Tampa Bay Area Viewers Can Now Access WEDU Content Via Roku

May 8, 2013 (Tampa, FL) –WEDU, West Central Florida’s primary PBS station, announced today that videos from favorite PBS and PBS KIDS programs such as AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, NOVA, SUPER WHY!, CURIOUS GEORGE and DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD, as well as local favorites such as Florida This Week, Suncoast Business Forum, Up [...] Read More …

WEDU Presents Free Community Cinema Film Screening of The Revolutionary Optimists at The Palladium, St. Petersburg

April 22, 2013 (Tampa, FL) – Community Cinema, a national documentary screening series presented locally by WEDU, West Coast Florida’s primary PBS station (www.wedu.org/cinema) and Independent Television Service (ITVS) presents a screening of The Revolutionary Optimists at The Palladium Theater—St. Petersburg College on Tuesday, May 14th at 6:30pm. Children in the slums of Calcutta are [...] Read More …

WEDU Presents Free Community Cinema Preview Screening: The Island President

April 3, 2013 (Tampa, FL) — Community Cinema Takes Climate Change Out of the Headlines and Makes It Personal With Screenings of The Island President Community Cinema, a national documentary screening series sponsored locally by WEDU, West Coast Florida’s primary PBS station (www.wedu.org/cinema) and Independent Television Service (ITVS) presents a screening of The Island President at [...] Read More …

WEDU Board of Directors Elects Officers

February, 28, 2013 (Tampa, FL) — The Board of Directors of WEDU, West Central Florida’s primary PBS station, has elected new officers for 2013. Bronson Thayer will lead the WEDU Board of Directors as Chair with the aid of Cathy Unruh, Vice Chair; Don DeFosset, Secretary; and Booker Rice, Jr. as Treasurer. A. Bronson Thayer [...] Read More …

Marilyn Harwell of Sarasota joins WEDU’s Board of Directors

February 28, 2013 (Tampa, FL) — The Board of Directors of WEDU, West Central Florida’s primary PBS station, has elected Marilyn Harwell of Sarasota to WEDU’s Board of Directors. Ms. Harwell holds a BA degree in Psychology from Brooklyn College and served as a publisher of business books in New York City for 20 years. She [...] Read More …

WEDU Launches New Weekly Arts and Culture Series, WEDU Arts Plus

February 21, 2013 (Tampa, FL) — WEDU, West Central Florida’s leading PBS television station, will launch a new weekly arts and culture series championing the arts in West Central Florida and across the country. WEDU Arts Plus will premiere on Thursday, February 28th at 8pm on WEDU. This new weekly series will shine the spotlight [...] Read More …