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OWN network
begins second year
(AP) — Oprah Winfrey earned
the rare opportunity to convert her
media charisma into a monogramed
TV channel. Now she's the one
tasked with rescuing OWN, the
Oprah Winfrey Network, after a dis­
appointing first year.
It's a high-stakes, potentially ego-
shattering challenge that could make
the strongest woman or man flinch.
But win or lose, Winfrey says she
relishes the fight to turn OWN's
fortunes around.
"Yes, some mistakes were made.
Who hasn't made mistakes? The
real beauty is you can say, 'I learned
Oprah W infrey a d m its m is ta k e s were m ade during the firs t y e a r o f
running h e r own TV netw ork, b u t relish es the fig h t to turn OWN
in to a success.
Monday January 16,2012
11:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Highland Christian Center
7600 N.E. Glisan, Portland, Oregon 97213
"Keep Alive the Dream" offers a renewal of appreciation for
the life and work of one of the world's most renown citizens.
A man of substance, faith, compassion, and action, we revere
what he revered: Peace and Human Rights.
"The Tribute's 27th consecutive year will be simulcast in
Greater Metro Portland on television and radio: Live on PCM
Channel 11, tape-delay on Portland Public Schools' Channel
28; live on KBOO radio - 90.7 FM; and streamed across the
globe on the web."
Featuring: Local/regional/international Civic and Social
Speakers, Performances by Cultural and Contem porary
Perform ing Artists from various schools; Gospel and Jazz
performances.
from that,’" Winfrey said. "I don't OWN's ultimate fate. Or hers.
Winfrey, 57, ruled as the queen of
worry about failure. I worry about,
daytime TV until she ended her talk
'Did I do all I could do?"'
Viewers snubbed the lineup that show after 25 years and turned her
skimped on programming and, sur­ attention to the channel.
"I am a determined and commit­
prisingly, what should have been
OWN's unique weapon of choice: ted woman. I don't give up. I'm just
Winfrey herself, whose limited on- getting started," she said in a recent
air presence will be boosted with a interview.
Winfrey attributes the channel's
new weekly series, "Oprah's Next
rough start to a more basic error:
Chapter."
OWN has failed to improve on, or The lack of a "library" of program­
in some instances even match, the ming for the many hours of airtime
modest ratings and small audience not filled by original shows, com­
earned by the low-profile Discov­ pounded by overconfidence about
her market value in general.
ery Health channel it replaced.
She said she's giving OWN "ev­
"I would absolutely say it is
erything
I've got. I've spent more
and was not where I want it to be
for year one," W infrey said. "My energy doing this than anything
focus up until (last) May was I've ever done in my whole life."
Winfrey claims to have an un­
doing what I do best, which is
The Oprah W infrey Show,' and likely sounding Plan B if the channel
giving that my full attention" until falls short.
"If this doesn't work out, I'm go­
its conclusion.
She rejects the idea that a single ing to go into organic farming in
year's performance will determine Maui. And I'm not kidding."
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