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PROGRAM
DESCRIPTIONS
Programs are listed
alphabetically.
Monday-Friday 4:00 -6:00 pm,
Saturday-Sunday 4:00-5:00 pm
Every afternoon,
some of the nation's best reporting, commentary and
analysis can be heard on NPR's premier newsmagazine,
All Things Considered. Offering an in-depth presentation
of the day's news, the multi-award winning ATC
is over 30 years old. Host Robert Siegel sets stories
in context with newsmaker interviews and frequent on-location
reporting. WKMS Host David Fleming will keep you informed
on regional news updates, features and weather.
Listener Inquiries/Comments
may be mailed to:
All Things Considered
c/o NPR or
e-mail: atc@npr.org
(202) 414-3232
Tapes/Transcripts: (888)
NPR-NEWS
website: www.npr.org/programs
Monday-Friday 1:00 to 5:00 am
Saturday - Sunday 1:00 to 6:00
am
This 24-hour
news service gives you access to the latest world
news, expert analysis, commentary, features, and interviews
on issues of the day.
e-mail:
worldservice.letters@bbc.co.uk
Saturday 11:00 pm to 1:00
am
Hosted by Tracy
Ross, Beyond the Edge explores music you won't
usually find on the radio. Tracy digs through hundreds
of cds every week to bring you the finest (and only)
alternative music program in the region.. From punk
and ska, to alt-country and indie rock, Beyond
the Edge covers the full range of "alternative"
music.
e-mail:
tracy.ross@murraystate.edu
 
 
CAFE JAZZ
Monday through Thursday 9 to 11 pm
Settle in for two hours of mainstream jazz with
hosts Mark Welch (Monday), Tracy Ross(Tuesday),
Col. Tom Morgan (Wednesday), and George Eldred (Thursday).
e-mail: david.fleming@murraystate.edu,
geldred@apex.net
, tmorganpg@charter.net
, tracy.ross@murraystate.edu
Saturday
9:00 to 10:00 am and Sunday 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Imagine the
Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles.
Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises.
Thinkof A.J. Foyt telling someone how to open the
car hood. Mix it all
up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and some Smothers
Brothers, and you've got Car Talk. Hosted
by Tom and Ray Maghozzi, known to their listeners
as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers."
Listener Inquiries/Comments
may be mailed to:
Car Talk
PO Box 3500
Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02238
website: www.cartalk.com
Listeners may call: 202.414.3232
A CELTIC TAPESTRY
Sundays 8:00 to 9:00 pm
Host David Fleming
interweaves traditional and contemporary Celtic
music with modern releases in Gaelic influenced
New Age, Ambient, and World Beat. Artists include
Eileen Ivers (of Riverdance),The Chieftains, The
Tannahill Weavers, Loreena McKennitt, and more.
email: david.fleming@murraystate.edu
Mondays-Fridays at 12:58
pm
Composer's
Datebook is a daily
two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and
entertain listeners with timely information about
composers of the past and present. Each program
notes significant or intriguing musical events involving
composers - with appropriate and accessible music
related to each.
Minnesota Public Radio
e-mail: datebook@mpr.org
website: www.composersdatebook.org
Sundays 11:00
pm to 1:00 am
Echoes
creates a modern soundscape of music that draws
from a multitude of cultures,traditions and genres.
John Diliberto bridges new instrumental, world fusion,
new acoustic, impressionistic jazz and inventive
vocal styles. The program also features Living Room
Concerts, intimate performances in artists' homes.
Phone: 610.458.1110
e-mail:
echoes@echoes.org
website: echoes.org
Mondays-Fridays 7:19 am and
12:04 pm
Everyday
Science is a radio series of two-minute vignettes
that explore the wonders of science found in our
everyday lives in a creative and interesting approach,
framed by quality productions featuring unique sound
design, cleaver writing and an engaging host.
website: everydayscience.org
c/o Big Science, 216 Boulevard
of the Allies,
Pittsburg, PA 15222 Phone:
412.271.2400
Sundays 10:00 to 11:00
pm
Hearts of
Space is a finely crafted hour for relaxation
and reflective listening, weaving quiet contemporary
electronics, classical adagios, soft jazz, meditations
from many world traditions, and the best of new
age music. Wind down from the weekend and get ready
for the week ahead with Stephen Hill on Hearts
of Space.
HOS
Listener Info line: 415.242.8899
e-mail: info@hos.com
Free playlist subscription - send the word subscribe
to: request@hos.com
website: http://www.hos.com
Fridays from 9-11pm
A longtime favorite has returned
to our schedule. We'll feature contemporary, fusion,
acid and world jazz hosted on a rotating basis by
Mark Welch, David Weatherly, David Fleming and Tracy
Ross.
email: david.fleming@murraystate.edu,
tracy.ross@murraystate.edu,
mark.welch@murraystate.edu
JAZZ
WITH BOB PARLOCHA:
Mondays through Thursdays
11:00 pm to 1:00 am
San Francisco-based
Bob Parlocha is back late weeknights with his
soothing, mellow voice and 15 years experience
as a sensitive programmer, blending different
styles of jazz for those who appreciate it.
website:
www.wfmt.com
JAZZMAN
SHOW:
Sundays 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Andy "Jazzman"
Smith brings one of the South's most extensive record
collections and an incredible passion for jazz each
Sunday afternoon. You'll hear music from the pioneers
and innovators in jazz and big band as well as some
of the newer artists on the scene.
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Listeners
may call Andy Smith: 615.797.9048
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Monday-Friday 6:00 to 6:30
pm
Produced by
Minnesota Public Radio in association with the University
of Southern California, Marketplace is public
radio's only national series about business, the
global economy, and finance. Its goal is to educate
its audience about the global economy.
To get tape
dubs: call 1-800-777-TEXT (8398). To order by mail
send payment with show name (Marketplace) and broadcast
date to: Burrelle's Transcripts, P.O. Box 7, Livingston,
NJ 07039-0007.
website: www.marketplace.org
MERIDIAN
Tuesday-Friday 12:00 to 1:00
pm
Meridian,
a radio magazine, is hosted by Mark Welch. You'll
hear a variety of music woven between NPR news and
features on local arts performances, regional events
and community leaders. Garrison Keillor's Writer's
Almanac is featured daily at 12:30.
e-mail:
mark.welch@murraystate.edu
MORNING CLASSICS:
Monday-Friday 9:00 am to 12:00
noon
Margaret Hunt
provides a great variety of the finest in classical
music to compliment your morning. Margaret shares
insight and expertise on the composers and their work.
You'll also get weather updates and information on
events in the region.
e-mail:
margaret.hunt@murraystate.edu
Monday - Friday 5:00 to 9:00 am
National Public Radio's Morning
Edition draws public radio's largest audience- 7.5 million
listeners weekly- with its in-depth roundup of what made
news overnight. Host Bob Edwards and a team of reporters,
analysts and commentators take you all over America and
around the world to explain what's happened and what important
stories will unfold as the day progresses. Beth Graham keeps
you up to date with regional news, information and weather.
Mixing humor and hard news,
analysis and arts, Morning Edition is essential listening
for more public radio listeners than any other program.
Listener Inquiries/Comments may
be mailed to;
Morning Edition
c/o NPR
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
e-mail:
morning@npr.org
Comments on program: (202) 842-5044
Questions on program: (202) 414-3232
WKMS questions or comments: (800)
599-4737
e-mail: wkmsnews@murraystate.edu
Tapes/Transcripts: (877) NPR-TEXT
website:
www.npr.org/programs
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Saturday 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fans have been joining WKMS on "The
Front Porch" for over ten years. The tradition of folk,
bluegrass, acoustic and western swing continues with volunteer
hosts Kent Henry and Charley Lynch . Hear the best of the
old and new musicians from Bill Monroe and Woody Guthrie
to Alison Krauss and Murray's own Chris Thile.
Comments/requests: 800.599.4737
e-mail: wkmsfrontporch@hotmail.com
Saturday 6:00 to 7:00 am
From
WBUR-FM, Boston, to WKMS, Murray comes NPR's Only A Game
with host Bill Littlefield, author and veteran NPR commentator.
A weekly one-hour magazine, "Only A Game" provides a new
sound-rich tour of diverse stories and issues, including
Title IX and the explosion of interest in women's sports,
racism in sports, competitive opportunities for the disabled,
and the business of sports, in addition to who won and who
lost the latest competitions.
Guests
on Only A Game have included Poet Laureate Robert
Pinsky, writers John Updike, Roger Kahn, Roger Angell, and
Alistair Cooke, as well as athletes Muhammed Ali, Greg Lemond,
Rebecca Lobo, Martina Navratilova, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Joan Benoit-Samuelsen, and Alexi Lalas.
e-mail: oag@wbur.bu.edu
website: onlyagame.org
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Phone: 617.353.1860
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Monday-Friday 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Find out what's new
in classical music on Performance Today with host
Fred Child. Travel to performance halls around the country
from Lincoln Center to Lincoln, Nebraska. Regular features
such as the "PT Basic Record Library" with Ted Libby and
"Coming to Terms" with Miles Hoffman offer a guide to the
basic repertoire and introduce classical music terminology.
Tune in to Performance Today, public radio's most listened-to
classical music program.
Listener Comments/Inquiries may
be mailed to;
NPR
or
e-mail: perftoday@npr.org
Comments: (202) 842-3522
Questions: (202) 414-3232
website: www.npr.org/programs
Sundays 3:00 to 4:00 pm
Join Marian McPartland
for what the Washington Post calls "an oasis
of of intelligence and grace and probably the best hour
of jazz on the airwaves."
Listener Inquiries/Comments may
be mailed to:
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, SCERN
1101 George Rivers Blvd.
Columbia, SC 29201
e-mail: pj@scetv.org
website: www.scern.org/pj
Listeners may call: .202.414.3232
Sundays 9:00 to 10:00 pm
Host Sarah Frey
takes you on an excursion into new age and space music.
Included in this interplanetary soundscape is music from
all over the world designed delight the ear and gently
prepare you for another work week. E-mail requests or
comments to: sarah.frey@murraystate.edu
Saturday
5:00 to 7:00 pm AND Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
One of the most powerful
programs in public radio! Host Garrison Keillor, a national
treasure, is the mastermind behind A Prairie Home Companion.
It's a live variety show featuring great comedy, music
and storytelling. You'll hear stories from the town that
time forgot and decades cannot improve in Keillor's signature
monologue , "The News From Lake Wobegon." Special shows
and sketches include the ongoing "Talent From Towns Under
2000" contest, the popular Joke Show, and comic operas
such as "La Influenza," a five-minute opus about the common
cold.
Listener Inquiries:
800.228.7123
website: www.phc.mpr.org
RADIO
READER:
Monday-Friday 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Dick Estell provides
a daily half hour reading of newly published (often best-selling)
books. The series runs the gamut from novels, biographies,
history, autobiographies, and true adventure to humor, nostalgia,
science fiction and non-fiction.
Dick Estell
WKAR TV
Michigan State Universtiy
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
website: www.dickestell.com
email: Dikestell@aol.com
Sundays 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Live from The Landing
with hosts David Holt and Jim Cullum, with the Jim Cullum
Jazz Band in San Antonio. Riverwalk celebrates
the lives and music of America's top jazz musicians, past
and present.
website: www.riverwalk.org
Sundays
6:00 to 7:00 pm and Mondays at Noon
Diana Nyad invites everyone
from armchair tourists to seasoned travelers to join her
on weekly radio adventures that introduce people, places,
and cultures worldwide.
Program Website:
www.savvytraveler.com
Listener Call-in Line:
888.SAV.TRAV (888.728.8728)
STATE
LINE BLUES Saturday:
 
"Dr. Bob" Lochte
and John Griffin
Saturdays from 7:00 to 11:00
pm
Join veteran
volunteers "Dr. Bob" and Griffin for four
hours of the only regional source for Blues in the
Four Rivers Region. Hear music by artists like B.B.
King, KoKo Taylor, Solomon Burke and Buddy Guy.
e-mail:
bob.lochte@murraystate.edu
john.griffin@murraystate.edu
Sunday 7:00 to 9:00 am
Sunday Baroque
blends engaging music with a down-to-earth approach
– the perfect setting for a laid back Sunday
with the newspaper.
Every week Sunday
Baroque offers a warm and surprising mix of familiar
favorites and hidden gems played by superstars as
well as exciting newcomers. Suzanne Bona provides
informative and succinct commentary. Sunday Baroque
is a welcoming threshold for casual listeners, while
embracing more knowledgeable music fans with the stories
they might not know about the music and musicians.
email: sundayb@wshu.org
Monday-Friday 1:00 to 3:00
pm
Talk of the
Nation with host Neal Conan is known for intelligent
and thought-provoking discussion. Guests, contributors,
and listeners explore today’s most compelling
issues - from breaking news, science, and education
to religion and the arts.
Talk of the
Nation
NPR
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
20001-3753
Email: totn@npr.org
To join the on the air discussion,
call: (800) 989 8255
Sundays 7:00 to 8:00 pm
WKMS and Celtic
fans in the Four Rivers region are pleased to welcome
back Fiona Ritchie with Thistle and Shamrock. In
this program of Irish, Scottish, and North American
traditions, Ritchie presents not only the historical
roots of the music, but also the emerging Celtic
trends throughout the world.
Listener Inquiries/Comments
may be mailed to:
The Thistle & Shamrock
PO Box 518
Matthews, NC 28106
Phone: 704-321-3293
Visit us at: www.npr.org/programs/thistle/
Listeners may call: 704.364.0062
Saturday 7:00 to
9:00 am
National Public Radio news, analysis
and features provides you with wrap-ups and perspectives
on the week's events, as well as a taste of what makes weekends
special: sports, gardening and entertainment. Host Scott
Simon is joined by regular commentators and critics: veteran
journalist Daniel Schorr, entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell,
sports columnist Ron Rapoport, and gardening guru Ketzel
Levine.
Listener
Inquiries/Comments may be mailed to:
Weekend Edition Saturday
c/o NPR
e-mail: wesat@npr.org.
Listeners may call: (202) 414-3232.
website: www.npr.org/programs
Sunday 9:00 to 11:00
am
Sundays have a distinct flavor and
a special pace-and Weekend Edition Sunday with Liane
Hansen is the program that complements them. Along with
an informative blend of news and analysis are colorful arts
and human interest features. Authors, commentators, musicians
and poets are among the guests you'll hear on Weekend
Edition Sunday. Regular contributors include NPR Senior
News Analyst Daniel Schorr and puzzle master Will Shortz.
Listener Inquiries/Comments may
be mailed to:
Weekend Edition Sunday c/o NPR
or
e-mail: wesun@npr.org
202. 414.3232
Sunday 6:00 to 7:00 am
Richard Gladwell
provides a wide spectrum of Western sacred music.
While the program often celebrates the season of
the church year, With Heart
and Voice does
not preach or endorse one belief over another. The
emphasis is on choral music with brief organ selections.
website:
wxxi.org/whv/
Saturday 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Join folksinger Michael
Johnathon from Lexington's historic Kentucky Theater for
his weekly, live audience radio show about grassroots,
acoustic music. You'll hear blues to bluegrass, country
to celtic, old-timey to new singer/songwriters and radio's
only Americana music newscast.
website: www.woodsongs.com
e-mail: folkboy@kentucky.com
Monday-Friday
3:00 to 4:00 pm
Co-produced by the
BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH
Radio Boston, PRI's "The World," a
global radio news magazine, is the first daily collaboration
between U.S. public broadcasters and the BBC. It's a
one-hour weekday radio news magazine offering a mix
of news, features, interviews, and music from around
the globe.
Tapes available
through Public Broadcasting Audiences Services.
Call 303-823-8000
website: www.theworld.org
email: theworld@pri.org
Saturday 2:00 to 4:00 pm
David Dye spins a
mix of records that range from rock to reggae, from Brazilian
pop to Latin jazz, American and British folk music and
just about everything else in between. World Cafe
also features interviews and in-studio performances from
today's most popular acts, including Radiohead, PJ Harvey,
REM, Johnny Cash, Beck and Lyle Lovett.
e-mail: worldcafe@pobox.upenn.edu
website: worldcafe.org
Monday-Friday 8:30 am and 12:30
pm
A daily five-minute
long program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison
Keillor. The Writer's Almanac website has complete
text of daily broadcasts, with links to other sites
of items used in the Almanac.
email: mail@mpr.org
website: almanac.mpr.org
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