ELECTIONS AND HOT SUMMER NIGHTS

posted by Laura McKee

Well, believe it or not, election season is here again and primaries are at the end of August. We’re working hard to make Arizona Public Media your most-trusted source for election information to help you be an informed voter.

Our election page on the Website will keep you up to date on Arizona campaigns, debates, and voting information. Almost all of the candidates have been or will soon be featured on Arizona Illustrated and/or interviewed for NPR KUAZ 89.1 FM/1550AM. And if you happen to miss them, you can always click on AZPM and then the election 2010 button for videos, voter information and resources, and upcoming debates and interviews.

Join us for Hot Summer Nights on PBS-HD Channel 6

We’re rolling out part one of our summer pledge drive from August 7-15 with first time performance specials from Marvin Hamlisch featuring songs of the ‘70’s; Hallelujah Broadway with the best of the old and the new; American Idol star Clay Aiken; the original 1990 performance of the Three Tenors: Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti; a memorial tribute to John Denver plus a grand finale on the final Saturday night with the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. So stay inside on these hot summer nights and stay cool with some truly great performances. My thanks to the thousands of families who support the programs on the Arizona Public Media stations with their membership dollars. Thanks also for your patience with us during our on-air membership campaigns as we work to encourage your friends and neighbors to join us. Time and again these on-air appeals prove to be the most cost-effective way to increase viewer and listener support – which are needed to help us to keep pace with rising

Jack Gibson