SPRING IS IN THE AIR
posted by Laura McKee
Many exciting things are happening around NPR 89.1 this month. Perhaps you’ve noticed there are now local morning newscasts on Saturday and Sunday. This extended coverage is made possible by listener support and fulfills our strategic intent to provide southern Arizona with the best in-depth news coverage. The popular weekend program Wait…Wait Don’t Tell Me comes to Tucson’s Centennial Hall as a part of UApresents on Thursday, March 15th. This sold-out show will be taped for broadcast to the national NPR audience on Saturday, March 17th.
Join us on March 3rd at the Fox Tucson Theatre for the national premiere simulcast broadcast on ReadyTV of “Amos Lee with Calexico” Live from the Artists Den. Tickets are free to the public. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with the broadcast starting at 8 p.m. The original concert was taped at the Fox Theatre Tucson on August 23, 2011 as part of the fourth season of this innovative music series. Live from the Artists Den airs on ReadyTV on Saturday nights at 8 p.m. on Cox 83, Comcast 201 and Broadcast 6-3.
The Tucson Festival of Books comes to the University of Arizona on March 10 and 11th. AZPM is again proud to be a part of this event. Our theme this year, ReadyTV and its great cooking programs, will be featured in the Culinary Tent as well as the new Science City – Science of Food tent. Come see us at the festival and register to win some great Culinary Gift Baskets from our highlighted ReadyTV chefs; Jacques Pepin, Steven Raichlen, Huber Keller, and the folks from America’s Test Kitchen.
The PBS-HD 6 spring membership drive, “You Make It Happen,” starts March 3rd. Program highlights include “Big Band Vocalists” and “Superstars of the Seventies Soul Live”, the latest installments of the MY MUSIC series, premieres on March 3rd at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively. Great Performances celebrates the 25th anniversary of one of the world’s most spectacular musicals, “Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall” on Sunday, March 4th at 6 p.m. Also, “Tony Bennett: Duets II,” another Great Performances program airs on Thursday, March 8th at 8 p.m. and features the singer’s greatest hits performed by Bennett and today’s biggest stars, including John Mayer, k.d. lang, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, and more. On Monday the 5th, don’t miss “Dr. Wayne Dyer: Wishes Fulfilled,” as the best-selling author presents his Five Wishes Fulfilled Foundations at 8 p.m. and don’t miss “Celebrating North America’s Steam Railways” premiering on Monday, March 12th at 8 p.m. Last but not least - the ever popular, “Joseph Campbell & the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers” returns on the 18th and 19th at 9 p.m.
As always, our goal is to provide you with a wide variety of programming so you can “vote with your pledge” and let us know the types of shows you’d like to see more of on PBS- HD 6.
On behalf of all of us at AZPM, thank you for your viewership, listenership, and continued support.
Jack Gibson
