These topics air Monday April 28, 2014 at noon and 8pm on 90.5 WESA.
WQED Celebrates 60 years
Sixty years ago this month WQED went on the air as one of the nation’s first public television stations. With the success of shows like Downton Abbey and the changing television landscape, what does the future hold for the station and PBS? We’ll ask WQED President and CEO Deborah Acklin.
Rediscovering Pittsburgh's Lost Steamboat
How did a perfectly preserved time capsule of 19th century history wind up being discovered in a Kansas cornfield? We’ll get the incredible story behind the Arabia, Pittsburgh’s lost Steamboat, from Leslie Przybylek, lead curator for the Treasures of the Arabia Exhibit at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
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