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Weekends are Changing on NPR 89.1

Arizona Public Media
May 28, 2013

TED Radio Hour, The Splendid Table

and Market Place Money

added to NPR 89.1 Weekend Programs

Tucson, Arizona - May 28, 2013 – Starting the weekend of Saturday, June 1st three nationally syndicated radio programs will begin broadcast on NPR 89.1. The Splendid Table joins the Saturday afternoon line-up at 1 p.m. and Marketplace Money will air at 3 p.m. On Sundays TED Radio Hour will broadcast at Noon. For more information about these three shows visit azpm.org. The addition of these shows will cause some adjustments to the weekend afternoon schedule as follows:

            Saturdays        12:00 Noon     This American Life

                                      1:00 – 2:00    The Splendid Table

                                      2:00 – 3:00    Studio 360 (moves up one hour from 3:00)

                                      3:00 – 4:00    Marketplace Money

            Sundays          12:00 Noon     TED Radio Hour

                                      1:00 – 2:00    RadioLab

                                      2:00 – 3:00    To The Best of Our Knowledge (moves up one hour from 3:00)

                                      3:00 – 4:00    On the Media (moved from the Noon hour)

Tech Nation will not air Sundays, but will continue to air at 5 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Snap Judgment and Living on Earth will no longer be broadcast. For complete NPR 89.1 program schedules visit radio.azpm.org/schedules.             

About The Splendid Table

In 1994, acclaimed food writer and cooking teacher Lynne Rossetto Kasper was receiving accolades for her debut book, The Splendid Table, which at that time was the only book to have won both the James Beard and Julia Child Cookbook of the Year awards. Among the many people enchanted by the book was producer and foodie Sally Swift, who thought the time could be right for a radio program on food. Appropriately, Lynne and Sally met over lunch to discuss the radio idea. They weren't interested in creating a show based on "talking about recipes"; instead, they wanted to explore everything they loved about food: the culture, the science, the history, the back stories and the deeper meanings that come together every time people sit down to enjoy a meal. And so it was The Splendid Table – "the radio program for people who love to eat" – was born. The Splendid Table began as a live, Saturday-morning call-in show on Minnesota Public Radio. Lynne Rossetto Kasper has won numerous awards as host of The Splendid Table, including two James Beard Foundation Awards (1998, 2008) for Best National Radio Show on Food, three Clarion Awards (2007, 2008, and 2009) from Women in Communication and a Gracie Allen Award in 2000 for Best Syndicated Talk Show. Lynne is a respected authority on food, having published three bestselling books: "The Splendid Table, The Italian Country Table" and "The Splendid Table's How To Eat Supper," which was co-authored with producer Sally Swift in 2008. Lynne's syndicated column, "How To Eat Supper," appears in 700 newspapers. Heard on more than 300 public radio stations nationwide, The Splendid Table airs on NPR 89.1 on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Visit The Splendid Table website here.

About Marketplace Money

Marketplace Money brings the week’s economic headlines home by looking at matters of personal finance with wit and wisdom. The weekly, hour-long program offers a mix of interviews with experts and calls with listeners to help people better manage, save and spend money. Produced by the award-winning team of Marketplace and Marketplace Morning Report, Marketplace Money continues the legacy of intelligent irreverent radio with smart topics, expert advice, and current information. During the hour-long program, the team helps listeners map out the course to financial well-being, offering advice on topics like how to pay for college and whether to buy or lease a car as well as the individual impact of national stories. Marketplace Money airs on NPR 89.1 on Saturdays at 3 p.m. Visit the website here.

About TED Radio Hour

TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions and new ways to think and create. Each episode includes riveting excerpts from the renowned TED stage where some of the world's deepest thinkers and innovators are invited to give the 18-minute "talk of their lives." The TED Radio Hour team takes the most compelling talks and organizes them around a common theme. Host Guy Raz interviews the guests, delving deeper, dissecting the speaker's ideas and posing probing questions you’d like to hear answered.Topics the series explores include mankind's place in the universe and space, how the sounds around us affect our behavior and why there is power in failure. Now airing on more than 300 stations, TED Radio Hour is part of public radio's new modern weekend sound. Ted Radio Hour airs on NPR 89.1 on Sundays at Noon. You can listen to full episodes on the TED Radio Hour page.

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