[Swprograms] WETA-FM in DC flips from a music / NPR mix to mostly NPR / BBC

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been following this, since I enjoy both classical music and spoken-word 
public radio.

WETA had aired mostly classical music during the day, but Monday eliminated 
most of the classical music from its schedule.  Many Washingtonians groused 
at this, since WAMU FM is already mostly NPR-based talk radio.

Looking at the new schedule, there is a large dose of BBCWS programming 
during the day...including a new entry, "Global Report", which is produced 
by "BBC International" (sic).  This seems to be a re-labeling of "World 
Briefing", and appears to air on only a handful of stations.  The program 
has a named host, though -- Valerie Sanderson.

BBCWS programming now airs at the following times, all Eastern:

Tues-Fri - 12-6 AM, 9-11 AM, 1-2 PM, 11PM-12 midnight

Saturdays - 12-7 AM

Sundays - 12-7 AM

Mondays - 12-3 AM

The BBC has been crowing mightily about this change, since a key goal of 
theirs is to be on the air in the world's captial cities.  You can see that 
they've invested in helping re-tool WETA's website look -- as many BBC names 
show up with bios on the "On-Air Personalities" part of the website...

There are a couple other interesting-looking programs on the schedule.  One: 
"Changing World", hosted by Lisa Mullins of "The World", a documentary 
series.  The BBCWS co-produces the series.  Details here: 
http://www.pri.org/PublicSite/listeners/programs/pop_up/changing_world.html

Kevin Kelly has the program listed on the Public Radio Fan website -- see 
http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgi-bin/program.pl?programid=3000.

There is another two-hour time slot on Sunday evenings for Documentaries --  
looks like they're just beginning to fill that pipeline.

WETA does webcast live.  See http://www.weta.org/fm/

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
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