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Overview

Drive By History is a PBS show airing in the New York City Tristate area and the Philadelphia South Jersey area on NJPBS, WLIW and WNET.

Created by host Ken Magos, the program's tagline follows:

"Everyday thousands of motorists pass by countless history markers and say to themselves one of these days I'm going to stop and read that. This is that day."

At the beginning of every episode Magos visits a history marker, and then sits down with the show's researcher, Anthony Bernard, who details the local history providing a "nut and bolts" outline of event

After that, Magos goes on an investigation to find out how the history commemorated on the market fits into the national narrative.

History

Started in 2016 as a 6 episode local NJ show, the program was conceived by Ken Magos, a Seattle-area native, who noticed all the history markers on New York / New Jersey roadways and grew curious to know more

about the history detailed by the markers. In its earliest season, the show was cohosted by journalist Cindy Perman and only focused on very local events as intriguing standalone events. As the show began to expand its

footprint, the focus changed to local events, and how they fit into the national narrative, and when taken collectively, form the fabric of American history.

The show has grown in popularity, premiering Wednesday evenings at 8p on NJPBS, and then airing on WLIW and WNET. In 2022 all airings of Drive By History attracted a total of XXXXXX viewers.