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A Platform for the
Creative Community
As artists and arts organizations continue to struggle to reach their audience and supporters, with
galleries and venues shuttered by the pandemic, DPTV has ramped up its efforts to provide a platform
for the creative community, partnering with the University of Michigan Penny Stamps Speakers Series,
The Sphinx Organization and the Concert of Colors, to name but a few. In an aspirational project, DPTV
collaborated with the Detroit Public Theatre, a PBS affiliate in Buffalo and the Chautauqua Theatre to
produce two one-act plays recorded live and aired back-to-back on both television stations.
DPTV’s radio station, 90.9 WRCJ, has delivered similar service through its statewide Detroit Symphony
Orchestra broadcasts, live coverage of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and
Michigan Philharmonic concert broadcasts and partnering with Interlochen Public Radio and Michigan
State University to produce “Great Lakes Concerts,” a weekly radio program shared by public stations
across Michigan.
Detroit Performs: From Broadway to Obscurity
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