragedy. Learn more.

New Memorial Day Music Special

Available May 5-31, “Dreams of the Fallen: Music of Honor and Remembrance for Memorial Day,” presents a broad variety of music, spoken remembrances, and poetry. Hosted by Steve Seel, this one-hour special features pieces by Jake Runestad, Trinity Choir, Dallas Wind Symphony, the U.S. Marine band, and more; music of Samuel Barber, J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, and others; poetry of Brian Turner and Walt Whitman. Learn more.

“Dreams of the Fallen: Music of Honor and Remembrance for Memorial Day,” is a new offering from APM Honors. This subset of the APM Celebrates package covers topics that require more reflection than ‘celebration’, such as Veterans Day. These programs are available as part of the larger package.

New Marketplace Series Explores “Robot-Proof Jobs”

From April 3-21, Marketplace Morning Report‘s David Brancaccio presents a series, “Robot-Proof Jobs,” with reporting from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin on Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace.

In 2012, Brancaccio traversed the U.S. without a single human business transaction for the series, “Robots Ate My Job.” This week, David will catch up with the original series and speak with experts and those who lost their jobs. Next week, he’ll present recent field reporting on the jobs and industries most resistant to automation. He’ll share a glimpse of the economy of the future in the final week, April 17-21.

David Brancaccio is available  to discuss the series the week of April 10. Please contact your Station Representative to schedule an interview.  

Hear more about the series

Newshour Extra Event on Somalis in America Airs This Weekend

BBC World Service and MPR News host a special live event, “Somalis in America: A Community Under Pressure”, tonight at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Presented by host Owen Bennett Jones, the program will air on Newshour Extra this Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1.

 

“The Response – America’s Story” ep. 3 available through 4/2

The Response – America’s Story seeks listeners’ unique stories about the lives they lead, and their hopes for the future under the new U.S. presidency. This new BBC World Service and APM co-production shares America’s stories with the global community.

The Response – America’s Story
Episode 3: “Tell us why you, your parents, or your grandparents came to live in America”
60 minutes, Available through April 2

This month, The Response – America’s Story tackles one of President Trump’s signature issues: immigration. Contributors from a dozen states and every corner of the world tell how they got here and what they hope happens next. An Indonesian engineer loses his job and his legal status, but wins the immigration lottery and lands in Indiana. A Minnesota grandmother watches her Mexican son-in-law get picked up and then deported. A graduate student from Utah is about to get a master’s degree and go into politics, but worries she’ll be going to detention instead. Other contributors are proud to say they or their ancestors came legally, and always for a better life. The program is a remarkable array of heartfelt experiences, and a testament to both the strength and challenge of the U.S. as a diverse nation.

This latest episode is produced in San Antonio – a city known for the Alamo and its River Walk, but full of surprises, as we hear from our partners at Texas Public Radio. It’s the third in our four-part series featuring people sharing their self-recorded stories throughout President Trump’s first 100 days in office.

The program is available on ContentDepot for broadcast through April 2. It follows a 59:00 clock (1:00 billboard, 5:00 news hole, 53:00 program).

New-and-improved BBC Today, Select emails

Have you noticed anything different about your BBC emails lately? We’ve updated BBC Today and BBC Select to make them quicker, easier reads, with details you need most.

BBC Today presents Newshour headlines, and highlights  2-3 additional programs to complement your programming. Register for BBC Today.

BBC Select is now sent twice daily, with updates on BBC Select audio posted to ContentDepot. The morning edition will offer spots available that day; the afternoon edition will offer features available that day. Sign up for Select.

We hope these changes meet your needs, and we welcome your feedback. We also encourage you to share these newsletters with others! Please share the sign-up links with colleagues who would find this content relevant.