Mitt Romney's Mormon faith could well pay dividends for him in the Arizona Republican presidential primary Feb. 28. That same day, the Michigan GOP holds its primary, and Romney's roots -- he was raised there -- should help.
Does that mean he now has a lock on the nomination? Not by the reckoning of many, including his three still stubbornly standing opponents -- Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.
They all craft themselves as the conservative answer to Romney, and in Arizona, that could speak to Republicans.
What the setup likely means is a no-holds-barred debate on national television next week among the four Republicans. The debate will be in Mesa the evening of Feb. 22 and be televised on CNN.
Look for Gingrich, Paul and Santorum to come after Romney like never before. Each wants to knock him from the frontrunner perch.
On Friday's Arizona Week, we will take a look at the candidates and the issues, handicapping both the debate and the primary.
February 13th 2012 at 11:35 —
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Arizonans donated just shy of $2.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 to campaigns for president, U.S. Senate and U.S. House in the state.
On tonight's Arizona Week, AZPM political correspondents Andrea Kelly and Christopher Conover detail the reports.
They include $957,000 contributed by Arizonans to presidential campaigns, $600,000 to House campaigns and $640,000 to the U.S. Senate races.
The complete report will be posted on our Website today, along with links to the candidates' reports.
February 10th 2012 at 12:42 —
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posted to Cue Sheet by James Reel
Sorry for the late notice--I prepared this schedule a month ago, then applied my feeble mind to other things and forgot all about it--but our music schedule for the morning of February 10 marks the 175th anniversary of the death of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. I don't usually "celebrate" necrologies, saving the special programming for birth anniversaries in multiples of 25, but the anniversary of Pushkin's death gives us a rare excuse to showcase the music, famous and obscure, inspired by his work.
(If you look Pushkin up and see references to his death date being Jan. 29, that's because Russia was still using the old, unreformed calendar at that time; in Europe and America, the date that day in 1837 was Feb. 10.)
We're beginning around 7:30 a.m. with a snippet from Shostakovich's score for an animated adaptation of Pushkin's "Tale of a Priest and His Servant Balda. Then we'll have a polonaise "in memory of Pushkin" by Liadov. And then we're into far more famous music: suites from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan and Le Coq d'Or and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov for starters. These are among the best-known stage adaptations of Pushkin's work, as is Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. We'll have a full two hours of Onegin music between 9 and 11, including the most significant orchestral pieces and arias from Tchaikovsky's opera, bracketed by piano concert paraphrases of the opera's themes by Franz Liszt and Paul Pabst.
After that will come a miniature drawn from Stravinsky's treatment of Mavra, followed by a string of pieces inspired by The Queen of Spades: excerpts from the Tchaikovsky opera, of course, but also something you may not have connected with Pushkin: the overture to Suppe's operetta Pique Dame.
Beyond that, a suite from Gliere's ballet The Bronze Horseman and about 15 minutes of orchestral music and an aria from Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa (Liszt's orchestral and piano treatments of the Mazeppa story were inspired by a source other than Pushkin, so we won't be hearing those today).
We'll wrap up the Pushkin celebration between 11 and noon with one of Prokofiev's Pushkin Waltzes, the overture to Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmilla, orchestral bits from Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko, and Rimsky's little one-act opera adapting a Pushkin story, Mozart and Salieri.
So, we'll be giving a literary context for some music whose background you may not have given much thought. I hope you enjoy it.
February 10th 2012 at 6:32 —
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This Friday we’re analyzing the presidential and congressional campaign finance reports for the final quarter of 2011. Reporters Andrea Kelly and Christopher Conover will break down the reports and pinpoint where the contributions from Arizona are going.
Last quarter numbers from the Democrats: Rep. Raúl Grijalva from District 7 raised $47,752 between July 1 and Sept. 30. His campaign spent $58,341 and stored $59,389 in the bank.
District 8 Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who won’t run for re-election, raised nearly four times as much as Grijalva. Her expenses stacked up to $97,600, but she kept almost 10 times as much on hand.
From the Republicans: Former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams brought in $110,780 in the third quarter. His expenses totaled $38,099 and he saved almost $300,000.
And finally, Republican State Sen. Frank Antenori who’s running for Giffords’ vacant spot. He filed the paperwork to form an exploratory committee for Giffords’ district, but had not reported his committee’s fund-raising or expenses to the Internal Revenue Service.
2011 campaign finance reports
Frank Antenori
Kirk Adams
Raul Grijalva,
February 6th 2012 at 16:32 —
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This Friday's guests include Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, chairman of the Arizona Child Safety Task Force and Clarence Carter, Arizona Department of Economic Security Director and co-chairman of the CSTF.
We'll also hear from Arizona Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson and Dana Wolfe Naimark, executive director of the Children's Action Alliance, Phoenix.
Nearly 2 million children live in Arizona, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. A broad set of expertise is key to identifying and overcoming the challenges of keeping them safe.
Bill Montgomery
Clarence Carter
Dana Wolfe Naimark
Linda Lopez
Arizona Child protective Services
Gov Jan Brewer,
February 2nd 2012 at 8:00 —
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“Downton Abbey,” the Emmy® Award winning Masterpiece Classic series has been lighting up the internet! During the Golden Globe Awards, Twitter reported that the moment “Downton Abbey” won for best mini-series; it was the most buzzed moment of the awards show with 6,162 tweets-per-second – outpacing last year’s Super Bowl and royal wedding! Tune in to one of the most acclaimed international television hits on Sundays at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD 6 through February 19th. Watch the turmoil, the spoils of war, and the dashing of romantic dreams.
The fall television ratings have just been released and the Hollywood at Home weekly Saturday night film series has proven to be a big winner. The films “Moonstruck,” and “Kiss me Deadly,” all proved to be ratings winners along with our perennial hits Keeping Up Appearances, Sherlock Homes, Antique Roadshow, and As Time Goes By. The Hollywood at Home series in February includes “Anastasia” on February 4th, “To Have and Have Not” on the 11th, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on the 18th and the original “Ocean’s Eleven” on February 25th; all at 9 p.m. with no interruptions. On Super Bowl on Sunday February 5th, we have Hollywood at Home movies scheduled at a special time: “Local Hero” at 3 p.m. followed by “People Will Talk” at 5 p.m.
Ready TV, AZPM’s new 24-hour life-style channel looks to be a hit -- increasing its audience by 22% in the first month on the air. The featured ‘chef of the month’ for February is world-renowned chef and teacher Jacque Pépin, with his series “Essential Pépin.” Visit here for more information.
AZPM radio audiences are growing as well. For the fall 2011 ratings period, Classical 90.5 FM realized an eight percent increase in audience share, and a 2.5 percent increase in weekly unduplicated audience compared to the previous year.^ The unduplicated audience for NPR 89.1 increased by eight percent over the previous ratings period.^^ We are gratified by these ratings results and thank you, our loyal listeners and members for their support. Also, we hope you join us in welcoming Garrison Keillor back to Tucson for his “One Man Show” at Centennial Hall on Feb. 1st, as well as tuning into his program, A Prairie Home Companion, each weekend on NPR 89.1 and Classical 90.5.
As the November 2012 election season heats up, AZPM is your source for in-depth local, regional and national election coverage on TV, radio, and online. AZPM reporters will continue to provide in-depth stories of the political landscape and how they affect you, your family, and our community. Add this to the PBS and NPR national coverage from The PBS NewsHour, The Diane Rehm Show, and All Things Considered and you can see how AZPM lives up to its reputation as ‘a trusted source of in-depth news and information’.
In addition to Masterpiece Classic: “Downton Abbey” this month PBS-HD 6 will offer:
A new installment in the American Experience presidential profile series with “Clinton” on Monday, February 20th and 21st at 9 p.m. “Clinton” is the fascinating story of an American president, William Jefferson Clinton, who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage. Also this month from The American Experience is “The Amish,” a two-hour special, which examines the beliefs, lifestyle and history of the Amish, as well as their complex relationship to mainstream American culture. Beautifully and lyrically photographed, “The Amish” is part history and part observational documentary.
Antiques Roadshow continues each Monday night at 8 p.m. with brand new shows from Tulsa, Oklahoma; Eugene, Oregon; and Tampa, Florida. Highlights include signed Ty Cobb memorabilia dating back to the early 1950s, an original Rosemary’s Baby drawing by art designer Clem Hall, a 1919 oil painting by Norman Rockwell valued at $500,000, and a circa 1600 Ming Dynasty cast bronze guardian figure valued at $70,000 – $100,000.
On Tuesday the 14tu at 9 p.m., FRONTLINE presents, “The Interrupters,” a film which follows the inner workings of CeaseFire, an innovative program in Chicago designed to prevent shootings. “Interrupters” reports on the simmering disputes and the senseless shootings in their neighborhoods. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), this film is a compelling observational journey into stubborn, persistent violence that plagues our American cities.
Nature continues with new episodes on Wednesdays: “Raccoon Nation” and “Ocean Giants” at 8 p.m. followed by new NOVA episodes; “Hunting the Elements” on February 8th and 15th at 9 p.m. The international science series, Inside Nature’s Giants continues at 10 p.m. with more new episodes, “Great White Shark” on February 1st and “Big Cats” on February 8th.
On behalf of all of us at AZPM, thank you for your viewership, listenership and continued support.
Jack Gibson
^ Average Quarter Hour share year over year in the Metro area; and a 2.5 percent in Total Market Cume audience, age 12+. Figures from the Fall 2011, ©Arbitron, Inc. ©Radio Research Consortium, Inc.
^^ Metro Cume audience, age 12+, from the previous survey (Summer 2011). Figures from the Fall 2011, ©Arbitron, Inc. ©Radio Research Consortium, Inc.
February 1st 2012 at 11:13 —
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