Mobile science center

Ask older members if they ever watched the TV show Barney Miller? The comedy cop show won an Emmy award back in 1982. That’s the same year Alabama Public Radio first went on the air. We’re observing forty years of serving our listeners by re-airing the best of our stories. That includes this one from 2014. APR collaborated with the University of Alabama’s Center for Public Television for two years on a series called “Alabama, INC." We spotlighted local business leaders including the head of Birmingham’s McWane Science Center. Here’s that story from the APR archives.

The president of the board that oversees a science center in Mobile says the facility is struggling just to keep its doors open.Exploreum Board of…