WRVO-1: NPR News Radio Schedule

A news and current affairs program which sets the agenda for the day and provides the latest news, interviews and on the spot features on a wide range of subjects for audiences around the world. It brings the world to you, letting you know what is going on around the world. We talk to those making the news, those reporting the news, and most importantly those who are witness to the news - the voice of the ordinary person at the heart of the headlines. The World Today goes the extra mile to find those individuals caught up in the big stories. What do events mean for people on the ground, how do they and their families cope and how are they making sense of it.

A news and current affairs program which sets the agenda for the day and provides the latest news, interviews and on the spot features on a wide range of subjects for audiences around the world. It brings the world to you, letting you know what is going on around the world. We talk to those making the news, those reporting the news, and most importantly those who are witness to the news - the voice of the ordinary person at the heart of the headlines. The World Today goes the extra mile to find those individuals caught up in the big stories. What do events mean for people on the ground, how do they and their families cope and how are they making sense of it.

Mike Williams travels the world, from cities to countryside, discovering how we live our lives. Reporting on the latest social and environmental news, the show reflects changing attitudes to our world - from energy needs to eco-beliefs; conservation to capitalism. On his travels, Mike quizzes political leaders, business bosses, small scale farmers and others about what they see as the crucial ingredients that define their lives.

The best interview segments from the past week's Fresh Air.

The only live music and variety show aired nationwide today, A Prairie Home Companion is now in its 34th season of production. Live every Saturday night from 6—8pm A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."

Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.In the 40 years since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.However there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, currently hosted by Guy Raz. During 2012, while Michele is focusing on other reporting assignments, Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish will fill in for her in the host chair.During each broadcast, stories and reports come to listeners from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. The hosts interview newsmakers and contribute their own reporting. Rounding out the mix are the disparate voices of a variety of commentators, including Sports Commentator Stefen Fastis, Poet Andrei Codrescu and Political Columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne,All Things Considered has earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.

The world has changed since enterprising hominids chipped stones to use as tools. Today's scientific and technological development moves faster than a speeding maglev train. If you're curious about where innovation is headed and delight in the wonders of scientific discovery, tune your ears to Big Picture Science. Science radio doesn't have to be dull. The only dry thing about our program is the humor.

Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.Decades ago, WRVO began broadcasting old time radio with a small collection comprising twenty reel to reel tapes. Programs like The Lone Ranger, The Jack Benny Show, Fibber McGee and Molly, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, and The Shadow. Today the collection includes nearly 5,000 reels and well over 13,000 broadcasts.In 1970, Ellen Robinson, an old time radio enthusiast, joined several clubs that circulated classic radio shows on reel to reel. At that time, she offered to allow WRVO to make copies, and our collection grew. By the 1990s WRVO possessed approximately 7,500 programs.This bolstering of our audio archive reached an unprecedented level when WRVO listener Ted Nettleton donated his collection of over 1,000 tapes – everything from comedy and mystery classics to operas and old movie sound tracks (and we mean the entire tracks!). Within these two collections are thousands of well known programs and hundreds of rarities including broadcasts of Kate Smith, RCA's Magic Key, and a detective show unearthed for the first time in 50 years, The Affairs of Peter Salem. In 2008 Ron Zolweg donated another 900 tapes that helped to fill gaps in the WRVO library. Old time radio fans Ed Clute and Art Pierce helped develop our collection as well.The Zolweg collection, and those donated by Ellen Robinson and Ted Nettleton, are meticulously catalogued. Those catalogs provide the comprehensive information heard during the on air introduction of each program. The entire collection has been named in memory of Ellen Robinson. Without her early assistance and the eventual donation to WRVO of her entire, extraordinary collection, Tuned to Yesterday would not be possible.Broadcast Disclaimer: According to our research of the programs in our collection, most of the shows we air are in the public domain, or we have agreements with certain copyright holders. In presenting these programs on our air with historical integrity, it is not our intention to broadcast unauthorized copyrighted material. Additionally, we do not sell the programs. If you are a copyright holder of any of these, 'golden age of radio' shows, please contact us at playhouse@wrvo.org.