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5 unusual facts about Maryland Public Television


Jake Boritt

In 2010 his film "759: Boy Scouts of Harlem" was broadcast nationally on public television via Maryland Public Television.

Joshua Seftel

The humorous film originated when Maryland Public Television asked Seftel to make a fictional piece about indoor air quality for middle-school aged children.

Louis Rukeyser

In 1970 he started the popular Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series, Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser, produced by Maryland Public Television (MPT), a PBS member station, out of their facilities in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Marshall Loeb

After Maryland Public Television dropped Louis Rukeyser in March 2002 as host of the Wall $treet Week program he had created 32 years earlier, Loeb and retired economics correspondent for CBS News Ray Brady were tapped to fill the hosting responsibilities during a three-month period while the program format was revamped.

Maryland Public Television

Maryland Public Television has earned awards ranging from television Emmys for its quality productions to government citations for its volunteerism and educational accomplishments.


Owings Mills, Maryland

The TV program Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser was produced by Maryland Public Television at its studios in Owings Mills; many viewers became familiar with the town as the mailing address of the program.


see also

The Secret City Adventures

The series was produced by Maryland Public Television and aired on PBS and TVOntario in the late 1980s.