KWIT Radio Schedule

Sunday, May 19
  • Radio Schedules
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Program
6:00 AM
Riverwalk celebrates the lives and music of America?s top jazz musicians, past and present. Each week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band salutes these jazz pioneers in live performances and fascinating stories that bring to life remarkable moments in the history of jazz. Riverwalk is produced with a passion and love for the music and offers listeners a glimpse of the cultural context and historical setting in which jazz first reached out to a national audience. The 52-week series is produced by Pacific Vista Productions for Texas Public Radio, is distributed weekly on about 200 stations nationwide by Public Radio International and is sponsored by See's Candies of California. First broadcast in 1988, the program celebrates the lives and music of America's greatest jazz musicians, past and present. Each program is co-hosted by the Grammy-award-winning storyteller David Holt and San Antonio bandleader and jazz night club owner Jim Cullum Jr.
7:00 AM
Weekend Edition Saturday is NPR's Saturday morning news program, featuring the latest headlines and news features.
9:00 AM
Steve Curwood
Living on Earth with Steve Curwood is a one-hour program that talks about issues pertaining to the environment. Tune in each Sunday at 9:00 AM for news features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Our mission and purpose is...To enrich the artistic substance and perpetuate the democratic spirit of America's music. From down home and elegant concert performances by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra... to entertaining educational programs that bring the sound and feeling of jazz into the lives of thousands of kids and grownups... to innovative collaborative programs with artists in diverse idioms: we offer top quality musicianship and universal friendship. By taking the feeling of jazz on tour and by inviting artists and audiences from all over the world into our new home in New York City, Frederick P. Rose Hall, we bring people together for a simple purpose: To Have a Profoundly Good Time. Welcome is our motto.
12:00 PM
Marian McPartland
Each week for more than two decades Marian McPartland has trotted some of the most talented jazz players on the scene into her studio for an hour of conversation and good music. The kind of music on Piano Jazz is as varied as her selection of guests. With perfect pitch, terrific improvisational skills and a repertoire gleaned from decades in the music business McPartland seldom lags behind her guests who bring a variety of different styles to the keyboard.
1:00 PM
Tom and Ray Magliozzi
Car Talk features brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi answering your questions about your cars. They have their own unique way of helping people - so bring your funny bone!
2:00 PM
Garrison Keillor
Each week, Garrison Keillor presents a down-home mixture of story, music and song.
4:00 PM
NPR's afternoon news program offers the latest news and headlines as well as in-depth features about everyday issues.
5:00 PM
Fiona Ritchie
Fiona Ritchie hosts radio's finest Celtic hour, with music from evolving traditions in Ireland, Scotland, North America and beyond. Established and emerging artists, traditional and contemporary recordings and in-studio guests all fill each weekly edition. For 15 years, this award-winning series has been a tradition on public radio stations throughout the country.
6:00 PM
From live in-studio performances and interviews with top musicians to new and undiscovered artists from around the globe - World Cafe is the place to hear contemporary popular music! Host David Dye spins a two-hour mix of adult alternative records that's always two steps ahead of the mainstream. World Cafe features interviews and exclusive in-studio performances from today's most popular acts, e.g., Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal and Elvis Costello, to name a few. And the Cafe spotlights new and emerging artists like Dar Williams, Beth Orton, and Ani DiFranco with occasional trips into the world of jazz and R&B with stars like Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny andn the Kronos Quartet.
8:00 PM
Host Isaac Qui?onez "El Tapatio" has become part of a Sunday night ritual for many Siouxland Hispanics, as they tune in at 8:00 for "Frontera Sur" (that's "South of the Border" if you don't speak Spanish). South of the Border is four hours of the music of home for many recent immigrants.Qui?onez makes it possible for his fans to hear the music they want to hear by taking requests and dedications.