Patty Mester – Publishing Your Film with PBS

An Enlighting Interview with WDSE-WRPT's Patty Mester (Duluth, Minnesota, August 24, 2019) Want to publish your film on PBS? Patty Mester is President and General Manager of WDSE-WRPT in Duluth, Minnesota. This PBS affiliate is one of the top ten in the country. and In this interview with OWC RADiO host, Cirina Catania, Patty gives us the inside scoop. PBS is the most trusted entertainment brand in the United States. Scoring distribution with them is a win-win for everyone on the production/distribution team! In This Episode * 00:12 - Cirina introduces Patty Mester, President and general manager of WDSE-WRPT in Duluth, Minnesota.* 07:37 - Patty and Cirina talk about how Duluth is a beautiful city with spectacular views and interesting people.* 16:00 - Patty explains how long PBS will air your program once accepted and how NETA is essential when distributing to PBS.* 23:57 - Patty points out how APT, NETA, and PBS are high-quality organizations focused on education and are not competitors to one another.* 29:44 - Visit WDSE-WRPT's website at wdse.org to check out ways to watch their various exceptional programs. Jump to Links and Resources Transcript This is Cirina Catania with OWC radio, and Patty Mester is on the line with us today. She is president and general manager of WDSE-WRPT in Duluth, Minnesota. Patty and I met recently when we were conducting, thanks to her sponsorship masterclass and filmmaking at the station in Duluth. Patty, tell us exactly what it was. Well, it was really exciting for us because it was actually the first workshop or master class associated with the Content Catalyst event. It's more than just an event. But it's an episodic television festival that will be happening here in October. Philip Gilpin, the executive director, has been working in the community to generate not just excited about the event itself, but really to show the community how important it is to honor filmmakers whether they're producers or writers or set designers. I mean, there's so much going on here in the Midwest, and we're really thrilled about the fact that Philip is bringing the festival here because it's an ongoing event, if you will. And part of WDSE and WRPT supporting that is that we're able to commit to doing some workshops alongside Catalyst Content. And this past weekend, like you said, when you were here, it was fantastic. The first thing that we've ever done as an organization, the first thing that's been done in the community around this, and we had 18 people in that workshop, who were from various levels of abilities from brand new people to people who work together for 25 years. And seeing that energy and how people were exposed to creating content in ways that they had never done before was so exciting. And Cirina, the way you brought your experience to it, threading that through those instructions, it was really engaging. All of the hard-earned lessons from Hollywood. Exactly Don't do what I did. It was fun. I tell you,