Part OneThat's the way WKRC looked and sounded when our current building opened back in 1960, when the station was just 11 years old. Over the last 60 years commercial television and WKRC have undergone repeated changes and transformations as new technology and programming has emerged.
But in just a few week, on June 12th, one of the most sweeping and important sets of changes will be fully implemented, the switch to digital television. Over the past few years, and especially in recent months, we and other broadcasters have been working hard to make sure you are ready for the switch.
This morning we wanted to talk about what's behind the switch and its implications for you both as a viewer and as a citizen. I am joined this morning by Les Vann, the Vice President and General Manager here at Local 12. And Ken Wenzel, the IT Manager and an engineer who understand the technical aspects of the switch.
On Memorial Day, May 25th, Bob Herzog will host a half hour special that will take people through the switch. I am not sure if there's going to be any dancing, but I do know it will be informative and fun.
Part TwoIf you are like me, there is so much information out there, it can wash right past me. But as a visual person, great photographs can grab my attention in a powerful and moving way.
Civil war and communal violence have wracked the Democratic Republic of the Congo for years. A traveling exhibit entitled Congo: Shattering the Silence will be in Greater Cincinnati for the next several weeks at two locations. It opens at the Sisters of Charity motherhouse in Delhi.
To discuss the exhibit and the goals of the local organizers, I am joined now by, Louise Akers, a sister of charity and the director of the Office of Peace, Justice and the Integrity of Creation. And father Paul Donohue, the director of Benefactor Relations for the Comboni Missionaries, a religious order that has a special connection to the continent of Africa.
