December, 2007

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December, 2007

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Dear Friend,
As we look back on the accomplishments of 2007, there is nothing I am more proud of than
our presentation of Ken Burns’ film, The War. This PBS series was a fitting tribute to the
veterans who sacrificed so much to secure the freedoms we enjoy today. WXXI was also
proud to share the stories of many Rochester area veterans, as part of our local outreach
around The War.
Earlier this year WXXI was the presenting station for The Last Ridge, the history of the
10th Mountain Division stationed at Ft. Drum, New York. The Last Ridge was also a tribute
to WWII veterans, in particular the uncle of the producer Abbie Kealy, a founding member of
the 10th Mountain Division who was killed during the fighting in the rugged Italian hillside.
It is estimated that across the nation, WWII veterans are dying at the rate of 1,000 a day. It is appropriate that
public broadcasting helped to capture and share their stories… not to glorify war, but to remember why they fought,
why they sacrificed so much, and why we honor them today as “The Greatest Generation.”
2007 also marked the fourth season of Second Opinion, our national PBS health series (produced in partnership
with the University of Rochester Medical Center). This unique series, produced here in Rochester, is seen on more than
220 stations throughout the nation – and from the feedback we receive, we find that the program is reaching its goal of
encouraging viewers to take charge of their own health care.
With your support, WXXI helped students throughout New York State earn better grades by watching Homework
Hotline (and taking advantage of a terrific companion website designed in part by students at RIT). We helped adult
learners earn a high school diploma through GED Connection. We filled our studios for WXXI Voices lectures while
selling out our annual Speaking of Women’s Health Conference! We shared stories about the Power of Forgiveness,
while at the same time leading another Dialogue on Disabilities.
Arts and culture had a front row seat at WXXI during the year, with the new series OnStage highlighting the local music
scene and presenting the best local bands to the public. We presented, in High Definition, the best of last year’s Rochester
International Jazz Festival to the entire nation, and our cameras were back to capture the action at the 2007 festival.
What’s ahead for 2008? The André Rieu event into which so much planning has gone will culminate in his
concert here on May 19. The merging of our radio and television news divisions over the last year has yielded an even
more comprehensive news team that will be in full force in a pivotal 2008 election year. Our New York wine and food
series, Taste of New York, will premiere statewide this coming spring.
We will also celebrate another milestone in 2008, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Rochester Area
Educational Television Association (RAETA.) It is fitting that the 50th anniversary of the founding of public broadcasting in
Rochester is the “transition year,” the last expected year of analog television as we prepare for digital TV. You’ll be hearing
a lot about the digital revolution next year, as we countdown to the end of analog television on February 17, 2009.
WXXI will be providing information over the next year on how the digital transition may affect you. The vast
majority of viewers, especially those who subscribe to cable, satellite or already have a digital set, are ready for the
transition – those who receive TV “over the air” may continue to do so with a converter box, a device that will be
available in 2008.
Consumer reports suggest that this holiday season may be the biggest to date for the sale of HDTV sets. If you
end up buying one, we’ll be here to help guide you through your digital transition while continuing to provide even more
of the quality programming you depend on.
And on behalf of all of us at WXXI, please accept my very best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season – and a
wonderful New Year!
Best regards,
Norm Silverstein, WXXI President & CEO
e-mail: norms@wxxi.org
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Highlights.. .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cover Story................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
In the Neighborhood....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Executive Staff
Norm Silverstein, President & CEO
Susan Rogers, Executive Vice President
Jeanne E. Fisher, Vice President, Radio
Kent Hatfield, Vice President, Technology & Operations
Elissa Orlando, Vice President, Television
WXXI Board of Trustees Officers
Sergio Esteban, Chair
Diana Kurty, Vice Chair
Steven Swartout, Treasurer
Beth Ela Wilkens, Secretary
Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories
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Television.................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Only in America >> page 35
Classical 91.5/90.3......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
WRUR 88.5.. ................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
AM 1370..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FROM THE TOP
out & about
comes to Rochester January 20, 2008
WXXI and the Rochester Philharmonic Youth
Orchestra are proud to bring the hit show, From the
Top, and its host Christopher O’Riley to the Callahan
Theater at Nazareth College on Sunday, January 20,
2008 at 3 p.m. General admission is $25, Student
$15, Patron $75 which includes reserved seats and
a post show reception with Christopher O’Riley and
the student performers. Tickets are available at the
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Box Office
(Monday - Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday,
10am-3pm). Call (585) 454-2100, visit 108 East
Avenue in Rochester, or order online at rpo.org.
For more details visit WXXI.org/fromthetop.
Member Magazine Staff
Jon Haliniak, Executive Editor
Kristin Tutino, Editor
Kathalee Hodge, Television Listings Editor
Rhonda Austin, Radio Listings Editor
Lili Schwartz, Designer
Canfield & Tack, Printer
Rochester Binding & Finishing Inc., Mailhouse
Advertising Sales
Robin Stone, Assistant VP of Sales & Marketing
Rachael Kriteman-Landau, Director of Sales & Marketing
Douglas Spencer, Media Consultant, Sales & Marketing
Charles Hartness, Media Consultant, Sales & Marketing
George Radney, Media Consultant, Sales & Marketing
Vlad Stefanovic, Media Consultant, Sales & Marketing
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December 2007 Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12
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december 2007
cover story
WXXI brings you a host of
magical, winter-wonderland specials
CELTIC WOMAN:
A Christmas Celebration
photo: Kip Carroll
HAPPY JOYOUS Hanukkah
Friday, December 7 at 3 p.m.
Classical 91.5/90.3/FM-HD 91.5-1
Hosted by Murray Horwitz on the third night of Hanukkah,
this program features songs of the season performed by
the Grammy award-winning band, the Klezmatics.
RPO HOLIDAY POPS 2006
Tuesday, December 25 at 10 a.m.
Classical 91.5/90.3/FM-HD 91.5-1
The annual Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Holiday
Pops concert features the 200-voice Festival High School
Chorale and vocalist Steve Lippia. Hosted by Jeff Tyzik,
this holiday concert is filled with traditional and contemporary songs for the holidays.
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER
“Jazz @ Lincoln Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp”
Monday, December 10 at 10 p.m.
WXXI-TV21 (cable 11)
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s artistic director and trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis leads an evening of joyous music, and
storytelling which features the broadcast premiere of
“Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul,” a collaboration between
Wynton Marsalis and Maya Angelou, read by awardwinning actress S. Epatha Merkerson.
Thursday, December 6 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, December 6 at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 9 at 2:30 p.m.
on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11)
With their enchanting mix of
traditional Irish, contemporary and
original songs, the multi-platinum
super-group Celtic Woman has
become a favorite of viewers
since their smashing PBS debut
in March 2005. CELTIC WOMAN:
A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION,
with singers Chloe, Lisa, Méav
and Orla and fiddler Máiréad,
will delight their many fans when
the Irish superstars perform
such popular classics as “White
Christmas,” “O Holy Night” and
“Let It Snow.” The special, which
was filmed in Dublin’s Helix
Centre, where the Celtic Woman
phenomenon began, includes
original pieces arranged by
musical director David Downes:
“Green the Whole Year Round,”
a fiddle solo called “In the Bleak
Midwinter” and “Christmas
Pipes.”
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CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON
TABERNACLE CHOIR Featuring SIssel
Wednesday, December 19 at 9 p.m.
Monday, December 24 at 9 p.m.
WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11)
European singing sensation Sissel joins the
renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the
Orchestra at Temple Square for an annual holiday concert. The program features traditional
Christmas songs and Norwegian folk tunes.
A HOLLY JOLLY POPS HOLIDAY WITH
THE BARENAKED LADIES
Saturday, December 22 at 8 p.m.
Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops
Orchestra are joined by the incomparable, upbeat
Barenaked Ladies as they give their own special
twist to seasonal tunes.
JOY TO THE WORLD 2007
AM 1370/FM-HD 91.5-2
Sunday, December 23 at 9 p.m.
WRUR-FM 88.5
This live performance of holiday jazz performed
at Charleston’s Cultural Center Theater is hosted
by pianist Bob Thompson, guest jazz vocalist
Kendra Foster and a guest roster of Kim Nalley,
Dominique Eade, Mollie O’Brien, Allan Harris,
Fontella Bass, Susan Werner and Toni Lynn
Washington.
Christmas At The
Hollywood Palace
Tuesday, December 25 at 8 p.m.
Enjoy this compilation of memorable holiday
moments from Hollywood Palace, the last great
television variety show, which aired on ABC
from 1964-70. This special presents the finest
moments from these shows originally starring
Bing Crosby and his family along with Perry
Como.
TINSEL TALES:
NPR Christmas Favorites
Tuesday, December 25 at 12 noon
AM 1370/FM-HD 91.5-2
Pulled from the NPR archives, NPR voices from
the past and present including David Sedaris,
Bailey White and John Henry Faulk share their
favorite holiday stories.
A SEASON’S GRIOT 2007
Monday, December 31 at 12 noon & 9 p.m.
AM 1370/FM-HD 91.5-2
Hosted for the last 15 years by acclaimed
storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this Kwanzaa
special captures the tales and traditions of
African American and African peoples.
A Message from WXXI’s Underwriting Department
Are you a business owner or
key decision-maker for your
employer’s marketing initiatives?
If the answer is yes, please consider including WXXI in your
2008 media plan. Media partnership with WXXI can amplify
your local efforts to achieve your full market potential.
From law firms to manufacturers, retail stores to utilities,
national corporations to neighborhood businesses, WXXI’s
corporate underwriters share a common value: a commitment
to the education and enrichment of our community.
As a WXXI underwriter, your company will:
• Increase visibility among WXXI’s significant and desirable
audiences;
• Elevate your corporate image by associating with public
broadcasting’s prestige, excellence and commitment to
education and public service;
• Demonstrate meaningful corporate philanthropy;
• Enhance employee pride.
Whatever your company’s goals, WXXI’s family of Public
Broadcasting Stations and venues can help your business align
with targeted and integrated sponsorship opportunities that
reach tens of thousands of households and media consumers
throughout greater Rochester all year-long. Companies partner
with WXXI in a variety of ways, including underwriting WXXI
television and radio programs, offering challenge funding during
on-air membership drives, and sponsoring our special events
in the community. Your company’s plan can range from funding
a particular program to a schedule of support that spans all
segments of the day. The WXXI corporate underwriting team
can design a schedule of underwriting announcements to meet
your financial, marketing and philanthropic objectives.
The generosity and commitment of our community business
partners enables WXXI to provide our viewers and listeners—
your customers and potential customers and employees—with
the high caliber programs they’ve come to expect. We look
forward to welcoming your company into the WXXI underwriting family. To learn more about partnering with WXXI, please
call Director of Sales & Marketing, Rachael Kriteman-Landau at
(585) 258-0285 or send her an email at underwriting@wxxi.org.
In the Neighborhood
Q&A
december 2007
Michael Black
photo by dinh la
WXXI Radio
Program Manager
Associate of the Year
WXXI presented Dr. Nancy Perkins Weyl
with the 2007 Associate of the Year Award
at the Associates’ Society dinner held at WXXI Studio A in late
October. More than one hundred WXXI supporters attended the
annual event with special guest speaker Dr. Peter Salgo, host of
WXXI’s nationally distributed medical series Second Opinion.
The Associate Award, which was established in 1987,
recognizes those individuals who have made significant contributions in support of WXXI, its broadcasts and operations. Dr.
Perkins Weyl, through her foundation—the Dr. Nancy Perkins
Charitable Foundation, supported the construction of WXXI’s FM
studio renovations. Specifically she dedicated “Simon’s window”
in the FM studio, and made a generous donation to support WXXIFM’s Music Library. Dr. Perkins Weyl also supported an innovative
collaboration between WXXI and the Commission Project, which
promotes music education in schools.
Dr. Perkins Weyl graduated from medical school at the
University of Virginia. She has her masters in Public Health
and has her Ph.D. in Political Science, concentrating in health
policy analysis, statistical methods, and political philosophy, with
an emphasis on ethics. She worked as the Associate Medical
Director of Blue Choice before leaving to form HealthChex, a
company that created a method of modifying comparable health
care services. HealthChex was later acquired by Equifax, Inc. Dr.
Perkins Weyl was also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public
Policy at the University of Rochester. In 1998, she started the
Dr. Nancy Perkins Charitable Foundation, which supports organizations that serve neglected populations, or reaches a wide
segment of the community in which she lives.
To commemorate the 2007 Associate of the Year, a magnolia tree has been planted at Highland Park in honor of Dr. Perkins
Weyl’s dedication to WXXI. Dr. Perkins Weyl’s name has also
been inscribed on WXXI’s Associate of the Year plaque, which
includes the names of other WXXI friends including Ted Shepard,
Dick Eisenhart, B. Thomas Golisano, George M. Ewing, Sr. and Ed
Saphar. The plaque hangs outside WXXI’s studio.
Meet Michael Black. As Radio Program
Director he’s responsible for the overall supervision of WRUR-FM 88.5, including programming;
WXXI-AM programming; WXXI-HD programming;
including new programs, content and new
media initiatives.
Q. With iTunes, Internet streaming, and
podcasting, what kind of future do you think
radio has?
A. Radio is local, live, and pertinent when it’s
performing at its best. Portability of this function
is an advantage that Radio has over pre-recorded
devices and programs, such as Podcasts or
iPods, when the programming is live and local.
This could change with Wimax, but the deployment of this technology is being delayed or
canceled in many cities due to cost and technology issues. Radio does this now, and will
continue to do so, in a cost effective way, with
improved offerings and technology, such as the
implementation of HD Radio. We are just seeing
the tip of the iceberg of this new technology.
Q. What do you think separates public radio
from commercial radio?
A. The biggest difference is the mission and the
motivation. Most of commercial radio is geared
to entertain and make money. Public radio
may entertain, but other than to pay the bills,
the money issue is not the driving force. And
entertainment is not its only goal. Educating,
informing, and providing context to all that
surrounds us really is at the core of public
radio. The listener is a partner in the process
and many consider public radio as important to
them as water or air. You don’t hear that same
sentiment said about commercial radio.
Q. What are the last three songs you’ve
downloaded?
A. My last three songs purchased or downloaded were Alison Kraus & Robert Plant’s Gone,
Gone Gone, Rilo Kiley’s Silver Lining and We
Crawl by The Polyphonic Spree.
In the Neighborhood Year-end is a great time
for giving...when you
make a year-end outright
gift to WXXI, you aren’t
just giving money.
You’re perpetuating
your own values. You’re
saying “I see what
you’re doing for the
community, and I want
to make certain you
keep on doing it. Your
values are my values.”
The end of the calendar year, especially, marks the time when many
people think about making charitable gifts. If you itemize on your
income tax returns, you’re able to
deduct your charitable contributions during the past year. Then,
when you calculate your deductions
and the resulting tax savings, you
may discover that you can make
an even larger gift than you thought
possible.
Outright gifts can be given in
the form of cash or appreciated
stock. You can make a gift at any
time online at wxxi.org and click
the Make A Gift icon.
The December 31st deadline
is fast approaching to make an IRA
Rollover Gift directly to WXXI. If you
act immediately you may be able to
make a gift and avoid capital gains.
We appreciate all that you do
for WXXI all year long! You make
our community a better place to live.
Thank You!!
For more information on making
a special gift to WXXI, please
contact Kathy Russell, Director
of Major and Planned Giving at
(585) 258-0319. Thank you!
december 2007
Calling all
young authors
and illustrators!
WXXI gives artists of all ages the opportunity to
show their talents in two contests.
For kids in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade, there’s the
Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Reading Rainbow
Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. To enter children must
create their own original picture book with text and companion
illustrations. Everyone who enters gets a Reading Rainbow
Contest certificate plus a chance to win local and national
prizes. Entries are due March 10, 2008.
For authors in Kindergarten through 12th grade, there’s the
Kids Who Write are Bright Essay Competition. Students
are asked to base their essays on this statement: “If I could
change one thing....” Prizes will be awarded in five grade level
categories: K-1st (essays may be drawn or written), 2nd-3rd
(essays may be written or drawn), 4th-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th.
Entries are due April 10, 2008.
To learn more about both contests, contact Shelley Figueroa
at (585) 258-0278 or email sfigueroa@wxxi.org.
MemberCard Plus Benefit of the month
Susan B. Anthony
House
17 Madison Street
Rochester, NY
585.279.7490
Valid for 2-for-1
admission during
the month of
December 2007
The Susan B. Anthony House shares the story of
Susan B. Anthony’s lifelong struggle to gain voting
rights for women and equal rights for all. We keep
her vision and struggle alive by owning and protecting Anthony’s National Historic Landmark home!
take a
tour
Have you ever wondered what WXXI’s FM studio
looks like, or wanted to walk the set of WXXI’s TV
series Homework Hotline? Have you ever been to
a television studio and seen master control?
On Thursday, December 27th at 2 p.m. you’ll
have your chance.
Call 585.258.0200 to reserve your spot for the next WXXI tour.
december 2007tv highlights
Monday Night
is reserved
for...
Barry!
BARRY MANILOW: SONGS
FROM THE SEVENTIES
airs Monday, December 3 at
8 p.m. on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11)
BARRY MANILOW: MUSIC
AND PASSION airs Monday,
December 3 at 9:30 p.m. on
Barry Manilow fans won’t want to miss his new
television special Songs from the Seventies, airing Monday,
December 3 at 8 p.m. Inspired by his highly anticipated CD,
The Greatest Songs of the Seventies, the program features
Manilow in concert, performing and sharing his personal
experiences with the audience at the Steiner Studios in
Brooklyn, New York. Then at 9:30 p.m. catch his hit Las Vegas
show, Music and Passion, an exciting, multi-faceted production that features contemporary hi-tech music and effects.
During the broadcasts, you’ll learn about WXXI’s exciting trip
giveaway to see Manilow in Vegas.
Some things you may not have known about Barry
After graduating from high school, Manilow was accepted into the Julliard
School of Music and paid for his schooling by working in the CBS mailroom.
Early on in his career, Manilow wrote and performed jingles for State Farm
Insurance, KFC, McDonalds, Dr. Pepper and Stri-Dex as a source of income.
There is some discrepency
about his age. Was he born
in 1943 or did he drop three
years of his life and say he
was born in 1946 so that he
would appeal to a younger
audience?
TV
highlights
AUTUMN’S
HARVEST
The HIV/AIDS pandemic finds most of its victims among the world’s poor
and socially marginalized. The numbers are mind numbing. Africa has felt
the crushing weight of AIDS as its work force has been decimated and its
economic growth stalled. The American economy, as vast as it is, is not
immune to the pressure of global AIDS. To understand this challenge, to
begin to fashion a realistic AIDS public health policy, the United States must
face the needs of the weakest, least served. Here in our own backyard is
where we must confront AIDS, here with the working poor. The migrants
and day laborers that gather our food are the fertile ground of the American
AIDS epidemic.
Autumn’s Harvest explores the impact of AIDS on the migrant population, America’s food supply and the U.S. economy. Why has HIV found such
fertile ground in the migrant community? Who are they? What healthcare is
available to them? How is it accessed? Who has access? These are some of
the questions we, as a nation, must ask and answer.
AUTUMN’S HARVEST airs Thursday, December 13 at
9 p.m. on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11).
Emmy award-winning documentary producer David Marshall, who makes
his home in Rochester, is the producer of Autumn’s Harvest. Marshall also
produced Hitching a Ride on the Great Lakes, which aired on WXXI-TV 21
(cable 11) in 2002.
HOW TO COOK
EVERYTHING:
BITTMAN TAKES ON
AMERICA’S CHEFS
Mark Bittman, author of How
to Cook Everything, puts
everything on the line when
challenging America’s top
chefs in creating their
infamous, signature
dishes. Bittman
counters their fancy
concoctions by
recreating these
dishes for the everyday American family
without the intimidating jargon or
exotic ingredients.
HOW TO COOK EVERYTHING:
BITTMAN TAKES ON AMERICA’S
CHEFS airs Sundays at 2 p.m.
beginning on December 16 on
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| My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs | Great Performances “Eric Clapton...”
2 sun | Great Performances “Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany”
| Great Performances “The Met...”
3 mon | Barry Manilow “Songs from the Seventies”
| Barry Manilow “Music and Passion”
4 tue | Bill Moyers “Buying the War” | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghost of Christmas Eve
5 wed | Wired Science
| Great Performances “A Tribute to James Taylor”
6 Thu | Celtic Woman: A Christmas Special
| Celtic Woman: A Christmas Special
7 Fri | Washington Week | NOW
| Need to Know | McLaughlin Group| Bill Moyers Journal
8 Sat | Lawrence Welk: God Bless America
| Barry Manilow “Songs from the Seventies”
9 Sun | Bob Dylan: Live in Newport 1963-1965 | Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band Live in Dublin
10 mon | André Rieu Live in New York: Radio City Music Hall
| Lincoln Center “Red Hot Holiday...”
11 tue | Viewers’ Choice
| P.O.V. “Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner”
13 thu | This Old House Hour
| Autumn’s Harvest | Globe Trekker “Las Vegas City Guide”
14 fri | Washington Week | NOW
15 sat | Rosemary and Thyme
| Keeping Up... | As Time Goes By | My Family
| Home to Roost
16 Sun | Nature “Violent Hawaii”
| Masterpiece Theatre “Prime Suspect VII: The Final Act” Part 1 of 2
17 mon | Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City”
| Great Performances “The Rise and Fall of City of Mahagonny from L.A. Opera”
18 tue | NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley”
| Independent Lens “Unreasonable Man”
| Christmas w/ Mormon Tabernacle Choir| Christmas at St. Olaf: Where Peace ...
| Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” | Globe Trekker “Sweden and Denmark
21 fri | Washington Week | NOW
22 sat | Holly Jolly Pops...Barenaked Ladies
| Home to Roost
23 sun | Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone”
| Masterpiece Theatre “Prime Suspect VII: The Final Act” Part 2 of 2
24 mon | Pops Holiday Party
| Christmas w/ Mormon Tabernacle Choir| Christmas at Belmont
25 tue | Christmas at the Hollywood Palace
| Tuesday Movie “Scrooge” | Music and Word...
| American Masters “Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned” | Rememb. Earth
| Antiques Roadshow “Savannah” | Globe Trekker “World Food: Vietnam”
28 fri | Washington Week
| NOW
29 sat | Rosemary and Thyme
| Home to Roost
30 sun | Nature “The Seedy Side of Plants”
| Masterpiece Theatre “Jane Eyre” Part 1 of 2
31 mon | Live from Lincoln Center “NY Philharmonic New Years’ Eve: Joshua Bell...” | Great Perf.“We Love Ella!...”
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spotlight on a daytime program
ARTHUR’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS
Everyone’s favorite aardvark introduces
children to the many ways to celebrate
the holidays. Ever magical Elwood City
prepares for the best holiday season ever
as Arthur, D.W., Buster and their family
and friends gather to celebrate Christmas,
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and even a special
celebration between Buster and his
mom called Baxter Day. As the
emphasis on perfection looms,
Arthur and friends begin to
realize the true meaning of the
holidays.
ARTHUR’S PERFECT
CHRISTMAS airs Tuesday,
December 25 at 4 p.m. on
WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11).
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5:30
Workplace Essential Skills (Mon.)
Learn To Read (Tues.)
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11:00
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3:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog (Mon. Tues. Thurs, and Fri.)
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3:30
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TV listings december 2007
Saturday 1
Sunday 2
7:00a Sesame Street
8:00 Arthur
8:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog
9:00 WordGirl
9:30Hometime “Town Home: Ready to Paint”
10:00This Old House
10:30 Ask This Old House
11:00New Yankee Workshop “Painted Cupboard” (R)
11:30 Ciao Italia “Chocolate Cakes” (R)
Noon Lidia’s Favorites Encore Lidia shares insights
and techniques gathered during 40 years of cooking. From comfort food to haute cuisine, Lidia
fuses recipes into quick and delicious salads, main
courses and desserts. (R)
2:00p Anne of Green Gables 18-year-old Anne is now
the teacher at Avonlea School. She has remained
at Green Gables with Marilla, and has put aside
her ambition to become a celebrated writer. (R)
5:00 Anne of Green Gables Anne moves to Kingston
to teach. But when she returns to Green Gables for
the summer, she realizes how much she misses
her home. Gilbert has been very ill, and Anne
learns how much he means to her. (R)
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “Songs of Johnny
Mercer”
8:00 My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs America’s
favorite 1950’s Doo Wop memories are back with
a program of music for lovers. Hosts Jerry Butler
and Cousin Brucie Morrow bring back the backseat ballads recorded by great vocal groups such
as The Tymes, The Rays, Little Anthony and the
Imperials and a reunion of the original Drifters.
10:00Great Performances “Eric Clapton Crossroads
Guitar Festival Chicago” This exciting concert
brought many of the greats to Chicago’s Toyota
Park. Guest artists include Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill,
Alison Krauss & Union Station, Los Lobos, Willie
Nelson, Susan Tedeschi and Jimmie Vaughan. Bill
Murray hosts.
7:00a Sesame Street
8:00Thomas & Friends
8:30 Bob the Builder
9:30The Saddle Club
10:00 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
10:30 Make Way for Noddy
11:00Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
11:30 Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria (R)
Noon Dr. Christiane Northrup’s Mother-Daughter
Wisdom Dr. Northrup reveals how and why the
mother-daughter bond is at the headwater of a
woman’s health. (R)
2:00p Dr. Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts,
Change Your Life Dr. Dyer highlights the modern
life lessons of an ancient wisdom, Tao Te Ching,
which was probably written in the sixth century
B.C. He believes using this information will make it
possible to change our thoughts about some of the
most profound issues in our lives. (R)
5:00 My Music: Doo Wop Love Songs America’s
favorite 1950’s Doo Wop memories are back with
a program of music for lovers. Hosts Jerry Butler
and Cousin Brucie Morrow bring back the backseat ballads recorded by great vocal groups such
as The Tymes, The Rays, Little Anthony and the
Imperials and a reunion of the original Drifters. (R)
7:00OnStage “Jeff Riales” Jeff has been composing
and performing since grade school, and his selftaught style on the guitar and piano are as unique
as the songs he creates.
8:00Great Performances “Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live
in Tuscany” Andrea Bocelli returns to his native
Italy for a concert of his greatest hits. He is joined
by trumpeter Chris Botti, Heather Headley, Kenny
Foster, Lang Lang and Sarah Brightman for an
evening of romantic favorites.
10:00Great Performances at the Met Renée Fleming
hosts a dazzling retrospective spanning 30 years
of show-stopping performances by Met Opera
legends. Viewers chose their favorite televised
“Met moments” last month.
overnight
12:30a Peanuts Gallery Using character clips and rarely
seen footage of Charles Schulz, Ellen Zwilch
shows how Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of
the Peanuts gang went from the daily comic strip
to Carnegie Hall.
1:00 Antiques Roadshow “San Francisco” (R)
2:00NOVA “Pocahontas” D))) (R)
3:00Nature “From Orphan to King” D))) (R)
4:00 Independent Lens “Sisters in Law”
6:00 Second Opinion
overnight
Mid. Frontline “Spying on the Homefront” Frontline
addresses an issue of major importance – is the
Bush administration’s domestic war on terrorism
jeopardizing our civil liberties? Hedrick Smith
presents new material on how the National
Security Agency’s domestic surveillance plan
works. Smith reports that former intelligence
officials worry that the combination of new
security threats and the radical interpretation
of Presidential authority may be threatening the
privacy of all Americans.
1:00aReading Rockets
2:00Ethics in America
3:00 Danger Rangers
4:00Earth Revealed
Monday 3
8:00pBarry Manilow: Songs from the Seventies
See page 9 for details.
9:30 Barry Manilow: Music and Passion This
program was the 100th performance of Manilow’s
hit Las Vegas show. It features hi-tech music
and effects mixed with an element of classic Las
Vegas style entertainment. Manilow is the #1 adult
contemporary artist of all time. He has sold 75
million albums and performed over 3,000 concerts.
11:30 BBC World News
overnight
Mid. Charlie Rose Show
1:00aReal Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy
2:00Natural Heroes
2:30 She: Ken
3:00Hands On: Crafts for Kids
4:00 Dragonflytv
Tuesday 4
8:00p Bill Moyers: Buying the War In the lead up
to the invasion of Iraq, the government’s claims
about weapons of mass destruction and terrorist
ties to Saddam Hussein went mostly unchallenged
by the media. Four years after “shock and awe,”
how the government sold the war has been much
examined, but a big question remains: how and
why did the press buy it? Bill Moyers and his team
piece together the reporting that shows how the
media were complicit in shaping the “public mind”
toward the war, and ask what’s happened to the
press’s role as skeptical “watchdog” over government power.
10:00
Trans – Siberian Orchestra: Ghost of
Christmas Eve Jewel and Ossie Davis star in the
Christmas special. (R)
11:30 Charlie Rose Show
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overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00 Destinos
2:00Out of the Past
3:00 Fokus Deutsch
4:00Voces
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Wednesday 5
8:00p Wired Science (R)
9:00Great Performances “A Tribute to James
Taylor” James Taylor, one of the most influential
singer/song-writer of the 1970s, is honored for
his musical achievements and his philanthropic
commitment at this gala concert. Jackson Browne,
David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss and
Bonnie Raitt are among the guest performers. (R)
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00 Whole Child
2:00Keeping Kids Healthy
3:00 Madison Heights
4:00 Journeys of an Artist
Thursday 6
8:00p
d Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
This beautiful program includes popular Christmas
classics such as “White Christmas,” “Carol of the
Bells,” “O Holy Night” and “Let it Snow” which
embody the beautiful, pure, ethereal and angelic
voices and harmonies that is Celtic Woman. (R)
9:30
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (R)
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overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00Off air for maintenance
Friday 7
8:00p Washington Week (TBR 12/8 @ 1a, 3a, 5a)
8:30NOW (TBR 12/8 @1:30a, 3:30a, 5:30a)
9:00Need to Know Log onto wxxi.org/ntk. (TBR 12/9
@ 12:30p)
9:30 McLaughlin Group (TBR 12/8 @ 2:30a)
10:00 Bill Moyers Journal (TBR 12/8 @ 4a)
11:00 My Music: The British Beat This special
features a mix of rare archival performance films
mixed with new live performances recorded
throughout the UK. (R)
overnight
1:00a Washington Week (R)
1:30NOW (R)
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2:00
Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria (TBR
12/9 @ 11:30a)
2:30 McLaughlin Group (R)
3:00 Washington Week (R)
3:30NOW (R)
4:00 Bill Moyers Journal (R)
5:30NOW (R)
Saturday 8
6:00a Sesame Street
8:00 Arthur
9:00 WordGirl
9:30Hometime “Drying Out a Basement” D)))
10:00This Old House
11:00New Yankee Workshop “Table Saw 101” (R)
11:30 Ciao Italia “Stuffed Pasta” (R)
Noon America’s Home Cooking – Comfort Foods
First up are the heart-warming soups and stews
that satisfy the appetite and the soul. Then there
are the ethnic foods that tie us to family and to a
heritage that goes back generations. And last, we
look at recipes for foods of pure indulgence. (R)
3:00p Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us
Peggy Cappy teaches stretches and exercises that
are most beneficial for back care. (R)
4:00
Rick Steves’ European Christmas This
special includes performances by the Nonsuch
Singers of London, The Norwegian Girls Choir
of Oslo and the Wilhelm-Loeh School Choir of
Nurnberg, Germany. (R)
5:30 Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories This
is a nostalgic look back at talk-show-host extraordinaire Mike Douglas and The Mike Douglas
Show. The program features clips from many of
the actors and musicians featured on the original
shows which aired from 1961-1982. Bill Cosby,
Bob Newhart, Yoko Ono, Della Reese and others
provide commentary.
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “God Bless America” The
Welk Family pays a musical tribute to America’s
freedoms, its leaders and its veterans, and to the
patriotism Lawrence Welk held dear as part of the
classic American success story of his life. (R)
9:30Barry Manilow: Songs from the Seventies
See page 9 for details.
11:00 Bob Marley and the Wailers: Live This special
features one of the Jamaican superstar’s best live
performances. It was recorded on June 2, 1977, and
has been digitally remastered to mark the 30th anniversary of the performance. Highlights include “I Shot
the Sheriff,” “Lively Up Yourself” and “Jammin.”
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overnight
12:30aThe Innovators: Designing the Future The
program examines the power of innovation to
transform lives by spotlighting new breakthroughs
in science and technology.
1:00a Antiques Roadshow “San Francisco” (R)
2:00NOVA “Supersonic Dream” D))) (R)
3:00Nature “The Best of Nature” D))) (R)
4:30 Crown of the Continent (R)
5:00 Antiques Roadshow “San Francisco” (R)
6:00 Second Opinion
Sunday 9
7:00a Sesame Street
9:30The Saddle Club
Noon Qi Gong: The Flow Continues Qi Gong
originated thousands of years ago as a way to
establish a strong foundation of health through
one complete workout. Instructor Lee Holden
shows how these soothing, gentle motions work
their time-tested magic to clear stress, build
strength and flexibility and restore the body’s
natural healing energies.
1:00p
Angel Voices: Libera in Concert Libera,
a South London choral group of boys aged 9 to
15, has a mystical and transcendent sound. This
concert was recorded at St. Peter’s in Leiden,
Holland, and includes ”Sanctus” (Pachelbel),
“Abide with Me,” “I am the Day” and “Going
Home” from Dvorák’s New World Symphony.
2:30
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
(R)
4:00 Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us (R)
5:00Nature “The Best of Nature – 25 Years” Lynn
Sherr hosts this special which celebrates the first
25 years of Nature. (R)
7:00OnStage “The Campbell Brothers” The Campbell
brothers present Sacred Steel – African American
gospel music with electric steel guitar and vocal.
Pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell and his lap
steel-playing brother Darick are two of the finest
in this tradition. They are joined by Phil Campbell
on electric guitar and his son Carlton on drums.
Katie Jackson’s gutsy gospel vocals bring the
group to a level of energy and expression that
defies description.
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8:00
Bob Dylan: Live in Newport 1963-1965 Bob
Dylan’s first Newport appearance is generally
regarded as his premiere national performance,
and he became an instant favorite. But in 1965, he
decided to “plug in” resulting in a mixed audience
response that caused him to leave the stage. This
shift marked his changing artistic direction, as he
made the move from leading song-writer/singer of
the folk scene to rock ‘n’ roll star.
9:30 Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band
Live in Dublin Bruce Springsteen reunited the
Sessions Band for this unique concert which
charts the development of the band from an informal group to an onstage powerhouse. It includes
folk music, blues, country, swing, gospel and more
– all performed with Bruce’s classic energy and
focus. (R)
11:00 America at a Crossroads “Homegrown: Islam in
Prison” This program examines a crucial question
- are U.S. prisons incubators for radical Islam and
terrorist ideology?
overnight
Mid. America at a Crossroads “Campus Battleground”
Since the 1960s, the American university has
frequently been a combat zone where partisan
groups forcefully, and sometimes fiercely, argue the
passions and positions on public affairs. It forces
students to think about allegiances to family, ethnicity and religion, and the need to take a stand that
will define them and their ideals.
1:00aReading Rockets
3:00 Danger Rangers
4:00Earth Revealed
Monday 10
8:00p André Rieu: Radio City Music Hall, Live in
New York Rieu’s latest special features selections
from film scores, musicals and traditional pieces.
Special guests are the Harlem Gospel Choir. (R)
10:00
Live From Lincoln Center “Jazz @ Lincoln
Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp” See page 5 for
details.
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overnight
2:00Natural Heroes
2:30 Crucible of Freedom
4:00 Dragonflytv
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Tuesday 11
8:00pViewers’ Choice
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00 Destinos
2:00Out of the Past
3:00 Fokus Deutsch
4:00Voces
Wednesday 12
8:00p Wired Science (R)
9:00 P.O.V. “Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony
Kushner” Tony Kushner has emerged as one of the
country’s leading playwrights and one of its fiercest moral critics. Oscar-winning director Frieda
Lee Mock followed Kushner for 3 years – from
September 11, 2001 to the 2004 presidential
election – to delve into the passions that keep him
reaching for the great American play.
overnight
12:30Tavis Smiley
1:00aThe Whole Child
Thursday 13
8:00pThis Old House Hour
9:00 Autumn’s Harvest See page 9 for details.
10:00Globe Trekker “Las Vegas City Guide”
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00 Warrior in Two Worlds
2:00 15 Miles on the Erie Canal
3:00 Bridging World History
4:00 Wild Chronicles
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Friday 14
8:30NOW (TBR 12/15 @ 1:30a, 3:30a, 5:30a)
9:00Need to Know Log onto wxxi.org/ntk. (TBR
12/16@ 12:30p)
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:30NOW (R)
2:00 Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria (TBR
12/16 @ 11:30a)
3:30NOW (R)
5:30NOW
sometimes-radical treatment options available.
(TBR 12/16 @ 1:30p)
3:30Travelscope “Brittany, France” Elves and dragons, maids and knights – hiking and biking,
oysters and crepes – these are some of the
surprises and pleasures Joseph discovers in
Brittany.
4:00The Miller Center National Debates “Privacy
and the War on Terror”
5:30Victory at Sea “Suicide for Glory” (R)
6:00 Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” (R)
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “Winter”
8:00 Saturday Mysteries: Rosemary and Thyme
“They Understand Me in Paris” Rosemary’s friend
Dorothy has invited the gardeners to her French
Riviera home to help restore the 150-yearold garden. Events take a dramatic turn when
Dorothy’s husband is found dead.
9:00Keeping Up Appearances
9:30 As Time Goes By
10:00 My Family
10:30Home to Roost
11:00 Doctor Who “The Empty Child” (R)
overnight
Saturday 15
6:00a Sesame Street
8:00 Arthur
9:00 WordGirl
9:30Hometime “Mother-in-Law Apartment”
10:00This Old House
11:00New Yankee Workshop “Table Saw 101” (R)
11:30 Ciao Italia “Students in the Kitchen”
Noon Lidia’s Italy “Two Tasty Pastas, Puglia Style” (R)
12:30pVictory Garden
1:00Garden Smart Visit a landscape designer who
has turned his backyard into a warm and inviting
outdoor living space.
1:30 Simply Ming “Coriander/Fennel”
2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s
Illustrated “Rainy Day BBQ” (R)
2:30 Classical Destinations “Germany 1 – Eisenach
and the Towns of Bach’s Travels” Simon follows
the young J. S. Bach’s career path through eastern Germany from his birthplace in Eisenach to
Arnstadt and Wiemar.
3:00 Second Opinion “Ovarian Cancer” Ovarian
cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
But a woman’s susceptibility to it may be determined by genetic testing. This episode explores
the challenges faced by a woman balancing the
opportunity to know her genetic profile and the
Mid.
Austin City Limits “John Mayer”
1:00a Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” (R)
2:00NOVA “Deadly Ascent” (R) D)))
3:00Nature “Ravens” D))) (R)
4:00 Independent Lens “The Paper” (R)
5:30 Crown of the Continent (R)
6:00 Second Opinion (R)
Sunday 16
7:00a Sesame Street
9:30The Saddle Club
Noon To the Contrary
12:30pNeed to Know Log onto wxxi.org/ntk. (R)
1:00Keeping Kids Healthy “Holistic Medicine ” (R)
D)))
1:30 Second Opinion “Ovarian Cancer” (R)
2:00How to Cook Everything: Bittman takes on
America’s Chefs “Jose Andres” NEW SERIES See
page 9 for details.
2:30 Sewing with Nancy “Embellishment Potpourri”
Part 1 of 2
3:00
Woodwright’s Shop “French Work Bench” Part 2
D)))
3:30 Motorweek Infinity Ex35/Chrysler Town & Country
4:00 Citywise
4:30 Inside Washington
5:00This Old House
5:30This Old House
6:00 BBC World News
6:30New York Now
7:00OnStage “Christian Scott” Trumpeter Christian
Scott grew up with jazz in New Orleans. At the
age of 18, he played on an album with his uncle,
saxophonist Donald Harrison. Filmed at the 2007
Rochester International Jazz Festival.
8:00Nature “Violent Hawaii” Hawaii’s breathtaking
beauty was forged in fire, created by the awesome
power of volcanoes on the land and in the sea, by
earthquakes and tsunamis – all natural wonders
that continue to shape the islands today. D))) (TBR
12/23 @ 3a)
9:00Masterpiece Theater “Prime Suspect VII: The
Final Act” Emmy-winner Helen Mirren reprises
her iconic role as Detective Superintendent Jane
Tennison for the last time. In the devastating finale,
the investigation of a schoolgirl’s brutal murder
takes its toll on the battle-scared detective, and her
supervisors push her toward retirement. Does she
have the strength to fight? Part 1 of 2 D)))
11:00 In the Life
overnight
Mid. Big Time Losers This program examines the
price colleges and their athletes pay when sports
becomes big business. The film examines the
impact of sports on academics at the “Ivy League”
schools and at “big-time” state universities where
football abd basketball traditions run deep.
1:00aEducation News Parents Can Use
3:00 Danger Rangers
4:00Earth Revealed
Monday 17
8:00p Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” Part 3 of 3
(R) (TBR 12/20 @ 9p, 12/22 @ 6p,12/23 @ 1a)
9:00Great Performances “The Rise and Fall of the
City of Mahagonny from LA Opera” Audra McDonald
stars in a new production of one of the great 20th
century operas. From composer Kurt Weill and
playwright Bertolt Brecht comes a savage and
lyrical satire told in a highly entertaining blend of
opera and raucous music hall songs. Patti LuPone,
John Doyle, and Anthony Dean Griffey co-star in
this musical where it is every man for himself in the
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newly founded city of Mahagonny, a city devoted to
life’s illicit pleasures. The brilliant score, featuring
the classic song “Moon of Alabama,” masterfully
creates a vivid picture of determination desperation
and debauchery.
overnight
2:00 Chateau on the Hill
2:30Gannagaro
4:00 Dragonflytv
Tuesday 18
8:00pNOVA “Missing in MiG Alley” In 1950, Russian and
American fighters clashed over Korea in the fastest dogfights ever seen. The American F-86 Sabre
and the Soviet MiG-15 fought this air campaign in
MiG Alley, a strip of airspace between the KoreanChinese border. 31 Sabre pilots are believed to have
survived crash landings in this spot, and evidence
suggests they were taken to Russian prisons. NOVA
follows the efforts of family members to find out
what happened to these pilots. D)))
9:00 Independent Lens “Unreasonable Man” This
documentary takes an unsparing look at Ralph
Nader, one of the most important and controversial
political figures of our time.
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00 Destinos
2:00Out of the Past
3:00 Fokus Deutsch
4:00Voces
Wednesday 19
8:00p Wired Science
9:00
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir Featuring Sissel See page 6 for details.
10:00
Christmas at St. Olaf: Where Peace and
Love and Hope Abide
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12:30aTavis Smiley
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1:00 Whole Child
Thursday 20
10:00Globe Trekker “Sweden and Denmark” (R)
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00E3 Electronic Field Trips
2:00 Fire and Ice
3:00 Bridging World History
Friday 21
8:00p Washington Week (TBR 12/22@ 1a, 3a, 5a)
8:30NOW (TBR 12/22 @ 1:30a, 3:30a, 5:30a)
@ 12:30p)
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:30NOW (R)
12/23 @ 11:30a)
3:30NOW (R)
5:30NOW (R)
9:30Hometime “Decorating a Basement”
10:00This Old House
11:00New Yankee Workshop “Taunton Chest”
11:30 Ciao Italia “Grandmother’s Pasta” (R)
12:00 Lidia’s Italy “When in Rome…Eat Pasta” (R
12:30Victory Garden
1:00Garden Smart Travel to Alaska to look at native
plants, arctic horticulture and views to die for.
1:30 Simply Ming “Shitake/Truffle Oil Sauce”
Illustrated “Spaghetti House Favorites” (R)
2:30 Classical Destinations “Germany 2
– Leipzig and Mainz” The careers of Bach and
Mendelssohn reached their heights in Leipzig.
Niki performs part of Mendelssohn’s Violin
Concerto and we visit the publishers Schott
in the city of Mainz to learn the craft of music
engraving and look at the original manuscript of
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
3:00 Second Opinion “Addiction” Major advancements in neurological science are changing the
way experts understand and treat addictive behavior. Learn what the latest medical research has to
offer. (TBR 12/23 @ 1:30p)
3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Allen showcases
his “Daffodil Hill” where, each fall, thousands of
new bulbs emerge in a delightful show of cheery
blooms. NEW SEASON
4:00 Wired Science (R)
5:30Victory at Sea “Design for Peace” (R)
7:00 Lawrence Welk Show “Christmas”
8:00
A Holly Jolly Pops Holiday with the
Barenaked Ladies See page 5 for details.
10:00 My Family
10:30Home to Roost
11:00 Doctor Who “The Doctor Dances” (R)
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Mid. Austin City Limits “Lucinda Williams/Old Crow”
1:00a Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” (R)
2:00NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley” (R) D)))
3:00Nature “Violent Hawaii” (R) D)))
4:00 Independent Lens “Unreasonable Man” (R)
Saturday 22
Sunday 23
6:00a
8:00
8:30
9:00
6:00a Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Arthur
Clifford the Big Red Dog
WordGirl
9:30The Saddle Club
12:30pNeed to Know Log onto wxxi.org/ntk. (R)
1:00Keeping Kids Healthy “Childrearing Transitions:
Adapting to a New Baby”
1:30 Second Opinion “Addiction” (R)
2:00How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on
America’s Chefs “Chris Schlesinger”
2:30 Sewing with Nancy ”Embellishment Potpourri”
Part 2 of 2
3:00 Woodwright’s Shop “Violin Maker Joe Thrift”
3:30 Motorweek Suzuki SX-41 Buick, Encalve, Crossover
4:00 Citywise
5:00This Old House
5:30This Old House
6:00 BBC World News
6:30New York Now
7:00OnStage “The Dig Project“ This modern rock
band has performed all over the Eastern and
Midwestern United States. They placed in the top
4 in Rochester’s Most Popular Band Contest at
Milestone’s, and Freetime magazine called their
music “smooth and effortless.”
8:00
Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone”
Breathtaking landscapes of intimate scenes of
wolves and coyotes, elk and bison, bears and
otters as they make their way through the most
challenging season of the year. D))) HD (R)
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre “Prime Suspect VII: The
Final Act” Part 2 of 2 D))) (R)
11:00 Independent Lens “Sisters in Law” This documentary looks at one small courthouse in the
African nation of Cameroon where 2 women are
determined to help the women in their Muslim
village find the courage to fight cases of abuse
and serve justice where it is due.
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overnight
1:00a Masterpiece Theatre “Prime Suspect VII: The
Final Act” Part 2 of 2 D))) (R)
3:00
Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone”
4:00Earth Revealed
d
Monday 24
8:00p
9:00
10:00
d Pops Holiday Party
d Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir Featuring Sissel See page 6 for details. (R)
d Christmas at Belmont 2007 This year’s
concert is hosted by American Idol finalist Melinda
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Doolittle. The concert features a collage of familiar
carols, classical masterworks and light-hearted
seasonal favorites. HD
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00
Choir Featuring Sissel (R)
2:00
Christmas at Belmont 2007(R)
3:00 Antiques Roadshow ”Savannah” (R)
4:00
Choir Featuring Sissel (R)
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d
d
Tuesday 25
See daytime schedule for programs airing
6 a.m. through 11 a.m.
11:00a
12:00
1:00p
2:00
3:00
d Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir See page 6 for details.
d Candles and Carols
d Christmas at Belmont See 10/24 at 10 p.m.
d Holiday Homecoming with Angela Brown
d L.A. Celebration 2007 A highlighted version of
the six-hour Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration,
this program features performers from many
cultures and holiday traditions found in the county.
4:00
Arthur’s Perfect Christmas See page 11.
5:00
Christmas at St. Olaf
6:00 BBC World News
7:00NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Christmas at Hollywood Palace See page 6
8:00
(R)
9:00
Scrooge Sir Seymour Hicks plays Scrooge in
this 1935 film adaptation of Dickens “A Christmas
Carol.”
10:30
Music and the Spoken Word “A Christmas
Glow” Renée Fleming joins the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir in “Joy to the World,” “What Child is This?” and
the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Claire Bloom presents the
spoken word “On Earth peace, good will toward men.”
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d
d
d
d
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00NOVA “Wave that Shook the World” NOVA presents
a clear analysis of the tragic tsunami that devastated
countries around the Indian Ocean in 2004. (R)
2:00 Frontline/World “A World of Good”
3:00NOVA “Wave that Shook the World” (R)
4:00Voces
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Wednesday 26
8:00p Wired Science (TBR 12/27 @ 1a, 3a)
9:00 American Masters “Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned”
In the 1960s, Bob Newhart came on the scene
with a deadpan and mildly nervous humor that
helped spearhead the explosion in American
comedy. In his television shows he played the
quintessential man caught in a world of zany characters gone mad. (R) (TBR 12/27 @ 2a)
10:30Remembered Earth: New Mexico’s High
Desert John Graboska and N. Scott Momaday
present a vision of hope for humankind’s relationship to the natural world by interpreting the myth,
beauty and power of the sacred landscape of the
American west. (R)
overnight
12:30Tavis Smiley
1:00a Wired Science
2:00 American Masters “Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned” (R)
3:30 Wired Science
Thursday 27
9:00 Antiques Roadshow “Savannah” (R)
10:00Globe Trekker “World Food: Vietnam” Megan
visits Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Bac Ha to
sample the region’s “Imperial Cuisine.”
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:00This Old House Hour
2:00 Antiques Roadshow (R)
3:00This Old House Hour
4:00 Antiques Roadshow (R)
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8:30NOW (TBR 12/29 @ 1:30a, 3:30a, 5:30a)
@12:30p)
overnight
12:30aTavis Smiley
1:30NOW (R)
12/30 @ 11:30a)
3:30NOW (R)
5:30NOW (R)
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6:00a Sesame Street
8:00 Arthur
9:00 WordGirl
9:30Hometime “Urban Porch Framing” (R)
10:00This Old House
11:00New Yankee Workshop “Bowfront Chest” (R)
11:30 Ciao Italia “Cooking Live with Sara Moulton” (R)
Noon Lidia’s Italy “Savor It” (R)
12:30pVictory Garden
1:00Garden Smart Large perennials, even larger
vegetables. When you have a lot of sun each day,
things really grow as we see at the Alaska State
Fair. NEW SEASON
1:30 Simply Ming “Sambal/Dijon Sauce”
Illustrated “Pucker Up – Citrus Desserts” (R)
2:30 Classical Destinations “Vienna” The last years
of Mozart’s life; Beethoven’s tragic deafness; the
glamorous but turbulent life of Johann Strauss
the Younger – all these took place in Vienna. Niki
trades her bow for a baton and conducts the “Blue
Danube Waltz” with a virtual orchestra.
3:00 Second Opinion “Migraine” Often debilitating
and misunderstood, migraine headaches and the
options available to treat them are sources of
much debate. Anger, frustration and desperation
can plague both patients and physicians. The panel
navigates a case of migraine and the often confusing information that surrounds pain management
and prevention. (TBR12/30 @ 1:30p)
3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home “Vegetable
Delight” Allen’s organic vegetable garden goes
retro with his traditional favorites. Allen takes
viewers to Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH.
4:00 Wired Science (R)
5:30Victory at Sea “Design for War” (R)
6:00 Antiques Roadshow “Savannah”
7:00Lawrence Welk Show “Tour of Southern California”
8:00Rosemary and Thyme “The Invisible Worm”
Eleanor Marshall asks Rosemary and Laura to
investigate why the new roses at Stagford Lodge
Prep School are dying. The ladies attend “The
Night of the Stag,” an annual school ritual that
ends abruptly this year with the death of Simon
Todd, a shy geography teacher. Are the dying roses
and the mystery of Simon’s death connected?
10:00 My Family
10:30Home to Roost
11:00 Doctor Who “Boom Town” (R)
overnight
Mid. Austin City Limits “Bloc Party/Ghostland
Observatory
1:00a Antiques Roadshow “Savannah” (R)
2:00NOVA “Wave that Shook the World” (R) D)))
3:00
Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone” (R) D)))
4:00 Independent Lens “Wordplay” (R)
5:30Earth Remembered: New Mexico’s High
Desert
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6:00a Sesame Street
9:30The Saddle Club
12:30pNeed to Know (R)
1:00Keeping Kids Healthy “Grandparents who Parent”
1:30 Second Opinion “Migraine” (R)
2:00How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on
America’s Chefs “Suzanne Goin”
2:30 Sewing with Nancy “Sew & Go Knits” Part 1 of 3
3:00Woodwright’s Shop “Parallelogram Plant Stand” D)))
3:30 Motorweek Volvo XC70/Dodge Viper SRT-10
4:00 Citywise
5:00This Old House
5:30This Old House
6:00 BBC World News
6:30New York NOW
7:00OnStage “Harry Allen” Harry Allen honks the horn
with a swingin’ ease that won’t leave first-time
jazz listeners in the dust. He tends to lean toward
classic swing tempered with a tone and phras-
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ing that anyone can Getz. Filmed at the 2007
Rochester International Jazz Festival.
8:00Nature “The Seedy Side of Plants” How do plants
get around when they are literally rooted to the
spot? Some extraordinary camera work reveals that
plants will go to almost any length to get animals
and humans to disperse their seeds for them. D)))
9:00 Masterpiece Theatre “Jane Eyre” In her beloved
1847 novel, Charlotte Brontë created one of the
most indelible heroines of all time. The unconventional love story of an orphaned governess and the
rich, brilliant, tortured Mr. Rochester is much more
than a Gothic romance. Jane Eyre is the tale of
one woman’s fight to claim her independence and
self-respect in a society that has no place for her.
The cast includes Toby Stephens, Francesca Annis
and Ruth Hudson. Part 1 of 2 D))) (R)
11:00 Independent Lens “The Paper” This special
takes an in-depth look at the challenges of
modern journalism as faced by the staff of a
university newspaper embroiled in controversy.
overnight
12:30a Saved from the Wrecking Ball This documentary follows the saga of the 20th century
Farnsworth House created by architect Ludwig
Mies Van de Rohe.
1:00aMasterpiece Theatre “Jane Eyre” Part 1 of 2
D))) (R)
3:00Nature “The Seedy Side of Plants” (R) D)))
4:00Earth Revealed
Monday 31
8:00p Live from Lincoln Center “New York Philharmonic
New Year’s Eve: Joshua Bell’s Romantic Violin” The
orchestra rings in the new year with director Lorin
Maazel and guest soloist Joshua Bell.
10:00Great Performances “We Love Ella: A Tribute to
the First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald has been
consistently ranked among the top female jazz
singers for more than 50 years. She won 13
Grammy Awards and sold more than 40 million
albums. With her unmistakable voice, she sang
everything from sultry ballads to swinging pop
standards with matchless jazz musicianship. (R)
11:30 James Last: Gentleman of Music James Last,
one of the world’s most successful bandleaders,
has earned 17 platinum and 206 gold discs in his
40-year career. This concert was recorded live in
Bayreuth, Germany in 2000. (R)
1:00a Live from Lincoln Center “New York
Philharmonic New Year’s Eve: Joshua Bell’s
Romantic Violin” (R)
3:00TBA
4:00TBA
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december 2007
repeats schedule december primetime repeats
American Masters “Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned” | 12/27 at 2a
Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” | 12/20 at 9p, 12/22 at 6p, 12/23 at 1a
Barry Manilow: Songs from the Seventies | 12/8 at 9:30p
Back Care Basics: Yoga for the Rest of Us | 12/9 at 4p
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration | 12/6 at 9:30p, 12/9 at 2:30p
Christmas at Belmont 2007 | 12/25 at 2a, 12/25 at 1p
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sissel | 12/24 at 1a and 4a, 12/25 at 11a
My Music: Doo Wop | 12/2 at 5p
Nature “The Best of Nature” | 12/9 at 3a
Nature “Violent Hawaii” | 12/23 at 3a
Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone” | 12/24 at 3a
Nature “The Seedy Side of Plants” | 12/31 at 3a
Need to Know | Sundays at 12:30p
NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley” | 12/23 at 2a
NOW | Saturdays at 1:30a
Second Opinion “Addiction” | 12/23 at 1:30p
Second Opinion “Ovarian Cancer” | 12/16 at 1:30p
Second Opinion “Migraine” | 12/30 at 1:30p
Washington Week | Saturdays at 1a
Wired Science | 12/26 episode 12/27 at 1a and 3a
Please note: The repeat broadcast of McLaughlin Group, Need to Know, NOW and Washington Week is always the episode from the preceding Friday program.
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december 2007
HD schedule
december HD primetime
Cable 1011/DT 21.1
8:00 pm
8:30 pm 9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30pm
| Wired Science
| Austin City Limits “Wilson/Lambert” | NOVA “Pocahontas Revealed”
2 sun | Nature “The Best of Nature - 25 Years”
| Painting with... | America at Crossroads “Islam...”
3 mon | Antiques Roadshow “San Fran, CA” | Wired Science
| Frontline “Spying on Home Front”
4 tue | NOVA “Supersonic Dream”
| Great Performances “Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago”
5 wed | Beaux Arts at 50 | NOVA “Supersonic Dream”
| Austin City Limits “Wilson/Lambert”
6 Thu | Inside “Speed Week”
| Exploring Space: The Quest for Life
7 Fri | Defying Gravity:... Josh Simpson
| Inside “Battle of the Wines”
| Warplane “ Airplane to Air Force”
8 Sat | The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend
| Austin City Limits “Ladysmith...” | NOVA “Supersonic Dream”
9 Sun | Nature “Ravens”
| The Mystery of Love
10 mon | Live From Lincoln Center “Jazz at Lincoln Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp” | L.A. Holiday Celebration 2007
11 tue | NOVA “Deadly Ascent”
| Frontline
| Nature “Ravens”
| The Marines | Indian Pride
13 thu | The Mystery of Love
| Craft in America “Memory”
14 fri | O Come, All Ye Faithful: Concordia... | Inside “Rolling Stones in Rio”
| Warplane “Air Force to Air Power”
15 sat | Wired Science
| Austin City Limits “John Mayer” | NOVA “ Deadly Ascent”
16 Sun | Nature “Violent Hawaii”
| Inside “Rolling Stones in Rio” | Warplane “Air Force to Air Power”
17 mon | Antiques Roadshow “Oklahoma City” | Great Performances “Rise and Fall of City of Mahagonny/LA Opera”
18 tue | NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley”
| Nature “Violent Hawaii”
| Inside “Rolling Stones in Rio”
| Christmas w/Mormon Tabernacle | Christmas at St. Olaf
20 thu | Exploring Space: The Quest for Life
| Craft in America “Landscape”
21 fri | Tonic Sol-Fa Christmas
| Inside “Space Launch”
| Warplane “Jet Age”
22 sat | Wired Science
| Austin City Lim. “Williams/Old Crow” | NOVA “Missing in MiG Alley”
23 sun | Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone” | Christmas at St. Olaf
| Inside “Space Launch”
24 mon | Antiques Roadshow “Savannah, GA” | Christmas w/Mormon Tabernacle | Christmas at Belmont
25 tue | NOVA “Wave That Shook the World” | Frontline
| Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone”
| The Marines
| New Mexico...
27 thu | Christmas at Belmont
| NOVA “Wave That Shook World” | Craft in America “Community”
28 fri | Grace Potter And The Nocturnals
| Wired Science
| Warplane “Age of Stealth”
29 sat | Craft in America “Community”
| Austin City Lim. “B. Party/Ghostland” | Nature “Christmas in Yellowstone”
30 sun | Nature “Supersize Crocs” | Warplane “Age of Stealth”
| Austin City Lim. “B. Party/Ghostland”
31 mon | Live From Lincoln Center “NY Phil. New Year’s Eve with Joshua Bell”
| Great Perf. “We Love Ella!...”
1 SAT
december 2007
world & create/thinkbright
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world
create/thinkBright schedule
DTV 21.2/cable 524
DTV 21.3/cable 433
PBS WORLD, DT21.2/cable 524,
features documentary, public affairs, and
news programming from public television’s
award-winning signature series and
acclaimed independent filmmakers. PBS
WORLD includes popular and critically
acclaimed series like American Experience,
Frontline, History Detectives, Nature, NOVA
and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the
Tavis Smiley Show.
ThinkBright airs 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The schedule includes twohours of non-commercial, non-violent children’s programming
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every day. At 8 p.m., the ThinkBright’s
thematic daily programming begins.
For complete schedules, visit WXXI.org/dtvschedules
KIDS PROGRAMMING
6p
Biscuit Brothers (Sundays)
CyberChase (weekdays)
Fetch! (Saturdays)
6:30p Wishbone (Sundays)
Arthur (weekdays)
Postcards from Buster (Saturdays)
7p
Reading Rainbow (Sundays & Saturdays)
Maya & Miguel (Mondays – Thursdays)
Word Girl (Fridays)
7:30p Double Down (Sundays)
Saddle Club (weekdays)
Dragon Fly TV (Saturdays)
THINKBRIGHT NIGHTLY THEMES
Sundays are Family & Education nights! Tune in for
specials like Roadtrip Nation on 12/2 at 8 p.m., Stranger
in the Woods on 12/9 at 8 p.m., Writing Code on 12/16
at 9 p.m., and Independent Lens: The World According to
Sesame Street on 12/30 at 9 p.m.
Mondays are Healthy for Life nights, checking in with
programs like Keeping Kids Healthy at 8 p.m. My SoCalled Disability at 9 p.m., and WXXI’s own Second
Opinion at 10:30 p.m.
Tuesdays are Arts & Performance nights, starring specials
like Beyond the Practice Room on 12/4 at 8 p.m., Live
from Lincoln Center on 12/11 at 8 p.m., Music of Mozart
on 12/18 at 8 p.m., and Holiday Homecoming with Angela
Brown on 12/25 at 8 p.m.
Wednesdays are History & Biography nights with
programs like American Experience: The Gold Rust on
12/5 at 8 p.m., Fall of the Aztecs on 12/12 at 8 p.m., The
Conquest of the Incas on 12/19 at 8 p.m., and The Search
for El Dorado on 12/26 at 8 p.m.
Thursdays are Heritage & Diversity nights beginning with
Indian Pride at 8 p.m., I Believe at 8:30 p.m., followed by
Globe Trekker at 9 p.m.
Fridays are Think Globally nights with all your favorite news
shows like New York Now at 8 p.m, Foreign Exchange at
8:30 p.m., Bill Moyers’ Journal at 9 p.m., NOW at 10 p.m.,
and Expose: America’s Investigative Reports at 10:30 p.m.
Saturdays are Science & Nature nights with Eyes at Nye
on 12/1 at 8 p.m., Animal Attractions on 12/8 at 8:30 p.m.,
and Wild Chronicles on Saturdays at 9:30 p.m.
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december 2007
classical programming
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Toll Brothers
Metropolitan Opera
is Back on WXXI-FM and—at a Theater Near You
Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera returns with an exciting line-up of broadcast premieres along with new
productions, plus a few old favorites. Enjoy them all Saturday afternoons at 1:30 on WXXI-FM 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1, beginning December 8th. You can also experience the excitement of the Met Opera on the big screen when they broadcast live
via satellite at the Regal Cinema Eastview. One of WXXI’s Classical hosts will introduce each one of the satellite broadcasts
at the Regal Cinema. The first in the Met at the Movies series is Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette, starring Anna Netrebko on
December 15th.
Movie ticket prices are $18 for adults, $15 for children. See movie listings
for times. And, be sure to tune in to WXXI-FM 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1 for a chance
to win two tickets to one of these Met movie debuts.
In addition to Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, WXXI and Regal Cinema are
proud to bring these operas to the movies: Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel
(1/1 at 1 p.m.), Verdi’s MacBeth (1/12), Puccini’s Manon Lescaut (2/16),
Britten’s Peter Grimes (3/15), Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (3/22), Puccini’s La
Boheme (4/5) and Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment (4/26).
TOLL BROTHERS METROPOLITAN opera airs Saturdays
beginning December 8 at 1:30 p.m. on WXXI-FM 91.5/90.3/
HD 91.5-1 (times vary, see listings)
BACKSTAGE
PASS with
Gregory Kunde and Linda
Wojciechowski Kunde
Backstage Pass host Julia Figueras invites Gregory Kunde
and Linda Wojciechowski Kunde to the Henry Epstein Studio
to perform sacred songs and talk about their music. Considered one
of the most elegant and accomplished bel canto tenors on the opera
stage today, Kunde has made a career of perfecting the bel canto tenor
repertory, earning him widespread acclaim. Kunde and his wife, the
soprano Linda Wojciechowski Kunde live in Penfield. Kunde performs
and conducts several concerts a year with his namesake ensemble, the
Gregory Kunde Chorale.
BACKSTAGE PASS airs on Friday,
December 14 at 1 p.m. on Classical
91.5/90.3
highlights
Santa Fe
Chamber
Orchestra
Tune in for a special treat as world
renowned musicians like Pinchas
Zukerman, Anne Sofie von Otter,
Yefim Bronfman, and Ida Kavafian
perform with the Santa Fe
Chamber Orchestra.
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra
airs Sundays at 6 p.m. on
WXXI-FM 91.5/90.3/HD 91.5-1,
beginning December 2
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classical programming december 2007
december classical programming
Classical 91.5/WJSL 90.3/HD 91.5-1
Monday-Friday
6a
7a
8a
The Sunshine Show
Classical Music
with Simon Pontin
with John Andres
with Simon Pontin
With Heart and Voice
Salmagundy
Classical Music
with Julia Figueras
Sunday Baroque
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Live from Hochstein
Wednesdays 12:10p-1p
Classical Music
with Marianne Carberry
1p
with Jack Ertle or Gerry Szymanski
3p
Classical Music
with Mordecai Lipshutz
The San Francisco/
Metropolitan Operas
(end times vary)
5p
8p
9p
10p
11p
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra
Exploring Music
A Prairie Home Companion
With Heart & Voice
with Bill McGlaughlin
Syndicated Orchestral Series
Thistle & Shamrock
to 6a
Pipedreams
(see listings for details)
Echoes
Classical Music
Echoes
Fridays, 10:00 p.m. until 12 a.m.
Hearts of Space
Music of the 21st Century
from PRI
Classical Music
Mid.
New York Philharmonic
From the Top
6p
7p
Saint Paul Sunday
Classical Music
2p
4p
with Richard Gladwell
with Simon Pontin
11a
Noon
Sunday
The Sunshine Show
9a
10a
Saturday
with Chris Hickey
from PRI
Classical Music
indicates a WXXI Production
For a copy of the complete WJSL 90.3 schedule,
log on to wxxi.org/wjsl or call 585-258-0253.
december 2007
Sunday
12/2
12/9
12/16
12/23
12/30
12:00p Saint Paul Sunday
Alexandre da Costa, v; Margo Garrett, p
Guarneri String Quartet
Steven Isserlis, c; Ana-Maria Vera, p
Ellen Hargis, s; Paul O’Dette, lute and theorbo
Claude Frank, p
1:00p RPO Holiday Pops 2006 ♦
12/9See page 5.
1:00p St. Olaf Christmas Festival
12/23Begun in 1912, the Festival is a worship service
of hymns, carols, choral works and orchestral
selections that celebrate the birth of Christ. Fred
Child hosts.
2:00p Christmas Vespers
12/16The Hope College Music Department, which
consists of nearly 500 students in the choirs,
orchestra, brass ensemble and organ present the
Christmas Vespers.
2:00p Watch Night
12/30A year’s end vigil that gained deep meaning in
African American experience through its association with the Emancipation Proclamation is
celebrated with the story of Watch Night.
3:00p New York Philharmonic This Week
12/2 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 Zemlinsky:
A Florentine Tragedy (Anthony Dean Griffey, t;
James Johnson, bar; Tatiana Pavlovskaya, ms;
Jonathan Biss, p; James Conlon, cond)
12/9 Birtwistle: Night’s Black Bird Sibelius: Violin
Concerto in d Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
(Nikolaj Znaider, v; Christoph von Dohnanyi, cond)
12/16 Dutilleux:Metaboles Martinu: Concerto for Two
Pianos Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Katia
and Marielle Labeque, p; Semyon Bychkov, cond)
12/23 Ruo: Announcement, from Three Pieces for
Orchestra Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Beethoven:
Symphony No. 7 (Vadim Repin, v; Xian Zhang, cond)
12/30 Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian Glazunov:
Violin Concerto in a J. Strauss, Jr: On the
Beautiful Blue Danube (James Ehnes, v; Lorin
Maazel, cond)
5:00p From the Top
12/2This edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of
the historic Chandler Music Hall nestled in the
Green Mountains of Vermont.
12/9This week’s program features two young musicians who participated in the 2006 Parkening
International Guitar Competition.
12/16Helping the Classics for Kids Foundation celebrate its 10th anniversary, this week’s program
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comes out of Big Sky Country for the first ever
From the Top from Montana.
12/23This edition features a bold performance on
the Kimmel Center’s newly inaugurated Fred J.
Cooper Memorial Organ — 7000 pipes strong.
6:00p Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Adagio in B-flat (David Schifrin, Todd
Levy, cl; Mark Dubac, Kyle Knox, James Moffitt,
basset horns) Kirchner: String Quartet No. 4
(Orion String Quartet) Brahms: Piano Quartet in
c (Pinchas Zukerman, v; Michael Tree, vla; Gary
Hoffman, c; Jon Kimura Parker, p)
12/9Neikrug:Tango for Lafitte, from Three Wine
Pieces (Cho Liang Lin, v; Marc Neikrug, p)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (Tara
Helen O’Connor, Bart Fuller, f; Giora Schmidt,
v; L.P. How, Kathleen Brewer, v; Julianne Lee,
vla; Nicholas Canellakis, c; Marji Danilow, bs;
Kathleen McIntosh, hc) Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
in A (Miami String Quartet; Todd Levy, cl)
12/16 Lindberg: Duo for Cello and Piano (Anssi
Karttunen, c; Magnus Lindberg, p) Dvorak: Piano
Quintet in A (William Preucil, Benny Kim, v; Kirsten
Johnson, vla; Eric Kim, c; Jonathan Biss, p)
12/23Ravel: La Valse (Yuja Wang, p) Mozart:
Divertimento (Pinchas Zukerman, v; Jethro
Marks, vla; Amanda Forsyth, c)
12/30Beethoven: Violin Sonata (Benny Kim, v; Marc
Neikrug, p) Arensky: Quartet No. 2 for Violin,
Viola and Two Cellos (Alexander Kerr, v; Kirsten
Johnson, vla; Eric Kim, Timothy Eddy, c)
12/2
12/2 12/9
12/16
12/23
12/30
7:00p With Heart & Voice ♦
Advent Sunday
Advent 2
Lessons and Carols at The London Oratory
A Christmas Celebration
A Venetian Christmas
12/2
12/9
12/16
12/23
12/30
8:00p Pipedreams
Going On Record
Wesley “C”, Wesleys Do
Come, All Ye Faithful
An American Organist’s Christmas
A Flashy French Festival
Monday
10:00a A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
12/24Michael Barone hosts the exclusive broadcast
of the legendary service of Biblical readings and
music as performed by the King’s College Choir.
11:30a O Holy Night
12/24Special guest Sandi Patti joins the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir and the Band of the Air Force
Reserve for O Holy Night and Oh Come, All Ye Faithful.
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12:00p Chanukah in Story and Song
12/10Hosted by Leonard Nimoy, the Western Wind
performs Ladino songs of Spanish Jews, Yiddish
melodies of Eastern Europe, and modern Israeli
tunes.
1:00p Christmas Around the Country 2007
12/17Host Lisa Simeone takes listeners to churches,
concert halls, auditoriums and town halls from
coast-to-coast in search of the best holiday
music making.
12:00p Music of Baroque Christmas Concert
12/24This concert features music of the 16th and
17th centuries by composers such as Michael
Praetorius, Giovanni Gabrieli, Richard Pygou,
Vasily Titov, and Dietrich Buxehude and others.
2:00p RPO Messiah 2006 ♦
12/24Christopher Seaman conducts the RPO and the
Rochester Oratorio Society in Handel’s Messiah.
(Arianna Zukerman, s; Nancy Maultsby, ms; John
Tessier, t; Stephen Powell, bar; Eric Townell, dir.)
(repeats 12/25 at 8:00 pm)
4:30p Christmas Greetings
12/24The Mormon Tabernacle Choir presents Infant Holy,
Infant Lowly; Greensleeves from Four Carol Preludes;
White Christmas; Hark the Harold Angels and more.
5:00p Christmas Eve with Mordecai Lipshutz
12/24Join Classical 91.5 host Mordecai Lipshutz for an
evening of seasonal music.
12/3
12/10
12/17
12/24
12/31
7:00pE xploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
The Symphony, Part 1
Today’s American Composer
The Glories of Venice
Handel
George Gershwin
8:00p Madrigalia Midnight Mass –
Christmas with Madrigalia ♦
12/24 Rochester’s premiere chamber choir performs
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for
Christmas Eve, with Quartsemble. Roger Wilhelm
directs.
8:00p A Night of Smiles with
Mordecai Lipshutz
12/31 Classical 91.5 host Mordecai Lipshutz rings in the
New Year with Strauss waltzes and seasonal favorites.
8:00p Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
12/3Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella Schumann:
Piano Concerto Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
(Jonathan Biss, p; Sir Andrew Davis, cond)
12/10 Smith: Star-Spangled Banner Kodaly: Suite from
Hary Janos Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Debussy: Le Plus que Lente Rimsky-Korsakov:
Scheherazade (Leila Josefowicz, v; Yan Pascal
Tortelier, cond)
12/17 S
hostakovich: Suite from The Bolt, Piano
Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 5 (Vladimir
Feltsman, p; Vassily Sinaisky, cond)
11:00p R
ochester Festival of Lessons & Carols
12/24 This Christmas Eve tradition for over a halfcentury at Rochester’s Third Presbyterian Church
features readings, anthems and Christmas Carols.
WWXI’s Jeanne Fisher hosts.
Tuesday
6:00a Christmas Morning w/ Richard Gladwell
10:00a RPO Holiday Pops 2006 ♦
12/25 See page 5.
12:00p Christmas with Simon Pontin ♦
12:00p The Rose Ensemble: An Early
American Christmas 2007
12/18 The Rose Ensemble celebrates the season with
Appalachian folksongs, New England shapenote hymns, Acadian carols and dances and
lively music from the 18th century Californian
Franciscan missions.
2:00p Christmas with Philadelphia Singers
12/25Host Ed Cunningham shares seasonal sounds
with cherished favorites old and new.
3:00p Lessons and Carols from Washington
National Cathedral
12/25Robert Aubry Davis welcomes listeners to the
annual Christmas Eve service that combines
Biblical readings, carols and the unique aural
beauty of its Girl Choristers – ages 8 to 18.
4:00p A Baroque Christmas
12/25Chatham Baroque excites audiences with their
dazzling technique and artful interpretations. Jim
Cunninham hosts.
5:00p A Choral Christmas Card 2007
12/25Some of the best choral ensembles from around
the country present America’s singing celebration
of the season.
6:00p Footprints to Paradise: Mediaeval
Christmas
12/25Bill McGlaughlin hosts a captivating hour of
Christmas stories taken from Britain’s celebrated
mystery plays featuring New York Polyphony and
some of Broadway’s most acclaimed young talent,
presenting a stellar hour of holiday listening.
8:00p RPO Messiah 2006 ♦
12/25 Christopher Seaman conducts the RPO and the
Rochester Oratorio Society in Handel’s Messiah.
Arianna Zukerman, s; Nancy Maultsby, ms; John
Tessier, t; Stephen Powell, bar; Eric Townell, dir.
december 2007
8:00p Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts
12/4 Handel Festival in Halle Music of Handel, Heinrich
Bach and J.S. Bach (Michael Chance, male alto,
The English Consort, Andrew Manze, cond)
12/11 Bach Festival in Leipzig Music of Johann
Wilhelm Furchheim, Rarina, Rosenmüller, Handel
and Bach (Batzdorf Court Orchestra)
12/18 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Music of Liszt,
Brahms, Sarasate and Bartók (Oszkár Ökrös, cimbalom; Jósef “Csócsi” Lendvay, v; Jósef Lendvay, v;
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, cond)
Wednesday
12:00p Christmas with the Morehouse and
Spelman Glee Clubs
12/26The choirs of two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation get together
to present a spine-tingling concert program.
12:10p Live from Hochstein ♦
oliday for Horns! (Eastman Horn Choir, Peter
H
Kurau, dir)
12/12 A Cup of Good Cheer (Madrigalia, Roger Wilhelm, dir)
12/5
2:00p Chanticleer Christmas 2007
12/19One of the world’s finest male choral ensembles,
consisting of twelve men, led by Joseph Jennings
presents an elegant blend of traditional carols,
medieval and Renaissance sacred works.
8:00p The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
12/5Diamond: Symphony No. 4 Saint-Saëns: Piano
Concerto No. 2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter
Overture Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
(Stewart Goodyear, p; Gerard Schwarz, cond)
12/12Ives:The Unanswered Question Schwantner:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra Brahms:
Symphony No. 1 (Jim Tiller, perc; Christopher
Seaman, cond)
12/19Ravel: La Tombeau de Couperin Saint Saëns:
Havanaise Ravel: Tzigane Rachmaninoff:
Symphonic Dances (Amy Beth Horman, v; Peter
Bay, cond)
12/26 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Piano
Concerto No. 2 Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Stephen
Kovacevich, p; Christopher Seaman, cond)
Thursday
12:00p Hanukkah Lights 2007
12/6Acclaimed authors explore Hanukkah traditions
in original stories commissioned expressly for
this program, and hosted by Murray Horwitz and
Susan Stamberg.
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12:00p Welcome Christmas!
12/20The Minneapolis-based ensemble, VocalEssence
presents this special with host John Birge
3:00p Joyful Expectations
12/13The Mormon Tabernacle Choir presents O
Come, Emmanuel; Masters in This Hall; Away
In a Manger; I Saw Three Ships; When I Was a
Shepard Boy; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Joy
to the World and more.
3:30p The Warmth of Christmas
12/13The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs a Virginia
Carol, Sunny Banks; an Irish Carol, Wexford Carol;
Spirit of the Season from The Polar Express; Visions
of Christmas; Ring Christmas Bells and more.
8:00p BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 Schoenberg:
Five Pieces for Orchestra Brahms: Symphony
No. 1 Debussy: Syrinx for Solo Flute (Mathieu
Dufour, f; Daniel Barenboim, p and cond)
12/13 Ravel:Pavane pour une infante défunte Mahler:
Kindertotenlieder, Symphony No. 5 (Thomas
Quasthoff, bs-bar; Daniel Barenboim cond)
12/20 Purcell:Chacony Weill: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (James Ehnes, v;
David Robertson, cond)
12/27 Mozart: Serenata Notturna Haydn: Notturno No. 8
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz C.P.E. Bach:
Symphony No. 1 J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No.
3 (Ton Koopman, cond)
12/6
Friday
12:00p Fear Not: For Behold!
12/14 The National Lutheran Choir and guest reader
Stephanie Wendt present a contemplative choral
concert and readings for Christmas. Timothy
Kunau hosts.
1:00p Backstage Pass ♦
12/14 See page 27.
2:00p Echoes of Christmas
12/21 The Dale Warland Singers present treasured classics
and accessible surprises – perfect for Christmas
listening.
3:00p Happy Joyous Hanukkah
12/7 See page 5.
8:00p A Paul Winter Solstice Concert
12/21 From the cathedral of St. John the Divine in
New York City, Paul Winter is back with a unique
exploration of the solstice tradition in cultures
near and far. John Schaefer hosts.
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8:00p New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
12/7 Martinsson:A.S. in Memoriam Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No.
3, Eroica (Baiba Skride, vi; Neeme Järvi, cond)
12/14 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, Emperor
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Garrick Ohlsson,
p; Jun Märkl, cond)
12/28 Stravinsky: Four Norwegian Moods Grieg: Piano
Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (Orli
Shaham, p; Arild Remmereit, cond)
10:00p Echoes with John DiLiberto
Saturday
11:00a Fascinatin’ Rhythm ♦
12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29 Naughty but Nice
Show Biz Anthems
Italian Song
Home for Christmas
What are you doing New Years Eve?
12:30p The Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera
12/22 War & Peace by Prokofiev (3 hrs 50 min)
12/15Romeo Et Juliette by Gounod (3 hrs 35 min)
(Simulcast in HD at Regal Cinema Eastview)
12/8 Iphigenie En Tauride by Gluck (3 hrs 30 min)
12/29Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck (2 hrs 45
min) (Simulcast in HD at Regal Cinema Eastview)
1:30p San Francisco Symphony Opera
12/1Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (in German; 3 hrs 45 min)
5:00p The Pleasures of Winter
12/15A live performance music special hosted by folk duo
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason with music ranging from
lively seasonal offerings to deeply moving pieces.
5:00p Peter Ostroushko’s Heartland Holiday
12/22Ostroushko is a master fiddler, mandolin and guitar
player, and his musical journey features traditional
and ancient carols. Julie Amacher hosts.
6:00p A Prairie Home Companion
8:00p Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie
12/1Miles of Isles This week’s diverse choice of music
includes Fiddler’s Bid, Maggie MacInnes, William
Jackson, and more.
12/8Chris Norman, Matt Molloy, and Joanie Madden
play Celtic flute and whistle.
12/15Longest Night Pagan celebrations of the Winter
Solstice are some of the oldest winter festivals in
the world. This week presents music that keeps
their spirit alive today.
12/22Celtic Christmas Rekindle the flame in your
hearth this holiday season, with music and greetings from across the miles.
12/29New Year’s Revolution Launch the New Year with
emerging sounds from Celtic roots, featuring
artists recently previewed on the program’s new
music podcast, Thistlepod.
9:00p Echoes with John DiLiberto
december 2007
Monday-Friday
88.5 wrur
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BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Midnight WRUR DJs Speciality Shows
2:00 am The Difference
3:00 am World Café
5:00 am Morning Edition
9:00 am Open Tunings with Scott Regan
NoonDJ Specialty Shows (Monday)
Traumatic Tuesdays (Tuesday)
DJ Specialty Shows (Wednesday)
American Remains (Thursday)
The C. Spot (Friday)
2:00 pm World Café
4:00 pm All Things Considered
6:00 pmSounds Eclectic (Monday)
Mountain Stage (Tuesday)
Mystery Train (Wednesday)
OnStage (Thursday)
Rejuvination (Friday)
Grammy award-winning Clarence Fountain
and his legendary gospel group present
their own take on the Christmas classics
“Silent Night” and “Joy to the World,” along
with some gospel favorites including “I’m a
Soldier in the Army of the Lord.” Hosted by
Renée Montagne.
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
CHRISTMAS SHOW airs Saturday,
December 15 at 12 noon and
again Saturday, December 22 at
8 p.m. on WRUR 88.5
7:00 pm Radio Rock (Thursday)
8:00 pm WRUR DJs Speciality Shows (Monday-Thursday)
9:00 pm Blacks and Blues (Fridays)
Saturday
2:00 am The Difference
8:00 am A Variety of Folk
10:00 am Best of Open Tunings
Noon La Dolce Vita
2:00 pm Thistle & Shamrock
3:00 pm OnStage
Christian
Scott Band
4:00 pm Radio Rock
6:00 pm WRUR DJs Specialty Shows
8:00 pm The Grateful Dead Hour
10:00 pm Mystery Train
Sunday
Midnight The Difference
8:00 am The World of Gospel
10:00 am Irish Party House
Noon The Jewish Sound
2:00 pm Mountain Stage
4:00 pm A Prairie Home Companion
6:00 pm Jazz with Ruth Elaine
8:00 pm What’s New (Jazz)
9:00 pm Marian McPartland
10:00 pm Black Classics with Talik
Trumpeter Christian Scott is one of the brightest
jazz stars to emerge in the last few years and is
the next OnStage featured performer. Instead of
retreading bebop the way so-called young lions
did in the early 1990s, Scott delivers a smart,
grooved and plugged-in set of tunes and you can
hear them on Thursday, December 13 at 6 p.m. on
WRUR-FM.
WXXI’s OnStage is a weekly music series featuring Rochester’s best musicians and bands. The
series features two other bands this month, The
Dig Project on Thursday, December 20 at 6 p.m.
on WRUR-FM and Sunday, December 23 at 7 p.m.
on WXXI-TV and the Harry Allen Band on Thursday,
December 27 at 6 p.m. on WRUR-FM and Sunday,
December 30 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-TV.
ONSTAGE airs Thursdays at 6 p.m., Saturdays
at 3 p.m. on WRUR-FM 88.5. and Sundays at
7 p.m. on WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11)
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orld’s Natural W
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Galapagos Jan 16 - 26, Jan 30 - Feb 9 Unforgettable Wildlife Encounters
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Sicily March 15 - 29
North and South Island Extravaganza
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Fantastic Birds, Snorkeling and more
Costa Rica April 2 - 11
Birds, Wildlife, and Rainforests Galore
Death Valley April 10 - 18
Snowy Peaks to Shimmering Salt Flats
Pt. Pelee Birding May 16 - 18 Try a Shorter Trip, Closer to Home
Yellowstone/Tetons June 7 - 16 World Class Wildlife and Geology
Canadian Rockies June 22 - July 1 Jasper, Banff, and more
Alaska Denali, Kenai, Tracy Arm
July 16 - 25 Nature Discoveries, Inc.
(585) 586-8250 • (800) 452-4199
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natdisc@rochester.rr.com
december 2007
This six-part radio series tells the
350-year story of American Jews.
It artfully mixes archival sound, oral history clips,
interviews, narration, and historical documents
read by leading actors including Jerry Stiller, John
Lithgow and Zero Mostel.
From Asher Levy, who fought for Jewish civil
rights in colonial times, to Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who climbed from working class roots
in Brooklyn to a seat on the Supreme court, ONLY
IN AMERICA is full of stories and personalities of
Jewish women and men, from the present and the
past, who have achieved success in America.
AM highlights
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ONLY IN
AMERICA
ONLY IN AMERICA airs Tuesday, December
4 – Thursday, December 6, and Monday,
December 10 – Wednesday, December 12 at
8 p.m. on AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2
am
Photos: SCOTUS and Deborah Feingold
highlights
Steve Inskeep
Exclusive
Presidential Debates
Michele Norris
Robert Siegel
from NPR
NPR and Iowa Public
Radio will host live
coverage of the
Presidential debates
at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines. Monday,
December 3rd will highlight the Republican debates. On Tuesday,
December 4th the Democratic candidates will take the stage. This
special coverage is exclusive to radio and the Internet. No television cameras are allowed in the State Capitol Building. Hosted
by NPR’s Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Steve Inskeep, the
debates will feature the leading contenders in each race.
EXCLUSIVE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES air Monday,
December 3 and Tuesday, December 4 at 2 p.m. on AM
1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2
CHANUKAH:
A TIME FOR SCHTICK
From Groucho Marx to Judy Gold,
CHANUKAH: A TIME FOR SCHTICK
focuses on jokes, whimsy and the schtick
of comedians, storytellers, even the great
jokester Sigmund Freud himself. This
program could be called, The First Annual
Public Radio Chanukah Joke Show, no
joke. Join host Arye Gross and enjoy the
celebration — and get some great new
material for your holiday parties!
CHANUKAH: A TIME FOR SCHTICK
airs Saturday, December 1 at 3 p.m. and
again Monday, December 3 at 8 p.m. on
AM 1370 and WXXI-FM HD 91.5-2
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december AM schedule
AM 1370/HD 91.5-2
Monday-Friday
Saturday
6:00a
Legislative Gazette
5:30
Capital Connection
Sunday
Justice Talking
6:00
7:00
8:00
Morning Edition
with Steve Inskeep
and Renée Montagne
and local host Alex Crichton
Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3
and WXXI-FM HD-2
9:00
10:00
11:00
The Diane Rehm Show
Inside Europe
On the Media
Only a Game
Speaking of Faith
Weekend Edition
with Scott Simon
Weekend Edition
with Liane Hansen
and local host Jen Markham
and local host Brad Smith
Car Talk
Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!
1.800.433.8850
Car Talk
Whad’Ya Know?
NOON
1370 Connection
A Prarie Home Companion
with Bob Smith 585.263.9994
1:00p
2:00
Marketplace Money
Perspectives with Curt Smith
Talk of the Nation
Thistle & Shamrock
1.800.989.TALK
3:00
4:00
1370 Forum
All Things Considered
with Melissa Block, Michele Norris,
and Robert Siegel
Mountain Stage
Living On Earth
and local host Rachel Ward
with Andrea Seabrook
6:00
Also on WRUR FM 88.5, WJSL-FM 90.3,
and WXXI-FM HD-2
Latino USA
6:30
Marketplace
Need to Know
7:00
Fresh Air
8:00
News & Notes with Farai Chideya
9:00
1370 Connection
5:00
with Andrea Seabrook
This American Life
with Bob Smith
Mostly Jazz
Mostly Jazz
with Tom Hampton
with Tom Hampton
Marian McPartlen’s Piano Jazz
Afropop Worldwide
What’s New
with Mark Grube
Riverwalk Jazz
10:00
11:00 Monday
What’s New
with Mark Grube
LeShow
tuesday
Perspectives w/ Curt Smith
wednesday Car Talk
Jazz from Lincoln Center
thursday This American Life
friday
The Tavis Smiley Show (until 1 a.m.)
Mid.
to 5a
Beale Street Caravan
BBC World Service
BBC World Service
Weekend Radio
BBC World Service
december 2007
AM highlights
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