“Beyond Your Backyard,” a broadcast public television travel series hosted by Erik the Travel Guy, has been picked up for national distribution for season one.
“We are thrilled to learn that the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors episode, part of the first season of ‘Beyond Your Backyard,’ will now reach PBS viewers across the country,” says John Straitiff, executive director of the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau.
“PAGO’s 30-minute show and the entire season are very well-produced. This September and October, Erik will introduce America to the many things in our part of the world, known as the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors region, has to offer travelers.”
The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, connecting public television people and ideas by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support, and national representation.
Erik Hastings, also known as “Erik The Travel Guy,” is the host and executive producer of “Beyond Your Backyard,” and he is thrilled with the NETA partnership. “The team and I are so happy to partner with NETA,” Hastings says. “We have always admired their dedication to quality educational programming. We are delighted.” Hastings has worked closely with Blue Ridge PBS, a four-time regional Emmy Award winner for documentaries and community service, in launching “Beyond Your Backyard,” and the station has been an integral part of the series’ national distribution strategy. Season one of “Beyond Your Backyard” is set for a national PBS feed date of September 5, 2018.
The Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau is a membership-based travel promotion organization serving five counties in northwestern Pennsylvania: Jefferson, Elk, Clarion, Forest, and Cameron. The mission of the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau is to develop and initiate programs and marketing strategies with the specific intent of increasing overnight travel related expenditures within its designated region and to create a cooperative effort to increase awareness of this region as an ultimate vacation destination.
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