Halsted, Charles /MPBN Collection

SummaryCollection contains 22 titles of educational/ informational programs produced by the donor while at Maine Public Broadcasting. The programs reflect the breadth of public programming topics in Maine including industry, agriculture, fisheries, Franco-American culture, college sports, railroads, local history and community events. Titles include "Maine Field Trips," "The Norse Coin," "The Sandy River Line," "What Makes You So Sure?" and "The News Machine/La Machine Magique." See also MPBN Collection.

Biographical/Historical NotesCharles Halsted worked at Maine Public Broadcasting from 1966 to 1995. He earned national and international attention in 1991 for their “Read to Me” program, a reading-aloud series for children on MPBN Radio.
The program won the 1991 Achievement in Children’s Broadcasting Award in the Action for Children’s Television Radio category and earned the International Reading Association’s 1991 Broadcast Media Award for radio.

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