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WQPT to Provide Quad Cities Viewers Access to South Carolina Public Television's "Remembering Charleston"

June 26, 2015


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MOLINE, IL – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS will provide access to South Carolina ETV's content covering the June 17 massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston (SC). The coverage, "Remembering Charleston—South Carolina Responds," is available online at http://scetv.org/rememberingcharleston/.

WQPT will provide access through its website (wqpt.org/), through links on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/WQPT-Quad-Cities-PBS/152046043220) and Constant Contact.

"We would like to thank our sister public media station, South Carolina ETV, for providing WQPT access to their content covering this tragic event," WQPT, Quad Cities PBS Director Mary Pruess said. "The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Churches history stretches from slavery to the civil rights movement, and we are proud to provide our local community with access to this timely, beautifully produced content."

For more information contact Lora Adams at (309) 764-2400.

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