Audio Vignettes

Audio vignettes produced by Houston Public Media, honoring Black History Month.

TV 8 Programming

Houston Public Media is proud offer a variety of engaging stories, films, and voices centered around Black history and culture.

  • Tuesday, January 31
    8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 1
  • Friday, February 3
    8:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 1 9:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 2 10:30pmIda B. Wells: American Stories 11:30pmHarriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
  • Monday, February 6
    8pmAntiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana
  • Tuesday, February 7
    10pmIndependent Lens: Outta the Muck
  • Wednesday, February 8
    8pmNOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal 9pmSecrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin
  • Friday, February 10
    8:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 3 9:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 4
  • Tuesday, February 14
    8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 2
  • Friday, February 17
    10:30pmAmerican Masters: Ailey
  • Tuesday, February 21
    7pmFinding Your Roots: And Still I Rise 8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 3 9pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 4
  • Friday, February 24
    8:30pmGreat Performances: The Magic of Spirituals
  • Tuesday, February 28
    7pmBlack Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future

Please see our TV 8 Programming Guide for additional airings of selected programs

News 88.7 Programming

Special programming celebrating Black History Month on News 88.7, your NPR station.

Paul Ingles Music Archives Showcase (Airs Saturdays at 7pm)

Radio documentarian Paul Ingles takes a look at the lives, careers, and legacies of influential black musicians.

  • Saturday, February 4 | Four Pillars of Rock n Roll: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, & Bo Diddley
  • Saturday, February 11 | Four Pillars of Soul: Otis Redding, Mavis Staples, James Brown, & Aretha Franklin
  • Saturday, February 18 | Marvin Gaye: Writers’ Favorites
  • Saturday, February 25 | Cruisin’ with Smokey Robinson

 

Radio IQ series “Memory Wars” (Airs Sundays at 8pm)

Memory Wars is a 5-part podcast series about how Germany has confronted its horrific past and whether America could ever do the same. RADIO IQ reporter Mallory Noe-Payne has spent years covering policy and politics in Richmond, Virginia — the former capital of the Confederacy. Then she went to Germany.

 

Sunday 9pm Documentary Hours