Alabama Public Television (Page 7)

A University of Alabama Honors College class helped create five public discussions broadcast on Alabama Public Television. Topics included fake news, rural healthcare, guns in Alabama, the opioid crisis, and the #MeToo movement. Students researched possible topics for discussion and identified experts who could speak on the selected topics. The programs were recorded in Studio UA, located in the University’s Digital Media Center.SHOW ME NOW

Tour mansions where the slave owners are glorified and follow with reverence the route of the Selma to Montgomery march which led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The strip of black prairie land that crosses central Alabama is known as the Black Belt and Highway 80 runs through it. This land was the birthplace of the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. SHOW ME NOW

In the 1950s Alabama educators dreamed of using the new medium of television to beam educational content to classrooms and homes across the state. The University of Alabama researched the possibility of creating TV stations, but found that the cost of producing programming and operating a station was prohibitive. By the mid-50s a coalition was formed which led to a statewide network. SHOW ME NOW

Ben and Emily Roberts craft songs that are a perfect mix of the lyrical grit and wit of Hank Williams Sr. and the tender atmosphere of Heartbreaker-era Ryan Adams. They evoke the blue collar man and woman because that’s exactly who they are, and their blended harmonies backed by guitar, harmonica and suitcase percussion create a sound that is solely their own. SHOW ME NOW