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New episode Thursday, December 31, at 8 p.m. on WEDU
Encore broadcasts Thursdays at 8 p.m. and
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Join host Jack Perkins for an all-new episode of A Gulf Coast Journal. In each episode, Jack highlights the people and places that make our Gulf Coast region of Florida such a rich and varied community.
Congratulations! WEDU Honored with Three Emmys at Recent Ceremony.
WEDU's Emmy Award-winning A Gulf Coast Journal is brought to you exclusively by Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice.
To view past episodes of the Journal online, visit WEDU's A Gulf Coast Journal Web site.
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Sarasota County resident Jack Perkins, formerly of NBC News and A&E's Biography, hosts this locally produced, Emmy Award-winning monthly series showcasing Venice, Sarasota, and adjacent communities.
In October 2003, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice awarded WEDU a grant for $178,014, then the largest programming grant the station had ever received, to produce this monthly television magazine focusing on Sarasota County. Since then, the Foundation has awarded WEDU grants to produce 12 new episodes of the program each year. In 2005, WEDU was honored with three awards at the 2005 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards.
"Our Foundation Board wants to highlight for our communities and the entire WEDU viewing area how connected we all are, and to illuminate the wonderful stories and good works happening in our communities every day," said Teri A. Hansen, President/CEO Gulf Coast Community Foundation, upon the award of the first grant for the program. "We see WEDU and A Gulf Coast Journal as a perfect way to accomplish both goals."
"This is the future of public television stations," said Richard Lobo, President and CEO of WEDU. "WEDU is returning to its roots and featuring more and more local programming."
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