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Crank Up The ‘Pomp And Circumstance': American Graduate Day Is Saturday

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The national American Graduate public media initiative — you can watch a live broadcast here or on your TV’s channel from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central time. The seven-hour broadcast will feature notables ranging from Colin Powell to Brian Williams to , a star chef from Houston who’s also blind.

The folks behind the initiative are also producing a of the many social media streams feeding this effort. You can get in on the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag . (If you toss in , your tweet will also show up on our blog!)

And if that’s not enough, tune into ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM at 7 p.m. Saturday for , a radio special hosted by Dick Gordon.

We’ll post the live stream here on Saturday. And here’s the Storify conversation so far:

Rick Holter was ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's vice president of news. He oversaw news coverage on all of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº's platforms – radio, digital and television. Under his leadership, ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº earned more than 200 local, regional and national awards, including the station's first two national Edward R. Murrow Awards. He and the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staff were also part of NPR's Ebola-coverage team that won a George Foster Peabody Award, broadcasting's highest honor.