Antiques Roadshow Travels to Cincinnati, OH

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jul 10, 2012) -

WRITERS AND CREWS ARE INVITED TO COVER THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF PBS's #1 SERIES:
Friday, July 20

WHERE:
Duke Energy Center
525 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

WHAT:
Erecting the Portable Production Set: 10:00 AM to NOON
Interview and Photo Opps with Executive Producer
Marsha Bemko and Appraisers: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW'S APPRAISAL EVENT:
Saturday, July 21

WHERE:
Duke Energy Center

WHAT:
Appraisal Event and Production Shoot:
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

More than 70 appraisers
Approximately 6,000 attendees
More than 12,000 objects appraised
Photo opps and interviews with guests, appraisers, and production principals

OTHER LOCATION SHOOTS IN AND AROUND CINCINNATI:

THURSDAY, JULY 19

Antiques Roadshow Visits The Cincinnati Zoo

WHAT: Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Lark Mason make a visit to The Cincinnati Zoo to discuss the history of the rhino crisis and how it relates to the antiques trade. They will be joined earlier in the day by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe.

WHEN: 10:00 - 11:30 AM

WHERE:
The Cincinnati Zoo
3400 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

INTERVIEWS: Walberg, Mason, Ashe

FRIDAY, JULY 20

A Visit to the American Sign Museum

WHAT: Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar visit the American Sign Museum to review several vintage 20^th century signs. Founded in 1999 by Tod Swormstedt, former editor and publisher of Signs of the Times magazine, this unique museum is home to nearly 4,000 items.

WHEN: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

WHERE:
American Sign Museum
1330 Monmouth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45206

INTERVIEWS: Walberg, Dunbar

About Antiques Roadshow
Part adventure, part history lesson, part treasure hunt, nine-time Emmy® Award-nominated ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is in its sixteenth broadcast season and is the top-rated primetime PBS series. The series is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. The production of the seventeenth season of the hit series takes place during the summer of 2012, when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW travels to the following cities: Boston, MA, Myrtle Beach, SC, Rapid City, SD, Cincinnati, OH, Corpus Christi, TX, and Seattle, WA.