Wednesday 10/10/2012

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KET: GED Connection; #111 "Passing the GED Reading Test" [TV-G]; Reviews the skills required, the subjects covered, and the kinds of questions included on the GED reading test.

KETKY: Young Musicians' Celebration of Traditional Music; The 2nd annual Young Musicians' Celebration of Traditional Appalachian Old-Time and Bluegrass Music showcases the talents of young traditional musicians from Eastern Kentucky proudly carrying on the mountain musical heritage. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Bluegrass and Backroads; #920; Skipping Boat School, Bumbershoots, Jackson's Orchard, and Bob Maurer's sheep are featured. [High-Definition]

KET2: History Detectives; #1001 [TV-PG]; A Fender Stratocaster may be the guitar that Bob Dylan plugged in at the '65 Newport Folk Festival, autographs allegedly signed for two brothers in Miami Beach could be from the Beatles' legendary 1964 "British Invasion" tour, and a $5 thrift store find unearths a little-known artistic side of musician Frank Zappa. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Celtic Crossroads; Highlights the various roots and instruments of Celtic music. The concert abounds with fusions of traditional Irish music, bluegrass, gypsy, and jazz while pulsating with the rhythms of exciting Irish dance percussion.

KET: Kentucky Tonight; #1940 "1st Congressional District"; A discussion with candidates in the 1st Congressional District race. Scheduled guests are Charles Kendall Hatchett, Democratic Party, and U.S. Rep. Edward Whitfield, Republican Party. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Frontline; #3101 "The Choice 2012"; This election special offers biographies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney and explores the national landscape that shapes the campaigns, voters' attitudes, and the winner's prospects for governing. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Stubblefield Speaks; Robert Valentine stars in a dramatic monologue, illustrated with period photographs, about Nathan Stubblefield—the Murray man whom some credit as the inventor of the radio. On New Year's Day 1902, before a crowd of neighbors, Stubblefield used his "wireless telephone" to transmit his own voice to a receiver about a mile away.

KETKY: KET: 40 Years of Exploration; This anniversary special takes a look at KET's 40-year history and its future with interviews from KET Executive Director Malcolm Wall, founder O. Leonard Press, and past executive director Virginia Gaines Fox. Many of the great programs that have aired on KET are also highlighted. A 2008 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Health Three60; #202 "No Health Without Mental Health"; This program explores the impact of depression, stress, and anxiety on our physical health and looks at health care solutions that connect our minds to our bodies. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: Along Kentucky 80; Journalist John Ed Pearce travels across southern Kentucky on state Hwy. 80, from the Breaks of the Big Sandy on the Virginia border to Columbus-Belmont Battlefield State Park on the Mississippi River. Stops along the way include Mammoth Cave, Lake Cumberland, Logan County sites with historic connections to Jesse James and Andrew Jackson, the South Union Shaker village, Bowling Green, and Cadiz. A 1992 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Homeland: Immigration In America; #103 "Refugees" [TV-PG]; The contemporary stories of the newly resettled in the United States. Most of these immigrants come for humanitarian reasons, and face unique challenges in their assimilation. [High-Definition]

KET2: Market Warriors; #107 "Antiquing In Pasadena, CA" [TV-PG]; The pickers and guest picker Bob Cirillo head west to the world-famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, for the monthly flea market. They are challenged to find Native-American wares. Some notable picks include a Whitney Houston collectible, leather gauntlets, and Picasso dominos. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Distinguished Kentuckian; #113 "Chloe Gifford" [TV-G]; Chloe Gifford, the first woman graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, passed the state bar examination at the age of 21. She taught at Sayre School in Lexington and then went to work at UK. A 1974 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Woodsmith Shop; #602 "Book Rack and Mantel Clock" [TV-G]; The editors of Woodsmith create a stylish book rack or an elegant mantel clock in a weekend. [High-Definition]

KET2: Antiques Roadshow; #1117 "Milwaukee (Part 1)" [TV-G]; A 1952 Fender Esquire guitar; a late 19th-century child's sled in the shape of a swan; and an 18th-century desk and bookcase passed down to the owner from his great-grandfather, a former governor of Connecticut. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Tonight; #1940 "1st Congressional District"; A discussion with candidates in the 1st Congressional District race. Scheduled guests are Charles Kendall Hatchett, Democratic Party, and U.S. Rep. Edward Whitfield, Republican Party. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: Kentucky Health; #702 "Women's Healthcare In Kentucky"; Join guest Eleanor Jordan, executive director for the Kentucky Commission on Women, to learn how Kentucky is providing services across the state. Watch Online

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #125 "Clothes Don't Make the Dog/Short-Changed" [TV-Y]; T-Bone gets a new sweater, but he's too embarrassed to wear it after Mac teases him about it. Emily Elizabeth worries about all the attention Clifford is paying to Skyscraper Jackson, a visiting basketball player. [High-Definition]

KETKY: All Aboard: Kentucky and the American Railroads; #101 "The Power, the Might, and the Locomotive"; The story of locomotion is fascinating. The invention was created to harness 'horse power' and move goods and people across America, faster than anyone could ever imagine. The earliest locomotive engine was created in England in the 1820's. Soon after, the engine arrived in America where steam power dominated transportation for more than a century. Today this story is embodied in the acquisition by the Historic Railpark & Train Museum of former Chicago & Northwestern RR locomotive 2011. [High-Definition]