Purdue News
Purdue News
June 25, 1997
"Our audience wanted NPR and was willing to help offset the costs of bringing some of the programs back to the station," Dan Skinner, WBAA station manager, said. "We have been able to add NPR programs that will interest both our news and classical music listeners."
Initially, seven shows will be available to the Greater Lafayette community. On AM 920, news programs "Morning Edition" and "Weekend Edition" return, in addition to "All Things Considered," "Living on Earth," and "Sounds Like Science." FM 101.3 will add "Performance Today" and "NPR World of Opera" to its music-intensive lineup.
The station's first ever, on-air membership drive and fund-raising campaign has been so successful that these programs were brought back much faster than expected. So far, through a combination of on-air, direct mail and corporate fund-raising efforts, $240,810 in donations and pledges has been raised. To sustain NPR and other programming, the stations will continue to hold on-air fund-raising campaigns every fall and spring.
"Our membership drive hasn't ended," Skinner said. "We will ask our listeners for ongoing support for these shows as well as additional NPR programs."
WBAA-AM, a news and information station, has been broadcasting since 1922 and was the first licensed radio station in the state. WBAA-FM went on the air in 1993 and focuses on fine arts programming.
The new programming schedule:
WBAA-AM 920 weekday lineup:
* 6-10 a.m. -- Morning Edition
10 a.m.-noon -- The Diane Rehm Show
noon-2 p.m. -- The Connection
2-4 p.m. -- AM 920 Magazine
* 4-7 p.m. -- All Things Considered
7-8 p.m. -- BBC News Hour
8-10 p.m. -- World Cafe
10-midnight -- Jazz
AM Saturday schedule:
6-7 a.m. -- Real Computing
7-8 a.m. -- To the Best of Our Knowledge
* 8-11 a.m. -- Weekend Edition
11 a.m.-noon -- Sound Money
noon-1 p.m. -- Zorba Paster
* 1-2 p.m. -- Sounds Like Science
2-3 p.m. -- New Dimensions
3-5 p.m. -- Whad 'Ya Know
* 5-6 p.m. -- All Things Considered
6-7 p.m. -- BBC News Hour
7-8 p.m. -- Press Club/Chautauqua
8-10 p.m. -- Jazz Heritage
10-midnight -- Jazz
AM Sunday schedule:
* 6-7 a.m. -- Living on Earth
7-8 a.m. -- To the Best of Our Knowledge
* 8-11 a.m. -- Weekend Edition
11 a.m.-noon -- Celtic Connections
noon-1 p.m. -- Folk Sampler
1-3 p.m. -- Acoustic Blend
3-5 p.m. -- A Prairie Home Companion
* 5-6 p.m. -- All Things Considered
6-7 p.m. -- BBC News Hour
7-8 p.m. -- Rainbow
8-9 p.m. -- Let's Talk
9-9:30 p.m. -- Soul Plus
9:30-10 p.m. -- Gitanjali
10-midnight -- Instructional Programs
WBAA FM 101.3 Weekday lineup:
midnight-8 p.m. -- Classical Music
* 8 p.m.-10 p.m. -- Performance Today
10 p.m.-midnight -- Classical Music
FM Saturday schedule:
midnight-9 a.m. -- Classical Music
9-10 a.m. -- Van Cliburn Competition
10-11 a.m. -- Schickele Mix
11 a.m.-noon -- Weekend Radio
noon-12:30 p.m. -- Classical Music
* 12:30-3:30 p.m. -- NPR World of Opera
3:30-4:30 p.m. -- Best Seat in the House
4:30-5 p.m. -- Classical Music
5-5:30 p.m. -- Dialogue
5:30-6 p.m. -- WBAA Magazine
6-8 p.m. -- A Prairie Home Companion
8-10 p.m. -- San Francisco Symphony
10-midnight -- Classical Music
FM Sunday lineup:
midnight-9 a.m. -- Classical Music
9-10 a.m. -- Record Shelf
10-11 a.m. -- A Note To You
* 11 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Performance Today
4-5 p.m. -- First Art
5-5:30 p.m. -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
5:30-6 p.m. -- WBAA Magazine
6-7 p.m. -- Kostraba Conundrum
7-8:30 p.m. -- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
8:30-10 p.m. -- Pipedreams
10-midnight -- Classical Music
* These listings are NPR programs being added to the schedules.
Source: Dan Skinner, (765) 494-3960; e-mail, deskinner@wbaa.purdue.edu
Writer: Jenny Pratt, (765) 494-2096; e-mail jenny_miller@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
