Legends of Michiana
Local Productions
- Dinner & a Book
- Economic Outlook
- Education Counts
- Experience Michiana
- Outdoor Elements
- Politically Speaking
- Raising of America
- Women in Leadership
- Our Town Series
- Legends Of Michiana
- Other Productions
Featured Productions
PBS Kids
- Alma's Way
- Arthur
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Curious George
- Cyberchase
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
- Dinosaur Train
- Donkey Hodie
- Elinor Wonders Why
- Hero Elementary
- Let's Go Luna!
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Molly of Denali
- Nature Cat
- Odd Squad
- Peg + Cat
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific
- Ready Jet Go!
- Rosie's Rules
- SciGirls
- Sesame Street
- Sid the Science Kid
- Super Why!
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- Wild Kratts
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
State & National
- 2023 ACC InVenture Prize
- A Chef's Life
- A Taste of History
- ACL Presents: Americana 21st Annual Honors
- Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service
- Amanpour and Company
- America's Heartland
- America's Test Kitchen
- American Black Journal
- American Experience
- American Masters
- Animals With Cameras, A Nature Miniseries
- Antiques Roadshow
- Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century
- As Time Goes By
- Ask This Old House
- Austin City Limits
- BBC World News America
- BBC World News Outside Source
- Best of Sewing With Nancy
- Between the Covers
- Beyond Your Backyard
- Body Electric
- Burt Bacharach's Best (My Music Presents)
- Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions
- Call the Midwife
- Camp TV
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
- Changing Seas
- Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
- Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
- Ciao Italia
- Classic Gospel
- Classical Stretch: By Essentrics
- Common Ground With Jane Whitney
- Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
- Cook's Country
- Coop Dreams
- Curious Crew
- Cycle Around Japan Highlights
- David Holt's State of Music
- Democracy Now!
- Dining With the Chef
- DIY Science Time
- Ecosense for Living
- Education Counts Michiana
- Empowered: Energy Heroes
- Energy Switch
- Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South
- Family Travel With Colleen Kelly
- Father Brown
- Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Firing Line With Margaret Hoover
- First Peoples
- Fit 2 Stitch
- Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
- Freedom Riders: American Experience
- Frontline
- Functional Fitness With Suzanne Andrews
- Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy
- Garden Smart
- Great Lakes Now
- Great Performances
- Growing a Greener World
- Happy Yoga With Sarah Starr
- Hearts of Glass
- Hidden Aegean
- Hidden Ireland
- History Detectives
- Home Diagnosis
- How to Cook Well With Rory O'Connell
- Independent Lens
- Indiana Lawmakers
- Indiana Week in Review
- Inside Indiana Business
- Into the Outdoors
- Ireland With Michael
- Islands of Wonder
- It's Sew Easy
- J Schwanke's Life in Bloom
- Jazzy Vegetarian
- Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
- Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope
- Journey Indiana
- Journeys in Japan
- Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist
- Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
- Kid Stew
- Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
- Knit and Crochet Now!
- La Frontera With Pati Jinich
- Legacy List With Matt Paxton
- Lidia's Kitchen
- Live From Notre Dame
- Love & Respect With Killer Mike
- Lucky Chow
- Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets
- Make It Artsy
- Make48
- Marie-Antoinette
- Medical Frontiers
- Michigan Out of Doors
- Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece
- MotorWeek
- My Grandparents' War
- Native Report
- Nature
- NHK Newsline
- Nightmare Theatre
- NOVA
- Off the Record
- On Story
- Operation Maneater
- Our Miracle Years
- Our Vanishing Americana: South Carolina
- Outback
- Outside: Beyond the Lens
- Overheard With Evan Smith
- Paint This With Jerry Yarnell
- Painting and Travel With Roger & Sarah Bansemer
- Painting With Wilson Bickford
- Pati's Mexican Table
- PBS News Weekend
- PBS NewsHour
- Pocket Sketching With Kath Macaulay
- Potentially Dangerous
- Quilting Arts
- Ready Jet Go! Back to Bortron 7
- Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step
- Rick Steves Art of Ancient Rome
- Rick Steves Art of the Middle Ages
- Rick Steves European Easter
- Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Samantha Brown's Places to Love
- Sanditon on Masterpiece
- Secrets of Sacred Architecture
- Secrets of the Dead
- Sit and Be Fit
- Song of the Mountains
- Songs at the Center
- Sound on Tap
- Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries
- Start Up
- State of Higher Education Address 2023
- Steven Raichlen's Project Fire
- Story in the Public Square
- Teen Regime
- Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan
- The American Woodshop
- The Best of the Joy of Painting
- The Daytripper
- The Food Flirts
- The Friday Zone
- The Garage With Steve Butler
- The Laura Flanders Show
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
- The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo
- The Whitney Reynolds Show
- The World of Wisdom & Wonder
- This American Land
- This Old House
- To Be Announced
- To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbu00e9
- Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Travels With Darley
- Under the Radar Michigan
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
- VOCES on PBS
- Wai Lana Yoga
- Washington Week
- Weekends With Yankee
- Wild Rivers With Tillie
- Wimee's Words
- Woodsmith Shop
- Woodsongs
- Work It Out Wombats!
- Yndi Yoga
- Yoga in Practice
- Your DNA Secrets Revealed
- Your Fountain of Youth With Lee Holden
The Legends of Michiana documentary series focuses on people and organizations that have been influential to the growth and development of the Michiana area
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Rafat & Zoreen Ansari: Gifted Hands
Part of the Legends of Michiana series.
In this WNIT biography, we examine doctors Rafat and Zoreen Ansari and how their impact in medicine, research and devotion to the community has led to cutting edge cancer care, an autism center and an institute for global engagement with religion. The Ansari family has created a remarkable difference through their diligent effort of compassion and kindness.
Airdates:
September 29th @ 8:00 PM (34.1)
October 1st @ 6:00PM (34.1)
October 2nd @ 7:00PM (34.2)
October 8th @ 4:00PM (34.1) -
Legends of Michiana: Don & Joan Lyons
Don and Joan are owners of Lyons Industries, a bath fixture manufacturer. Don is also the mayor of Dowagiac, MI, and he and Joan are owners of the Heddon Museum (a collection of historical artifacts from the Heddon Bait and Tackle Company).
Airdates: January 27th, 2022 at 8pm on 34.1
January 30th, 2022 at 6pm on 34.1
January 30th, 2022 at 7pm on 34.2 -
Legends of Michiana: The Martin Family
WNIT takes an in-depth look into the life of NIBCO founders and philanthropists, the Martin Family.
Airdates: December 13th, 2020 at 8pm
December 14th, 2020 at 9pm (34.2)
December 17th, 2020 at 10:00 pm -
Legends of Michiana: Richmond & Virginia Calvin
WNIT will take you inside the life of a couple, Drs. Virginia and Richmond Calvin, whose lives have been synonymous with education in the South Bend region.
Airdates: January 30th, 2020 at 8pm
February 2nd, 2020 at 6pm
February 6th, 2020 at 10:00 pm -
Legends of Michiana: Pat Moody
Join WNIT as we give viewers an inside look at the life of popular radio host and community leader Pat Moody.
Airdates: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019 -
Legends of Michiana: Joe Kernan
WNIT is proud to present its newest installment of the Legends of Michiana series, featuring Joe Kernan.
Airdates: Thursday, March 21, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019 -
Legends of Michiana: Mike Leep
Join WNIT as we give viewers an inside look into the life a true community leader, Mike Leep. From his success with the Gurley-Leep Automotive Group to his leadership and involvement with many charities and local non- profits.
Airdates: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Sunday, September 30, 2018 -
Legends of Michiana: Jerry Hammes
One of the founding fathers of WNIT, Jerry Hammes has left an indelible mark on the city of South Bend and beyond. Born into a family that personified the American dream, Jerry was a third generation Ford dealer who not only grew the family business, but also enhanced the community through his philanthropic and civic endeavors.
Airdates: Thursday, July 26, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018 -
Legends of Michiana: Rebecca & Michael Kubacki
Join WNIT as we give viewers an inside look into the lives of Rebecca & Michael Kubacki, true community leaders who have served Michiana philanthropically, politically and economically.
Airdates: Thursday, May 31, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018 -
Legends of Michiana: Satish Shah
WNIT takes an inside look into the life of Satish Shah who was responsible for formulating AquaNet hairspray, starting Accra Pac and spending the next 45 years in Elkhart growing his business and fostering minority-owned businesses.
Airdates: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018 -
Legends of Michiana: Bob Bartels
In the fall of 1947, Jane and Martin Tarnow opened the first Martin’s Super Market as an 800-square-foot store in the 1500 block of Portage Avenue in South Bend, Indiana. From that small beginning, Martin’s Super Markets has grown to 22 stores located in South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Granger, Nappanee, Plymouth, Logansport, Goshen and Warsaw Indiana, as well as stores in Niles, St. Joseph and Stevensville, Michigan.
Airdates: September 28, 2017
Sunday October 8, 2017 -
Legends of Michiana: Judd Leighton
WNIT Public Television takes viewers inside the life and legacy of Judd Leighton, community leader and philanthropist who sought ways throughout his life to add value to the Michiana area that will leave an impact on our community for generations to come.
Airdates: June 1, 2017
Sunday June 25th, 2017 -
Legends of Michiana: Tsung Yeh
A daring music director, Tsung Yeh's passion for the art form is shared with the musicians and engages and excites the community.
Airdates: December 22nd, 2016
December 25th, 2016 -
Legends of Michiana: Dane Miller
The biography of Dane Miller tells the story of how an engineer, philanthropist, and community leader has reinvented orthopedics, his community and left a lasting impression on those he met.
Airdates: September 22nd, 2016
September 25th, 2016 -
Legends of Michiana: Merlin Hanson
WNIT is proud to present this biographical feature of Merlin, showing how an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and community leader has had a major impact on our community.
Airdates: September 29th, 2016
October 2nd, 2016 -
Legends of Michiana: Congregation of Holy Cross
Sacred Mission-Civic Duty explores the history and impact of the brothers, sisters, and priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
Airdate: September 21st, 2015 -
Legends of Michiana: Art Decio
Art Decio has repeatedly been recognized for his achievements in business and his commitment to a wide range of causes in Michiana.
Airdate: May 5th, 2015 -
Ernestine Raclin: Leading The Way
In this brand-new documentary, WNIT's cameras focus on her story of resourcefulness, courage, undaunted optimism, and belief in herself and her community as only Ernie could deliver.
Airdate: September 29th, 2013