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KCET and 'SoCal Connected' Focus on Disaster in Japan

By Cathy Williams
March 11, 2011
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'SOCAL CONNECTED'

SPECIAL

REPORT:

"DISASTER IN

JAPAN" FRIDAY, MARCH 11 AT 8:00 PM

KCET and '

SoCal

Connected'

 Focus on Japan's Massive 8.9 Quake

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Los Angeles - March 11, 2011 - KCET is currently breaking

into its regular programming to deliver NHK's live coverage from Japan and will

be airing an hour long English language NHK special on the earthquake and

tsunami at 3:00 p.m.  KCET's 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. news block will feature

an international perspective on the Japanese disaster, leading off with BBC World News, followed by Al Jazeera English IBA News.  At 8:00 p.m., KCET will

feature a SoCal Connected special, "Disaster

in Japan," and will repeat its special

Bracing

for a Quake

 at 9:00 p.m.

The Executive Producer of "Disaster in Japan" is Bret

Marcus. Co-Executive Producer is Justine Schmidt. Anchor is Val Zavala.

"Disaster in Japan" will be available for on-demand viewing

online at www.kcet.org/socalconnected following

the broadcast.

About SoCal Connected

SoCal Connected, winner of the Peabody Award, the duPont-Columbia

Award, 11 Emmys, eight Golden Mikes, including Best News Public Affairs Show,

18 LA Press Club awards for journalism, recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award

for Best News Documentary, and Los Angeles Magazine's "Best New Local TV

Program" of 2009, airs Thursdays (9:00 - 9:30 p.m.), Fridays (8:30 - 9:00

p.m.), Saturdays (6:00 - 6:30 p.m.) and Sundays (6:30 - 7:00 p.m.), exclusively

on KCET. For more information, to view episodes online or to post comments,

please visit www.kcet.org/socalconnected.

SoCal Connected is made possible through the generous

support of The Ahmanson Foundation, serving the Los Angeles community since

1952; Jim and Anne Rothenberg; Maddocks-Brown Foundation; The Elizabeth

Hofert-Dailey Trust; The John Randolph Haynes & Dora Haynes Foundation; The

City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, UCLA and U.S. Bank.

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