WCQS will add three new programs to the Sunday afternoon line-up: Fresh Air Weekend, The New Yorker Radio Hour and Reveal.
The three-hour block of programming will air from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm beginning June 12.
Fresh Air Weekend collects the best cultural segments from the week’s programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening. Award-winning journalist Terry Gross hosts the show which will air Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m.
The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine’s editor, David Remnick and will air Sundays from 3 to 4 p.m.
Reveal is the Peabody Award-winning investigative journalism series for public radio from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. The program will air Sundays from 4 to 5 p.m.
WCQS / Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc. is committed to enhancing the quality of life in Western North Carolina. General Manager, David Feingold, says the new additions to theline-up expand the listeners’ horizons through new perspectives and experiences, “These [three] programs reflect the station’s ongoing effort to provide the best content in public radio to the people of Western North Carolina. Fresh Air Weekend, The New Yorker Radio Hour and Reveal appeal to the cultural appetite and curious minds of our listeners. We are extremely pleased to welcome them to the WCQS line-up.”
For more information about all three programs, including a listing of recent topics, please go to wcqs.org. For questions and interviews please call WCQS Program Director Barbara Sayer.