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PRESS RELEASE — Monday, November 17, 2008
For information contact: Karen Svea Johnson at 373-7369
or Anne Peterson at 373-7368IdahoPTV DIALOGUE Looks at Refugee Resettlement in Idaho
— Airs Thursday, October 20, at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT
— Repeats Sunday, October 23, at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT
— See it in HD on Thursday at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT and Sunday at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PTOn Thursday, November 20, at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, Idaho Public Television host Marcia Franklin looks at the issues surrounding refugee resettlement in Idaho.
Franklin will introduce two refugees who have arrived in Idaho in the past few years: Iman Elnour of Sudan, who has been here five years, and Muna Maki of Iraq, who arrived earlier this year. The two discuss the difficulties they faced when escaping from their home countries, as well as their hopes for the future.
Franklin also talks with Jan Reeves of the Idaho Office for Refugees and Christina Bruce-Bennion of the Agency for New Americans about services available to refugees.
During the live call-in show on Thursday at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, Franklin and her guests will take calls from viewers on a toll-free line: 1-800-973-9800. Questions are also accepted through e-mail in advance of the Thursday show (dialogue@idahoptv.org) or through the DIALOGUE Web site (idahoptv.org/dialogue). (No call-ins are accepted on the high-definition [HD] TV airing at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT Thursday or the Sunday repeat at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT.)
In the past year, more than 1,000 refugees have come to the Gem State, more than in any other year since the inception of the U.S. Refugee Program in 1980. The largest group of refugees to arrive in Idaho last year was from Iraq, followed by Burma and Bhutan. In total, refugees from 20 countries moved here in 2008. In contrast, just eight years ago, 83 percent of the refugees coming to Idaho were from Europe and Central Asia, primarily Bosnia and Herzegovina.
DIALOGUE is also available on the radio. In Southwest Idaho, it airs on KBSU/NPR 91 at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday and, in Eastern Idaho, on KISU FM at 6:30 p.m. on Monday (November 24).
DIALOGUE, produced by IdahoPTV, is Idaho’s only weekly statewide public affairs program. The program is funded by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation.
View or listen to DIALOGUE episodes in a variety of formats:
- Traditional analog over-the-air broadcast airs Thursdays at 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, with repeats Sundays at 5:30/4:30 p.m. MT/PT, on channels 35-KUID/26-KCDT, 4-KAID/13-KIPT, and 10-KISU. Analog also is available through cable and satellite; consult local suppliers for channel numbers.
- High-definition over-the-air broadcast airs Thursdays at 9:30/8:30 p.m. MT/PT, with repeats Sundays 8:30/7:30 p.m. MT/PT, on channels KUID-12, KCDT-45, KAID-21, KIPT-22 and KISU-17. The high-definition broadcast also is available through some cable companies; consult local suppliers.
- Standard-definition over-the-air broadcast airs between 7:00/6:00 a.m. and 3:00/2:00 p.m. on Citizen-4 digital channel. The frequency, days and times may vary. The standard-definition broadcast also is available through some cable companies; consult local suppliers.
- Video streaming from idahoptv.org/dialogue is available in high-bandwidth or low-bandwidth format. Windows Media Player is required; a free download is available.
- Video download from idahoptv.org/dialogue; ultra-high bandwidth required.
- Podcasts (MP3, audio-only; and MP4, audio-video for video iPods) are available for download from idahoptv.org/dialogue.
- NPR News 91 audio-only airs in Southwest Idaho. Sundays, at 11:30 a.m. MT.
- KISU FM audio-only airs in Eastern Idaho. Mondays, at 6:30 p.m. MT.