Station Schedules

October 7, 2013
View the complete weekly schedule for all of our channels
12:30 am

With Good Reason

With Good Reason features in-depth interviews with leading scholars from Virgina's public universities about topics from the expanding universe to winemaking, and everything else in between.
1:00 am

The Forum

Bridget Kendall presents The Forum, the show which brings together three innovative thinkers from different cultures and perspectives to put forward new ideas.
1:50 am

More Or Less

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
3:30 am

Business Daily

With a broader agenda than World Business Report, Business Daily brings more context to the big stories in business and economics. It includes interviews with newsmakers, key global players, and those at the cutting edge of new ideas, plus topics such as technology and innovation, business ethics, the environment and management.
3:50 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.
4:00 am

HARDtalk

HARDtalk interviews newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
4:30 am

The Why Factor

Why do we do the things we do? Mike Williams searches for the extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions to inform us about the way we live in the 21st Century.
4:50 am

From Our Own Correspondent

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.
5:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
6:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
6:40 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
8:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
10:00 am

The Diane Rehm Show

For more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. The Friday edition includes Diane's two-hour "News Round-up."
12:00 pm

The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Kojo Nnamdi's live two-hour magazine program highlights news, political issues, and social trends of the day. The Friday edition of the show includes "Politics Hour."
2:00 pm

Tell Me More

The NPR talk show Tell Me More, with host Michel Martin, brings fresh voices and perspectives to public radio
3:00 pm

Fresh Air from WHYY

Host Terry Gross opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
4:00 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

Marketplace

Kai Ryssdal hosts this award-winning, daily magazine on business and economics news "for the rest of us."
6:30 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.
8:00 pm

The World

Hosts Lisa Mullins and Tony Kahn take an in-depth look at the international news agenda and the issues behind the headlines from BBC correspondents across the world.
9:00 pm

On Point

A hybrid of a talk program and a news-magazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
10:00 pm

To The Point

Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news-based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.
11:00 pm

As It Happens

This informative and irreverent current affairs program calls and interviews newsmakers.
12:00 am

The Katy Daley Show

Katy brings more than 25 years of radio experience to celebrate the music through interviews and features such as Musician's Tips and Gems of Bluegrass.
1:00 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 am

Old Time Jam

Banjo player and old time enthusiast Rosemarie Nielsen highlights the genre that preceded bluegrass; old time.
3:00 am

The Ray Davis Show

Ray brings you some of the best bluegrass around, from prison songs and "plum pitiful" tunes to the great train rides - and train wrecks - of bluegrass music.
4:00 am

Lonesome Pine RFD

From WFDU in Teaneck, New Jersey, host Carol Beaugard offers a mix of contemporary and classic bluegrass along with historical notes on the music, industry notes from bluegrass record companies, current concert information, interviews and 'backstage stories' about the artists.
7:00 am

The Katy Daley Show

Katy brings more than 25 years of radio experience to celebrate the music through interviews and features such as Musician's Tips and Gems of Bluegrass.
10:00 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.
12:00 pm

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.
3:00 pm

The Ray Davis Show

Ray brings you some of the best bluegrass around, from prison songs and "plum pitiful" tunes to the great train rides - and train wrecks - of bluegrass music.
6:00 pm

Foster's Corner

Bill Foster brings us three hours of great bluegrass music from the traditional to the modern — in the road, and on the edge. A familiar voice on WAMU 88.5 since the early 1980’s, Bill delves into his extensive collection of bluegrass music including LPs, tapes, and CDs each month.
9:00 pm

Bluegrass Review

Hosted by Phil Nusbaum, the Bluegrass Review presents bluegrass in an engaging, entertaining and informative package.
10:00 pm

Bluegrass Breakdown

Dave Higgs brings listeners an emotionally charged, heartrending, paint-peeling, splinter-kicking one hour bluegrass show.
11:00 pm

Bluegrass Signal

Produced in Oakland, Cal., Peter Thompson brings you an hour-long themed show filled with classic as well as recent bluegrass releases, background information and lots of music from the "left coast."
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

World Update

Presented each weekday by Dan Damon, World Update strives to bring the most informative and interesting program filled the latest news and features.
6:00 am

The Newsroom

The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen.
6:30 am

World, Have Your Say

World, Have Your Say is a ground-breaking, live global interactive program on radio every weekday and online 24/7. It invites World Service listeners and BBC online users to share their views and questions on key issues with a worldwide audience.
7:00 am

Outlook

Outlook with host Matthew Bannister is a daily half-hour human-interest current affairs program about individuals and their extraordinary stories.
7:50 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.
8:00 am

Newshour

The one-hour daily flagship program that, seven days a week, provides the latest news and interviews with newsmakers, eyewitnesses, correspondents, and analysts. Offering the best BBC reportage and features, debate and discussion, it's global in reach, authoritative in style.
9:00 am

Newshour

The one-hour daily flagship program that, seven days a week, provides the latest news and interviews with newsmakers, eyewitnesses, correspondents, and analysts. Offering the best BBC reportage and features, debate and discussion, it's global in reach, authoritative in style.
10:00 am

The Takeaway

The Takeaway delivers the national news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. Hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invite listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation.
11:00 am

On Point

A hybrid of a talk program and a news-magazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
12:00 pm

Q With Jian Ghomeshi

"Q" is an energetic daily arts, culture and entertainment magazine that takes you on a smart and surprising ride, interviewing personalities and tackling the cultural issues that matter.
2:00 pm

Here And Now

NPR, WBUR, Boston and public radio stations across the country are joining forces to bring listeners news and analysis in midday with Here & Now. Here & Now offers a distinctive mix of hard news and rich conversation featuring interesting players from across the spectrum of arts and culture...
4:00 pm

Newshour

The one-hour daily flagship program that, seven days a week, provides the latest news and interviews with newsmakers, eyewitnesses, correspondents, and analysts. Offering the best BBC reportage and features, debate and discussion, it's global in reach, authoritative in style.
5:00 pm

The Diane Rehm Show

For more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. The Friday edition includes Diane's two-hour "News Round-up."
7:00 pm

The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Kojo Nnamdi's live two-hour magazine program highlights news, political issues, and social trends of the day. The Friday edition of the show includes "Politics Hour."
9:00 pm

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.
12:30 am

With Good Reason

With Good Reason features in-depth interviews with leading scholars from Virgina's public universities about topics from the expanding universe to winemaking, and everything else in between.
1:00 am

The Forum

Bridget Kendall presents The Forum, the show which brings together three innovative thinkers from different cultures and perspectives to put forward new ideas.
1:50 am

More Or Less

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
3:30 am

Business Daily

With a broader agenda than World Business Report, Business Daily brings more context to the big stories in business and economics. It includes interviews with newsmakers, key global players, and those at the cutting edge of new ideas, plus topics such as technology and innovation, business ethics, the environment and management.
3:50 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.
4:00 am

HARDtalk

HARDtalk interviews newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
4:30 am

The Why Factor

Why do we do the things we do? Mike Williams searches for the extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions to inform us about the way we live in the 21st Century.
4:50 am

From Our Own Correspondent

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.
5:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
5:50 am

World Update

Presented each weekday by Dan Damon, World Update strives to bring the most informative and interesting program filled the latest news and features.
6:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
6:40 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
8:00 am

Morning Edition

Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep host NPR's morning news magazine.
10:00 am

The Diane Rehm Show

For more than 25 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. The Friday edition includes Diane's two-hour "News Round-up."
12:00 pm

The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Kojo Nnamdi's live two-hour magazine program highlights news, political issues, and social trends of the day. The Friday edition of the show includes "Politics Hour."
2:00 pm

Tell Me More

The NPR talk show Tell Me More, with host Michel Martin, brings fresh voices and perspectives to public radio
3:00 pm

Fresh Air from WHYY

Host Terry Gross opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics.
4:00 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

Marketplace

Kai Ryssdal hosts this award-winning, daily magazine on business and economics news "for the rest of us."
6:30 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.
8:00 pm

The World

Hosts Lisa Mullins and Tony Kahn take an in-depth look at the international news agenda and the issues behind the headlines from BBC correspondents across the world.
9:00 pm

On Point

A hybrid of a talk program and a news-magazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
10:00 pm

To The Point

Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news-based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.
11:00 pm

As It Happens

This informative and irreverent current affairs program calls and interviews newsmakers.