WHQR Radio Schedule

Saturday, May 25
Time
Program
12:00 AM
Long-time stalwart of the Cape Fear Blues Society and WHQR Host Lan Nichols spins classic, traditional, and contemporary blues tunes peppered with regional stylings from all across the blues map. FSB is also proud to feature local blues musicians and listeners sharing their favorite blues experiences (and CDs) with our audience. Remember, it's all blues, from the obvious to the obscure.
2:00 AM
International news, analysis and information from the BBC World Service.
6:00 AM
Fresh Air Weekend is a "best of" recap of the previous week's shows, so if you missed one of Terry's great interviews, here's another chance.
7:00 AM
Lynne Rossetto Kasper
The Splendid Table is a culinary, culture, and lifestyle one-hour program that celebrates food and its ability to touch the lives and feed the souls of everyone. Each week, award-winning host Lynne Rossetto Kasper leads listeners on a journey of the senses and hosts discussions with a variety of writers and personalities who share their passion for the culinary delights.
8:00 AM
Scott Simon (SAT) and Audie Cornish (SUN)
Weekend counterpart to NPR's Morning Edition. Offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.
10:00 AM
Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. Its subjects are automobiles and repair, and it often takes humorous turns. The hosts of Car Talk are brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, also known as Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.
11:00 AM
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's Peabody-award-winning weekly hour-long humorous quiz program. Each week on the radio you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up.
12:00 PM
Ira Glass
This American Life is a weekly public radio show from WBEZ. There's a theme to each episode, and a variety of stories on that theme. Host Ira Glass follows stories of everyday people that will wow and amaze you.
1:00 PM
Performance Today from APM
Performance Today features timely recordings that can't be heard anywhere else, recent performances by the great artists of our time and by the next generation of classical artists, from concert halls around the globe. Plus interviews and performances from the APM studios, and from concert stages around the country, along with classical music news and features. Every week composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical music game, the PT Piano Puzzler. Performance Today is based at the APM studios in Saint Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country.
5:00 PM
Each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.
6:00 PM
Garrison Keillor
A Prairie Home Companion features comedy sketches, music, and Garrison Keillor's signature monologue, "The News from Lake Wobegon."
8:00 PM
John Fonvielle
Imagine a folk and bluegrass hour hosted by a musician who cares passionately about what he spins on-air and will tell you why each tune is worth hearing. John Fonvielle is a talented guitarist and bassist who also enjoys playing DJ on Saturday nights after A Prairie Home Companion.
9:00 PM
A unique and personal music mix for a Saturday night. Local performers, big names, old and new, borrowed and blue. You never know what you're going to get.Plus, Soup to Nuts Live from local concerts recorded in our WHQR Gallery.
10:00 PM
Join local jazz buff Willard Fields for the best in recorded jazz from WHQR's studios.