What
a lineup for 2009! I was in the studio for the taping of the third
program—Foreigner (Led Zeppelin’s drummer sat in!)—and remembering back to how
great that was puts a bounce in my step. I can’t wait to see the rest of
the programs. Soundstage 1600
includes B.B. King!
Here
are the headliners for the winter segment: Seal, Billy Idol, B.B. King,
Foreigner, Idina Menzel (with special guest Josh Groban and Ravi Coltrane),
Counting Crows, with the final episode a TBA. Seven programs, Soundstage 1601-1607, comprise the winter
2009 release beginning January 8, 2009. Six additional programs will roll
out in late June 2009.
Soundstage has
received widespread critical acclaim and featured such icons as Bob Dylan,
Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, the Doobie Brothers, Harry Chapin,
Dionne Warwick, the Temptations, the Dave Matthews Band, John Fogerty, Tom
Petty and more.
Most
of the 1600 series concerts are filmed in HD before small studio audiences, at
WTTW’s Grainger Studio in Chicago.
The HD format is Dolby Surround 5.1 and the SD letterbox format is Dolby
Stereo.
Soundstageis produced by WTTW
National Productions and HDReady. Joe Thomas/HDReady is the
producer/director and Nicolette Ferri is executive producer. Parke Richeson is executive-in-charge of
production. The series is distributed by PBS and underwritten by
MasterCard International, Sears and Samsung. Local underwriting is
permitted as long as the local underwriter is not a competitor of the national
underwriters. The companion website is www.pbs.org/soundstage.
Please contact me if you have
questions. A fact sheet follows.
Audio:
HD
format is Dolby Surround 5.1
SD
format is Dolby Stereo
Producer:
WTTW National Productions and HD
Ready.
Joe Thomas/HD Ready is the
producer/director.
Executive producer is Nicolette
Ferri.
Parke
Richeson is executive-in-charge of production.
Distributor: PBS
Underwriters:
MasterCard
International
Sears
Samsung
Local Underwriting:
Local underwriting is permitted as long as the
underwriter is not a competitor of the national underwriters.
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WTTW
National Productions
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(Paul Freundlich Associates)
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Viewer Questions & Comments:
Christina Pagones Project & Brand Manager
WTTW National Productions
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Season Seven in HD / Series 1600
