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Randall Davidson
Chief Announcer/News Producer
Wisconsin Public Radio

PROGRAMMING SOURCES Updated 10/99

Alphabetical by program title
(+) = also available on NPR satellite
Please send updates/corrections to Randall Davidson at
davidson@wpr.org
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This list has been broken alphabetically into three sections. Please click on the appropriate link.

TENT SHOW RADIO
55-minute weekly program of live stage shows of folk, jazz, bluegrass and acoustic music from Lake Superior's Big TopChatauqua in Bayfield, Wisconsin.

- 26 programs/year
- stations allowed to repeat programs once for full year service.
- No excerpting. 
- *FREE on CD (CD also contains program promo)
- Phillip Anich 1-888-BIG TENT

+THIS WAY OUT
30 minute weekly magazine program of lesbian/gay/bisexual issues with news update segment, feature stories, interviews, readings, and music segments.

- $20/month on cassette--billed quarterly in advance
- Excerpting allowed with credit
- Greg Gordon 818-986-4106

+TRAVELER'S JOURNAL
2 minute weekday modules highlighting the joys of travel and practical advice

- *FREE on cassette/DAT/ISDN/Internet
- (www.travelersjournal.com)
- Stations must complete broadcast agreement
and air segments in their entirety.
- no market exclusivity
- David Bear 800-860-7537

TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE
Weekly :90 second report on real estate/home buying/mortgages

- *FREE via telephone (1-800-832-0338)
- National Association of Realtors
202-383-1177

-UK BLUES

30-minute program of blues recordings, performances and interviews from the United Kingdom. on CD (26 programs in series) Contact distributor for fees. Public Broadcasting Radio Service 1-781-595-3747

UN AFRICA
30 minute monthly magazine program of United Nations activities of specific interest to Africa

*FREE on cassette United Nations Radio 212-963-6982

UN CALLING ASIA
15 minute weekly magazine program of United Nations activities ofparticular interest to Asia and the Pacific

- *FREE on cassette
- United Nations Radio
- 212-963-6982

UN CARIBBEAN ECHO
15 minute documentary program on a major United Nations issue of special interest to the Caribbean countries

- *FREE on cassette 
- United Nations Radio 212-963-6982

UN CARIBBEAN MAGAZINE
15 minute weekly modular newsmagazine program of United Nations activities of particular interest to Caribbean countries

- *FREE on cassette
- United Nations Radio
- 212-963-6982

-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO RADIO NEWS FEATURES

monthly feed of news actualities with script for voicing by local host. Each feed contains four actualities for 3-5 stories of general news interest. *FREE on cassette Office of News Services/University of Colorado at Boulder 303-492-3140

U.S.DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Daily telephone newsline

- *FREE via telephone 
- 30 minute weekly program of agriculture topics
- *FREE on cassette
- USDA 202-720-6072

U.S.DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Daily newspackages on transportation news

- *FREE via telephone (800-526-1144)
- USDOT 202-366-5565

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWSLINE
Daily newspackages available by telephone

- *FREE via telephone 612-625-6666
- or via Internet at www.umn.edu/urelate/audio/
- regular cassette of produced news segments to be produced
  :in the near future: contact producer for details
- J.B.Eckert 612-624-5228

UNIVERSO
2 minute daily program on astronomy and space science IN SPANISH

- *FREE via CD
- University of Texas/McDonald Observatory
- 512-475-8843

+VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
120 minute weekly program of classical music performances (13weeks)

- *FREE on CD (return basis)+
WCLV/Seaway Productions 1-800-491-8863

+THE VOCAL SCENE
54 minute weekly hosted program of opera recordings

- $25.00/program on tape/tape return basis
- Radio Features Corporation
- 301-718-2800

-VOICES OF OUR WORLD

28-minute weekly international newsmagzine focusing on human rights, global economics, the environment, the plight of refugees, the struggle of indiginous people and the rights of women and children. *FREE on CD Maryknoll World Productions: Eileen Bott 914-941-7636/ex 2476 ebott@maryknoll.org

+WEATHER NOTEBOOK
2 minute weekday module on weather and weather lore

- co-produced by New Hampshire Public Radio 
- *FREE on CD includes weekly program promo
- Mount Washington Observatory
- 603-356-2137

+WEEKEND RADIO WITH ROBERT CONRAD
59 minute weekly program of classical recordings with crossover material and comedy selections

- *FREE on CD (return basis)+
WCLV/Seaway Productions 1-800-491-8863

+WE'RE SCIENCE
Weekly 29 minute program answering questions submitted by listeners about science and technology.

- *FREE on cassette
- produced by KUMR-Rolla, Missouri
- ;Must air within 30 days of receipt/no excerpting
- John Francis 800-327-6440

WHAT'S SO FUNNY
29 minute weekly program of comedy bits and songs. Produced by WMKY-FM/Morehead, Kentucky

*FREE on CD
Paul Hitchcock/Dan Conti 606-783-2001

WHEN THREADS COME LOOSE
30 minute radio dramas produced/directed/acted by students (39 in series)

- *FREE on cassette
- Produced by KUOM-AM Minneapolis
- Must run entire series and contact producer with broadcast times
- Andy Marlow c/o KUOM-AM 612-625-3500

WOMEN
15 minute weekly program examining issues affecting women around the world

- *FREE on cassette
- United Nations Radio
- 212-963-6982

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NEWS GATHERING SERVICE
(WINGS)
two programs on women's issues and women's perspectives with regard to the environment, politics, law, labor, sexuality, and social change: 30 minute monthly newsmagazine/newscast (excerpting of modules permitted) 30 minute thrice-monthly news/current affairs program with extended interviews, speeches,or documentaries.

- $99/quarter for both programs on cassette
- $90/year for monthly newscast only on cassette
  (contact producer about subsidized subscriptions)
- WINGS 800-798-9703/wings@wings.org

-WORD FOR THE WISE

2-minute module/20 per month on language and word origins (2 per week are undated and usable on weekends) Produced by WAMC-Albany *FREE on CD (+) National Productions 800-323-9262/ext. 165 colleen@wamc.org

WORLD BUSINESS REPORT
90 second weekday news report on business and finance from the resources of Merrill Lynch

- *FREE via telephone
   (1-800-626-6750)
- North American Network
- 301-654-9810

WORLD CHRONICLE
30 minute weekly panel discussion program featuring international media correspondents questioning United Nations officials about global issues (39 programs/year)

- *FREE on cassette 
- United Nations Radio 212-963-6982

THE WORLD IN REVIEW
15 minute weekly newsmagazine program covering current events at the United Nations

- *FREE on cassette
- United Nations Radio
- 212-963-6982

WORLD MUSIC JOURNAL
- 59-minute weekly hosted musical travel program featuring traditional and contemporary music from around the world.

- *FREE on CD (+)
- WFMT Fine Arts Network
- 773-279-2114

ZBS PRODUCTIONS
variable-length full-cast audio dramas/multi-part series on cassette/contact producer for fees and information

- ZBS Foundation
- 1800-662-3345