A Message to Our Listeners
As you might imagine, we're receiving lots of questions right now from folks like you -- public radio listeners who see the changes we've made lately and want to know more! I have some updates I'd like to share with you, and some information about where you can find some of your favorite shows.
We now air A Prairie Home Companion from 6-8 p.m., Saturdays. Hot Jazz Saturday Night follows from 8-11 p.m., and Traditions with Mary Cliff closes the evening from 11 p.m., Saturdays until 1 a.m., Sundays.
Earlier on Saturdays, Weekend Edition Saturday airs at 8 a.m., followed by Car Talk at 10 a.m. Studio 360 airs at 1 p.m., followed by The Splendid Table at 2 p.m., Marketplace Money at 3 p.m., On the Media at 4 p.m., and Weekend All Things Considered at 5 p.m.
We start weekday mornings with The BBC World News Update at 5 a.m. Morning Edition now runs from 6-10 a.m. In the afternoons, the BBC Newshour airs at 4 p.m., followed by All Things Considered from 5-6:30 p.m., Marketplace at 6:30 p.m., and All Things Considered from 7-8 p.m.
Weekday evenings, Mondays-Thursdays, you can hear The World at 8 p.m., and On Point at 9 p.m. Friday evenings, you can still hear The DC Politics Hour with Kojo and Jonetta at 8 p.m., followed by the entire "Friday News Roundup" from The Diane Rehm Show, 9-11 p.m.
Moving into the wee hours, we've brought Fair Game with Faith Salie to WAMU 88.5 at 1 a.m., followed by News and Notes at 2 a.m., and re-broadcasts from The Kojo Nnamdi Show and The Diane Rehm Show at 3 and 4 a.m.
Some listeners have asked about two shows in particular: Weekend Edition Sunday and American Routes. While these are wonderful programs, we simply don't have a place in our current schedule to accommodate them – but I'd like you to know where you can find them. American Routes has an excellent website including a complete list of stations that carry the program, either on the dial, or on online. Weekend Edition Sunday can be heard online after the live broadcast at npr.org.
I wish our colleagues at WETA-FM great success with their return to classical music. WAMU 88.5's focus will not change -- to be the public radio listener's source for news and information in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and to showcase the best of traditional American music.
Sincerely,
Caryn G. Mathes
WAMU 88.5 General Manager
