Station Schedules

WAMU 88.5
Bluegrass Country
Intersection 88.5-3
88.3 Ocean City

May 25, 2013

12:00 am

The Newsroom

The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen.

12:30 am

Heart and Soul

This program has thought-provoking and illuminating reflections on a wide range of personal, moral, spiritual, and topical issues.

1:00 am

The Story

The Story is a daily interview program designed to bring great stories to public radio in a way that will help listeners understand what is going on in their world and why it matters to them.

2:00 am

Weekend

Latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

2:00 am

World Today Weekend

Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.

2:30 am

Weekend

Latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

3:30 am

World Today Weekend

Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.

4:00 am

Each week, From Our Own Correspondent asks BBC reporters around the world to give a personal perspective on news events in their area. It's a program that combines expert analysis with insight and anecdote from an informed, personal point of view.

4:30 am

Global Business

This weekly business program for a general audience reports on major business and workplace issues, emerging trends, and significant personalities in global business, from many different countries and cultures around the world.

5:00 am

The Newsroom

The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen.

5:30 am

Click

Click is the BBC's flagship technology program, broadcast throughout the week on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.

5:50 am

Witness

Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.

6:00 am

On The Media

This compelling show examines the impact the media has on our lives.

7:00 am

Metro Connection

Each week, WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection reaches across D.C., Maryland and Virginia to gather the sounds and stories that capture the current events, culture and personalities driving the Washington region.

8:00 am

Weekend Edition Saturday

Scott Simon hosts NPR's weekend morning newsmagazine.

10:00 am

Car Talk

This irreverent talk show hosted by Tom & Ray Magliozzi is about much more than car maintenance.

11:00 am

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Peter Sagal hosts this weekly news quiz show. Each week you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.

12:00 pm

The Animal House

The Animal House is a weekly discussion that explores the latest in animal science, pet behavior, and wildlife conservation.

1:00 pm

This American Life

Ira Glass hosts this show that features documentary-like stories about everyday life.

2:00 pm

Studio 360

Host Kurt Anderson takes a look at arts and culture.

3:00 pm

The Splendid Table

The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture, and lifestyle one-hour program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone.

4:00 pm

Public Space

Sunday evenings are dedicated to special in-house productions, timely local election coverage, and experimental programming such as the patchwork of sounds of the New York-based Radio Lab.

5:00 pm

All Things Considered

For two hours every weekday, All Things Considered hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish and Melissa Block present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features.

6:00 pm

A Prairie Home Companion

The only live music and variety show aired nationwide today.

8:00 pm

Hot Jazz Saturday Night

From 8 until 11 p.m., the air is filled with vintage jazz, swing, and big band recordings as host Rob Bamberger spotlights music from the '20s, '30s, and '40s.

12:00 am

Music From Foggy Hollow

Every week Mike Kear broadcasts his show, Music From Foggy Hollow, on Sydney's Hawkesbury Radio and then packages it up and ships it to us.

3:00 am

Editor's Picks

Each week, WAMU's Bluegrass Country brings you exciting and diverse programs that highlight a particular artist or aspect of bluegrass.

4:00 am

American Routes

Produced in New Orleans, American Routes explores the shared stylistic and cultural threads of our nation's music and how they are distinguished, including 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.

6:00 am

Open Mic

This Bluegrass Country show features a rotating cast of hosts and themes.

8:00 am

The Gary Henderson Show

Gary Henderson, 1999 IBMA "Broadcast Personality of the Year" and co-founder of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, has been involved in bluegrass programming at WAMU since 1967.

11:00 am

The Lee Michael Demsey Show

Lee has hosted bluegrass programs on WAMU 88.5's airwaves for over 25 years. He continues his tradition of spinning contemporary bluegrass for you, live in the studio, each weekday. His Saturday program focuses on the great singer/songwriters in bluegrass and acoustic music.

2:00 pm

Capital Americana

WAMU Bluegrass Country's Jen Hitt hosts this Americana program highlighting new acoustic American roots music.

3:00 pm

Traditions with Mary Cliff

Mary Cliff presents blues, ballads, ethnic and traditional music.

6:00 pm

The Thistle and Shamrock

Fiona Ritchie hosts this celtic music program.

7:00 pm

The Well Below The Valley

Join Chris Teskey as he explores the music of the Celts, both traditional and contemporary. It features music from Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as music from the Celtic Diaspora in North America, England, and Australia.

8:00 pm

RootsWorld Radio

Hosted by Cliff Furnald, RootsWorld Radio takes you on a tour across borders and genres, introducing you to music from far flung places and sometimes from right in your own backyard, wherever you live. It might be jazz from Italy, folk music from Madagascar, Balkan music from Knoxville or a touch of the avant-garde from Toronto. Each week is a global tour, with no boundaries and no limits.

9:00 pm

Americana Breakdown

Americana Breakdown offers music for people who like country music and plenty for those who don’t. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, host Art Hanson plays a mix of bluegrass, country, country rock and Americana.

12:00 am

XPoNential Radio

With a unique mix of emerging and heritage contemporary musicians, XPoNential serves up an eclectic blend of blues, rock, world, folk, and alternative country.

5:00 am

On The Media

This compelling show examines the impact the media has on our lives.

6:00 am

Marketplace Money

Each week on Marketplace Money, host Tess Vigeland looks at the week's major national and international stories that will impact the average listener's wallet.

7:00 am

Day 6

A weekly news magazine offering a wrap up of the week's news, pop culture, and entertainment from different perspectives.

8:00 am

The Animal House

The Animal House is a weekly discussion that explores the latest in animal science, pet behavior, and wildlife conservation.

9:00 am

WireTap

Part monologue and part telephone conversation, WireTap ushers you into the endearingly odd, funny universe of host Jonathan Goldstein's friends and family.

11:00 am

Snap Judgment

Snap Judgment is a themed, weekly NPR storytelling show. We focus on presenting compelling personal stories - mixing tall tales with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio.

12:00 pm

Sound Opinions

Based in Chicago, Sound Opinions is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, two of the finest pop music writers in the nation. Every week, Sound Opinions fires up smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular music, from indie rock to classic rock, hip hop to R&B, and every genre under the sun.

1:00 pm

The Vinyl Cafe

The Vinyl Cafe is a radio show heard on CBC Radio in Canada, on selected public radio stations in the United States, on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 137, on Podcast, and live online. The show is written and hosted by Stuart McLean and features stories, essays and music (both live and recorded).

2:00 pm

World Cafe

World Cafe with host David Dye serves up an eclectic mix of music from blues, rock, and world, to folk and alternative country, with live performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists.

4:00 pm

Retro Cocktail Hour

Featuring Space Age Pop, bachelor pad music, lounge music, and cocktail jazz, this music program from Kansas Public Radio will get your Saturday evening started with its fascinating mix of instrumental pop, electronic gadgetry, big band swing, movie music, and garden variety elevator music.

8:00 pm

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