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!
- Martha Speaks
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Molly of Denali
- Nature Cat
- Odd Squad
- Peg + Cat
- Pinkalicious & Peterrific
- Ready Jet Go!
- SciGirls
- Sesame Street
- Sid the Science Kid
- Splash and Bubbles
- Super Why!
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
- Wild Kratts
- WordGirl
- WordWorld
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
State & National
- '60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents)
- 1955, Seven Days of Fall
- A Chef's Life
- Aging Backwards 3: Fast Track With Miranda Esmonde-White
- Amanpour and Company
- America's Heartland
- America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated
- American Black Journal
- American Experience
- Antiques Roadshow
- Antiques Roadshow Recut
- Arthur's First Day
- Arts@IU South Bend
- Ask This Old House
- Austin City Limits
- Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi
- BBC World News America
- BBC World News Outside Source
- Becoming Trauma Responsive
- Before They Take Us Away
- Behind the Wings
- Best of Sewing With Nancy
- Beyond Your Backyard
- Body Electric
- Broadchurch
- Camp TV
- Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
- Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television
- Ciao Italia
- Classic Gospel
- Classical Stretch: By Essentrics
- Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
- Cook's Country
- Coop Dreams
- Craft in America
- Curious Crew
- Cycle Around Japan Highlights
- Daniel O'Donnell and Special Guests
- Democracy Now!
- Dining With the Chef
- Distinctive Homes of the Chesapeake
- Doo Wop, Pop and Soul Generations (My Music)
- Downee Ocean, Hon!
- Dr. Fuhrman's End Dieting Forever!
- Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan Diet With Mark Hyman, MD
- Eatin' Crabs: Chesapeake Style
- Eatin' the Chesapeake: The Five Feasts
- Education Counts Michiana
- 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
- Fischoff Gold Medal Concert 2022
- Fit 2 Stitch
- Fit N Delicious
- Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
- Frankie Drake Mysteries
- Frontline
- Functional Fitness With Suzanne Andrews
- Garden Smart
- GardenFit
- Great Estates of Scotland
- Great Performances
- Growing a Greener World
- Guilt on Masterpiece
- Halifax: Retribution
- Happy Yoga With Sarah Starr
- Hemingway
- High Tide in Dorchester
- History Detectives
- How She Rolls
- In the Americas With David Yetman
- In Their Own Words
- Independent Lens
- Indiana Week in Review
- Innovations in Medicine
- Inside Indiana Business
- Into the Outdoors
- Ireland's Wild Coast
- Islands of Wonder
- It's Sew Easy
- J Schwanke's Life in Bloom
- Jazzy Vegetarian
- Journey Indiana
- Journeys in Japan
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Ken Burns: The National Parks
- Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana
- Knit and Crochet Now!
- La Frontera With Pati Jinich
- Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2
- Lidia's Kitchen
- Lost River Sessions
- Make It Artsy
- Memory Rescue With Daniel Amen, MD
- Michigan Out of Doors
- MotorWeek
- Moveable Feast With Relish
- My Greek Table With Diane Kochilas
- Native Report
- Nature
- NHK Newsline
- NOVA
- Off the Record
- On Story
- 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
- POV
- Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents
- Quilting Arts
- Real Road Adventures
- Rick Steves Fascism in Europe
- Rick Steves: Why We Travel
- Rick Steves' Europe
- Rise of the Bolsonaros
- Run Wild Run Free: 50 Years of Wild & Scenic Rivers
- Samantha Brown's Places to Love
- Seeing Canada
- Simply Ming
- Sit and Be Fit
- Song of the Mountains
- Songs at the Center
- Sound on Tap
- Space Chase USA
- Start Up
- Steven Raichlen's Project Fire
- Story in the Public Square
- Straight No Chaser: The 25th Anniversary Celebration
- Suze Orman's Ultimate Retirement Guide
- Sweet Home Monteverde
- Tanzania: The Royal Tour
- Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan
- The American Woodshop
- The Best of the Joy of Painting
- The Big Band Years (My Music Presents)
- The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
- The Carpenters: Close to You (My Music Presents)
- The Chesapeake Bay Bridge: Spanning the Bay
- The Civil Discourse
- The Daytripper
- The Food Flirts
- The Friday Zone
- The Great Ride
- The Hunter
- The Laura Flanders Show
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- The Monster at the End of This Story
- The Tenth Inning
- The Travel Detective With Peter Greenberg
- This American Land
- This Land Is Your Land (My Music)
- This Old House
- To Dine For With Kate Sullivan
- To Heal the Heart
- To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbé
- Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Travels With Darley
- Under the Radar Michigan
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
- Wai Lana Yoga
- Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander
- Washington Week
- Weekends With Yankee
- When Disaster Strikes
- Wild Weather
- Wimee's Words
- Women and the Vote
- Woodsmith Shop
- Yndi Yoga
- Yoga in Practice
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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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