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ECHO TV
Each episode includes a pre-recorded story, as well as a question and answer period in which ECHO hosts interview guest community leaders or topic experts who are fluent in the language in which the program is being produced. All shows are also open-captioned in English to help viewers improve English language skills. During a statewide emergency in Minnesota, ECHO TV will broadcast live on tpt (Twin Cities Public Television). The same emergency instructions reported in English on radio and television will be repeated in Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese on ECHO TV. ECHO TV’s series of programs on health issues and emergency preparedness are broadcast statwide on Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) – Minnesota Channel (tptMN). Metro viewers can access tptMN over the air at 2-2; tptMN is carried by Comcast and Mediacom Cable systems. In greater Minnesota, check local listings for channel information. Now on ECHO TV:
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ECHO TV began in September 2004 as a first-of-its-kind television series in the United States. Each month it produces a twenty-minute television program on a current health and safety issue in multiple languages. Topics range from influenza prevention to winter survival.
