HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
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Friday DEC 18th
@ 1PM (Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read original stories about Hanukkah.
@9PM
The Guest List Holiday Special(WUGA)
Local Musicologists present their favorite alternative versions of Holiday Classics!
SAT DEC 19th
@ 10AM(Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
SUN DEC 20th
@ Noon (Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
WED DEC 23rd
@ 9PM (Pre-empting New South Showcase)
On Stage/On Campus Holiday Special(WUGA)
THURS DEC 24th
@10AM (Pre-empting Performance Today)
Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols(APM)
The audience will share in a live, world-wide Christmas Eve broadcast of a service of Biblical readings, carols, and related seasonal ‘classical’ music (anthems a cappella and with organ accompaniment, and congregational hymns), presented by one of the world’s foremost choirs of men and boys and performed in an acoustically and architecturally renowned venue.@ 11PM Green Island Holiday Special(GPB)
@2PM (Pre-empting Political Rewind)
Kitchen Sisters Special: The Keepers (PRX)
The Keepers: Archiving the Now — a new hour-long special from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Stories of can-do people.
@8PM (Pre-empting This American Life)
Mountain Stage Holiday Special(NPR)
Join Mountain Stage host Larry Gross for an hour filled with beautiful music to mark the season. The show features special guests Holly Cole, Joan Baez, Bruce Cockburn, Loudon Wainwright III, The Roches, Kathy Mattea and more. All performances were recorded live on the Mountain Stage.
@9PM (Pre-empting Sound of Athens)
Athens Master Chorale Holiday Special(WUGA)
@10PM (Pre-empting The ASO)
Green Island Chrsitmas(GPB)
@11PM
Classical 24 Holiday Music
FRI DEC 25th
@10AM (Pre-empting 1st Hour of Performance Today)
St. Olaf's Christmas Special(APM)
APM’s distribution of the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is a chance for listeners across the country and around the world to hear one of the nation’s most treasured holiday celebrations.
@1PM(Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: Childhood Memories(WUGA)
@2PM(Pre-empting Political Rewind)
The Best of the Best from The 3rd Coast Festival(PRX)
Third Coast’s yearly ode to audio storytelling is back! Featuring the winners of the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, the best audio stories of the year offer a beautiful, stirring portrait of 2020.
@9PM
Music On The Boulevard Holiday Special(WUGA)
Holiday Music recorded live from Studio 1093 Boluevard in Athens!
SAT DEC 26th
@10AM (Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: Childhood Memories(WUGA)(Encore)
SUN DEC 27th
@Noon (Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: Childhood Memories(WUGA)(Encore)
@4PM (Pre-empting African Perspectives)
A Season's Griot(PRX)
A Season's Griot is public radio's only nationally syndicated Kwanzaa program. Hosted for 25 years by acclaimed storyteller Madafo Lloyd Wilson, this annual one-hour special captures the tales and traditions of African American and African peoples. The show’s poet laureate, Beverly Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family return with familiar and favorite elements of Griot.
THURS DEC 31st
@9PM (Pre-empting Sound of Athens)
Big Tiny Desk Holiday Concert(NPR)
@ 10PM-4AM (Pre-empting ASO, and C24 Overnight)
FRI JAN 1st
@11AM (Pre-empting Performance Today and Fresh Air)
New Year's Day Live from Vienna(NPR)
@1PM (Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: We Love Athens(WUGA)
@2PM (Pre-empting Political Rewind)
The Best of the Best from The 3rd Coast Festival(PRX)
Third Coast’s yearly ode to audio storytelling is back! Featuring the winners of the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, the best audio stories of the year offer a beautiful, stirring portrait of 2020.
@9PM
The Guest List Year End Special(WUGA)
Local Musicologists give their picks for the best new releases of 2020.
SAT JAN 2nd
@10AM(Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: We Love Athens(WUGA)(Encore)
SUN JAN 3rd
@Noon(Pre-empting Athens News Matters)
StoryCorps Athens Special: We Love Athens(WUGA)(Encore)
