that the new episode of its local music series, Soundcheck, will feature the talents and insight of singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Debbie Gibson. Soundcheck: Debbie Gibson premieres Tuesday, December 20 at 9:30 pm, with encores Saturday, December 24 at 5:00 pm and Sunday, December 25 at 9:30 am on NJ PBS anthe d special will also air across the WNET family of stations during the holidays; watch Thursday, December 22 at 7:30 pm and Friday, December 23 at 7:30 am on the ALL ARTS channel; Friday, December 23 at 10:30 pm on THIRTEEN and Saturday, December 24The Soundcheck series shares live performances and backstage stories of artists and their collaborators. In this new episode, host Jen Eckert sits down with Gibson before her Winterlicious tour performance at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ. The tour is named after Gibson’s first-ever holiday album, which includes a duet and song collaboration with Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block, who is also interviewed in the program.
The half-hour program features music selections from the Winterlicious concert, including interpretations of White Christmas and Let It Snow as well as Gibson originals The Gift and Christmas Dreams, plus a few of her popular nostalgic hits and grew up a fan of public television and loved sharing the start of my first-ever holiday tour with Jen and the NJ PBS audience,” said Gibson. “My team and I are so thrilled with how the feeling of the show translates thanks to the incredible crew who captured highlights from the New Jersey performance!” Anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s knows what Debbie Gibson contributed to the pop scene of that era,” said Eckert. “She has never stopped performing and producing, and hearing what inspires her art now and this album is a holiday treat for all of her fans -- including me!”
Eckert is a Jersey native and seasoned series producer whose portfolio includes programs for CNN, and Fuse, and two current NJ PBS series, Chat Box with David Cruz and Reporters Roundtable. Soundcheck is a unique and heartful music series,” said Joe Lee, NJ PBS general manager and executive producer of the series. “It digs deep into the experience of making music and offers up firsthand insight from an array of talent. We hope it will spark passion in our audience and inspire continued support to keep it going.”
Soundcheck is a production of imagination, Inc. and NJ PBS. Video and editing services are provided by LCM247. Sponsorships for the series are available through Steve PrioloNJ PBS, New Jersey's public television network, which brings quality arts, education, and public affairs programming to all 21 counties in the state. Headquartered at the Agnes Varis NJ PBS Studio in Newark, the network offers diverse local programs including American Songbook at NJPAC, Chat Box with David Cruz, NJ Business Beat with Rhonda Schaffler, Here's the Story, Drive-By History, One-on-One with Steve Adubato, State of the Arts and Treasures of New Jersey and PBS favorites such as Nature, NOVA, Amanpour and Company and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Its award-winning newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, provides multiplatform reporting from across the Garden State on its weeknight newscast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi, and digitally via NJSpotlightNews.org, plus live news specials, community engagement events, and daily newsletters. It recently launched its first podcast, Hazard NJ, investigating the effect of climate change on a network website that offers streaming programs and free digital resources for educators via PBS LearningMedia New Jersey. NJ PBS is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a non-profit affiliate of The WNET Group, the parent company of award-winning New York public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21
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