March 27, 2007

WDET Announces New Program schedule with focus on Local and NPR News and Information

New Local Public Affairs Program To Anchor Midday Lineup

NEW WDET PROGRAM SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 2, 2007

MONDAY - FRIDAY
5-10AM Morning Edition (including Marketplace Morning Reports at 5:50, 7:50 and 9:50am)
10AM-12PM Detroit Today
12-1PM Here And Now
1-2PM BBC World Have Your Say
2-3PM Talk of the Nation
3-4PM Fresh Air
4-7PM All Things Considered & Marketplace
7-8PM News & Notes
8-9PM Democracy Now!
9PM-12AM Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program
12-5AM BBC World Service

WDET SATURDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

5-5:30AM The Treatment
5:30-6AM The Business
6-7AM On The Media
7-8AM Best of Detroit Today
8-10AM Weekend Edition
Including WDET Local News
10-11AM Car Talk
11AM-12PM Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!
12-1PM This American Life
1-4PM Folks Like Us with Matt Watroba
4-6PM The Arkansas Traveler with Larry McDaniel
6-7PM All Things Considered
7-10PM Jay’s Place with Jay Butler
10PM-12AM Michael Julien’s Global Mix
12-5AM BBC World Service

WDET SUNDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

5-6AM The Infinite Mind
6-8AM Deep River with Robert Jones
8-10AM Weekend Edition
Including WDET Local News
10-11AM Best of Detroit Today
11AM-12PM This American Life
12-1PM Car Talk
1-2PM Marketplace Money
2-3PM Studio 360
3-5PM The Tavis Smiley Show
5-6PM All Things Considered
6-7PM Living On Earth
7-8PM Afropop Worldwide
8PM-9PM The Changing World/Special Programming
9-10PM Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me!
10PM-5AM BBC World Service

New Local Public Affairs Program To Anchor Midday Lineup

DETROIT – March 22, 2007 – WDET 101.9FM Detroit Public Radio announces a new program schedule to take effect on Monday, April 2, 2007 that will provide metropolitan Detroiters with the best local and national programming that public radio has to offer. In addition to adding nationally renowned public radio programs such as Marketplace, Talk of the Nation, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! and the BBC World Service to the broadcast schedule, the station will also introduce a local two-hour weekday public affairs program, Detroit Today.

“The new program schedule reflects WDET’s commitment to be a public radio service that is uniquely designed for metropolitan Detroit,” said Allen Mazurek, Assistant General Manager and Program Director. “Our new local program will give the station the opportunity to interact with the community in unprecedented ways and will further establish WDET as a leader in news and information programming.”

Detroit Today will air weekdays from 10am to noon and feature reports, interviews and discussions on issues and events important to metro Detroiters. Subjects will include local government and politics, business and industry, education, history, health, sports, cultural affairs, technology, lifestyle issues and much more. Detroit Today will also engage listeners to participate in the conversations via phone and email. The new two-hour local program will be produced by WDET’s award-winning newsroom.

As a public service of Wayne State University, the station’s new program schedule supports the University’s mission to provide Detroit with a premier public radio station. WDET’s new line up includes such signature public radio programs as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk, Marketplace, Fresh Air, This American Life, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!, Talk of the Nation, News & Notes, BBC News, The Tavis Smiley Show, Democracy Now! in addition to local programming such as Detroit Today, Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program, Folks Like Us with Matt Watroba, Arkansas Traveler with Larry McDaniel, Deep River with Robert Jones, and Jay’s Place with Jay Butler.

Detroit Public Radio’s new program schedule takes effect on Monday, April 2. A complete new program schedule is attached and more information on WDET can be found at the station’s website: www.wdet.org

WDET is a public service of Wayne State University




















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