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  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.

Good news! Nine Ken Burns films that had been set to expire at the end of 2021 have all been extended through 2025. Those titles are:

• The Address
• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
• Jazz
• Prohibition
• Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
• Thomas Jefferson
• Not for Ourselves Alone
• Horatio’s Drive
• Seeing, Searching, Being – William Segal

All of these films are available for on-demand viewing through the PBS Video App for WITF Passport subscribers.  Don’t have access to WITF Passport? Become a subscriber today!

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