Below is a list of audio and homepage links for our 2009 Fall and Winter Program Specials.
10/21/09, 1 PM, Peace Talks: The Star Trek Peace Message
10/22/09, 1 PM, Story Corps Program Special
10/28/09, 1 PM, The Capitol Steps - Halloween Special
10/29/09, 1 PM, True Blood: The Charlaine Harris Interview
11/11/09, Noon, Spiritual Reflections from Combat: The Bill Schiebler Story
11/11/09, 1 PM, Amercian RadioWorks: Early Lessons
11/18/09, 1 PM, American RadioWorks: Rising By Degrees
11/25/09, 1 PM, American RadioWorks: Workplace U
Holiday Specials:
A WHRV tradtion! Turkey Confidential with Lynn Rossetta Casper
A live, two-hour, call-in program on Thanksgiving morning from 11 am-1 pm for public radio listeners across the nation. On Thanksgiving morning, join Lynne Rossetto Kasper, the award-winning host of public radio's national food show, The Splendid Table®, for real time turkey triage during the live broadcast of Turkey Confidential 2009.
Air Date: WHRV: Thursday, November 26th 11am – 1 pm
The Gathering – A Modern Thanksgiving Story – At Thanksgiving, as we in the United States gather to celebrate the "first" ceremonial sharing between Native people and the arriving European settlers, it is a good time to hear another telling of this Story; an update, so to speak. To imagine a different kind of Thanksgiving Gathering--another way to begin making a nation together.
Air Date: WHRV: Thursday, November 26th, 1 pm – 1:30 pm
The 2009 Third Coast Audio Festival – Hosted by Gwen Macsai, the 2009 Third Coast Broadcast showcases two hours of unforgettable award winning radio.
Air Date: WHRV: Friday, November 27th, 11 am-1 pm
Tinsel Tales – This program features stories from the NPR archives that touch on the meaning of Christmas. David Sedaris, Bailey White, John Henry Faulk – these and other NPR voices, past and present, tell the stories of the season. Hosted by Lynn Neary.
Air Date: Wednesday, December 9th at 1 pm
Stories Make the World - Stories Make the World is an hour-long audio documentary celebrating the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling within the context of storytelling from cultures around the world.
Air Date: WHRV: Wednesday, December 16th at 1 pm
Sunday Evening Holiday music extravaganza – Folk and Bluegrass producer Barry Graham hosts his annual holiday special featuring the best in Holiday Bluegrass and Folk music.
Air Date: WHRV: Sunday, December 20th 7pm-midnight
A 40’s Radio Christmas - A reminiscence of Christmas on the radio in the 1940's. Christmas programs on the radio in the 1940's ranged from variety shows, to dramas, to comedies... all of them, containing a generous portion of music, from swing to, sentimental, to religious.
Air Date: WHRV: Wednesday, December 23rd at 1 pm
A Christmas Carol ( A Ghost Story for Christmas) – produced by Quicksilver Radio Theater –this production returns to the heart of the 1843 story - mining the dark veins of what its author called "a GHOST story - for Christmas.
Air Date: WHRV: Thursday, December 24th at noon
One Silent Night with host Walter Cronkite – Celebrate Christmas this season with the inspiring story of a WWI miracle narrated by the legendary late Walter Cronkite.
Air Date: WHRV: Thursday, December 24th at 1:00 pm
Christmas Day, December 25th, 2009- An entire day of holiday Cheer – WHRV will air holiday specials and wrap the evening with holiday music.