Wisconsin Public Radio
Program
Descriptions & Contacts
IDEAS Network
Joy Cardin
Monday through Friday, 6am-9am
Joy Cardin talks with a
variety of guests about current issues. Policy-makers and politicians field
questions from Joy and her callers on an array of timely state, national, and
international topics. Her program tackles the most important and interesting
public policy issues, and explores social trends, popular culture, philosophy,
and more.
Contact: Rob
Ferrett Sheryl Gasser, Talk Director
Email: ferrett@wpr.org gasser@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5838
608.263.9763
Phone: 608.263.2153 608.263.4117
Kathleen Dunn
Monday
through Friday, 9am-11am
Kathleen
Dunn leads balanced discussions about the issues of the day and the issues of
our time. She focuses on national and
international events, but she also touches on educational issues, literature, the
arts, and the humanities.
Contact: Rhonda
Fanning Sheryl
Gasser, Talk Director
Email: fanning@wpr.org gasser@wpr.org
Fax: 414.227.2043 608.263.9763
Phone:
414.227.2042 608.263.4117
Larry Meiller Monday
through Friday, 11am-12:30pm
Larry Meiller and
his guests discuss the environment, home improvement, computers, health care,
education, and outdoors issues. Listeners can join the discussion for in-depth
information and practical advice.
Contact: Jim Packard Sheryl
Gasser, Talk Director
Eamil: packard@wpr.org
gasser@wpr.org
Fax:
608.263.9763 608.263.9763
Phone: 608.263.6384 608.263.4117
Ben Merens Monday
through Friday, 4pm-6pm
Ben
Merens' call-in program is dedicated to current events and hard news. You’ll get a variety of perspectives from
guest experts, policy-makers, politicians, and pundits. On Fridays after 5pm, listeners have the
opportunity to share their views on the news.
Contact: Mimi Notestein Sheryl
Gasser, Talk Director
Email: notestein@wpr.org gasser@wpr.org
Fax: 414.227.2043 608.263.9763
Phone:
414.277.3381 608.263.4117
Zorba Paster on Your Health Saturday, 8am-9am & 1pm-2pm
Join
family doctor Zorba Paster and host Tom Clark as they kick back with callers
from around the country to talk about what's new in health and fitness. Listen as Zorba, guests, and listeners share
tips for healthy living, answer a range of health, fitness and nutrition
questions, and share heart-healthy recipes.
Contact: Adam
Friedrich Charles
Monroe-Kane
Email: adam.friedrich@wpr.org charles.monroe-kane@wpr.org
Fax: 608.265.2508 608.263.6384
Phone:
608.262.9132 608.262.9113
Michael
Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? Saturday, 10am-noon
(Ideas Network)
Sunday
8pm-10pm (Classical Network)
Host
and quiz-master Michael Feldman invites contestants to answer questions drawn
from his seemingly limitless store of insignificant (but somehow, important)
information. Callers and audience members compete for "unique
prizes." Other regular program
elements include an offbeat interview with someone not making the headlines,
jazz with John Thulin and Jeff Hamann, and banter with sidekick Jim Packard.
Contact: Todd Witter
Email: witter@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone : 608.263.9518
Here On Earth with Jean Feraca Monday
through Friday 3pm-4pm
Here
On Earth was conceived to galvanize our understanding
of the world community. Jean Feraca
searches out the gems of the world – international movements, world
citizens, cross-cultural conversions, democracy-building initiatives, and the
best world literature, movies, arts, food, and culture.
Contact: Jean
Feraca Sheryl
Gasser, Talk Director
Email: hereonearth@wpr.org gasser@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635 608.263.9763
Phone: 608.263.1233 608.263.4117
Higher Ground with Jonathan Overby Saturday,
7pm-10pm
Join host Jonathan Overby for an evening of world music with
African roots connecting
people with prominent places around the world. Each Saturday night listeners
can travel with Higher Ground to
countries where soulful music has your toes tapping and insightful interviews
have you thinking about world music differently. Add to this mix Overby’s warm
and engaging personality and you've got the perfect recipe for great radio.
Contact: Jonathan Overby
Email: higherground@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone :
608.263.4104
To the Best of our Knowledge Saturday and Sunday, 9am-10am
(Classical Network)
Sunday,
Noon-2pm (Ideas Network)
An audio magazine of ideas --
two hours of smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds. The Peabody award-winning To
the Best of our Knowledge may spend an hour on the future of capitalism
or on the roots of Islamic fundamentalism.
It might also spend an hour on hair. Or salt. Or pirates.
Contact: Steve
Paulson
Email: paulson@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.263.5412
University
of the Air Sunday,
4pm-5pm
Is
China
moving in the direction of greater freedom or oppression? Why did Thomas Jefferson own slaves yet
preach freedom? These are just some of the questions co-hosts Norman Gilliland
and Emily Auerbach ask of their distinguished faculty guests from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Contact: Norman Gilliland
Email: gilliland@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.263.4133
Simply Folk Sunday,
5pm-8pm
On
the air since January 1979, Simply Folk brings you concerts
recorded here in Wisconsin,
songs for the season, and the music of people the world over. Host Tom Martin-Erickson
puts the spotlight on both local and national folk artists.
Contact: Tom Martin-Erickson
Email: tom.martin-erickson@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.263.2243
Old-Time Radio
Drama Saturday
& Sunday, 8pm-11pm
Old
-Time Radio Drama brings the best of 1930s,
‘40s, and ‘50s entertainment to Wisconsin.
Host Norman Gilliland shares some of the best comedy, drama, adventure,
mystery, and science fiction from the Golden Age of Radio.
Contact: Norman Gilliland
Email: gilliland@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.263.4133
NPR News & Classical Music Network
Classical Music Monday through
Friday, 9am-3pm, Saturday and Sunday, 12am-7am, 10am-4pm
Relax through the day as our
knowledgeable hosts present new works, old favorites, and interesting
commentary about the selections. Jim
Fleming, Norman Gilliland, and Vicki Nonn select their own music to bring you
hour after hour of stimulating music to elevate your soul as well as your mind. Along the way, they intersperse special
features such as “The CD of the Week,” “Drop Everything and Listen,” and “The
Mid-Day Quiz.”
Contact: Cheryl
Dring
Email: cheryl.dring@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.890.0285
Classics by Request Saturday, 10am-1pm
Join host Ruthanne Bessman as she hosts four
hours of requested classical music. Listeners
are invited to call in and request their favorite piece. Experience a unique and pleasant blend of
classical music created by your fellow music lovers. One Saturday each month,
Bessman invites young people to explore classical music with a request line all
their own.
Contact: Ruthanne Bessman
Email: ruthanne.bessman@wpr.org
Fax:
608.263.5635
Phone: 608.265.4891
Sunday
Afternoon Live from the Chazen September-May, Sunday, 12:30pm-2pm
Broadcast
live from the Brittingham Gallery III inside the Elvehjem
Museum at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Sunday Afternoon Live from the Chazen is a weekly chamber music
concert featuring Wisconsin artists. Host Lori Skelton serves as commentator and
radio announcer.
Contact: Lori Skelton
Email: lori.skelton@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone: 608.263.5653
Simply
Folk with Tom Martin-Erickson Sunday,
5pm-8pm
On the air
since January 1979, Simply Folk brings you concerts recorded here in Wisconsin, songs for the
season, and the music of people the world over. Host Tom Martin-Erickson
puts the spotlight on both local and national folk artists.
Contact: Tom Martin-Erickson
Email: martin-erickson@wpr.org
Fax: 608.263.5635
Phone:
608.263.2243
Northeastern Wisconsin Regional Programs
At The Edge with Michael Brown 89.3 WPNE, Green Bay, Monday,
10pm-12am
Michael
Brown invites you to take a listen to music that is not widely known and
stretches the limits of traditional musical boundaries. Brown brings you his
unique selections of international A-rhythmic music that refuses to be classified.
Contact: Michael Brown
Email: attheedge@wpr.org
Phone :
920.465.2444
The Blue Side with Mary Flynn 89.3 WPNE, Green Bay, Tuesday, 10pm-12am
Mary
Flynn is a blues connoisseur. Since her
days as a UW- Green Bay student host, Flynn has delivered traditional and
contemporary blues music every Tuesday night.
Contact: Mary Flynn
Email: blues@wpr.org
Fax:
920.465.2576
Phone: 920.465.2444
Jazz Odyssey with Chris Kuborn 89.3 WPNE, Green
Bay, Wednesday,
10pm-12am
Every Wednesday night
listeners can tune into 52nd
Street Jazz, an exploration of jazz music from big
band swing to be- and hard bop. The
second hour of the program features experimental jazz.
Contact: Chris Kuborn
Email: jazzodc@wpr.org
Fax: 920.465.2576
Phone:
920.465.2444
Kalihwiyo'se with Chris Powless and Richie Plass 89.3 WPNE, Green Bay, Thursday, 10pm-12am
Representing
the Oneida and
Menominee Nations of Northeast Wisconsin, Chris Powless and Richie Plass play
an assortment of traditional and contemporary Native American music.
Contact: Chris Powless
Email: cpowle@oneidanation.org
Fax: 920.465.2576
Phone :
920.465.2444
Hmong Public Radio 88.1 WHID, Green Bay, Saturday, 5pm-7pm
Bee
Lor invites you to join him as he discusses current topics concerning the Hmong
community in the Northeastern Wisconsin. Lor and his co-hosts provide an important
news service for the Hmong community interspersed with traditional Hmong music.
Phone: 920.465.2444
Superior Regional Programs
Final Edition 91.3 KUWS, Superior, Friday, 5pm-5:30pm
Reporters
from around the region meet in the studios, under the supervision of moderator
Peter Nordgren, to discuss the stories behind the news they report on local
radio, television, and in the newspapers.
The discussion is always lively, informative, and entertaining. The program is also available for streaming
download from www.kuws.fm.
Contact: Mike Simonson
Email: michael.simonson@wpr.org
Fax: 715.394.8530
Phone: 715.395.1790
Special Broadcasts 91.3 KUWS, Superior
KUWS has
always provided in depth coverage of elections and critical issues. Candidate debates, town meetings, issue
specific programming, and our award winning documentaries, are also a part of
our public affairs programming.
Contact: John Munson
Email: john.munson@wpr.org
Fax: 715.394.8530
Phone: 715-394-8530
Radio Superior 91.3 KUWS, Superior,
Monday-Thursday,
5:30pm-6:30pm & Friday, 6pm-7pm
Award winning journalist Mike Simonson and a crew of
student researchers and producers; have come up with an entertaining look back
at the history of Superior. Radio Superior takes the listener back
to the music and local news of our community in the 1920’s, 30’s, and
40’s. Twin Ports broadcasting legends
Lew Martin and Jack McKenna, along
with a great supporting cast of guests provide the voices of the past. This has very quickly become one of the most
popular local programs.
Contact: Mike Simonson
Email: michael.simonson@wpr.org
Fax: 715.394.8530
Phone: 715-395-1790
News at
Nine 91.3 KUWS, Superior,
Monday-Friday, 9pm
The last
local radio newscast of the day on any radio station in the Twin Ports, has
consistently won awards for best news cast from the Northwest Broadcast News
Association over the past 10 years. Mike
Simonson and his award winning crew of student journalists bring you the top
stories of the day and keep you up to date on the key issues of the region.
Contact: John Munson
Email: john.munson@wpr.org
Fax: 715.394.8530
Phone: 715-394-8530
News at
Noon 91.3 KUWS, Superior,
Monday-Friday,
noon-1pm
Award winning
newscaster Mike Simonson gets your lunch hour off to a good start with a
healthy portion of regional and state news.
Contact: John Munson
Email: john.munson@wpr.org
Fax: 715.394.8530
Phone: 715-394-8530
Western Wisconsin Regional Programs
The
West Side 88.3 WHWC,
Menomonie-Eau Claire, Thursday, 5pm-6 pm
Host
Mary Jo Wagner explores issues affecting western Wisconsin
with guests and listeners in this call-in program, broadcast live from
Wisconsin Pulbic Radio’s Eau Claire
studios.
Contact: Mary Jo Wagner
Email: wagner@wpr.org
Fax: 715.839.2939
Phone : 715.839.3869
Spectrum
West 88.3 WHWC, Menomonie-Eau Claire, Friday, 5pm-6
pm
Kathy
Stahl weaves interviews, spoken word art and music together to spotlight the
“spectrum” of arts, literature and humanities of western Wisconsin into an hour of entertaining
radio.
Contact: Alan Ross
Email: alan.ross@wpr.org
Fax: 715.839.2939
Phone: 715.839.2946
Central Wisconsin Regional Programs
Route
51 91.9 WLBL-FM, 930 WLBL-AM, 90.3 WHBM-FM,
Wausau,
Thursday, 5pm-6 pm
Host Glen Moberg
hosts this call-in talk program about the people, places, and Ideas of North
Central Wisconsin.
Contact: Glen Moberg
Email: route51@wpr.org
Fax: 715.848.1978
Phone: 800.749.3906
Southwest
Wisconsin Regional Programs
Contact: John Gaddo
Email: gaddo@wpr.org
Fax: 608-785-5005
Phone: 608-785-8380
Weekdays,
during Morning Edition 88.9
WLSU, La Crosse,
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am
Newsmakers
- Monday
WLSU’s weekly news and
current affairs round-table discussion with an emphasis on timely Coulee Region
people, issues and special guests. John Davis hosts.
Day to
Day Ethics - Tuesday
This series addresses
ethical issues that face people in their everyday lives; learn more about the
series, produced in cooperation with the
D.B. Reinhart Center for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo
University, or listen
online to audio archives .
LSO
Connections – Wednesday (preceding concert weekends)
Guest artists join LSO
Music Director Amy Mills to preview performances by the La
Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Wednesdays prior to the season's
scheduled concerts.
Coulee
Region Connections - Thursday
Mary Meehan-Strub,
director of UW Extension for La
Crosse County,
hosts this weekly conversation about community events and organizations.
Arts
& Entertainment Weekly - Friday
WLSU’s weekly guide to
Coulee Region arts and cultural events and activities features timely previews,
interviews and occasional performances.
Daily
Jazz 88.9
WLSU, La Crosse,
evenings and weekends
Jazz
Night – Sunday through Thursday evenings
Locally-hosted jazz & blues.
Just Jazz and Jazz Encores – Sunday afternoon and overnights
La
Crosse-area hosts share favorites from the WLSU music library, including selected
encore broadcasts from past shows.
The Saturday Afternoon Jazz Club - Saturday 1-5 pm
Join
volunteer hosts (and jazz fans) every Saturday afternoon. Requests are welcome
at (608)785-8380.