WVIZ/PBS Annual Report 1999 - Blog@Case

Thinking and operating "outside the box" and beyond the confines of conventional television is a longtradition for this organization. That tradition includes: Training sessions for parents and caregiversthat explain how to watch educational programs-and then turn the TV off and create a learningenvironment. Training sessions for teachers that show how to impact learning using computers,interactive CD ROMs and video. Distance learning that allows students across geographic areas to sharean outstanding teacher or a special lesson using fiber optics. TV and on-line credit courses that allowa student to earn a college degree. Multiple channels of educational programs that are availableletter fromthe presidentStaring at "The Tube."Watching "The Box." Sooften, when we think oftelevision, we think of athrough cable, microwave and on videotape.Teleconferences that allow the community to addressissues of particular importance. A web site with some four thousand pages of content and links tomany thousands more.All of this and more is part of WVIZ/PBS in addition to the broadcast of programsthat truly engage the audience and enrich the lives of the millions who watch. The convergence ofelectronic communication technologies is a well established trend. Promising and evolving digitaltechnology will allow WVIZ/PBS to deliver even more services through an even greater variety ofplatforms, which will provide education and public service to an even broader range of people. Thepotential applications of digital television are especially exciting. In addition passive to video viewing and audio, theexperience, but thesedescriptions do not applyto Northeast Ohio's publictelevision station.WVIZ/PBS is clearly morethan meets the eye...digital signal can carry with it high-speed data transmission for download to a computer or "smart"TV. Its multi-channel capacity will also enable WVIZ/PBS to broadcast several different programssimultaneously. Virtually all of the services of WVIZ/PBS are driven by the principal of "Partnership inCommunity Service," established in a strategic direction by the Board of Trustees. This year that senseof partnership yielded spectacular results as the following pages of this report will attest.All WVIZ/PBSpartners and supporters have our heartfelt thanks for their vision and continued support as we charta new course for the evolving digital age built on a tradition of innovation in education and service.