A Lively Experiment May 4 at 8:30 PM (5/6 at noon)

Panel

Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Donna Perry – columnist, GoLocalProv.com; executive director R.I. Statewide Coalition
Dave Layman – corporate communications consultant, former TV news director/anchor
Wendy Schiller – political science professor, Brown University  
Daniel Egan – president, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island

Topics:

• Developments in the Providence fiscal crisis:
• City council passes the mayor’s proposal to freeze retirees’ COLAs
• New voluntary payments by Brown University and Lifespan  
• Maintaining affordable student loans 
• Woonsocket War Memorial controversy

A Lively Experiment airs on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1) Fridays at 8:30 P.M., with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 7 P.M. on WSBE Learn (36.2), and Sundays at noon on WSBE Rhode Island PBS (36.1).

WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) programming over the air on digital 36.1; on Rhode Island cable: Cox 08 / 1008HD, Verizon 08 / 508HD, and Full Channel 08; in Massachusetts: Comcast 819HD; on satellite: DirecTV 36, Dish Network 7776.

WSBE Learn transmits over the air on digital 36.2; on Cox 808; Verizon 478; Full Channel 109; and Comcast 294 or 312.

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