WTTW/Chicago

thumbnail of WTTW/Chicago
Please note: This content is only available at GBH and the Library of Congress, either due to copyright restrictions or because this content has not yet been reviewed for copyright or privacy issues. For information about on location research, click here.
This record is featured in “Exploring Public Media in the Peabody Awards Collection.” This record is featured in “Peabody Awards Collection.”
Program
WTTW/Chicago
Producing Organization
WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-1j9765bf1d
If you have more information about this item than what is given here, or if you have concerns about this record, we want to know! Contact us, indicating the AAPB ID (cpb-aacip-526-1j9765bf1d).
Description
Program Description
"Since its beginning in 1955, WTTW/Chicago has emerged as a major cultural entity in the Chicago area and has been, for over a decade, the most watched non-commercial station in the United States. "WTTW devotes a greater percentage of its broadcast schedule to locally produced programs than any other public television station. WTTW was the first PBS station in the country to reach 70% of its potential viewers weekly. It has done so by airing 10,000 programs a year that entertain, educate, and enlighten the public. "Through the years, WTTW has presented to local and national audiences Miles to go Before We SleepM, Book Beat, SoundStage, The Frugal Gourmet, Die Fiedermaus, Precious Memories, The Making of a Continent, Japan, Sneak Previews, The Merry Widow, and A Grand Night, to name just a few. WTTW also presents Bill Moyers' specials to the nation. "WTTW has often produced programs for children and their parents, including Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Drug Free Kids, Child Sexual Abuse: What your children should know, The Golden apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching, A Child's Christmas in Wales, It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Kid and many others. WTTW also co-funded and co-hosts the biennial American Children's Television Festival. "In 1958, WTTW simulcast in stereo with Chicago public radio station WFMT. Twenty-six years later, WTTW became the first television station in the country to broadcast television stereo sound, a system it co-developed. WTTW's state-of-the-art facilities have constantly been updated. In 1972, transmitters were installed on [the highest] point of Chicago's skyline, atop the Sears Tower. Playin' Chicago, a High Definition Television program produced by WTTW in 1988, is currently being shown at technical demonstrations around the world. "WTTW's loyalty to its local audience, its outstanding programming additions to local and national television, and its successful ventures into the development of the medium add up to a distinguished national Institution, one of the premier stations in public television."--1988 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1988
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:10:56.823
Credits
Producing Organization: WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-28a21371aa1 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
If you have a copy of this asset and would like us to add it to our catalog, please contact us.
Citations
Chicago: “WTTW/Chicago,” 1988, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-1j9765bf1d.
MLA: “WTTW/Chicago.” 1988. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-1j9765bf1d>.
APA: WTTW/Chicago. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-1j9765bf1d