Fans of KGOU's weekend programming may have noticed a change or two the past couple of weeks. We've added a few new shows and rearranged the schedule a little -- all toward making your weekend late-night listening more enjoyable.
Backstage Jazz makes its debut on KGOU Fridays at 9 p.m. and then rebroadcast Sundays at 7 p.m. Produced locally by Jeremy Gossett,
Backstage Jazz takes us behind the scenes for interviews and music in venues both local and national.
Jazz Profiles airs Friday nights at midnight (technically Saturday mornings) bringing more music and interviews, produced by NPR. And a third program new to KGOU's lineup is
Global Village, voted Best World Music Radio Show in About.com's Readers' Choice Awards. It airs Saturdays at midnight (Sunday mornings) and is produced in Wichita, Kan. by KMUW.
Other programs have new time slots:
JazzSet,
New Orleans All the Way Live, and
Footlight Parade. Plus, fans of Michael Feldman's
Whad'ya Know? now have an opportunity to relive the highlights of each week's live show with an edited repeat airing Sunday nights at 11 p.m. Give the new lineup a listen, and
let us know your thoughts!
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