NHPTV WINS THREE NH ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS GRANITE MIKE AWARDS

(DURHAM, October 30, 2015) — The premiere episode of the New Hampshire Public Television series OUR HOMETOWN won two awards, and the program CHANGING AGING IN THE GRANITE STATE: MEMORY LOSS picked up a third award at the recent 2015 New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters’ Granite Mike Awards.New England Marionette Theatre, a segment of OUR HOMETOWN: PETERBOROUGHFirst Place: Feature Story A story from OUR HOMETOWN: PETERBOROUGH episode, told by Ted Leach about the New England Marionettes. Hosted by Rebecca Rule. [Producer Carla Gordon Russell; production team of Adam Frost, Steve Giordani, Schuyler Scribner, Phil Vaughn]OUR HOMETOWN: PETERBOROUGHMerit Award: Local Special Program/EventStories from Peterborough, NH, told by the hometown's residents, featuring the New England Marionettes, Mariposa Museum, the Folkway, Marble & Granite Works, and MacDowell Colony. Hosted by Rebecca Rule. [Producer Carla Gordon Russell; production team of Adam Frost, Steve Giordani, Schuyler Scribner, Phil Vaughn]CHANGING AGING IN THE GRANITE STATE: MEMORY LOSSFirst Place: Public Affairs/Talk ShowMost of us have experienced, or know someone who has, memory loss or dementia. Host Allison McNair talks with medical experts from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth about how to slow it, and two caregivers talk about their responsibilities. [Producer Phil Vaughn; videographer Steve Giordani; a co-production with AARP-NH]Established in 1954, the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters (NHAB) is the only voluntary, statewide trade organization serving the Granite State's over-the-air radio and television stations.

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