Fred Vigeant is WITF's Director of Programming and Promotions for TV and Radio. Fred manages the schedules for our radio and television platforms. He also analyzes audience research and manages the public affairs program Smart Talk. Previously, Fred was at WRVO in Oswego, NY for 12 years serving in various roles including Program Director and before that Operations Manager. Fred graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Broadcasting.
Watch Santa’s Wild Home on Nature Wednesday, December 9 at 8:00pm on WITF. You can stream WITF TV live on our website and through the PBS Video app on Roku, Apple TV and iPhone and Android smartphones. The program is also available on-demand through the PBS Video app.
Green lights dance across a star-filled sky, and snowflakes sparkle on the trees.
It is little wonder Lapland is famous as a realm of elves and flying reindeer, the magical home of Santa Claus.
However, this northernmost region of mainland Europe is a real place with real animals, such as reindeer, great gray owls, eagles, wolves, musk oxen and brown bears, who live out their lives in the tundra and forest.
Get an intimate look into life in Lapland through the changing seasons, long after the Christmas lights are taken down, where only the toughest survive.
Featured Species:
Great Gray owl
Eurasian wolf
Golden eagle
European Brown bear
Reindeer
Musk ox
Eurasian Lynx
Black grouse
Wolverine
Orca
Watch this encore of Natureon WITF Wednesday December 9 at 8:00pm. This episode of Nature originally broadcast on WITF November 29.You can now watch WITF TV live through our new webstream available through our website and through the PBS Video app on Roku, Apple TV and iPhone and Andriod smart phones. The program is also available on-demand through the PBS Video app.