January 31, 2005

'Discover Purdue' TV program continues into February

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University's weekly feature magazine television program "Discover Purdue" moves into February with a varied slate.

Guests on the four programs airing in February include Purdue Alumni Association executive director Todd Coleman and football players Kyle Orton and Taylor Stubblefield the first week; Discovery Park director Charles Rutledge and student government President Aaron Schnur the second week; Riall Nolan, Purdue's dean of international programs, and Indiana Professor of the Year Nick Giordano the third week; and Dean of Agriculture Randy Woodson and Kimberly Martin, director of the Boiler Volunteer Network, on the fourth program.

The half-hour show has 13 installments for statewide distribution. Each program includes campus feature segments and at least one or two studio interviews. The program also is available on the Web.

Presented jointly by Information Technology at Purdue and the Office of University Relations, the program is scheduled to air weekly through the end of March.

The program appears on four PBS television stations in Indianapolis, Merrillville, Fort Wayne and Evansville, reaching a total viewer audience of nearly 1.2 million, plus millions more on cable systems throughout Indiana, the Chicago area and one county in Kentucky.

In Lafayette-West Lafayette, the program is seen every Tuesday at 11 a.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m. on Insight Communications Cable (Channel 13). On Purdue's West Lafayette campus, the program airs every Monday through Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the Purdue Channel on Insight Communications (Channel 5) and the University Residences Television Antenna System (Channel 15).

Outside the Lafayette-West Lafayette area, the program is seen as follows:

• Indianapolis area and many cable systems statewide on WFYI-TV (Channel 20) Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. EST.

• Northwest Indiana and Chicago area on WYIN-TV (Channel 56) Sundays at 8 a.m. CST.

• Evansville area on WNIN-TV (Channel 9) Sundays at 9 a.m. CST.

• Fort Wayne area on WFWA-TV (Channel 39) Sundays at 6:30 a.m. EST.

Source: Jim Vruggink, director of special projects, (765) 494-2086, jvruggink@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

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