Senate
Resolution
15
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
15
BY
KRAAYENBRINK
A
Resolution
commending
Iowa
Public
Television
on
the
1
statewide
educational
network’s
50th
anniversary
2
and
recognizing
March
31,
2019,
as
Iowa
Public
3
Television
Day
at
the
Iowa
State
Capitol.
4
WHEREAS,
Governor
Robert
D.
Ray
signed
into
law
5
in
1969
legislation
appropriating
moneys
for
the
6
construction,
equipping,
administration,
and
operation
7
of
the
state’s
educational
television
network;
and
8
WHEREAS,
today
Iowa
Public
Television
is
an
Emmy
9
award-winning
television
network
serving
2
million
10
viewers
each
month
with
four
unique
programming
11
channels,
a
24
hours,
seven
days
a
week
IPTV
KIDS
12
livestream,
and
36
million
minutes
viewed
on
IPTV’s
13
YouTube
channels
last
year
alone;
and
14
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Public
Television’s
educational
15
services
and
programs
spark
curiosity
and
create
a
16
love
of
learning
and
interest
in
science,
technology,
17
engineering,
arts,
and
math
(STEAM)
fields
in
18
hundreds
of
thousands
of
Iowa
children,
provide
Iowa’s
19
caregivers,
teachers,
and
educators
with
free
resources
20
and
professional
development,
and
nurture
STEAM
and
21
future-ready
skills
in
our
next
generation;
and
22
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Public
Television
brings
coverage
of
23
Iowa’s
talented
students
including
girls’
high
school
24
athletic
and
dance
championships,
the
All-State
Music
25
Festival,
the
Terrace
Hill
Piano
Competition,
and
more,
26
free
to
all
Iowans
and
the
world
via
broadcast
and
27
livestreams
each
year;
and
28
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S.R.
15
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Public
Television’s
Iowa
Press
has
set
1
the
standard
for
public
affairs
programming
in
Iowa
2
since
1971,
and
its
Market
to
Market,
first
broadcast
3
in
1975,
is
the
longest-running
program
of
its
kind,
4
airing
in
24
markets
across
10
states;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Public
Television
is
a
true
public
and
6
private
partnership
supported
through
state
and
federal
7
dollars,
grants,
gifts,
underwriting,
and
the
support
8
of
more
than
60,000
households
through
the
Friends
of
9
IPTV
Foundation;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Iowa
Public
Television
stands
as
Iowa’s
11
only
statewide
television
network,
remains
a
beacon
of
12
thought-provoking
media,
and
continues
to
build
and
13
utilize
the
latest
technology
to
expand
public
access
14
for
an
even
brighter
future;
NOW
THEREFORE,
15
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
16
recognizes
March
31,
2019,
as
Iowa
Public
Television
17
Day
at
the
Iowa
State
Capitol
and
commends
Iowa
Public
18
Television
on
its
50-year
anniversary
of
telling
Iowa’s
19
stories
and
educating
Iowa’s
citizens
and
youth.
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