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This Week:
DEMOCRACY NOW! TWICE A DAY!
What's New This Week In The Music Store
Now Download a FREE SINGLE Every Day !
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Send Us Your Comments About Islam
In January, Link TV will premiere a special one-hour program, "WHO SPEAKS FOR ISLAM?" We will be interviewing Muslim figures from around the globe to give American audiences more insight on Islam as a religion and as a culture. We'd like your comments about Islam in the post 9/11 world:
- Is Islam a religion of Peace?
- Who do you think represents Islam in the Western World?
- Who speaks for Islam globally?
- How can moderate Muslims counter violence carried out in the name of Islam?
- Is there a struggle going on between moderate and extremist Muslims for the soul of Islam?
Send us your thoughts, along with your e-mail address, day and evening telephone numbers, and a digital photograph. If selected, a Link TV producer will contact you to record your comments for broadcast.
PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSES TO [email protected] AND WRITE "WHO SPEAKS FOR ISLAM" IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
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Chat The Planet: Baghdad 2-Way
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Information and Broadcast Times
Nine college students from Baghdad and
twelve from Ohio talk to one another via satellite television about politics and
war, school and parents.
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Motherland: A Genetic Journey
More Information and Broadcast Times
Shot in Britain, Africa, the Caribbean and America, this film follows three descendants of African slaves as they return to Africa armed with the science that will finally enable them to rediscover their lost African roots.
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Talam Sardinia
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Information and Broadcast Times
A journey through the music of the small
island of Sardinia, a treasure house of beautiful folk music, from lyrical
ballads to stark a capella polyphony. Talam Sardinia takes the viewer into the
caves, harbors and villages of the island, where ancient customs are followed,
and every event has a song.
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Mayor of the West Side
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Information and Broadcast Times
A complex, engaging coming-of-age story
that explores what happens when love gets in the way of letting go. The film
features Mark Puddington, a teenager with multiple disabilities who is a local
celebrity in his New York City neighborhood.
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In Focus: Al Qaeda's Comeback in Afghanistan
More Information and Broadcast Times
A special Deutsche Welle report on al Qaeda's return to Afghanistan. Since the end of the U.S. invasion in 2001, the terrorist organization has regained a foothold in the mountainous region along the Pakistan border.
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Video of the Week
Artist: Di Grine Kuzine
Song: "Berlin"
Country: Germany
Website
Here's an utterly engaging video that's a little bit Cabaret, a little bit klezmer and a whole lot of fun. It's the result of a competition to find a song that extolled the multicultural face of modern Berlin. Alexandra Dmitroff, a second generation Bulgarian who fronts the band wrote the song, and the reward was their very own video. With a little help from a girlfriend choreographer, they developed the visuals, but it's the charm of the song itself that carries it. The band's sound is a combination of Balkan, Jewish and Germanic influences. In case you are wondering "Di Grine Kuzine" is a slang expression; it's what established Jews might call a newly arrived relative.
To own the music of Di Grine Kuzine, visit the Link TV Music Store.
Premiere: Monday, 12/6 at 7:55 PM ET (4:55 PM PT)
Repeat times are:
Tuesday, 12/7 at 1:55 AM ET (10:55 PM PT)
Tuesday, 12/7 at 7:55 AM ET (4:55 AM PT)
Tuesday, 12/7 at 1:55 PM ET (10:55 AM PT)
Remember that you can own much of the music featured on our music blocks by visiting our online music store. We have either CDs or 99 cent song downloads available for many of the artists on our 60 playlists. Check them out
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Link TV Current Events Coverage
 Mosaic: World News From The Middle East
A selection of daily news reports in English from a variety of Middle Eastern broadcasters. MOSAIC currently airs Monday - Friday @ 10:30 PM ET (7:30 PT). For more information about Mosaic, click here.
Watch Mosaic Online!
We now offer a limited selection of programming, including "Mosaic: World News From The Middle East," via streaming on our website.
 Democracy Now!
A national independent news program, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York City's Chinatown. Democracy Now normally airs Monday through Friday at 11AM ET (8AM PT) and Monday through Thursday at 6PM ET (3PM PT). For more information, click here.
 Viewpoint With James Zogby
A live call-in discussion program about Middle East and world issues hosted by Dr. James Zogby from Washington D.C. and broadcast throughout the Middle East by Abu Dhabi Television. U.S. viewers may call 1-800-528-2090 with their questions or comments during the program. A new live installment of this program will air every Friday at 6:00 PM ET (3:00 PM PT). For more information about Viewpoint, click here.
 DW Journal
Live broadcasts of Deutsche Welle's live newscast to provide you with a European perspective on breaking news. DW JOURNAL currently airs Mon - Fri @ 10PM, 4AM, 10AM, 4PM ET (7PM, 1AM, 7AM, 1PM PT). For online streaming of JOURNAL, please visit our Live Streams page.
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Download A Free Single Every Day
Download a Free Single from the Link TV Music Store every day... a great way to discover new artists! Each day we are putting up one song as a free download. As you all know we have been placing a free compilation of 8 tracks on the site each month. This has been a popular way to showcase some of our artists. Now we will be featuring a new artist every single day and you will be able to start collecting a new song each day from around the world. More...Download Today's Free Single.
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Best Viewer Comments Of The Week
(Keep them coming. Next week it could be yours!)
Programs, shmograms... I just wanted to take a minute to let you all know that you are great. As a former small-time "journalist" and current photographer I have loved Mosaic - the images alone that are presented there lack the stinking sterility of the crap normally presented as "news" from the Middle East. Your coverage there has been the "other half" of what we have been seeing in our American media. Thanks and Keep It Up! Sent: November 29
Dear Link TV, I just came across Link TV on my parents' Direct TV and I am amazed at how great your programming is. I had no idea Link TV existed, or that there was any station with such great programming. I have cable tv with quite a few stations and I rarely ever turn on my tv because the programming is so lousy. Even with scores of stations, I rarely find programs worth watching. I wish I could get Link TV, except I'm in a large apartment building so I can't get a dish. I emailed my cable tv provider, in the remote chance they will listen to my request. It looks like I have no options for getting Link TV. Perhaps cable will eventually pick it up, or I will eventually move to a place where I may get it. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for your programming and wish you the best of luck. Your station rocks, and I look forward to a time when I can get access to it other than when I visit my parents.
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Vital Info
Link TV can be seen on:
DIRECTV - Channel 375
The DISH Network - Channel 9410
Program Schedule and Descriptions:
Daily Schedule
Weekly Schedule
To see the contents of all World Music Blocks currently being aired, click here.
How to reach me:
Robert Eisert
Manager, Viewer Relations
Link TV
P.O. BOX 2008
San Francisco, CA 94126
For comments or questions about our World Music programming, please contact our Music Team at [email protected].
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