Nexstar Media to Mark Dr. Martin Luther King Day With Special Programming Featuring His Only Grandchild
11 1월 2024 - 6:15AM
Business Wire
Half-hour Program Highlights the Activism of
Yolanda Renee King and Will Air in 116 Markets Across the
Country
Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation to
Donate $10,000 to the Drum Major Institute
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., today announced that it will air “A
Granddaughter’s Dream,” a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and his wife Coretta Scott King, across all of its owned or partner
television stations beginning Saturday, January 13, to coincide
with the national celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day. The
half-hour program features Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild
of the slain civil rights leader and his wife.
At just 15 years old, Ms. King has penned “We Dream a World:
Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Coretta Scott King,” a picture book published this month, and
described by her as a love letter to her grandparents.
Reporter/Anchor Donna Terrell of KLRT-TV (Fox16) in Little Rock,
Arkansas, travelled to Atlanta, where she sat down for an in-depth
interview with Ms. King and her mother, Arndrea Waters King,
President of the Drum Major Institute. The interviews took place on
the campus of Spelman College, a historically black college,
attended by five generations of women in the King family.
During the interview, the fierce and determined teenager says
she believes that she has been called to fulfill her grandfather’s
dream, discusses the influence of the grandparents she never met
and the significance of the King family legacy. Ms. King says it is
time for a new generation to pick up the torch and raise their
voices. She has been raising her voice since the age of nine,
captivating crowds around the country.
Last year, Ms. King delivered the keynote address at Clemson
University’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, saying of
her grandparents, “I feel that somehow, they are with me and that
our spirits are joined in the quest for a just, loving and peaceful
world. I am very proud to be their granddaughter, but I am also
challenged by their inspiring legacy of vision, courage and their
competent leadership. And I know that I’m not alone.”
Nexstar’s owned or partner television stations will begin airing
“A Granddaughter’s Dream” on Saturday, January 13. Among the
markets airing the half-hour program on Dr. Martin Luther King
Day:
WPIX-TV
New York
7:30 p.m. ET
KTLA-TV
Los Angeles
7:30 p.m. PT
WGN-TV
Chicago
7:00 p.m. CT
WPHL-TV
Philadelphia
7:30 p.m. ET
KDAF-TV
Dallas
6:30 p.m. CT
KIAH-TV
Houston
6:30 p.m. CT
WDCW-TV
Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. ET
In addition to the special programming being offered by Nexstar
and its partner television stations, the Nexstar Media Charitable
Foundation today announced that it will donate $10,000 to the Drum
Major Institute to commemorate this year’s holiday and the legacy
of Dr. King.
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading
diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging
local and national news, sports and entertainment content across
its television and digital platforms, including more than 300,000
hours of programming produced annually by its business units.
Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised
of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in
116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar’s national
television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major
broadcast network, NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing national
cable news network, popular entertainment multicast networks
Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food
Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its
local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are
collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property.
For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.
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Gary Weitman EVP and Chief Communications Officer Nexstar Media
Group, Inc. (972) 373-8800 or gweitman@nexstar.tv
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