Young children — and their parents — love and enjoy Sesame Street and all of the award-winning childrens’ programming seen on SOPTV and public television stations across the country. When Governor Mitt Romney prioritized defunding “Big Bird” and PBS to reduce the federal deficit during the first presidential debate, Big Bird became one of the most trafficked Twitter subjects, reaching 17,000 tweets per minute.

Beyond deficit reduction measures, Congress will vote on a bill to completely eliminate all federal support for public broadcasting as early as next week. The complete loss of federal funding threatens SOPTV’s ability to serve you and our entire region with the news, information and entertainment you rely on. The programs you care about are threatened. Your elected Representatives need to hear from you now. Please call your Representative today. Greg Walden, Oregon 2nd (202.225.6730) Peter DeFazio, Oregon 4th (202.225.6416) It’s critical that you make your voice heard. You can make a difference.

Congratulations! Winston & Cynthia Lora of Medford. Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas VIP Package Winners. And a SPECIAL THANKS to all 418 viewers who called in with their support of Southern Oregon Public Television during our Winter Membership Drive! Thank you for watching and supporting Southern Oregon Public Television.

Support SOPTV and see CELTIC THUNDER live or even meet the band. It’s just one of our ways of saying thanks for supporting Southern Oregon Public Television. CALL SOPTV for tickets: 541-779-0808 or 800-888-1847.