Program Changes for WAMC
ALBANY, NY (07/01/2011)(readMedia)– WAMC Northeast Public Radio has some exciting program changes starting this weekend with the Grateful Dead Hour on Sunday evening. These changes come as a direct response to member requests and suggestions.
“It’s actually pretty funny,” said Alan Chartock, President and CEO of WAMC. “During the last fund drive, I took no prisoners. ‘Okay,’ I said to the listeners. ‘Do you want the opera or should we take it off and play the Grateful Dead? As usual, the opera folks came through like gangbusters, but we sure heard from a lot of Grateful Dead lovers. Now we can have it all. Where else are you going to hear both the opera and the Grateful Dead?”
The Grateful Dead Hour will air Sundays at 10 p.m. It will replace the Piano Jazz series because host Marian McPartland is retiring.
“I am delighted to have the Grateful Dead Hour on the air all over the northeast,” says David Gans, the program’s host. “The Dead toured this region heavily in the early ’70s, changing lives every time they played. The music lives on, and it is my privilege to be the one who puts it on the air. Enjoy!” More information about the program is available at http://www.gdhour.com/index.php
WAMC’S Bluegrass Time with Nick Barr will move to the 9 p.m. hour on Sundays; effective July 5th The Roundtable will be going back to their three hour format from 9 a.m. to noon; Vox Pop will be going back to the 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. hour; and 11 a.m. Speakers Corner programs are moving back to 1 p.m. These perennial favorites include Car Talk, Alternative Radio, The Commonwealth Club, The Power of Words, Moth Radio, Radiolab, and In Conversation with Alan Chartock.
To find out more about program changes, program descriptions and station information, check out our monthly program guide on-line at http://www.wamc.org/prog-onlineguide.html.
Member-supported WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts news, informational and cultural programming to listeners in portions of seven northeastern states. WAMC is an award winning producer of regionally based programming and an affiliate of National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International. www.wamc.org
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Posted: July 1st, 2011 under General News.