November 20, 2008

BEST OF NAMMYS TO BE BROADCAST

ON MHZ NETWORKS THIS SATURDAY AT 8PM EST

Network Commemorates National Native American Heritage Month with The NAMMYS

Final Program In A Series

New York - A "Best of the Nammys" program will air this Saturday, November 22nd at 8:00PM EST as the final program in a series of broadcast Native American Music Awards programs featured on the international MHZ Network throughout the month of November.

Culminating on Saturday, November 22nd, MHZ Networks Worldwide, “a network for globally-minded people,” will present the "Best of the Nammys" at 8:00PM EST with a repeat broadcast at 11:00PM EST. “Simply The Best of the NAMMYS,” is a one hour program featuring performances from Awards shows held at various locations throughout the country from 1999 to 2003. “Best of the Nammys” features over one dozen music performances recorded from the Second to the Fifth Annual Awards shows. Featured performers include; Crystal Gayle (Cherokee), Thunderbird Sisters (Shinnecock), Bird Singers (Viejas Band of Kumeyaay), Pamyua (Yup ‘ik), Howard Lyons (Onondaga) Felipe Rose of the Village People (Lakota/Taino) and more.

Both the Eighth and Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards were previously broadcast on the MHZ Networks this past month. The Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards is tentatively scheduled to air in early 2009.

The airing of all these Awards programs helped commemorate the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month.

MHZ Worldwide is an independent, noncommercial television network delivering international, educational and arts programming to an estimated 15 million households nationwide. Owned by the Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation, the network consists of independent public television stations, cable and satellite television channels across the country.

Throughout the nation, MHz Worldview is available through affiliates via broadcast and cable in: Chicago, IL- WYCC; San Francisco,CA- KCSM; Washington, DC- WNVC/MHz Networks; Tacoma-Seattle, WA- KBTC; Minneapolis, MN- MPS Cable; Denver, CO- KBDI; Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL- WCEU; Las Vegas, NV- Vegas PBS; Salt Lake City, UT- UEN; Richmond,VA- WCVE; Flint, MI- WDCQ; Charleston, IL- WEIU; Charlottesville, VA- WHTJ; St.Paul, MN- St. Paul Neighborhood Network; Stanford, CA- Stanford University Cable, as well as nationally via DirecTV and WorldTV satellite. MHz Worldview is available locally in the Washingon DC Metro via Comcast, Cox and RCN cable, as well as Verizon FiOS. Please check with your local service provider for additional details or visit www.mhznetworks.org .

Viewers who would like to see Awards programs on MHz Worldview offered through their local public TV station should contact them directly.

The Tenth Annual Awards show which was held on October 4th in Niagara Falls, New York and is scheduled to premiere on the network in early 2009.

The non-profit arm of the Awards, Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) has launched a Winter Relief effort in conjunction with the Link Center Foundation for the Lakota people living on the Pine Ridge and RoseBud reservations. A recent Blizzard on November 5th knocked out over one thousand power lines, created 20ft snow drifts and sub zero degree weather. The Association has established a target goal of raising $15,000 to directly purchase emergency propane, electric, and wood for Elders, Disabled & children who are living without heat or electricity in normal living conditions.

At present, 10% of the Association's total target goal has already been achieved thanks to the recent donations of individuals across the country. The Association has purchased and ensured the direct delivery of propane to multiple households in the districts of Pine Ridge, Allen, and Porcupine throughout the Pine Ridge reservation with those donations. A NAMA task force has been mobilized to better gage local needs throughout all districts and are working with Community Action Program offices (CAP). The last report stated there were some outlying areas still without some power and that propane, electric heat, wood and wood stoves were widely needed throughout many houses.