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Our Shows on PBS

Broadcast Schedule

Now available! Our newest show, A Chance to Read, looks at the reading challenges facing kids with disabilities, and what schools across the country are doing to help them find success. Check below for broadcast dates and times.

Reading Rockets' television programs will be broadcast by public television stations on the dates and times listed below. The shows are Launching Young Readers (LYR), Reading Rocks!, Empowering Parents, Becoming Bilingual, Reading and the Brain, A Chance to Read, and A Tale of Two Schools.

This schedule is updated every Monday by 11:00 a.m. Please check your local newspaper or TV listings for the most accurate dates and times. Teachers and other educators are welcome to videotape the programs as they air and use the tapes for educational purposes for one year (off-air school record rights).

Programs produced by Reading Rockets are also available for purchase as videos or DVDs. In addition, many of our programs can be viewed online for free through video streaming.

For stations whose broadcast areas cover more than one time zone, only the easternmost time is listed here.

Location, date & time		Program
Idaho
KAID \| Idaho Public Television
Fri., May 30, 2008	3:00 am	Reading and the Brain
Fri., May 30, 2008	3:30 am	A Chance to Read
Michigan
WNMU \| Marquette
Fri., May 23, 2008	1:30 pm	LYR: Fluent Reading
Virginia
WVPT \| Harrisonburg
Sun., May 25, 2008	5:30 am	Reading Rocks!

"As an ESL educator in Puerto Rico, I confront huge challenges in the classroom year after year. The Reading Rockets articles have been very useful and have influenced my teaching practices."
~ Lydia C.

Find out what it really takes to turn our schools around with this PBS special narrated by Morgan Freeman called 'A Tale of Two Schools.' Go to store.

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