PBS Kids Characters Are Timeless

By Adam Lipowicz, WNED corporate communications intern

As a young child growing up, my family had your basic 20 or so channels. Being a little kid, I was not very interested in watching news programming or Seinfeld (go figure, right?) but that station that had Big Bird, Barney, Thomas the Tank Engine and Arthur was definitely up my alley. My mother loves to flip through photo albums back when I was a kid, and one specifically comes to mind. My cousin was turning five and for his birthday a Barney mascot came. My cousin, normally used to seeing the giant reptile on a screen, began to cry and ran away from the smiling dinosaur. Me on the other hand? I ran up to him and started running under his legs and making dinosaur noises. My mother managed to snap a picture of me with a huge grin across my face as I ran circles around one of my favorite characters.

170 Million Americans…and counting.

By Megan Wagner

Imagine a world without Big Bird, Clifford or Antiques Roadshow.  Hard to comprehend, right?  These programs, and many more, have become so deeply ingrained into our culture and seem priceless – and all it costs you is less than a cup of coffee or a bus pass.

In with the new

by Megan Wagner

Welcome to the first-ever blog from WNED!  Our team has been working very hard planning this project and we’re thrilled to share stories and insights of the entire WNED organization with our readers.