Transcript: Profile: Bridges TV

MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
12-17-2004
Profile: Bridges TV

Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

A new cable network for Muslim-Americans is up and running in Detroit. Bridges TV says it wants to inform and entertain Muslims and, at the same time, give viewers who aren't Muslims a glimpse into their culture. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

JEROME VAUGHN reporting:

Mo Hassan was traveling from Buffalo to Detroit a few weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks when his wife came up with the idea for the new network. They were in the car listening to the radio when they heard some derogatory remarks about Muslims.

Mr. MO HASSAN ...

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