'Discover Purdue' TV program continues weekly pace
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University's weekly television program, "Discover Purdue," marches through March and into April with a varied slate of guests and topics.Guests on the programs in late March and early April include Danica Kirkpatrick, the events and activities coordinator for Purdue's College of Agriculture, and Doug Schreiber, the Boilermaker baseball coach, in the show that airs the week of March 19. Howard Taylor, director of recreational sports, and head football coach Joe Tiller will be guests the week of March 26.
The April 2 program features the new executive director of Discovery Park, Alan Rebar, and Center for Instructional Excellence director Marne Helgesen.
The half-hour program has a total of 13 installments for statewide distribution. Each program includes campus feature segments and usually two studio interviews. It is available for viewing 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 April.
The show can be seen on five television stations in Indianapolis, Merrillville, Fort Wayne, Evansville and Clarksville, reaching a total audience of nearly 2 million, plus millions more on cable systems throughout Indiana, the Chicago area and one county in Kentucky.
In Lafayette-West Lafayette, the program airs Tuesdays at 11 a.m. and Saturdays 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 can be seen as follows:
• Indianapolis area and on many cable systems statewide on WFYI-TV (Channel 20) Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
• Northwest Indiana and Chicago area on WYIN-TV (Channel 56) Sundays at 8 a.m. CST (CDT beginning April 2).
• Evansville area on WNIN-TV (Channel 9) Sundays at 8 a.m. CST (CDT beginning April 2).
• Fort Wayne area on WFWA-TV (Channel 39) Sundays at 6:30 a.m.
• Clarksville and Louisville area on WVHF-TV (Channel 9) Fridays at midnight.
Source: Jim Vruggink, (765) 494-2086, jvruggink@purdue.edu
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