Teri L. Sullivan
WKNO Promotions Manager
(901) 729-8735
tlsullivan@wkno.org
February 3 , 2010
For Immediate Release
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, A MUSICAL CELEBRATION
“In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement”
To Air on WKNO Saturday. February 27th at 5:00 p.m.
This February, PBS stations nationwide will broadcast In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, a concert that takes place in the White House East Room. President and Mrs. Obama will host the event in honor of Black History Month.
Artists include Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and more. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will serve as guest speakers. The program will air on WKNO / Channel 10 on Saturday, February 27 at 5:00 p.m.
In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement is a production of WETA Washington, D.C., in association with The GRAMMY Museum, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC). The executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson of WETA.
The producers are Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of The GRAMMY Awards; Smokey Robinson, legendary Motown singer, songwriter and producer; and Bob Santelli, executive director of The GRAMMY Museum. Corporate funding for the program is provided by Pepsi-Cola. Foundation support is provided by The Annenberg Foundation.
Broadcast sponsors on WKNO are The LeMoyne-Owen College and the NAACP.
WKNO is a non-profit, private foundation serving the Mid-South for more than 50 years.
An important community resource, WKNO uses the power of non-commercial public broadcasting to provide the Mid-South with quality educational and cultural programs that inform, entertain, and inspire. For more information: wkno.org.
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