WEOS Program Guide

Program Guide

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12:00 am

Jazz and More
with Jake Longwell
Jazz and More is the primier musical variety program on the radio in the Finger Lakes region to date. Since September 1996, it has offered its listeners a music mix that is simply unparalelled by any other program in the region. Our mix of music is a carefully selected blend, designed to further the cause of musical diversity in our region.

BBC World Service
A collection of various shows from the BBC covering a range of news, talk, sports, drama, science and other programming.

Metallic Onslaught
Joe Wyatt

AfroPop Worldwide
with Georges Collinet
In 1988, interest in international pop was at an all-time high and Afropop was launched by NPR as a weekly series. It was the first of its kind and, years later, the program has expanded its vision to include the music and cultures that encompass the entire African Diaspora. Now known as Afropop Worldwide (APWW), the program is still the standard for both the curious and the connoisseur.

Hosted by one of Africa 's best-loved broadcast personalities, Georges Collinet, and produced by Sean Barlow for World Music Productions, Afropop Worldwide is currently distributed by PRI Public Radio International to over 100 stations in the U.S. The series is also heard in Europe and Africa .

Our vision is to increase the profile of African and African Diaspora music worldwide, and to see that benefits go back to artists, music industry professionals, and the countries that produce the music. The Afropop database is central to our strategy as it harnesses the power of what we have done, and allows us to integrate past work with new research to support new projects. We are working in partnership with Calabash Music to help musicians from Africa , the Caribbean and Latin America leapfrog over the barriers of the conventional music business and take advantage of the emerging digital marketplace for global music.

12:30 am

1:00 am

Putumayo World Music Hour
Hosted By: Dan Storper & Rosalie Howarth
Hosted by Putumayo's CEO and Founder Dan Storper and KFOG personality Rosalie Howarth, the Putumayo World Music Hour is an internationally syndicated radio show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures.

1:30 am

2:00 am

BBC World Service
A collection of various shows from the BBC covering a range of news, talk, sports, drama, science and other programming.

Blues Before Sunrise
with Steve Cushing
Blues Before Sunrise is the Blues Heritage showcase. Each Saturday night this Chicago-based, public radio program explores, preserves, and popularizes the various eras and genre of Blues Heritage. The focus of the program is in the first fifty years of recorded Blues - from Mamie Smith's CRAZY BLUES, the very first Blues record, recorded in August of 1920, to approximately 1970. This is the period that defined the Blues as America's true root music - the basis for the root of American popular music including Gospel, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, and Rock & Roll.

2:30 am

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5:00 am

Morning Edition
with NatureWatch, Our Ocean World and MicrobeWorld

Join us for Naturewatch at 7:19am, Our Ocean World at 8:38am, and MicrobeWorld at 8:19am and again at 6:30pm. Also at 8:50am it's the Marketplace Morning Report
Hosted By: Ren�e Montagne and Steve Inskeep

5:30 am

6:00 am

Inside Europe
Inside Europe is a one hour weekly news magazine that explores the topical issues shaping the continent. It includes a European newscast, interviews with newsmakers and personalities, background features and cultural reports from correspondents throughout the region. It is produced with support from the European Commission.

6:30 am

7:00 am

Only A Game
Hosted by Bill Littlefield
An award-winning weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield, Only A Game is radio for the serious sports fan and the steadfast sports avoider. Produced by WBUR in Boston, Only A Game puts sports in perspective with intelligent analysis, insightful interviews, and a keen sense humor.

Gospel Outreach
Patti Blue

7:30 am

8:00 am

Weekend Edition
Hosted by Scott Simon

Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor, courtesy of host Scott Simon. On Saturdays, Simon's award-winning commentaries sum up an idea or event related to the week's news. Clever, information-packed exchanges with NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr, sports columnist Ron Rapoport, gardening guru Ketzel Levine, entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell, and other commentators contribute to the unique feel and personality of the show.

8:30 am

9:00 am

Democracy Now
Hosted by Amy Goodman
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 300 stations in North America.
The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York City's Chinatown

Weekend Edition
Hosted By: Lianne Hansen

Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor, courtesy of host Liane Hansen.
On Sundays, Weekend Edition combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. With a nod to traditional Sunday habits, the program offers a fix for diehard crossword addicts-word games and brainteasers with The Puzzlemaster, a.k.a. Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times. Another trademark of Sunday's program is "Voices in the News," a montage of sound bites from the past week, poignant in its simplicity. Hansen also engages listeners in her discussions with regular contributors, including Daniel Schorr and special correspondent Juan Williams, who cover a wide range of national and international issues.

9:30 am

10:00 am

On Point
with Tom Ashbrook
On Point unites distinct and provocative voices with passionate discussion as it confronts the stories that are at the center of what is important in the world today. Leaving no perspective unchallenged, On Point digs past the surface and into the core of a subject, exposing each of its real world implications.

Join the conversation at (800)423-TALK (8255)

CarTalk
Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Imagine the Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises. Think of A.J. Foyt telling someone how to open the car hood. Mix it all up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and a little Smothers Brothers, and you've got Car Talk, NPR's Peabody Award-winning radio program heard by more than 3 million listeners each week.

10:30 am

11:00 am

World Cafe
Hosted by David Dye
World Cafe plays music that many public radio listeners listen to and enjoy. David Dye plays quality music. Rock 'n' roll, R&B, folk, reggae, world, a little jazz now and then. He plays Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Damien Rice, Richard Thompson, kd lang, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Dr. John, Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, and others. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and a great record collection.

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
Hosted by Peter Sagal
For a wacky and whip-smart approach to the week's news and newsmakers, listen no further than Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!, the oddly informative news quiz from NPR.

During each fast-paced, irreverent show, host Peter Sagal leads what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightening speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks.

Listeners vie for a chance to win the most coveted prize in radio: having official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell record the outgoing message on their home answering machine.

This American Life
Ira Glass
One of the problems with our show from the start has been that whenever we try to describe it in a sentence or two, it sounds awful. It's a bunch of stories--some are documentaries, some are fiction, some are something else. Each week we choose a theme and invite different writers and performers to contribute items on the theme. This doesn't sound like something we'd want to listen to on the radio--and it's our show.It's a weekly show. It's an hour. Its mission is to document everyday life in this country. We sometimes think of it as a documentary show for people who normally hate documentaries. A public radio show for people who don't necessarily care for public radio.

11:30 am

12:00 pm

Whad'Ya Know?
Micahel Feldman
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? is a two-hour comedy/quiz/interview show distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. Currently broadcast on 300+ stations across the United States, the program reaches more than 1.3 million listeners every week.

12:30 pm

1:00 pm

Fresh Air
Hosted by Terry Gross
Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.

Whad'Ya Know?
with Michael Feldman
Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? is a two-hour comedy/quiz/interview show distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. Currently broadcast on 300+ stations across the United States, the program reaches more than 1.3 million listeners every week.

Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
with Peter Sagal
For a wacky and whip-smart approach to the week's news and newsmakers, listen no further than Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me!, the oddly informative news quiz from NPR.

During each fast-paced, irreverent show, host Peter Sagal leads what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists, and guests compete by answering questions about the week's events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightening speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks.

Listeners vie for a chance to win the most coveted prize in radio: having official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell record the outgoing message on their home answering machine.

1:30 pm

2:00 pm

Talk of the Nation
Hosted by: Neal Conan
Talk of the Nation links the headlines with what's on people's minds, providing a springboard for listeners and experts to exchange ideas and pose critical questions about major events in the news and the world around them. Monday through Thursday, host Neal Conan invites callers to discuss areas of topical interest, including politics and public service, education, religion, music, and healthcare. Talk of the Nation goes behind the headlines with decision-makers, authors, thinkers, artists, and listeners around the world, who become part of the conversation by calling 1-800-989-TALK.

Talk of the Nation Science Friday
Hosted by Ira Flatow
Each Friday, journalist Ira Flatow is joined by listeners and studio guests to explore science-related topics - from subatomic particles and the human genome to the Internet and earthquakes. Flatow offers in-depth discussion with scientists and others from all walks of life, giving listeners the chance to hear from the people whose work influences their daily lives, and listeners around the world, who become part of the conversation by calling 1-800-989-TALK.

Only A Game
with Bill Littlefield
An award-winning weekly sports magazine hosted by veteran NPR commentator Bill Littlefield, Only A Game is radio for the serious sports fan and the steadfast sports avoider. Produced by WBUR in Boston, Only A Game puts sports in perspective with intelligent analysis, insightful interviews, and a keen sense humor.

Etown
Nick and Helen Forster
E-Town is an exciting weekly radio broadcast. Like old-time radio variety shows, every E-Town show is taped in front of a live audience and features performances from many of today's top musical artists as well as conversation and information about our communities and our environment.

2:30 pm

3:00 pm

This American Life
with Ira Glass
One of the problems with our show from the start has been that whenever we try to describe it in a sentence or two, it sounds awful. It's a bunch of stories--some are documentaries, some are fiction, some are something else. Each week we choose a theme and invite different writers and performers to contribute items on the theme. This doesn't sound like something we'd want to listen to on the radio--and it's our show.It's a weekly show. It's an hour. Its mission is to document everyday life in this country. We sometimes think of it as a documentary show for people who normally hate documentaries. A public radio show for people who don't necessarily care for public radio.

Mountain Stage
with Larry Groce
A two-hour music show taped before a live audience, usually in the Cultural Center Auditorium in Charleston, West Virginia, although it travels to other venues in the United States and Canada several times each year. It has been on the air since 1983.

The executive producer is Andy Ridenhour. The host, Larry Groce, also serves as artistic director. Gross' philosophy is that all music is related, so the program showcases very diverse music, from the traditional to the brand new, from roots music to jazz. Over the years, the show has featured such international luminaries as Phish, Barenaked Ladies, and Bruce Hornsby, as well as over 100 West Virginia artists. Usually four or five guests will appear on any given show.

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

All Things Considered
Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel

Says You!
with Richard Sher
A humourous game of words and whimsy, bluff and bluster.

4:30 pm

Counterspin
Hosted By: Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart
CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial.

5:00 pm

All Things Considered
Hosted By: Debbie Elliott

5:30 pm

6:00 pm

Marketplace
with Kai Ryssdal
Award-winning Marketplace is public radio's daily magazine on business and economics news "for the rest of us." The 30-minute program � with an irreverent reporting style all its own � covers listeners from wallet to Wall Street.

American Routes
with Nick Spitzer
American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music -- blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical. The show explores the shared musicall and cultural threads in these American styles and genres of music...and how they are distinguished.

Initiative Radio
with Angela McKenzie
Initiative Radio (IR) is a weekly, one hour radio program that is produced and hosted by Angela McKenzie. The objective is to feature the work of not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs,) intergovernmental organizations (IGOs,) corporations, persons of repute and ordinary persons whose occupations and personal lives positively impact the local, national, global and universal communities. There is also a thematic, musical element to the program.

6:30 pm

Free Speech Radio News
with Dorian Merina
FSRN produces a half hour newscast each weekday from Pacifica network stations KPFA in Berkeley and KPFK in Los Angeles, a station in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the press room on Capitol Hill.

Hosted by Aura Bogado, the newscast relies on over two hundred freelance reporters, "on every continent except Antarctica", to bring you the news behind the news.

7:00 pm

World Vision Report
with Peggy Wehmeyer
The World Vision Report is a weekend newsmagazine and daily feature show capturing the human drama behind global issues and events affecting the world's poorest children and families. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the World Vision Report is currently airing on radio stations across the United States.

Honest reporting, compelling interviews, and in-depth analysis from international reporters highlight the challenges facing the disenfranchised around the world and illuminate solutions for tackling world poverty.

Alternative Radio
with David Barsamian
Alternative Radio is a weekly one-hour public affairs program which provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media. Established in 1986, AR is dedicated to the founding principles of public broadcasting, which urge that programming serve as "a forum for controversy and debate," be diverse and "provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard."

Technation
with Dr. Moria Gunn
Labeled the "Grand Dame of Tech Talk" by Wired Magazine, Dr. Moira Gunn is best known as the host of National Public Radio's TechNation. We developed Dr. Gunn's mark to reflect the rich tapestry of science, biotech and technology minds that every week make TechNation a must-listen radio event.

Download the Five Minutes commentary by Moira each week here: http://www.weos.org/technation/5min02.mp2

Out of Bounds
Tish Pearlman
Out of Bounds features intimate 30 minute interviews with visionaries: people living, working and thinking outside the mainstream. The mission of Out of Bounds is to move beyond the "disrespectful ranting" of current popular radio, and to forge understanding among people of diverse backgrounds through thoughtful, in-depth conversations that educate and enlighten. This forum features well-known (Laurie Anderson, Janis Ian, Howard Zinn) as well as under-represented members of the Fingerlakes community, and beyond.

The Tavis Smiley Show
Tavis Smiley
The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI is a high-energy exchange of views, information, and insight hosted by Tavis Smiley. The two-hour weekly show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations, along with feature reports and regular commentators Cornel West, Connie Rice, J.C. Watts, Omar Wasow, Dr. Ian Smith, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Michael Eric Dyson, Antonio Gonzalez and George Johnson. Each week, the host engages commentators and guests in substantive and provocative discussions on a wide range of topics including: politics, health, finance, sports, technology and pop culture. An insightful exploration of the issues that matter from fresh, diverse points of view is the show's hallmark.

Living on Earth
with Steve Curwood and Bruce Gellerman
A weekly environmental news and information program on a broad range of ecological issues.

7:30 pm

51%
Susan Barnett
Over half the people in the world are women. What women do affects us all. Now, there's a radio program that takes a serious and intelligent look on society's impact on women and their impact on society. 51% is a weekly half-hour of illuminating features and interviews focusing on issues of particular concern to women.

8:00 pm

Grateful Dead Hour
Hosted By: David Gans
David Gans thinks he has the best job in the world. "I'm one of the luckiest people I know," he says. "Not only am I paid to make Grateful Dead tapes, but my commute is down the stairs. I think I'm making out like a bandit. And it's fun."

Gans is the producer and host of The Grateful Dead Hour, a syndicated weekly radio program currently airing on 59 stations across the U.S., including most major markets. The hour-long show features unreleased live material from the Dead's private vaults, but it's a lot more, too. Gans has made it a point to diversify the shows' content, so that listeners can not only add rare, vintage recordings to their collections but get some idea of "where the Dead are coming from," according to Gans.

Thistle & Shamrock
Fiona Ritchie
Guided by your host Fiona Ritchie, step into the heart of an ancient tradition of reels, jigs, ballads, and laments. Then follow the pulse towards new music: an exuberant blend of irresistible rhythms, emotional voices, and fascinating instruments

8:30 pm

Latino USA
Maria Hinojosa
Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only nationally distributed English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective. Latino influences and contributions continue to have an increasingly important impact on the evolving identity, life, and reality of the U.S. Latino USA acts as a forum for connections and reflects the experience of a changing population from a Latino viewpoint.

The Treatment
with Elvis Mitchell
A "treatment," in Hollywood parlance, is a concise overview of a screenplay. On The Treatment, film critic Elvis Mitchell turns the tables and gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies and popular art and entertainment.

Each week, Elvis speaks with an amazing array of guests, discussing everything from their inner conflicts to their interior design. With a straightforward style that understates his vast knowledge, Elvis is able to extract insights, issues and inspirations from even the most introverted guests. Conversations on The Treatment are mostly comfortable, sometimes contentious, but always fascinating.

Making Contact
from the National Radio Project
Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives rarely heard in mainstream media, the show focuses on the human realities of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and creative ways to solve problems.

War News Radio
from Swarthmore College
Coverage of war and politics can quickly devolve into a haze of statistics, strategies, and expert predictions. Lost are the completely real effects policy decisions have on real people around the world.

We at War News Radio are trying to rediscover the voices of real people. Our show fills the gaps in the media's coverage by airing new perspectives, both personal and historical, in a balanced and in-depth manner. We hope our broadcasts will engage our listeners and inspire them to engage critically with the rest of the world.

9:00 pm

World Cafe
with David Dye
World Cafe plays music that many public radio listeners listen to and enjoy. David Dye plays quality music. Rock 'n' roll, R&B, folk, reggae, world, a little jazz now and then. He plays Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Damien Rice, Richard Thompson, kd lang, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Dr. John, Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, and others. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and a great record collection.

Metallic Onslaught
Joe Wyatt

Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
with The Hermit
A music-intensive historical retrospective of the anarchic years following the British Invasion of the mid-1960s, before the major record labels were able to reassert themselves and regain control of the music industry in the early 1970s.

Unwelcome Guests
Lyn Gerry
A program about wealth, power, and peoples' resistance to the New World Order

9:30 pm

10:00 pm

Echoes
with John Diliberto
Echoes is a daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on 130 radio stations from Maine to California. With host John Diliberto, a writer for Billboard, Pulse and other magazines, Echoes brings together a wide array of styles, from acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to rock. Echoes is a sound that is cross-cultural and trans-millennial, merging cultures and forms, technology and tradition, the ancient past and the possible future.

In addition to the many recordings heard on Echoes, we also produce interview features with popular modern music figures such as Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush and Enya, as well as less well-known known composers such as Dead Can Dance, Steve Roach, and The Orb.Echoes also produces Living Room Concerts, live performances recorded in musician's homes or studios and broadcast on Echoes. Concerts thus far have included Mark Isham, Steve Roach, Patrick O'Hearn, Ottmar Liebert, Michael Brook, Robert Fripp, Nightnoise, R. Carlos Nakai, Ancient Future, Sheila Chandra, Adrian Legg, Michael Hedges and many more.

10:30 pm

11:00 pm

Beale Street Caravan
Hosted by: Darin Dortin and Pat Mitchell
Co-hosts Daren Dortin and Pat Mitchell kick off each week's program with this rousing introduction. Now in its seventh season, Beale Street Caravan remains the world's most popular Blues radio program. Great Blues music interspersed with an interview with the featured artist before a live crowd entertains a worldwide audience of 2.4 million listeners each week. Beale Street Caravan� takes its audience inside exciting live Blues events in Memphis and around the globe. It's the Best in Blues on Beale Street Caravan.

Jazz and More
Jake Longwell
Jazz and More is the primier musical variety program on the radio in the Finger Lakes region to date. Since September 1996, it has offered its listeners a music mix that is simply unparalelled by any other program in the region. Our mix of music is a carefully selected blend, designed to further the cause of musical diversity in our region.

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