Quarterly Issues Report
April 1, 2007 – June 30, 2007
KCSM TV / San Mateo, CA
KCSM TV
Quarterly Issues Report
April 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007
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Quarterly Issues Report
April 1, 2007 – June 30, 2007
KCSM TV / San Mateo, CA
The licensee of station KCSM-TV has determined the following issues were of importance to the
San Mateo County and San Francisco Bay Area communities during the past three month and
has aired the following programs listed below which address these issues.
Education
Minorities
Senior & Family Issues
Public Safety, Health & Welfare
Politics / Government
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April 1, 2007 – June 30, 2007
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1. Education
Unfinished Nation II
Introduction to American History (from 1865)
The Unfinished Nation II continues the story of our nation's heritage from Reconstruction to the
Information Age. Used in conjunction with its companion course, your institution can now offer
multi-term or semester courses in American history.
Supporting print materials (sold separately):
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Textbook Option 1: The Unfinished Nation, 4th Edition by Alan Brinkley. 2004. ISBN # 007-293522-7 (This text is also available in split volumes: ISBN #0-07-293524-3; ISBN #007-293525-1). Chapter 23
Textbook Option 2: American History: A Survey, 11th Edition by Alan Brinkley, 2003.
ISBN #0-07-293670-3 (Also available in split volumes: ISBN #0-07-293671-1; ISBN #007-293672-x).
Study Guide: Distance Learning Study Guide, 1st Edition by Namorato and Palmer. 2005.
ISBN #0-07-284696-8
Publisher: McGraw Hill Companies, (800) 338-3987, Fax: (614) 759-3644, website:
www.mhhe.com.
Faculty Guide with Exam Bank: 1st Edition, 2005. Available from INTELECOM.
Online Component: Available in HTML and WebCT formats.
This series is taught as a college level course and is available to college and advanced level high
school students.
Thursdays
8 am
26 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
Journey to Health: Mind, Body, Spirit
Journey to Health: Mind, Body, Spirit invites students to explore health from mental, physical
and spiritual perspectives—where health is not defined simply as the absence of disease, but as
high-level wellness of the entire individual.
The inter-relatedness of the dimensions of health, including physical, emotional, intellectual,
social, spiritual and environmental, draws the student into the understanding that health is about
choices, decisions and relationships. This course offers students the opportunity to evaluate their
own health lifestyles, using knowledge from nationally renowned experts from various fields of
medicine and health. Students are encouraged to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills
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along with new knowledge to make the decisions and modifications necessary to improve their
own lifestyle behaviors.
Experts such as David Satcher, MD, Herbert Benson, MD, Jean Reinisch, PhD, Dean Ornish,
MD, Robert Hales, MD, Bernice Sandler, PhD, Alvin Poussaint, MD, Talmadge King, MD, Peter
Snell, PhD and many other leaders in their field share their expertise with students. Chosen for
their diversity of knowledge and perception, commentary from these experts will deepen the
students' learning experience.
The experiences and insights of a true-to-life "cast" of individuals, each coping with myriad health
issues, will resonate with students—representing the broad fabric of America's cultural,
geographic, ethnic, and lifestyle diversity. We follow these individuals as they demonstrate how to
cope with chronic health issues and still lead a healthy lifestyle. Their experiences teach students
that there are many healthy lifestyles, and that even if someone is not "perfect" in their health
choices and behaviors, it is always possible to change and improve one's quality of life.
Cutting edge programs and research projects are highlighted to offer the student insight into the
incredible progress that is constantly being made in areas related to health. These experiences
are designed to encourage students to explore, on their own, new research and interesting ideas
in health related fields.
Critical and logical reasoning are emphasized as students are expected to use a broad base of
material and experience for their own "Journey to Health." A course like this is only meaningful if
one takes from it lifestyle modifications and new behaviors that improve one's quality of life and
health. Upon completion of this one-semester survey health course, students will:
Expand their knowledge of health and wellness, and the lifestyle behaviors that achieve and
support high level wellness
Develop an understanding of the interaction between mind, body and spirit in sustaining health
Use critical thinking and problem solving skills to develop and modify their lifestyle to improve
their quality of life
Relate their individual decisions and actions to the wellbeing and health of the planet
This series is taught as a college level course and is available to college and advanced level high
school students.
Mondays
9 am
26 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
Faces of Culture/Revised
This introduction to cultural anthropology explores the thesis that every society is based on an
integrated culture which satisfies the needs of its members and facilitates their survival. Authentic
ethnographic film footage, much of it never before seen in the United States, helps students
appreciate the diversity of human cultures around the world. The twenty-six 30-minute programs
provide students with a colorful and exciting learning experience.
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Produced in association with Wadsworth, the City Colleges of Chicago, Dallas County
Community College District, Miami-Dade Community College, INTELECOM Intelligent
Communications, State of Florida Department of Education, NILRC, and Texas Consortium for
Educational Telecommunications.
This series is taught as a college level course and is available to college and advanced level high
school students.
Mondays
3 pm
26 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
2. Minorities
Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
THE BLACK PRESS: SOLDIERS WITHOUT SWORDS is an historical account that chronicles
the growth, accomplishments and illustrious history of what once was this country's only voice for
the African-American community. The special is the first documentary to provide an in-depth
examination of the history and contributions of African-American newspapers. Since the early
1800s, black newspapers have existed in almost every major city in the United States. This
program gives life to this little-known history by weaving interviews with editors, photographers
and journalists of the black press with archival footage, photographs and the music of Grammy
award-winning jazz artist Ron Carter. Stage, screen and television actor Joe Morton narrates.
Monday, April 17
9 pm
1 episodes
Length: 90 minutes
City of Rich and Poor: Jack Canfield on New York
In this program, the late veteran journalist Jack Newfield took a look at inequality and the working
poor in his hometown of New York City, where the gap between the rich and poor is among the
widest in the nation. Newfield brought his brand of reporting -- defending the city's downtrodden
while exposing those who seem to benefit from their plight -- to the city's homeless shelters, aid
societies and union halls to find some of the estimated two million working families who are
struggling just to make ends meet. Along the way he met a chauffer making $5.15 an hour,
hopeful for a raise in the minimum wage that never comes; a homeless mother stuck in a rundown apartment the city is paying nearly $3,000 a month for; and a home health aide bringing
home $250 a week to her daughter even though her employers are paid about $18 an hour for
her time. Newfield wondered, in the city of buzz and billionaires, why more wasn't being done to
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help the working poor? His personal crusade that began in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood
of Brooklyn, growing up on the cusp of poverty to a single working mother, turned into a 30-year
career writing for the Village Voice, New York Post and Daily News, among others.
Tuesday, May 1
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Le Afi Ua Mu
Le Afi Ua Mu: The Fire is Burning explores the difficulties Samoan Youth face as a result of being
separated from their cultural heritage. Producer Seggar, half Samoan himself, interweaves the
experience of young Samoan men in Samoa and Los Angeles with his own search for identity as
he explores the social and cultural dynamics that lead Samoan youth to join gangs in the United
States. The documentary traces how some gang members are being rehabilitated by returning
home to connect with their Samoan culture.
Thursday, May 17
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Monkey Dance
In MONKEY DANCE, three Cambodian-American teenagers come of age in a world shadowed
by their parents' nightmares of the Khmer Rouge. Traditional Cambodian dance links them to
their parents' culture, but fast cars, hip consumerism and new romance pull harder. Gradually
coming to appreciate their parents' sacrifices, the three teens find a balance between their
parents' dreams and their own.
Thursday, May 24
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Mariachi: Spirit of Mexico
Hosted by Placido Domingo, this special features performances from the 9th annual International
Mariachi Festival, a 10-day event held in Guadalajara in which more than 500 mariachis perform
in concert halls and street markets. It highlights famous mariachis, including Mariachi Vargas de
Tecalitlan, Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos, Mariachi America; and less well known groups
from around the world, all gathered to celebrate the passionate music that for the past 100 years
has been the beating heart of the Mexican people.
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Thursday, June 14
8 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Three Rabbis
In the mid-1900s, three young men arrived in Portland, Oregon to join the thousands of Jews
before them who came west seeking freedom of a self-determined life. Though they were
strangers to the city and to each other, they chose to work together, fulfilling their destinies as
rabbis - and along the way they led an old-world community into the 21st century.
Thursday, April 5
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Olive and the Tree: The Secret Strength of the Druze
THE OLIVE AND THE TREE: THE SECRET STRENGTH OF THE DRUZE tells the story of one
of Israel's non-Jewish religious minorities, the Druze. Of the approximately 700,000 Druze in the
world today, nearly a third live in the northern mountain villages of Israel's Galilee and Carmel
regions. Despite this geographical remoteness and the lure of assimilation, the Druze have
maintained their distinct cultural and social identity. Dr. Ruth Westheimer explores how this oncesecret religion - an 11th-century offshoot of Islam - has survived by adapting to the ways of the
countries in which they reside. In her travels, Dr. Westheimer encounters a range of captivating
Druze men, women and children to learn about their history, theology, traditions, values and
lifestyle. The documentary sheds light on the strength of Druze life and beliefs - their only
weapons in their efforts to balance beloved traditions with the demands of modern life.
Thursday, April 5
11 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
3. Senior & Family Issues
Living After Stroke: Conversations with Couples
Although stroke is the 3rd cause of death and the primary cause of disability among adults, less is
known about stroke than about many other chronic illnesses. Although there are 5,400,000 stroke
survivors living in the United States, little is known about the long-term impact on stroke survivors
and their family members. Living after Stroke: Conversations with Couples is a documentary
video that interviews six couples who are struggling with the consequences of stroke in their lives
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between one and four years after the event. It is an honest and intimate look at the issues that
couples face as they work to recover after a stroke and maintain their relationships.
Tuesday, June 26
11 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
To You, Sweetheart, Aloha
Born on New Year's Day, 1908, Bill "Tappy" Tapia is a diminutive, stylish man with a thick
Hawaiian Pidgin accent, an iridescent smile, and a flamboyant wardrobe. He radiates charisma
on stage and off. Out of his mouth comes one playfully naughty expression after another,
charming everyone around. When he performs his eyes light up. His virtuoso playing and the
contagious joy in his singing are mesmerizing. Like many artists, Bill is stubborn, self-absorbed,
and overly demanding of those around him, but his passion for music and lust for life make
people immediately fall in love with him.
Thursday, May 3
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Boomers! Redefining Life After 50
In post World War II America the GI's came home, the suburbs went up, the interstate highway
system was rolled out... and lots of babies were born, 76-million between 1946 and 1964. From
"duck and cover" to Howdy Doody, from rock 'n roll to Vietnam, the opening program explores the
shared experiences of Boomers. Life transitions are common among Boomers and several 50somethings are profiled as they undergo major changes in their lives.
Thursdays
5 pm
13 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
Remarkable Red Hat Society
THE REMARKABLE RED HAT SOCIETY chronicles the evolution of the Red Hat Society, the
"sorority" for women over the age of 50, from an eight-member social club to a cultural
phenomenon. This ever-expanding movement, founded in 1998 by Sue Ellen Cooper, allows
grandmothers, mothers and daughters from all walks of life to briefly put aside their
responsibilities and obligations in the pursuit of fun and friendship. For women coping with
widowhood, illness or other life changes, the nurturing network of friends counsel, inspire and
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help inject a little silliness back into their lives. Its chapters are devoted to activities as diverse as
motorcycle-riding, line-dancing, synchronized swimming, scrapbooking and even sky diving.
Wednesday, February 28
Wednesday, April 25
8 pm
1 episode
Length: 90 minutes
Frontline 2504: A Hidden Life
On May 5, 2005, the residents of Spokane, Washington, awoke to one of the strangest headlines
in the town's history: "West Tied to Sex Abuse in '70s, Using Office to Lure Young Men." The
popular, socially conservative Republican mayor of Spokane, Jim West, had been outed by the
town's newspaper, The Spokesman-Review. The paper told the sordid story of a man with two
lives: in public, he had once sponsored legislation forbidding gays from teaching in public schools,
while in private, the paper alleged, he was trawling for young men online, using the trappings of
his office to lure them into sexual relationships. But as bizarre as the revelations were, so too
were the newspaper's methods. For months, a middle-aged "forensic computer specialist" had
posed as an 18 year-old boy online, engaging the mayor in a relationship that became more and
more intimate, ultimately exploding on the front page of the newspaper. With unfettered access to
all the principal players, FRONTLINE explores how this story forced an all-American town to
confront its most basic feelings about homosexuality and sheds new light on the confusing, often
contradictory, experience of gay people themselves in a place far from the main battlefields of the
culture wars.
Tuesday, June 19
9 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
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4. Public Safety, Health & Welfare
Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century
Episode 1: Profiles the efforts of Sorrel King, whose 18-month-old daughter Josie was killed at
Maryland's Johns Hopkins. The program shows how King has gone from grieving victim to
engaged activist, partnering with Johns Hopkins to make safety a top priority.
Episode 2: Focuses on the impact of medical errors and hospital-acquired infections in hospitals
in Pittsburgh, PA. and New Jersey and follows the efforts of physicians challenging their
colleagues to live up to their oath to First Do No Harm. At Pittsburgh's Alleghany General, Chief
of Medicine Dr. Richard Shannon is confronting an epidemic of hospital-acquired infections.
Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey is engaged in actively incorporating the
adoption of information technology to prevent medical errors throughout the hospital.
Episode 3: Looks at groundbreaking efforts in two very different communities Los Angeles, CA.
and Whatcom County, WA that are transforming the physician-patient relationship and offering
hope to patients struggling with chronic conditions such as diabetes and congestive heart failure,
which affect nearly 100 million Americans and consumes nearly 70 percent of all health care
resources.
Episode 4: Tells the story of patients and their families who have formed a unique bond in an
academic medical center in the small town of Augusta, Georgia to transform the institution into a
nationally recognized facility where partnership among patients, their families and providers is a
guiding vision to the delivery of care.
Tuesday, June 5, 12, 19, 26
8 pm
4 episodes
Length: 60 minutes each
Teens Behind the Wheel
What really happens when teens get behind the wheel on a Friday or Saturday night? Or when
their friends join them in the car? Find out why the teen driving environment is often so dangerous
by taking an unprecedented look at what actually happens when newly licensed teenagers drive.
Six boys and four girls, all of whom have just earned their driver's licenses, agree to have video
cameras mounted on the windshields of their cars for six months. The cameras are not intended
to catch kids behaving badly, but to give viewers an accurate idea of what happens in and around
a teenager's car during the first six months of driving.
Wednesday, June 27
9 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
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Faces of a Children’s Hospital
FACES OF A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, narrated by actress and children's author Jamie Lee
Curtis, reveals the traumas and triumphs of emergency and exam rooms across the country. This
heartwarming and often heartbreaking program documents the surgeries, chemotherapy
treatments and transplant recoveries at five noted children's care facilities in Massachusetts,
Texas, Wisconsin, California and New York. The documentary illuminates the unique challenges
of children' s health care. Operating on a strawberry-sized heart requires both the specialized
equipment and skills of a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon. Child-sized walkers, blood pressure
cuffs, oxygen masks and surgical tools also allow doctors and nurses to aid even the tiniest body.
Tuesday, June 19
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Frontline 2507: Hand of God
In recent decades, more than 10,000 children reportedly were sexually abused by Catholic priests
in the United States. From behind the headlines, filmmaker Joe Cultrera tells the very personal
story of how the crisis affected his own family in Salem, Mass. It is the intimate story of how his
brother, Paul, was molested in the 1960s by Father Joseph Birmingham, who also reportedly
abused nearly 100 other children. Paul Cultrera would keep his secret for 30 years until he
decided to finally confront the church and launched his own investigation into how the
Archdiocese of Boston had covered up allegations against Father Birmingham and moved the
priest from parish to parish, placing more and more children in danger. In a sometimes raw and
emotional film, the Cultrera family tells their story of faith betrayed by the scandal that has
engulfed the Catholic Church.
Tuesday, June 12
10 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
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5. Politics & Government
Drinking Water: Quenching the Public Thirst
This one-hour documentary, narrated by actress Wendie Malick, highlights where California's
drinking water comes from, how it's treated, and what people can do to protect water quality. A
special companion website, Where Your Drinking Water Comes From, www.
watereducation.org/watesources lets people learn if their drinking water is from groundwater or
surface water from sources such as the State Water Project.
Wednesday, May 9
9 pm
1 episode
Length: 60 minutes
Inside Washington
The highly regarded public affairs discussion series Inside Washington continues with a new
season of programs featuring timely insights into the week's news developments. Gordon
Peterson, longtime anchor of Washington's highest-rated news program, moderates a roundtable
of preeminent journalists and Washington insiders who offer analysis of the week's political
events. Regular participants include National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg, Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist Charles Krauthammer, and Newsweek magazine's Evan Thomas, among
others.
Sundays
7:30 pm
52 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
John McLaughlin’s One on One
This long-running weekly public-affairs series returns as newsmakers continue to face off with
veteran journalist and interviewer John McLaughlin. McLaughlin's intense interviewing style
provides viewers with an in-depth look at the issues and people in the news. Each half-hour
program focuses on one multifaceted issue — the Republican agenda, the Colombian civil war,
Internet e-commerce or the peace process in Northern Ireland — and encourages provocative
and stimulating dialogue. In this new season, McLaughlin invites Senator Trent Lott, Dr. Pat
Robertson and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams into the One on One "hot seat."
Sundays
6:30 pm
52 episodes
Length: 30 minutes each
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